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Small SUVs Fare Poorly in IIHS Small Overlap Crash Test

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety recently ran its small overlap crash test on the compact crossover segment, and two out of 13 vehicles managed to come away with top honors.

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Tags: IIHS Crash tests, iihs top safety pick, Small SUV crash tests, top safety pick, top safety pick plus

By Stephen Elmer May 16 2013

Top 10 Least Reliable Cars and Trucks

Since its founding in 1936, Consumer Reports has become the go-to source for shoppers. From new refrigerators to bottles of wine, Blue-ray players to homeowner’s insurance, if it’s on the market it’s likely the non-profit organization has scientifically tested it. Of course the consumer watchdog is probably most famous for its vehicle reliability ratings.

Filed under: Compact Cars Featured Articles Ford Jaguar Lincoln Luxury Cars MINI Ram SUVs Top 10
Tags: consumer reports, dependability, explorer, flex, focus, ford explorer, Ford Flex, ford focus, Jaguar, jaguar xf, jaguar xj, Lincoln MKT, Lincoln MKX, MINI, mini countryman, mkt, MKX, quality, ram, ram 2500, reliability, survey

By Craig Cole May 16 2013

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Mazda MX-5 Miata Parade Will Attempt to Break Records

Mazda is looking to set a new world record for the “largest parade of Mazda cars” with its MX-5 Miata.

Filed under: Convertibles Coupes Featured Articles Japanese Mazda Sports Cars
Tags: largest parade of mazda cars, Mazda, Mazda MX-5 Miata, mazda world record, world record

By Jason Siu May 16 2013

Honda Teams With McLaren for Formula 1 in 2015

Honda will return to the world of Formula One racing for the 2015 season in partnership with McLaren, which will source its engines from the Japanese company.

Filed under: British Featured Articles Formula 1 Honda Japanese McLaren
Tags: f1, formula one, honda f1, Honda Formula One, Honda McLaren F1 Team, HondF1

By Sami Haj-Assaad May 16 2013

Jaguar F-Type US Commercials Released – Video

The Jaguar F-Type is hitting dealerships in America this month with a starting price of $69,000, so the British automaker is launching an advertising and marketing campaign to promote its convertible sports car.

Filed under: British Convertibles Coupes Featured Articles Jaguar Luxury Cars Sports Cars Videos
Tags: f-type, f-type ads, f-type commercials, Jaguar, jaguar f-type, jaguar f-type ads, jaguar f-type commercials

By Jason Siu May 16 2013

McLaren P1 to make US Debut at Pebble Beach

Since the McLaren P1’s official debut at the Geneva Auto Show, American supercar fans have been clamoring to get a taste of the F1-bred plug-in hybrid, which will make its US debut at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours D’elegance.

Filed under: Auto Show News British Featured Articles McLaren Sports Cars
Tags: McLaren, mclaren p1, McLaren P1 US debut, Pebble Beach, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance

By Sami Haj-Assaad May 16 2013

BMW M5 Sets Guinness World Record for Longest Drift – Video

BMW Performance Driving School instructor Johan Schwartz has set a new world record for drifting 51.278 miles in a new M5.

Filed under: BMW Drifting Family Sedans Featured Articles German Luxury Cars Sedans Sports Cars Videos
Tags: BMW, bmw m5, drift record, drifting record, Guinness Book of World Records, Guinness World Record, M5

By Jason Siu May 15 2013

Tesla Offers $450M in Stocks, Musk Buys $100M Worth

Tesla announced a new offering of 2.7 million shares of common stock today, along with $450 million worth in convertible senior notes.

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Tags: Buy Tesla Stocks, tesla, Tesla Net Worth, Tesla new stock offering, tesla stocks

By Stephen Elmer May 15 2013

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Spotted Testing

While Mercedes-Benz was officially revealing the 2014 S-Class sedan today, the German automaker was also busy working on a coupe variant that is expected to arrive next year as a 2015 model.