INEOS owner Jim Ratcliffe once tried to buy the rights to keep building the original Land Rover Defender. JLR didn’t approve the deal, so INEOS went ahead with an alternate-reality version called the Grenadier. This week, a court dismissed JLR’s appeal of the U.K. Intellectual Property Office’s decision that not …
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Car care during coronavirus Q&A: Should I run my car during lockdown? As the coronavirus pandemic reaches its peak and more states are imposing shelter-in-place restrictions, most vehicles are hibernating in garages or on the street. How long can a car sit before it is negatively affected? What sort of …
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IIHS awards safest cars for 2020 The bar has been raised for vehicle safety in 2020. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced Thursday stricter criteria in awarding its Top Safety Pick and Top Safety Pick+ honors to 2020 models. Here are the affordable new crossovers on their way in 2020 Death, …
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Ford v Ferrari, the critically acclaimed movie about the two automakers’ 1960s rivalry at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, was nominated for four Academy Awards, the awards organization announced in January. The lead actors—Christian Bale as Ken Miles and Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby—did not get the nod for …
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