Driving

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Corvette Z06 details leak out Last year saw the seventh generation Corvette take its bow at the annual North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Mich.

A front-wheel drive Mercedes-Benz. To hear some people talk, you'd think the Germans had slapped their threepointed star on a Daewoo and called it a day. Well, I say Germans: this thing's actually built in Hungary. And it ain't no Daewoo.

As 2013 draws to a close, the natural human impulse is to both look forward to the coming year, and look back on the past one.

2014 Volkswagen Tiguan

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: 2015 Mustang unveiled Here's a piece of trivia for you: there's no such thing as the famous 1964.5 Ford Mustang that kicked off the whole pony car parade.

A long time ago, I used to drive a green Land Rover Series III around with a sticker in the rear window that read "The Best Four by Four by Far." An extremely optimistic slogan, to be sure, and something of a case of pride goeth-ing before the fall.

If you only read the headlines, you'd think General Motors only built pickup trucks, Camaros and the new Stingray Corvette. In actual fact, the General is actually in the business of making and selling crossovers in a big way.

For the 2014 model year, Volkswagen is cancelling their perennial hot hatchback, the GTI. Don't worry though, they'll happily sell you a year-old one instead. Actually, there's a rare bit of honesty going on here.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: New WRX leaks out If you've been wondering, as I have, how much the new WRX is going to deviate from the current Impreza, then wonder no longer.

In amongst the approximately 11 billion emails I've been receiving about various horribly modified cars on display at this year's SEMA aftermarket equipment show in Las Vegas was a missive from Ford and Hot Wheels.