Tesla owners no longer have to pay full price for the company’s Full Self-Driving feature. The electronic driver aid, which is priced at $10,000 and does not provide anything close to full autonomous driving, is now available through a subscription program for either $99 or $199 per month, depending on …
Read More »Test drive: The 2021 Honda Ridgeline pickup gets a new disguise
Sometimes you have to go with the flow. The make Ridgeline is an outlier in the pickup ‘truck’ world. Instead of being built on a ladder frame, the midsize model shares a unibody platform with Honda’s Pilot SUV and Odyssey minivan, so it’s a bit of an odd bird. When …
Read More »Bono's crazy cowhide-upholstered Mercedes-Benz up for auction
Bono’s Benz is no bull. U2 singer Bono was the first owner of this 1980 Mercedes-Benz 450 SEL. (Car & Classic) A custom 1980 make 450 SEL once-owned by the U2 singer is being auctioned on July 18. The silver, right-hand-drive sedan that Bono purchased to celebrate the success of …
Read More »It's Ricky Bobby's birthday today. Guess how old the 'NASCAR' star is
It’s time to shake and bake a birthday cake! nascar” target=”_blank”>NASCAR< turns 50 years old today … at least he would if he were real. (Columbia Pictures) Will Ferrell’s character from the stock car racing parody “Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby” lost his driver’s license while he was …
Read More »Dump truck hits bridge so hard it moves 6 feet
As if the U.S. didn’t already have enough infrastructure-across-america” target=”_blank”>infrastructure< with its dumper raised slammed into a us-regions highway overpass early Thursday morning so hard that it moved it six feet. “It’s something our engineers have never seen before,” a Georgia Department of Transportation spokesperson said. (GDOT) The incident took …
Read More »Jeep turns 80: Here's why July 15 is its anniversary
Jeep is celebrating its 80th anniversary today, although the brand didn’t exist for a few more years. The Willys MB contract was signed on July 15, 1941. (Jeep) July 15, 1941 marks the day that Willys-Overland signed its contract with the U.S. War Department to begin production of the Willys …
Read More »Big NASCAR shakeup as Cindric gets Keselowski's Penske seat, DiBenedetto loses Wood Brothers ride
Austin Cindric will replace 2012 NASCAR champion Brad Keselowski in Team Penske’s flagship No. 2 Ford next season. Roger Penske announced last year the reigning Xfinity Series champion would move to the Cup Series in 2022 but in the car fielded by Wood Brothers Racing in a technical alliance with …
Read More »Ford created a gas-scented fragrance for electric car drivers
Apparently that new car smell just isn’t the same for some electric car customers. make has developed a gasoline-scented fragrance for EV owners to help them make the transition to battery-power. The Mach-Eau GT was unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England, where Ford is showing off its …
Read More »Electric Dodge muscle car teaser video hides 3 hints about the car. Can you find them?!
Dodge recently revealed plans to launch an all-electric muscle car in 2024 without a lot of details about it, but a few are hidden in plain sight. The performance-focused automaker teased the upcoming model with a short video that shows shadowy images of what looks a lot like a classic …
Read More »Future Jeeps will be able to drive underwater, CEO says
The new Jeep Wrangler Xtreme Recon can drive through 33.6 inches of water, but future Jeeps may be able to go much deeper than that. (Jeep) During a recent electric vehicle presentation by Jeep’s parent company Stellantis, a Wrangler was depicted driving while fully submerged, and that vision could become …
Read More »