Success on the forecourt is not guaranteed, irrespective of how many thousands of hours are spent undergoing rigorous development and stringent testing. Even the best carmakers get caught out by fickle gearheads, resulting in some surprising automotive flops. Britain’s car industry is the perfect proving ground for great cars that don’t always sell well. Pricing,… Continue reading These British Cars Should’ve Sold Like Hotcakes… But They Flopped – HotCars
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A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars
Not long after buying a Tesla Model 3 this summer, Vince Patton saw a YouTube clip highlighting a feature that took him by surprise: three video games that can be played on the large touch screen mounted in front of the dashboard — while driving down the road. “I thought surely that can’t be right,”… Continue reading A New Tesla Safety Concern: Drivers Can Play Video Games in Moving Cars
2022 Mazda MX-5 goes on sale from £24,755 – Autocar
Mazda has subtly updated the MX-5 sports car for 2022 with revised handling and a new metallic paint colour. The MX-5 range starts from £24,755 and comprises 10 models, four of them convertibles and six retractable fastbacks (RFs). All models are now equipped with kinematic posture control, which has been designed to improve stability when cornering, without negatively impacting… Continue reading 2022 Mazda MX-5 goes on sale from £24,755 – Autocar
MotorBiscuit Announces Its 2021 Vehicle Award Winners
ASHEVILLE, N.C., Dec. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — MotorBiscuit (motorbiscuit.com), an automotive media brand of Endgame360, has named the winners of the inaugural MotorBiscuit Vehicle Awards. MotorBiscuit staff and senior automotive journalists tested dozens of vehicles in 2021, reviewing and rating over 40 SUVs, cars, trucks, and minivans first-hand. Each vehicle review included thoughtful assessment of the styling,… Continue reading MotorBiscuit Announces Its 2021 Vehicle Award Winners
Ford leads GM, Stellantis in race to meet automatic emergency braking deadline
Ford Motor Company and Honda have met a commitment ahead of schedule to equip most of their vehicles with automatic emergency braking this year, significantly reducing crash and injury risk for thousands of drivers, according to a news release from Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Friday. Ford and its luxury brand Lincoln, along… Continue reading Ford leads GM, Stellantis in race to meet automatic emergency braking deadline
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Mazda has developed a new technology called Kinematic Posture Control that provides the MX-5 Miata with better stability when cornering For the 2022 model year, the MX-5 Miata is primarily offered with a six-speed manual transmission New Platinum Quartz Metallic paint and Terracotta Nappa leather seats add more color options to the roadster 2022 MX-5… Continue reading @Mazda: 000425
Mazda MX-5 Miata 2022: precios y empaque
Todos los modelos MX-5 Miata ofrecen tracción en las ruedas traseras y vienen equipados con el motor Skyactiv-G de 2.0 litros que ofrece una inspiradora potencia de 181 caballos de fuerza a 7,000 rpm y 151 lb-ft de torque a 4,000 rpm. Para 2022, los modelos MX-5 Miata Sport y Club cuentan exclusivamente con transmisión manual de seis velocidades, y… Continue reading Mazda MX-5 Miata 2022: precios y empaque
2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata: Pricing and Packaging
All MX-5 Miata models have a rear-wheel drive layout and come equipped with the Skyactiv-G 2.0-liter engine that delivers an inspiring 181 horsepower at 7,000 rpm and 151 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm. For 2022, MX-5 Miata Sport and Club models are exclusively paired with a six-speed manual transmission and MX-5 Miata Grand Touring… Continue reading 2022 Mazda MX-5 Miata: Pricing and Packaging
2021 Nissan GT-R T-spec, Zenvo hybrid hypercar, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63: Car News Headlines – Motor Authority
Nissan’s GT-R has spawned a T-spec special edition offering two rare paint options from the GT-R’s past, one of which is the legendary Midnight Purple. There’s no extra power but the T-spec does benefit from some performance upgrades from the GT-R Nismo and previous Track Edition. Denmark’s Zenvo is slowly expanding and plans to launch… Continue reading 2021 Nissan GT-R T-spec, Zenvo hybrid hypercar, Mercedes-Benz AMG C63: Car News Headlines – Motor Authority
James Ruppert: Aim for cheap, but not too cheap when buying second-hand
The demand for cheap cars never goes away. Sometimes they are stop gaps between a replacement, but quite often it is a motorist spending all they afford. I’ve been reading back over interviews I did more than 25 years ago with proper banger dealers, ones who sold sub-gorillas (under £1000) and had a lot between… Continue reading James Ruppert: Aim for cheap, but not too cheap when buying second-hand