Missing Link: Will Wireless Charging Help Energize the Electric-Car Market?

http://ift.tt/2hxUMYU While it’s easy to dismiss wireless charging for smartphones or tablets as mere gimmickry in its present state, the technology shows serious promise out in your driveway—where it could play an important role not just in how you charge your vehicle but in how quickly electric cars catch on. Wireless charging (also called inductive charging) systems use electricity from the grid to generate an electromagnetic field...

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Infiniti Bringing Autonomous Tech and New Engine in Detroit Show Concept

http://ift.tt/2hAnyvk Infiniti is inching closer to a production version of the next-generation QX50, the current version of which has soldiered on with relatively minor changes since 2008 when it was introduced as the EX35. At the 2017 Detroit auto show in January, Infiniti’s QX50 concept will preview what the new mid-size crossover will look like and what it might be capable of. It won’t be our first sneak peek at the new QX50,...

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Infiniti Bringing Autonomous Tech and New Engine in Detroit Show Concept

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2017 Volvo XC90 – Quick-Take Review

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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio Tested: Move Over, BMW

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2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio – Instrumented Test

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Year in Review: The Automotive Winners and Losers of 2016

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Study: 60 Percent of U.S. Drivers Haven’t Heard of—Or Know Little about—Electric Cars

http://ift.tt/2hwtdPX Electric cars are still struggling to gain acceptance in the marketplace, and public perception is not keeping pace with developments, according to a new study. The survey of 2557 Americans asked, “Which of the following best describes your knowledge of electric vehicles?” About 60 percent picked the multiple-choice answers “I’ve never heard of electric vehicles” or “I’ve heard of electric vehicles but I don’t...

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2017 Mitsubishi Mirage Hatchback First Drive—Is It Any Better?

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2017 Mitsubishi Mirage Hatchback – First Drive Review

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Takata Airbag Recall: Officials and Automakers Insist Fixes Are Coming

http://ift.tt/1PK4IZq The Wall Street Journal reported this week that a settlement stemming from a federal probe into criminal wrongdoing by airbag supplier Takata is expected early next year—perhaps as soon as January—and could approach $1 billion. While that news might gratify some people angered by the defective inflator design that prompted the largest automotive safety recall in U.S. history, owners of affected cars may be...

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With 1 Million Micro-Mirrors, These Trick Headlights Don’t Just Illuminate—They Communicate

http://ift.tt/2hx32vB The technology was touted by BMW back in November 2002 as the “light from the future” and the “third step after bixenon and adaptive light.” And while it would be an auxiliary device at the outset, it would—at some point—become “the only front lighting device.” BMW called it pixel light, a lighting source that uses hundreds of thousands of micro-mirrors, and said the technology would be ready in five...

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Honda Recalls 634,000 Odyssey Minivans for Second-Row Seat Problems

http://ift.tt/2ht7Y1r American Honda is recalling and putting a stop-sale on some 634,000 newer Odyssey minivans for issues with the second-row seats. A safety recall affecting 633,753 Odysseys from the 2011 through 2016 model years involves a second-row release lever that allows access to the third row. The lever could stay unlocked, causing the second-row seat to move unexpectedly, according to National Highway Traffic Safety...

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Subaru WRX Refresh, Not Complete Redesign, Reportedly Coming for 2018

http://ift.tt/2hRfBQd The Subaru WRX’s most recent complete overhaul only debuted in the 2015 model year, but fans are constantly looking forward to what’s next for the rally-bred legend. As reported by motoring.com.au, the WRX will get a mid-cycle refresh for 2018, and a wholly new car won’t arrive until around 2020. Thoughts of a brand-new WRX have been stirred by the debut of the new Subaru Global Platform that underpins...

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Nissan Titan XD Diesel 10,000-Mile Long-Term Update: A Big Truck with a Big Thirst

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First U.S. 350-kW Charging Station Will Allow Speedy L.A.–Vegas EV Road Trips

http://ift.tt/2hRcp77 Does spending on a robust charging network sell electric cars? Or do we first need enough electric cars to justify investment in that infrastructure? Automakers have faced these chicken-or-egg questions ever since all-electric models like the Nissan Leaf and the BMW i3 were first announced. DC fast charging has been at the core of the debate. While today’s 50-kW CHAdeMo or Combined Charging System (CCS)/Combo...

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2016 Nissan Titan XD Diesel – Long Term Road Test

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2017 Toyota Yaris iA Manual Tested: Cheap and Cheerful with a Complex Lineage

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2017 Toyota Yaris iA Manual – Instrumented Test

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Elon Musk: A New Tesla Roadster Is “Some Years Away”

http://ift.tt/2htS9uD In July 2015, when announcing updates to the Tesla Model S, Elon Musk said a new roadster model would be coming in four years, complete with a Maximum Plaid mode. Earlier this year, when he posted his Master Plan, Part Deux on the Tesla blog, one key point was to “expand the electric vehicle product line to address all major segments.” However, there was no specific mention of a roadster, a new version of...

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Idea of an Auto-Loan Bubble “A Little Overblown,” Economist Says

http://ift.tt/2ii87cB Throughout 2016 there have been rumblings that increasingly loose auto credit is inflating an economic bubble alongside record-level sales of new cars and trucks. Prominent figures such as JPMorgan Chase CEO James Dimon and comedian John Oliver have poured varying amounts of fuel on such a fire. A report released earlier this month by credit-tracking firm TransUnion seemed poised to add a further can of gasoline....

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2017 Subaru Forester Review: What’s in the Box

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The 1980s Pontiac Jingle Has a Verse! It’s Not Very Good! [Video]

http://ift.tt/2iEKQhr The Sunbird before its headlights went all semi-pop-up. The mighty third-generation Trans-Am, resplendent in black and gold. The flippin’ Fiero, Homes! If your mouth just watered involuntarily, you were likely well under the age of 16 in the mid-1980s. Revamping the performance-oriented image it had cultivated since the 1960s, Pontiac recast itself as the General’s Excitement Division for the Reagan era. After...

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2017 Subaru Forester – Quick-Take Review

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2017 Aston Martin Vanquish S Driven: Going Out in Style

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2017 Aston Martin Vanquish S – First Drive Review

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Sizing Up Your Level of Car Enthusiasm

http://ift.tt/2hxTUI5 There are many ways to size up a car, there are even more ways to be officially labeled “a car person.” We assembled a group of three very different car people who represent three very different views to get behind the wheel of the entire Genesis line-up. Michael Prichinello of the Manhattan Classic Car Club, Racing Expert Jeannette Klein, and Industrial Designer Nolen Niu describe their passion for cars and how...

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You Can Own Pieces of Mid-Engine Corvette History Past and Present

http://ift.tt/2inVNER Pretend for a moment that you received a holiday stocking stuffed with large-denomination currency. If you’re at a loss regarding how to invest your windfall in something both significant and satisfying, our counsel is to buy Corvette. Not just any Corvette but one or both of the two automobiles on sale with direct ties to the upcoming C8 mid-engine Corvette. Selection one is a 2013 Ferrari 458 Italia Spider....

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You Can Own Pieces of Mid-Engine Corvette History Past and Present

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Cold Comfort: Mercedes-AMG S63 Cabriolet Tested

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2017 Mercedes-AMG S63 Cabriolet – Instrumented Test

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Yes, There’s an AMC Car that’s Worth a Million Bucks

http://ift.tt/2idPsyt December 27, 2016 at 11:19 am by Joe Lorio | Photography by Gooding & Company/Mathieu Heurtault Joining the expected highbrow selections at Gooding & Company’s Scottsdale auction in January 2017—vintage offerings by Ferrari, Porsche, Alfa Romeo, Packard, Bentley, and Mercedes-Benz—is one from an American automaker whose wares aren’t usually found in such rarefied environs: American Motors. Although it came...

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