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JUST TRY TO MAKE IT TO THE END of this story without scouring the internet for an old Jeep. Such is the supernatural desire-stoking ability of the concepts that the [...]

The term 'infotainment,' despite being a marketing portmanteau that makes our eyes roll, does neatly sum up the increasing variety of human-machine interfaces that dominates today's dashboards. Now, Silicon Valley [...]

YOU'VE SEEN THE PRACTICE BEFORE. Known as 'chalking,' it's when parking enforcement officers use chalk to mark a car's tire placement, allowing them to track how long a car has [...]

DON'T GET TOO EXCITED--the latest Regal GS isn't what you think it is. Yes, it has torque-vectoring all-wheel drive, a 310-hp 3.6-liter V-6, and knockout good looks, all of which [...]

Kia's toaster-shaped Soul is a car mimicking a crossover, with a self-image reverse-engineered from TV commercials featuring dancing hamsters. But given that 'real' crossovers are just cars mimicking SUVs, there's [...]

WHEN YOU'RE IN a parking structure, trying to squeeze into a spot between a misaligned Escalade and a rust-eaten Escort, it's hard to appreciate the level of consideration that goes [...]

FOR DECADES, automakers have sought to gain competitive intel by painstakingly disassembling rival carmakers' products to divine their strengths and weaknesses. It is a process that one former car-company engineer [...]

WITH THE DEBUT OF THE Q8 CONCEPT, Audi becomes the second lemming to chase BMW's ungainly X6 coupe/SUV over the edge of vehicular reason. Mercedes recently took the same plunge [...]

* A STARTER FERRARI? To those of us whose 401(k)s contain some pocket lint and an unclaimed McDonald's Monopoly Big Mac, there is no such animal. The $214,533 Portofino replaces [...]

WHEN HYUNDAI LAUNCHED the original 1995 Accent, it did so quite literally. The marketing team luridly punted one airborne in a commercial in which five-foot-three Tyrone 'Muggsy' Bogues, the NBA's [...]

'When sports-sedan makers in this world disappoint the car rags they should fear, and abandon enthusiasts who see or hear, the cry goes up both far and near for... Stinger!' [...]

WAR HAS YET TO REACH AUDI'S DOORSTEP. Unrelenting offensives from sedan alternatives--namely crossovers and coupe-ified four-doors--are leaving traditional sedans bleeding on the battlefield of consumer relevance. Yet, at Audi, A6 [...]

The Irish wit Oscar Wilde once postulated: 'Deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.' While Oscar faced his own obstacles with deception and Victorian-era romantic restrictions, Infiniti [...]

THE MX-5 MIATA RF, or 'Retractable Fastback,' cuts a strikingly sexier profile than the third generation's Power Retractable Hardtop model that it replaces. Where that old Miata's hard roof resembled [...]

IN THE EARLY 1960S, Burkard Bovensiepen found escape from his family's German typewriter-manufacturing business by affixing hotter carbs in BMWs. Stealing the Alpina name from the typewriter outfit, he earned [...]

RECENT CASES OF 'MISSTATED' fuel economy involving Ford, GM, Hyundai, and Mercedes-Benz have this in common: All were caught by the EPA during audits of data submitted by the manufacturers [...]

The biggest fear of Jeep die-hards, worse than nuclear war or Disney measles, is the steady dilution of their favorite brand. Like anti-vaxxers, Jeep's fanboys refuse to accept the science, [...]

SORRY DOGS, but man has two best friends--one walks on four legs and the other rides on four wheels. The tricky part is combining the two without either one doing [...]

* WITH THE FOOT-POWERED CAR entombed in the Flintstones' garage, we turn instead to bicycles as our exercise tool of choice. But no one wants to haul a morass of [...]

AUTOMAKERS AND TECH giants are striving to better integrate mobile devices into cars, hoping to increase safety by reducing distraction. The now-ubiquitous center screen is key, allowing direct app integration [...]

The article offers review on several cars from Jeep such as M-715 Five-Quarter concept car, J6 and Wayout.

The article reviews the video games Gran Turismo 5 from Sony and Forza Motorsport 3.

The article evaluates the Acura TLX automobile from Acura.

The article offers information on the Buick Regal gran sport (GS) automobile from American automobile manufacturer General Motors Co. and discusses the features of the automobile.

The article offers information on the Q8 concept of automobiles from Audi.

The article reports that building codes and traffic-engineering norms govern every detail from ramp slopes to how the spaces are arranged and are frequently in conflict with budgets and the desire to maximize vehicle capacity, traffic flow, safety, and aesthetics. It mentions that two way traffic offers drivers greater freedom of movement but at lower traffic speeds.

The article offers brief information on the 2018 Ferrari Portofino automobile from Ferrari SpA.

The article reviews the 2018 Accent SE automobile from Hyundai Motors.

The article evaluates the Kia Stinger GT automobile from Kia Motor America Inc.

The article evaluates the 2017 Mazda MX-5 Miata Retractable Fastback (RF) automobile.

The article evaluates the Alpina B7 from BMW (Bayerische Motoren Werke AG).

The article presents information on the manipulation of fuel economy data by car manufacturers in the U.S. Topics include the involvement of companies such as Mercedes-Benz, Ford, and Hyundai, the absence of monitoring procedures by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) due to lack of personnel, facilities, and funding, and the role of dynamometer tests prescribed by the EPA with road-load coefficients.

The article offers information on some car specific items including sunshade, diaper bag and weathertech cargo liner to keep baby calm and/or asleep in a car.

The article evaluates several dog accessories while in automobile including the Sleepypod Clickit Utility Dog Harness, the Kurgo Wander Hammock, and the Weathertech Pet Barrier.

The article evaluates a selection of bicycles including the Saris Bones RS, Seasucker Mini Bomber, and Thule T2.

The article offers brief information on several applications related to automobiles which includes the Vbox Sport Performance Test, software from Vbox Communications, Gopro video camera from GoPro Inc. and Waze application from Wave Mobile.

The article evaluates the Mini Cooper Hardtop from BMW AG.

The article reviews the Razor Crazy Cart and the Anki Drive smartphone-enabled slot-car racing set. INSET: VIRTUAL BECOMES REALITY.

The article offers information on the 500L wagon of Fiat.