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"Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth." - Mike Tyson
10 Apr 2016, 12:28 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Chrysler has announced its new advertising campaign for the 2017 Pacifica minivan. Instead of regular actors and a “borrowed” family, Chrysler will employ comedian Jim Gaffigan and his family for the new “Dad Brand.” ...
9 Apr 2016, 13:29 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Tesla might update the Model S with more luxury features and practical elements, company insiders say. The update would come four years after the market rollout of the Model S, so this can be considered a mid-cycle refresh. The carmaker is repor...
9 Apr 2016, 09:30 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / A settlement of $10.1 million was paid into a trust for Meadow Walker, the daughter of the late Fast&Furious star Paul Walker. Her lawyer points out that this is just a fraction of what the Hollywood actor would have earned had his life not ...
8 Apr 2016, 17:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Hyundai filed the paperwork for a safety recall in the USA targeting the MY2011 Sonata. An internal investigation following a high number of warranty claims concerning the loss of power steering assistance determined that a circuit board which...
8 Apr 2016, 16:34 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mazda’s current compact model, the Mazda3, will not receive an MPS or Speed version. The bad news comes from Masahiro Moro, a senior executive of the Japanese company. In an interview with the Australians at Motoring, he went on to call th...
8 Apr 2016, 15:56 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volkswagen engineers have been spotted testing the Amarok facelift in Sweden. Since the Nordic country still has snow in April, it was the perfect opportunity for VW to put those Amarok prototypes to the test. Like other automakers do, the...
8 Apr 2016, 15:27 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Uber falls into the spotlight again, and not for something positive. The company that owns the app has agreed to pay a penalty of $10 million to settle a dispute started in 2014. Back then, the American start-up unicorn was sued because they c...
8 Apr 2016, 14:12 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Honda will replace the airbag inflators on 143,000 vehicles sold in Japan, but none of the affected units have Takata components. According to Misato Fukushima, a spokesperson for Honda, the propellant in the damaged airbag inflators was not sui...
8 Apr 2016, 13:41 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / With the help of US law firm Hagens Berman, a group of owners of Mercedes-Benz diesel-engined vehicles have sued the German company. The unexpected class action lawsuit is based on assumptions made by the customers, who believe that the carmaker...
8 Apr 2016, 12:13 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Thanks to a partnership between Tesla and two power retailing companies in Australia, customers of electric cars could get deductions of up to $8,000 when purchasing a new EV. Tesla Motors is asking the Australian government and its legislators ...
8 Apr 2016, 09:49 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Cruise ship operators are constantly in search of more features to attract tourists, and we have just heard of one that offers karting as an optional activity. We are talking about the first ever racetrack at sea, placed on a 168,000-ton cruise ...
8 Apr 2016, 08:31 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Mercedes-Benz has recently released the sedan version of the new E-Class, but its engineers are hard at work testing three body versions. You have already seen the E-Class Coupe and the Estate, and now it is time for a closer look at the Cabriol...
7 Apr 2016, 16:38 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Daimler AG had its annual shareholders meeting this week, and they approved the biggest dividend in their history, but this did not make the headlines because of a silly scandal. As reports note, the German company organized a buffet for its sha...
7 Apr 2016, 16:04 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Google has taken four of its self-driving cars to Phoenix for the next phase of its testing program. The American tech giant chose Phoenix as the fourth city to test its autonomous vehicles because of the weather in the state of Arizona, as well...
7 Apr 2016, 15:37 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Volvo is taking its Drive Me experimental autonomous driving program to another level and wants to start the largest project of this type in China. The Swedish company has already announced it will test a fleet of 100 self-driving cars in Gothen...
7 Apr 2016, 14:45 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Hyundai has started a partnership with the Germans at Linde Group to start the BeeZero car sharing program. Unlike other car sharing programs, the new BeeZero scheme will only use hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. BeeZero is the first project of this...
7 Apr 2016, 13:39 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Nissan is now the proud holder of the Guinness World Record for the fastest drift ever. The record was set in the United Arab Emirates, at the Fujairah International Airport, with a modified Nissan GT-R Nismo. Thanks to the 1,380 HP engine w...
7 Apr 2016, 12:07 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Renault has announced they will start manufacturing diesel engines with reduced CO2 and NOx emissions starting this July. The measure will be applied to all Renault factories that produce Euro 6 diesel engines, and it is a voluntary act of the F...
7 Apr 2016, 10:57 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Jeep will borrow the Hellcat engine for a production model which will be called Trackhawk. The information regarding a performance version of the Grand Cherokee with an engine borrowed from Dodge is not new, as the American off-road specialist h...
7 Apr 2016, 09:32 UTC · By: Sebastian Toma / Infiniti’s QX60 crossover now prides itself on an award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, as it has just received the Top Safety Pick+ distinction. The rating was granted to the versions of the recently refreshed MY 2016 In...