What is it? It's all-new, and this time, they ain't kidding. While earlier generations of the Explorer were more truck than car, this one shares most of its unibody platform componentry with the Taurus and the Flex, the goal being best-in-class quietness as well as class-leading ride and handling. When it goes on sale next month, there will be only one engine, a 290-hp, 3.5-liter...
Following a three-year factory hiatus, Cadillac on Monday announced its return to the SCCA World Challenge series for the 2011 season. The factory Cadillac team competed previously in the series’ GT class with CTS-V sedans from 2004 to 2007 and accumulated two manufacturer’s...
EXECUTIVE EDITOR--AUTOWEEK.COM BOB GRITZINGER: This is the sweet spot E-class, with the big V8 and slick seven-speed automatic, that fills the space between the V6 model and the wicked E63 AMG. This one comes with navigation, satellite radio and superb surround sound audio, lane-departure...
What is it? Nissan’s latest Quest hopes to take a slice of the still-substantial half-million-unit minivan market by offering better interior space, user-friendly features such as the fold-flat middle- and rear-seat rows that provide a flat cargo floor without the need to remove...
San Francisco Bay area resident Olivier Chalouhi took possession of the world's first retailed Nissan Leaf electric car Saturday at North Bay Nissan in Petaluma, Calif. The official start of Leaf retailing will be slow-going, with few cars available for delivery to the approximately 20,000 U....
UPDATED -- Chuck Jordan, the legendary designer who helped usher in the modern era of car styling at General Motors, died on Thursday evening, Dec. 9. He was 83.Jordan is credited with a long list of iconic designs at GM at a time when the company set the tone for style in the industry in the 1950s ...
Well-known race-team boss Tom Walkinshaw died the morning of Dec. 12 at the age of 64. The Scot endured a long battle with cancer.Walkinshaw had stints in Formula One as the boss of the Benetton, Ligier and Arrows teams, but he remains best known as the man behind the famous Jaguars that raced in...
Design has always fascinated me. It’s the first and last thing you notice about an automobile. It’s simple and subjective yet perhaps a vehicle’s single strongest selling point. After all, if the sheetmetal doesn’t look good, what’s the point?So interviewing retired...
The cancellation of the controversial team-orders rule is one of the key changes to the 2011 Formula One regulations revealed by the FIA on Friday.However, the FIA has reminded teams that Article 151c--concerning bringing the sport into disrepute--could still be used. In other words, a move like...
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