Junkyard Gem: 1982 Dodge B250 Ram Wagon with 4-on-the-floor manual
Monday, 13 November 2023
There was a time, prior to the rise of the minivan, when Detroit pitched its full-sized passenger vans as very large and thirsty station wagons. At the same time, most of those vans came with manual transmissions and straight-six engines as base equipment (nearly all buyers after about 1970 paid extra for automatics and V8s,
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Appeals court rules carmakers can store data permanently and share it
Sunday, 12 November 2023
Mark Jones and Michael McKee filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Washington state in September 2021 against Ford Motor Company. The case alleged that since at least 2014, Ford’s infotainment systems had been permanently storing data such as call logs and SMS messages found on any phone plugged into the vehicle via USB,
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Watch a flying deer spoil New Jersey man’s truck sale
Saturday, 11 November 2023
If you’ve ever bought or sold a vehicle from an individual, you know how hard it can be to come to an agreement on price and get an accurate description of the vehicle’s condition. One New Jersey man thought he had the sale of his 2007 Chevy Silverado squared away, but in a stroke of
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Ultra-fast rototype Polestar 5 coming next year with batteries from StoreDot
Friday, 10 November 2023
Thursday, Polestar held a big event announcing various plans for the electric car brand. One of the particularly interesting announcements was that it and Israeli battery start-up company StoreDot have made big strides in their ultra-fast charging battery technology. In fact, Polestar will show a running Polestar 5 prototype with StoreDot’s batteries sometime in 2024.
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Mini John Cooper Works Countryman revealed with more power
Thursday, 09 November 2023
While we got a first look at the new generation Mini John Cooper Works Countryman a couple of months ago, the official reveal came Wednesday night. The sportiest version of Mini’s small SUV combines more aggressive styling with the most powerful engine Mini has offered so far. The powertrain itself is fairly familiar as a
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