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In January 2019, General Motors GM announced that Cadillac would be the lead brand for its transition to full electrification. Since Henry Leland started Cadillac in 1902, the brand has only produced one plug-in vehicle, the ELR which was, to say the…

Tesla has won. Not in the sense that the Silicon Valley electric vehicle maker has taken over the industry because they haven’t and probably won’t. But in the sense that the ultimate goal of the founders was to push the industry to electrification.…

The problem with common wisdom is that it’s often not all that wise. Take for example, the “fact” that vehicles are getting heavier all the time. At an average of 4,044 lbs for model year 2017, light duty vehicles in the U.S. aren’t exactly…

Automotive infotainment systems that are built on a base of Google’s Android mobile operating system are nothing new. Numerous manufacturers including Honda and Hyundai have used the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) for these systems. However, 2020…

Ahead of next week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Nissan has revealed a new special edition of its odd-looking but fun to drive Juke subcompact crossover. The new Juke Black Pearl Edition will be a limited run model with just 1,250 units scheduled to be…

One of the many complaints about the Lincoln brand over the past decade was the decision to drop model names in favor of meaningless three-letter alphabetic names starting with MK. When Lincoln revived the Continental nameplate last year as a…

Ford wasn’t the first automaker to adopt downsized, gasoline, turbocharged direct-injection engines (GTDI) globally (Volkswagen) or even in Detroit (General Motors). It was however, first to making a broad commitment to use the technology across its…

The battle to determine which technology wins out for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications has taken a definite turn toward cellular radio-based systems with an announcement from Ford at CES 2019. The Dearborn-based automaker is the first…

“It’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than to drive a fast car slow”
I have no idea who first made this statement, but as someone who drives many different cars, I can attest to its accuracy. It’s a concept that Mike Barnard might want to keep in…

When you ask a fan of the Ford Mustang or other American performance cars like the Chevrolet Camaro or Dodge Challenger what makes it so appealing, one of the most common responses is the sound. For those with a gearhead bent, the rumble and fury of…