To simulate intense crashes with modern cars, Volvo decided a standard laboratory test was not powerful enough. The solution? Gravity. Volvo thus dropped 10 new cars (sad!) from a crane over an impact site that was ready with video cameras and a bunch of Swedish first responders, who then tried …
Read More »From 2016: Watch Joe Biden Rip a Burnout in His 1967 Corvette
This article originally appeared in Road & Track in 2016, when Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, and we’re bringing it back in 2020 as Biden prepares to address the nation on November 7, 2020, as President Elect.—Ed. If you’re a gearhead, you might not want to …
Read More »Yakima Exo System Grows Utility from Your Vehicle’s Trailer Hitch
You’ve probably seen bikes or cargo boxes hanging off a trailer hitch, but what if you could put ’em all back there? Meet Yakima’s Exo System. Yakima said it was inspired by overlanding vehicles such as Mercedes G-wagens or Jeeps, and if you get everything that’s part of the system, …
Read More »From Argentina to Canada, Pan-American Electric-Vehicle Road Trip Now Possible
Enel X works on EVs and renewable-energy projects around the world and has installed more than 200 new charging points in South and Central America to make a really long West Coast journey possible for EV drivers. The infrastructure expansion was made as part of the new Long Way Up …
Read More »Sitting Pretty: What We’ve Learned from Four Years Testing Seat Height
Michael SimariCar and Driver From the September 2020 issue of Car and Driver. We’re pretty test forward at Car and Driver. If we’ve laid our hands on a car, we’ve probably also laid a VBox on it, taken it to a test track, and displayed the results in a graph …
Read More »2021 Dodge Durango ranges from $33,260 to $82,490
The refreshed 2021 Dodge Durango three-row SUV goes from affordable to expensive as quickly as its new 710-horsepower Hellcat model goes to 60 mph. The $ 33,260 starting price for the 2021 Dodge Durango SXT represents a $ 970 increase over the 2020 model, but at the top of the …
Read More »Can 5G Give You Great Connectivity in an RV Far from Home? Soon, WSJ Reports
This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. A Wall Street Journal reporter tweeted out the idea for a new tech video: “1 RV. 3 5G smartphones. …
Read More »2021 Nissan Titan pickup hikes price from last year, costs $38,145 to start
The 2021 Nissan Titan full-size pickup will cost about $ 400 more than the 2020 version when it hits dealerships later this year, the automaker announced Thursday. Extended-cab versions of the Canton, Mississippi-built pickup will be the cheapest and cost $ 38,145 with a V-8 and rear-wheel drive, including mandatory …
Read More »Help from within for auto recyclers, F&I managers
Every sector of the U.S. economy, it seems, has been touched by the coronavirus pandemic. Retail, entertainment, hospitality, health and service are among the most affected industries, given their consumer-facing nature. Yet the deadly virus has touched essential service workers who don’t often make headlines, who worked quickly in the …
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