The Scion brand is no more. Well, at least, soon it won’t be. On Wednesday morning, Scion announced that, starting in August, all 2017 model year Scion models will be sold as rebadged Toyotas. The FR-S sports car, iA sedan, iM five-door hatch, and C-HR will live on as Toyotas. However, the tC coupe will…
Typically, when a carmaker unveils a new model, it reveals most — if not all — of the details about the car But not Tesla MotorsElon Musk doesn’t intend to reveal everything about the mass-market Model 3 when it makes its world debut this spring. See also: The year in Elon Musk’s highs and lows,…
Ford’s all-new supercar, the 2017 GT, will go on sale later this year. However, it won’t be like a Focus — you won’t be able to just turn up to the dealer and hope to drive away in one. It’s going to be a bit more involved than that. Before Ford will let you —…
Picking up your smartphone while behind the wheel of your car is illegal in many states. That doesn’t mean, however, you won’t want to experience the music and news streaming from apps on your phone. Enter Radiomize, which includes an app and a steering wheel cover — complete with patented touchpad — designed to make…
Jaguar Land Rover announced Monday morning that it is putting five highly automated vehicles on U.K. roads this year to test both connectivity and self-driving tech. Imagine, for example, if your car knew about a patch of black ice before it crossed it and warned you so you could avoid. Image: Jaguar Land Rover See…
Self-driving cars are going to be the future of mobility. That is, for everyone but Porsche. Porsche CEO Oliver Blume told German newspaper Westfalen-Blatt that the performance carmaker does not plan to develop an autonomous car, Reuters reports. See also: Lamborghini’s Hong Kong dealer has two $4.5 million Veneno Roadsters in stock “One wants to…
What’s the old adage? If you can’t beat them, join them? Well, it seems that’s exactly what Tesla is doing. The upstart EV automaker has applied for a dealership license in Michigan. This is a change, of course, for Tesla because, up until now, it has been selling its cars around the country in company-run…
The SpaceX Hyperloop Pod competition crowned a winner on Sunday, naming the MIT Hyperloop Team as the group with the best look at what the Hyperloop transportation pod system might look like in the future First conceived by SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk back in 2013, the concept transportation system would transport riders in…
I felt like a real jerk, turning to my friend sitting in the passenger seat and admitting to him that I just wasn’t that smitten with the 2016 Mercedes-AMG GT S. We’d spent the afternoon pushing the limits of the GT S on the strip of asphalt that runs between Pasadena and the small town…
Every year, when the Qatar Motor Show rolls around, we’re presented with a new dazzling but certainly insane supercar. Thankfully, this year is no different. See also: End of an era: Land Rover Defender production stops today The wild and undoubtedly unpleasant-looking “Elibriea” supercar debuted this week at the global auto show. The car was…