Ford's F-150 Lightning electric continues to rack up its share of prestigious automotive awards as the pickup has now been named winner of the North American Truck of the Year Award.
Subaru announced its Tokyo Auto Salon 2023 model lineup. There will be a hot 2024 Impreza STI hatch and a surprise next-generation SUV. Check out the report here.
Here’s some repair advice from a Toyota mechanic that serves as a warning to used car shoppers and DIY shade tree mechanics on one used Lexus model that can be a nightmare to work on---especially if you live in the rustbelt or buy a used Lexus that previously resided there.
For the second year in a row, Ford has a finalist in the North American Car, Truck, Utility Award competition. The all-electric F-150 Lightning is in the running against a Chevy and a newcomer, Lordstown Motors.
At the 2022 Los Angeles auto show this week Kia premiered its refreshed 2024 Seltos compact SUV for the U.S. market. The new Seltos has a host of new features, design tweaks, additional safety and entertainment technology, more powerful engines, and 3 new colors as well. But one feature is conspicuously absent: there is no electrified version to be found.
It’s T-minus 5 days to the live stream reveal of the all-new 2024 Subaru Impreza at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Find out if Subaru will drop or keep the sedan body style.
After Torque News teased about the intro of the new Transit Trail Life van, we have followed up with the official introduction which occurred this week.
For the seventh year, 110 women will take part in the 2022 1,600-mile Rebelle Rally that pits two-person teams against not only each other but some of the worst off-road trekking around.
To say that Ford has had lots of news lately is putting it mildly. From new uses for Bluetooth to the reveal of the 7th generation Mustang and its exhibition and comments at the recent Detroit Auto Show, the automaker hardly has had time to catch its breath. It continues next week with the reveal of the 2023 Super Duty lineup.
Ford used the Detroit Auto Show, renewed for the first time in three years, to not only introduce the 2024 Mustang but also introduce a new model, the Mustang Dark Horse, and a slew of track-ready racing ponies.
With lots of flourish and fanfare, Ford has launched the seventh generation Mustang. The launch coincided with the end of The [Ford] Stampede and the beginning of the Detroit auto show that roared back to life after three years. Some watchers have saId this might be the last generation internal-combusion engined Mustang -- well only time will tell.
In another recent recall, Ford has recalled a number of Transit vans to repair its backup camera. The vehicle lacks an audio control module that must be installed and programmed.
Mahogany isn't the first material you'd think to make a car body from, but it actually provided this Hispano-Suiza H6C "Tulipwood" Torpedo with some great advantages in the racing of its day. It heads to auction in Monterey this weekend and surprise, surprise, it ain't cheap.
The automotive world is moving toward hands-free or autonomous driving. In some cases, it is using small steps as it adds to the number of vehicles covered (Ford), while in other cases it is adding large numbers (Tesla). Meantime, the NHTSA is watching and investigating.
While we have already speculated on the transmission for the just-introduced F-150 Raptor R, Torque News has also learned that the powerplant for the desert racer is the 5.2-liter V-8 used in the Shelby GT-500. This puts the Raptor R next to the Ram 1500 TRX in terms of performance.
Ford has recalled a number of Super Duty and other model trucks over an issue with tire safety labeling that violates Federal Motor Vehicle Saftey statues.
Sometimes the similarities between recalls are amazing. For example, a few years ago Takata's exploding airbags made historic news with the auto industry's largest safety recall. Now, though it is far smaller, Hyundai has made similar news this week by recalling 281,000 vehicles to fix exploding seatbelt pretensioners.
Ford has issued a recall to repair the backup cameras in some of its 2022 Transits. The cameras stop working when an upfitter does work on the vehicle.
Although it has seemed to take forever, the impending launch of the Ford F-150 Lightning has been rather quick. As recently as two years ago, the automaker was still teasing the pickup's launch and now it is scheduled for April 26.
When the Ford GT 40 MK II team took the track at the 24 Hours of Le Mans no one knew that when the race was completed that the Dearborn automaker would have a 1-2-3 victory sweep. At this year's New York Auto Show, Ford will show a limited-edition GT that honors the 1965 winning team.
Ford's compact pickup, the Maverick, added another trophy to its award case last week when it won the prestigious MotorWeek Driver's Choice "Best of the Year" honors. It is the second time in two years that Ford has won the honor. Last year, the Mustang Mach-E took the honor.