New car transaction prices have reached record highs due to the ongoing semiconductor shortage affecting supplies, but don’t head over to the used car lot expecting to find a deal. (Bess Adler/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Prices on pre-owned models were up 32.7%, or $7,583, in June compared to last year, …
Read More »NASCAR's Bubba Wallace announces his engagement
Bubba Wallace has been busy during NASCAR’s Olympic break. Bubba Wallace and Amanda Carter have been a couple for about five years. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) The nascar” target=”_blank”>Cup Series< to the Black Lives Matter movement and landed a high-profile ride with the new 23X1 Racing team co-owned by NBA …
Read More »Wheelie-popping $105K Chevrolet COPO Camaro debuts … but you can't drive it on the street
Chevrolet has big news for big-block engine fans. 2022 Chevrolet COPO Camaro. Professional Driver. Closed course. The bowtie brand has unveiled the 2022 COPO Camaro drag with a 572 cubic-inch (9.4-liter!) V8. The street-illegal machine is the latest in a series of track cars that dates back to the 1969 …
Read More »Rare 2004 Ford Shelby Cobra Concept car valued at $2 million up for auction
The iconic Shelby Cobra first hit the road in 1962 and you can still buy a new one today. Sort of. (Getty Images) Several companies build replicas of the open-top sports car that stay true to the style of the original. However, despite its enduring appeal, there’s never really been …
Read More »Test drive: The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach 1 is electrifying, not electric
The Ford Mustang Mach E almost had a different name. Slightly. When Ford originally announced its intention to build a battery powered high performance electric utility vehicle in 2018 it teased it with the name Mach 1 written in electric blue lettering. After a somewhat shocked response, Ford said it …
Read More »Car quiz: Can you identify these taillights?
You look at them all the time while you’re driving, but do you ever really see them? Even though they don’t always get much credit, taillights can be as distinctive as any other part of a vehicle‘s design. Then again, some are just … there. Do you think you can …
Read More »Teslas can now play Disney movies and understand Russian
You can finally watch “Cars” in your car. make has added the Disney+ app to its Tesla Theater in-car entertainment system, which can be used by the front seat passengers while a vehicle is stationary and on a rear seat display in the new Model S on the move. The …
Read More »Tesla patent reveals the vehicles it may have copied to design the Cybertruck
The Tesla Cybertruck looks like it was “made by aliens from the future,” according to Elon Musk, but it’s angular design is very much steeped in the past. Musk had previously said that the electric pickup took inspiration from the amphibious 1976 Lotus Esprit from the James Bond film “The …
Read More »Steve McQueen’s first Husqvarna motorcycle could sell for a small fortune
Motorcycle enthusiast Steve McQueen owned dozens of bikes over the years, but a few are more special than others. This 1968 Husqvarna Viking 360 was the first of the brand’s bikes owned by Steve McQueen. (RM Sotheby’s) McQueen had a particular penchant for Husqvarna motorcycles, like the one he rode …
Read More »Toyota restricting exports of Land Cruiser SUV due to security concerns
The new Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the world’s hottest new models, but Toyota is taking measures to keep it out of hot zones around the world. (Toyota) The automaker is requiring buyers in Japan to sign a pledge that they will not try to export the vehicle and …
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