Ford Issues Five Recalls Covering 200K Vehicles

Twenty-fourteen must be the year of the recall. Takata’s massive airbag foible is causing much grief, GM’s ignition fiasco drags on and in addition to all of this there have been myriad smaller safety actions. Adding to the tally, Ford just announced five callbacks.

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Mazda Revealing Motorsports Plans at SEMA

Mazda will be announcing its global motorsports plans at this year’s SEMA Show.

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Nissan Leaf Sets New Electric Car Sales Record

Nissan’s all-electric Leaf hatchback is racking up deliveries, in fact it’s the best selling EV in the United States.

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Porsche Exclusive Series Panamera a Two-Tone Wonder

Porsche is set to premiere a new limited edition of their Panamera luxury sedan and it’s called the Exclusive Series.

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Five-Point Inspection: 2014 Mazda2

The Mazda2 is one of the most under-appreciated subcompact cars on the market.

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Ten Lessons From Driving An MX-5 Across America

I’m always up for a good road trip. Heck, I’ll even go on a bad one. Put me in a car, point me in a direction and I’ll set off like a carrier pigeon on a mission.

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MX-5 to Monterey: Grand Junction, CO to Monterey, CA

Day three looks the longest, with a total of 1,121 miles to drive over an estimated 16 hour and 21 minute period.

Luckily, there will be an overnight pit stop in Sacramento to drop Tony off at the airport before I begin the final three hour drive to Monterey.

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MX-5 to Monterey: Ames, IA to Grand Junction, CO

Day two begins with a cars and coffee event hosted by Steve Myers at his fantastic Skunk River Restoration shop in Ames.

To say he has a little bit of everything is an understatement. With 945 miles and over 13 hours to drive today, Tony and I are going to have to pull ourselves away from all of the fantastic machinery on display. If he begins pulling out his race cars, it’ll be game over.

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MX-5 to Monterey: Harrisburg, PA to Ames, IA

Day one is going to be our longest single day, spanning 998 miles from Harrisburg, PA to Ames, IA.

According to Google maps the drive should take 14 hours and 37 minutes, but I’m hoping to cut that down by a few hours. Accompanying me on the trip is Tony Intrieri, President? of Rally North America.

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MX-5 to Monterey: A 3,000 Mile Journey Begins

At AutoGuide we love road trips. Any chance there is to drive somewhere instead of walk/fly/boat, we take it.

I may be the guiltiest party here. Aside from my yearly adventures with the charity organization Rally North America, I’ll take any opportunity to get behind the wheel and drive.

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Jaguar Special Operations to Showcase Three Cars at Pebble Beach

Jaguar will showcase three high-performance limited production vehicles during the 2014 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance.

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Volkswagen GTI Roadster Concept Revaled With 503-HP

Volkswagen’s Vision Gran Turismo concept just officially debuted at the mega VW meet-up in Worthersee, Austria.

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Top 10 Craziest Vehicles at the 2014 Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction

The Barrett-Jackson auction has been selling more than just cars and trucks for awhile now. In the past, virtually everything with an engine or a motor has found its way across the auction block.

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Android Announces Major Automotive Partnerships

Google announced a partnership today with four automakers and chipmaker Nvidia.

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2014 IIHS Top Safety Picks Announced

The IIHS just released its list of vehicles that earned its “Top Safety Pick +” and “Top Safety Pick” designations for the 2014 model year, marking a drastic reduction in the number of vehicles that qualify. 

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