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Remembering Junior Johnson, NASCAR Legend and Last American Hero

Remembering Junior Johnson, NASCAR Legend and Last American Hero

racingonegetty images junior johnson, a legend in the world of stock-car racing, has died at age 88. johnson began his driving career as a north carolina moonshine runner and went on to win 50 races, including the 1960 daytona 500. johnson was in the first class of nascar hall o [...]

GM Asks NHTSA to Let It Run Cars with No Steering Wheel or Driver

GM Asks NHTSA to Let It Run Cars with No Steering Wheel or Driver

chevrolet general motors has a plan that includes deploying a small fleet of driverless ride-share cars with no human driver or controls—meaning no steering wheel in the vehicle.as an explanation, gm says this kind of self-driving car has the potential to be way safer than [...]

BMW and Daimler Pull the Plug on Share Now Car-Sharing App in North America

BMW and Daimler Pull the Plug on Share Now Car-Sharing App in North America

share now daimler and bmw are shutting down share now, the app-based car-sharing service, in all u.s. and canadian cities at the end of february 2020. share now has been operating in seattle, new york, and washington, d.c., in the united states, and in vancouver and montreal in [...]

Amazon Buying So Many Commercial Vans, Its a Boom for Mercedes, FCA, and Ford

Amazon Buying So Many Commercial Vans, Its a Boom for Mercedes, FCA, and Ford

nurphotogetty images for the auto industry, it's prime day every day when amazon needs more delivery vans for its ever-growing fleet.delivery-van sales are up for daimler, fiat chrysler, and ford in 2019.the look of amazon's fleet will change once it gets the 100,000 rivian elec [...]

Jeep Wrangler Diesels EPA Rating of 29 MPG Highway Makes It Even More Compelling

Jeep Wrangler Diesels EPA Rating of 29 MPG Highway Makes It Even More Compelling

jessica lynn walkercar and driver jeep's wrangler unlimited with the ecodiesel v-6 gets 29 mpg on the highway, 22 mpg in the city, and 25 mpg combined, the epa has reported.c/d's own recent highway fuel-economy testing yielded 22 mpg for the wrangler unlimited rubicon [...]

Final 991-Generation Porsche 911 Rolls Off the Production Line

Final 991-Generation Porsche 911 Rolls Off the Production Line

porsche porsche has ended production of the 991 generation of its iconic 911 sports car.the last model was a 911 speedster that's bound for the u.s.it'll be all 992 from here on out, as the newest 911 has already gone on sale.porsche has capped off the production run of its 991- [...]

Fords Fix for Recalled Super Duty Trucks Is a Roll of Duct Tape

Fords Fix for Recalled Super Duty Trucks Is a Roll of Duct Tape

chris doane automotivecar and driver inadequate insulation on 2017–2019 ford super duty pickups can cause fires from the seatbelt pretensioners during a crash, according to filings posted by nhtsa.the defect mirrors the recall of 1.6 million f-150 pickups in september 2018 [...]

Chevy Silverado Driver Ticketed for Towing 53-Foot-Long Trailer

Chevy Silverado Driver Ticketed for Towing 53-Foot-Long Trailer

ontario provincial police via facebook a driver in canada was ticketed for towing a 53-foot-long trailer with a light-duty pickup.the trailer was hitched to the truck via a pin system, which somehow worked.as dangerous as this was, we couldn't help but be impressed by [...]

2020 Mazda CX-3 Slims Down to a Single Trim Level

2020 Mazda CX-3 Slims Down to a Single Trim Level

mazda the mazda cx-3 subcompact crossover will only be available in a single sport trim level for 2020.this single trim level has a few new driver-assist features as standard.the 2020 cx-3 sport starts at $21,685 with front-wheel drive and $23,085 with all-wheel drive.mazda is t [...]