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In the world of high-octane, testosterone-fueled racing, the question arises: Can a race car have a back seat? Is there room for comfort and passengers in a finely tuned instrument of speed?

The thought came to mind while piloting the latest gestation of the Mercedes-Benz SL. Although the first-generation SL changed minimally from its racing ...Read more

CHELSEA, Michigan — Corporate branding fails are legend. Coca Cola’s New Coke debacle. Bud Light’s Dylan Mulvaney detour. Cracker Barrel’s generic logo remake.

Ram and Dodge ditching V-8s.

The Stellantis brands’ epic, head-scratching decision has been the poster child of a bizarre few years in which automakers, reeling from billions ...Read more

Three years after testing a handful of vehicles in Bellevue, self-driving car company Waymo plans to launch in the Seattle area.

San Francisco-based Waymo, owned by Google-parent Alphabet, announced Tuesday it's expanding to two cities — Seattle and Denver. It expects to deliver vehicles to the Seattle area this week, Waymo spokesperson Sandy...Read more

Do you want a big truck with just two doors, an 8-foot bed and a big V8 rather than a small six with a turbo?

It' hard to get all those things together in a half-ton truck, and some half-ton trucks no longer offer those things anymore (the current Ram 1500, for instance, comes only with four doors, a 5-foot or 6-foot bed and a turbo ...Read more

Q: You recommended a stop-leak product to someone experiencing an oil leak in his Buick. I’m curious how this product works without gumming up the oil too much. If mixed with the oil, presumably it doesn’t just magically find its way to the leaking seal or gasket and close off the site of the leak. Is it making the oil just a little thicker...Read more

Ready for a reality check? The American Society of Civil Engineers has graded the state of American road infrastructure a solid D, which is barely a grade at all. It’s a participation trophy for asphalt. We are, officially, failing at pavement, but you knew this already. You’ve no doubt had the pleasure of inching across a cratered freeway ...Read more

One of the most familiar models in the Toyota fleet gets an upgrade in the form of the 2025 Grand Highlander. The 2025 Toyota Grand Highlander Nightshade Hybrid we tested is similar to the Lexus TX, which we recently also tested, but with basic Toyota finishes, perfectly suited for families looking for a mid-priced people mover with extra space ...Read more

As the price of buying an electric vehicle is set to soar with tariffs and the end of government incentives, drivers who want to go green have another hidden cost to consider before making the switch.

The insurance premiums on electric vehicles are, on average, a whopping 49% higher than those for gas-powered cars, according to new data from ...Read more

CHARLEVOIX, Michigan — Mat the brake pedal. Press LAUNCH control. Mat the accelerator pedal. Wait for RPM to level at 3,000. Dump the brake.

Foom!

My 2025 McLaren 750S rocketed past 60 mph in 2.3 seconds. 100 mph? Just 4.8 seconds. At which point the mighty 4.0-liter, twin-turbo V-8 behind my ear was just clearing its throat. WAAUUUGGGGHH! ...Read more

General Motors Co. is slowing production of two electric SUVs at Detroit's Factory Zero plant amid lower-than-expected U.S. interest in battery-powered vehicles.

The automaker confirmed Thursday that it will shut down one shift each for the GMC Hummer EV and Cadillac Escalade IQ from Sept. 2 to Oct. 6; the move was first reported by the Detroit...Read more

WASHINGTON — Transatlantic automaker Stellantis NV paid a combined $190.7 million in fines in March and April 2025 for federal fuel economy violations, according to U.S. Department of Transportation data.

The fines, assessed to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, date back to 2019 and 2020. That was before the company merged with automaker PSA Group ...Read more

Stellantis NV has pulled back plans to launch a Level 3 autonomous driving platform in its vehicles, saying there's a limited market for the technology.

The transatlantic carmaker in February said it had developed an in-house automated driving system called STLA AutoDrive 1.0 that would make driving in dense urban areas easier. Under that Level...Read more

The Chevy Tahoe is an SUV, but it's also the replacement for the full-size, V8-powered and rear-drive American sedan -- which is a type of car that's not made anymore.

The last full-size, rear-drive, V8-standard American sedan was the Ford Crown Vic -- and it's been gone since 2011. It could seat six and it could tow -- because it had ...Read more

Q: I changed the oil but not the filter on our 2006 VW Beetle. Why? Because it’s such a pain dropping the belly pan. I know I’m mixing fresh oil with the dirty in the filter, but am I risking any real harm?

T.S., Palos Heights, Illinois

A: In the short term, damage is unlikely. Eventually the filter could plug up. But fortunately, there is...Read more

Honda 2.0 is leaning into electric vehicles, while keeping all options open.

Last week at the exclusive Quail Motoring Gathering at California’s Monterey Car Week, Honda Motor Co.’s luxury brand, Acura, introduced the long-anticipated RSX Prototype — the near-production version of the first, in-house-manufactured electric vehicle to be ...Read more

We don’t yet know how much tariffs will add the prices of vehicles made in the U.S., but imports will likely become more expensive.

Currently, tariffs apply to imported passenger vehicles, including sedans, SUVs, crossovers, minivans, cargo vans and light trucks. However, the size of the tariff varies by country. Japanese and South Korean ...Read more

As the 2026 models begin to roll off the production floor and into Grasso’s Garage, the start of the upcoming year shows out with one heck of an automobile ready for a fresh test. The 2026 Genesis GV70 Sport Touring AWD enters Grasso’s Garage and chart-topping accolades are standing by.

As it was when we tested last year's model, the GV70 ...Read more

Once known for the Pontiac Aztek flop, General Motors Co.'s small and midsize SUV designers have transformed the fleet from "AI-generated blobs" into the automaker's No. 2 asset.

The rise of small SUVs comes amid GM and other American automakers' retreat from the sedan market and rising Asian dominance of that sector. GM's new entry-level ...Read more