by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 12, 2019
It’s easy to feel intimidated at Summit Point Motorsports Park. The Shenandoah Circuit is an undulating, 2-mile course that sends you ping-ponging from one blind corner to another, rising and falling over the rocky West Virginia landscape. But it was as close to...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 10, 2019
It’s been a while since Ferrari first dropped the hint that it would add a new hybrid to its line-up and now, according to CEO Louis Camilleri, we’ll be getting to see it before the end of this month. The hybrid will be one of five new models coming from the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | May 10, 2019
For such a small company, Mazda has had a history of coming up with lots of creative powertrain technology, from its original rotaries to the latest Skyactiv-X that manages to combine some of the best attributes of a diesel and a gas engine. Now, it appears, the...
by Michael Strong | May 6, 2019
The new Corvette is the best ever — and no one wants one. Well, perhaps not no one, but with the news confirming that the eighth-generation, mid-engine ’Vette is due to arrive later this year, sale of the America’s sports car are fading even faster than they have for...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 6, 2019
Chevrolet is planning to change up the appearance of the 2020 Camaro due out next fall with a new front-end appearance for the SS model as well as a new LT1 V-8 performance model at a relatively modest price. Other changes promised for 2020 include a making a...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 3, 2019
Audi made its reputation building sleek, road-worthy sedans that have earned their way into the hearts of motorists around the world. The A8 is a great example of the sort of benchmark-setting model, one that has done well challenging competitors like the...
by Michael Strong | May 1, 2019
Despite the efforts of automakers to make using a cell phone less intrusive and less distracting for drivers, tickets issued for distracted driving are on the rise and so is the price increase for your insurance premium: Nearly 10,000% since 2011. Drivers cited for...
by Joseph Szczesny | May 1, 2019
Nissan and Subaru posted sales increases during April, but Fiat Chrysler and Toyota sales fell in April as deliveries of new vehicles continued drop under pressure from rising prices and higher interest rates. For Subaru of America, April was another solid month with...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 26, 2019
Ford Motor Co. saw first-quarter earnings slide by more than a third during the first quarter – but the number still managed to handily exceed Wall Street’s expectations, sending shares soaring in after-hours trading. The automaker gave much of the credit to surging...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 25, 2019
The next generation Corvette hasn’t even been unveiled yet, but General Motors is betting the new ’Vette will be a runaway hit by adding 400 jobs to the company’s Corvette Assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky. GM said it is adding a second shift in Bowling Green...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 25, 2019
Even a cat might have run through its nine lives by now, but British sports carmaker Lotus somehow continues to hang on – and with a fresh infusion of capital from its new Chinese owners, Lotus is bound and determined to make a comeback. It offered a hint of what’s...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 25, 2019
Brisk sales of pickup trucks are propping up the sales of new vehicles during April, according to new estimates from analysts. The analysts from Edmunds, the car shopping website, forecast that 1,357,024 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in April for an...
