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Thirteen years ago, the 1975 Celica you see pictured was nowhere near the sort of condition that has you currently shaking your head gently while admiring just how clean and well executed this build really is. A project, in the most blatant of terms, is what builder Kong Vue saw it as.
Over the last few years, Infiniti has been showing a number of electrified concept vehicles as key components of its commitment to having its entire model lineup fully electrified by 2021, and the latest in this line of concepts debuted here in Paris at the 2018 Mondial de l'Auto, or Paris Motor Show.
These are heady times for American performance cars. Here's a Chevrolet Camaro that beat the Ferrari 488 GTB around the famous Nurburgring; there's a Dodge Challenger that's the quickest 0 to 60 mile-per-hour production vehicle on the planet; everywhere, there are more high-horsepower V-8 engines than you can shake a piston at.
There are two sides to every story, and in this case, two builds for one chassis. In essence, the Datsun 521 pickup was the micro machine Japanese alternative to the heavy-handed Ford F-series and the strongly lined Chevy C-series.
Just when you thought the Hellcat franchise was tapped out, FCA uses the Dodge Mile-High National Hot Rod Association Nationals event in Denver to announce its latest buzz model: the 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320.
As car reviewers, we get asked that question all the time, but answering literally with "Rolls-Royce Phantom" isn't really helpful. At least if you're actually trying to buy the best car possible.
Ever since Mopar released its Hellcat V-8 as a crate engine last year, Ram enthusiasts have considered the possibility of another supertruck that could revive the performance passions the iconic SRT-10 models produced from 2004 to 2006. If you remember, those regular-cab models came with a 500hp, 8.3L, all-aluminum Viper V-10 engine and six-speed manual transmission.
It's available in no fewer than 12 different models with four powertrain choices, and the option of rear- or all-wheel drive. You can get a no-nonsense commuter with just over 200 horsepower, or even an all-wheel-drive V6 hybrid.
U.S. President Donald Trump has postponed the imposition of steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada, the European Union and Mexico until June 1, and has reached agreements for permanent exemptions for Argentina, Australia and Brazil, the White House said. The decisions came just hours before temporary exemptions from the tariffs on these countries were set to expire at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.
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General Motors shares rose the company said 2018 earnings will be largely flat compared with 2017 and forecast higher profits in 2019 when its revamped line of high-margin pickup trucks hits the U.S. market. Aleksandra Michalska reports.
A bipartisan pair of Michigan lawmakers introduced a bill to make it easier for automakers to comply with federal fuel efficiency requirements, as the Trump administration considers softening standards that require nearly doubling the fuel economy of the U.S. new vehicle fleet by 2025. The proposal, introduced late on Wednesday, would extend the life of fuel economy credits that would currently expire after five years, lift a cap on transferring credits between car and truck fleets and award automakers credits for emissions reductions not measured by existing test procedures.
A favorable ruling for Authenticom in its antitrust case against CDK Global Inc. and Reynolds and Reynolds Co. has been put on hold after appeals from the dealership management system giants.
Senate Commerce Committee leaders on Tuesday said safety, reducing roadblocks to innovation, and clarifying federal and state regulatory roles are among the chief goals they will follow when drafting legislation covering autonomous vehicles in coming weeks. "Self-driving vehicles will not only dramatically change how we get from place to place, they have the potential to prevent accidents and save thousands of lives," Sen. Gary Peters, D-Mich., who is spearheading the effort along with Chairman John Thune, R-S.D., and ranking member Bill Nelson of Florida, said in a statement.
It's possible Uber could lose approval to operate in some cities if DOJ probe uncovers more evidence of evading regulators. Looking into Uber's attempt to evade government regulators in Portland, the U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal probe into the development and use of Uber's Greyball software.
Mercedes-Benz parent company Daimler AG warned this week the automaker could face significant fines and recalls as a result of U.S. authorities' investigation into its own diesels. The automaker launched an internal investigation at the request of the EPA a year ago after reports of possible discrepancies in the emissions levels of its U.S. market vehicles following the fallout of the Volkswagen diesel crisis .
The United States, Mexico and Canada are likely to reach a basic accord over reworking the North American Free Trade Agreement by the middle of next year, the head of the biggest U.S. business lobby group said Sunday. The future of the deal binding the three nations has been in doubt since Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency in November pledging to ditch it if he could not rework terms in favor of the United States, clouding the outlook for Mexico in particular.
U.S. Navy via Flickr : PACIFIC OCEAN An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to the Golden Dragons of Strike Fighter Squadron 192 makes an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson . A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet fighter crashed into the ocean and the pilot ejected unharmed while on approach to land on the USS Carl Vinson , the aircraft carrier that was briefly confused to have been off the coast of the Korean Peninsula during North Korea's failed nuclear test last weekend, but wasn't .
Ford says the Los Angeles Police Department will be among the first law enforcement agencies to use its new Police Responder Hybrid Sedan. Ford says the Los Angeles Police Department will be among the first law enforcement agencies to use its new Police Responder Hybrid Sedan.