The Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans as well as other daylong races at the Spa-Francorchamps and Nurburgring are renowned tests in motorsports. Stretching the limits on machinery and the humans operating them in competition, the automotive world has benefited greatly from experimentation in largely controlled chaos. Originating in the late days of [...]
If you judge a car’s sticking power by the amount of speculation, modifications, renderings, and overall “chit chat,” Toyota’s managed to create a knock-out with their new GT86 sports car. Who wouldn’t love it, anyway? Not only is it Toyota’s first real sports car in over a decade (nearly two, really,) but it’s a damn [...]
The North American International Auto Show has a full slate of debuts scheduled. Right now Toyota is trying to stir up excitement for its new Furia sedan. Stirring up excitement for a Toyota sedan…yeah, that isn’t an enviable job. Fortunately, the Furia may be unlike Toyota sedans that have come before it. Toyota is talking [...]
If you a purchaser of the latest in high-tech items but do not welcome the overnight line-up at an electronic store, you are perhaps very familiar with the process of waiting a special, desirable product. A case of days or weeks in many instances, there is also times where a specific item could be delayed [...]
For sports cars, there is a traditional launch playbook. Coupe comes first and then a convertible later to boost interest and sales into the car’s model cycle. The Scion FR-S and Subaru BRZ are still riding high on a lot of pent up demand, but Autocar is looking ahead to the convertible model. Toyota originally [...]
A few years back, Toyota realized it had a problem. It was losing enthusiasts and younger buyers, which was detrimental to it’s future. Chief executive officer Akio Toyoda took charge and shook the development process up. The result is a far more engaging 2013 Lexus GS and the Scion FR-S/Subaru BRZ twins that were years [...]
After several decades where small cars served as a comic relief to the line-ups for several automotive brands, subcompact cars today are engineered with more dedicated intent. An important automotive product niche in North America, the subcompact vehicle category has presented new expectations to car buyers in the 21st century. Attempting to welcome younger buyers [...]
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Four All-Time Great Four-Wheel Drive Vehicles
Through the past decade, drivers have grown increasingly accustomed to the notion of all-wheel drive vehicles. Providing careful distribution of power on surfaces with varying traction, all-wheel drive should never be confused with four-wheel drive. Whereas all-wheel drive can help in securely negotiating an ill-maintained dirt road, vehicle equipped with four-wheel drive could potentially climb [...]