Next-Gen Honda CR-V Goes Hybrid-Only, Lands in 2027: TDS
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The Winter Car Checklist: Six Things to Handle Before It Gets Cold
Winter doesn’t usually break a car on its own—it finds whatever was already on its way out and finishes the job. The battery that was a little slow to crank…
Scout Is Now Building Its Traveler SUV and Terra Truck in South Carolina
The term vaporware gets thrown around a lot. Just ask anyone that questioned whether the Tesla Cybertruck would actually ever get built. Ironically, it’s dying after a few years, but…
Leftover Turkey Congee
The perfect post holiday meal to feel alive and well again.
Mercedes Designed An Automatic Launch Control System That Reacts to Green Lights
Are you ready for a launch control system that can detect a green light for you? Mercedes-Benz has come up with exactly that. The patent application makes it sound a…
Audi Says Touchscreens Have Gone as Far as Theyâll Go. Buttons Are Coming Back
Audi Says Touchscreens Have Gone as Far as They’ll Go. Buttons Are Coming Back It’s pretty clear that people like buttons, knobs, and who doesn’t love a good toggle in…
Fuji Speedway Retired This Deadly Turn 50 Years Ago. Now You Can Drive It in a Racing Sim
One of the things I love about video games, particularly racing games, is how they can serve as records of things: products, culture, industry, people, etcetera. Some cars are so…
Someone Abandoned a Real NASCAR Stock Car at the Closed Kentucky Speedway
Have you ever unpacked your bag after a long trip, only to realize you left something in the hotel room? Maybe it was your favorite pen or a phone charger.…
The Next Audi RS6 Avant Is Coming to America. It Might Not Be Alone
As a child, the Audi C5 RS6 Avant was one of the whales we just never got here in America. Shafted. Left out in the cold. The sedan came, it…
Audi Hybrids Are Coming in Months, Not Years. A Plug-In Q5 Could Be Back
Audi was early on the EV game with its e-tron and full plans to shift its portfolio to electric models, but then the U.S. political winds changed. Suddenly, the German…