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Leaf is shockingly easy

Leaf is shockingly easy

When it comes to electric motor vehicles, one company steals the headlines, and the other quietly goes about making the sales figures.

Fiat Beast roars back to life after 100 years

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: The beast of Turin roars again Corvette? Hellcat? An offshore racing boat? Never mind all those puny engines - if you want a big motor, Fiat's got you covered.
MCALEER: Tire facts without all the friction

MCALEER: Tire facts without all the friction

It was the rain that turned them to the darkside. Perhaps the most controversial of topics in the motorcycling community recently is the trend among some touring-cycle owners to put car tires on their bikes instead of motorcycle tires.

Volvo goes Viking with 450 h.p. triple turbo

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Volvo's 450 horsepower triple-turbo two-litre Ah, Volvo. Nice people, those Swedes, what with their boxy designs, safetyfirst mantra and tractorlike durability.
MCALEER: Truck takes on Targa against all odds

MCALEER: Truck takes on Targa against all odds

There are essentially two ways to react upon being told, "No, you can't do that." The first is to accept that the odds are too great, the challenge too arduous.
REVIEW: Sonata goes down smooth

REVIEW: Sonata goes down smooth

You know who makes a decent cup of coffee? McDonald's. I know, I know, it's no match for that artisanal, hand-roasted, high-falutin' stuff, but as a decent cup of joe, McDonald's has really stepped up their game of late.

MCALEER: Long range text-detector in the works

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: A radar gun to catch texting drivers While nobody likes speed traps, what about a different sort of dragnet - one to catch texting drivers? Distracted driving is a growing cause o

MCALEER: Time to redefine what we call a classic

Last week, I headed down to Everett to see a special car: the last Jensen Interceptor to leave the original factory just before it went bankrupt.

LETTER: New, higher speed limits spell disaster

Dear Editor: The July 18 column by Brendan McAleer about the new speed limits needs a response.I can't disagree with him strongly enough. The raised limits are a disaster waiting to happen.

MCALEER: Corvette-eating sinkhole filled

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Corvette Museum fills sinkhole One of the more bizarre stories of late in the automotive realm was the sinkhole that opened up in the middle of the Corvette Museum, causing severa
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