Wednesday, May 5, 2010

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Video: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon Up Close

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:30 PM PDT

After our drive this morning with the CTS-V Coupe, we're stuck in supercharged V-8 mode, and what better to fill the emptiness in our driveway than a video detailing the CTS-V Sport Wagon. This walkaround goes into detail on the main attractions of the wagon, and the V-series in general. As Cadillac's contender for the mega-wagon title, the CTS-V...


With The Idea That Safety Sells, Crash Testing Has Grown Up

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:17 PM PDT

Safety sells vehicles. It sounds like a given now, but not too many years back most automakers would explain that safety alone doesn't sell a car but features or performance do. Over the past ten years, thanks to a heightened awareness of crash-test results—from the IIHS and NHTSA in the U.S.—it's emerged as one of the top five considerations for...


Video: Indigen Armor NSTT Pickup Takes AK-47 Fire, Doesn't Flinch

Posted: 05 May 2010 03:07 PM PDT

You just finished your super-mega-off-road truck project, so you take it out to the local proving grounds and break it in. Then you whip out the AK-47s and start firing at it. Well, you do if you're Indigen Armor, anyway. This video shows the NSTT, or Non-Standard Tactical Truck, in some serious, live-fire testing. First attacking a road course to...


Auto Safety Bill: Higher Fines, Black Boxes And...Brake Tests?

Posted: 05 May 2010 12:52 PM PDT

If you've at all mused that someday Capitol Hill will try to legislate stopping distances, take a deep breath as that time has come—well, almost. All those weighty congressional hearings this past winter have come to fruition—from the House last week, and now the Senate—in freshly drafted versions of the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010. And the...


First Ride: 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe

Posted: 05 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT

There might be better ways to spend a beautiful spring morning than riding around town in the first production manual 2011 Cadillac CTS-V Coupe, but we can't think of one right now. Nick Twork of Cadillac's communications office was headed through town on his way back from the Texas Auto Writer's Association's Spring Challenge where the CTS-V was...


2011 Chevy Volt Marketing Theme Emerges: An EV for Road Trips

Posted: 05 May 2010 07:27 AM PDT

GM has been talking about the 2011 Chevrolet Volt for three and a half years now. After absorbing an enormous amount of Volt propaganda, we've learned that subtle shifts in message can be important. A conference call yesterday revealed what we suspect will become a main marketing message for the 2011 Volt: It's the electric car without limits, the...


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