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A 2008 Toyota Tacoma has 1.2 million miles. But that’s not the whole story about this one million mile Tacoma. Not at all.

The 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has a much lower starting price than the 2018 models due to the removal of several key standard features, but even when you equip the 2019 version with the same basic features as the previous model year, the new, more-powerful Hellcat Challenger does cost a bit less.

If by 2025 one in six new cars sold in the world will be electric this means the world will need more EV batteries for electric cars. This means the car manufacturers will need more Graphite to build EV batteries. Torque News spoke with Tom Yingling, the president of Berkwood Resources Ltd. who told us that many battery and auto manufactures have reached out to them and are waiting for their graphite resource report to come out.

Unveil Review: Rivian Automotive, the Michigan based startup that for ten years carefully, but secretly planned to find the right vehicle, at the right time, and at the right moment, to launch an all BEV the world hasn’t seen, seemed to find the right recipe to unveil that vehicle NOW, as they launched something that Tesla had expectations of doing first: to launch the first all electric pickup truck in the world. And Rivian did it. Not Ford. Not Tesla. This is a game changer . . .

Subaru axed two popular models fans want back. Will Subaru ever bring back the STI hatch and Forester 2.0XT?

It was around this time twenty years ago that the now legendary Cadillac Escalade started hauling the ruling class and celebritydom on the streets of the big American cities as if they were elegant stage coaches of the Victorian or Edwardian Eras over 100 years ago. So after reading a story about the disastrous 2009 hybrid I decided to do a flashback ode to the iconic 20th century truck that lives on today.

Toyota is planning to cut some models from its vast lineup. All will be cars that are not selling well. Will the Prius c be one of those that gets the boot?

Watch Elon Musk talk about Tesla being weeks from death earlier this year - at exactly the time he scoffed at the media, investors, and shorts who were all saying that was exactly the situation.

Ford was first, but now two of the other largest automakers in the U.S. are re-aligning their offerings and cars are on the chopping block.

General Motors is slashing its gasoline-powered car operations. Here's what we know so far.

General Motors will close eight plants and restructure its workforce to meet its future plan to shift to autonomous electric vehicles.

What are the best winter and AT tires for your Subaru? Check out the Scorpion All Terrain Plus tire for extreme winter weather and off-road use.

It was supposed to be for the U.S. market only, but Subaru Canada announces they will also get the new Subaru Crosstrek Plug-in Hybrid. See when it’s coming.

Audi, which has produced some very interesting variants on its existing models, most notably the "S" series of sport vehicles, has no plans to build a second-gen Audi S1. According to a spokesman, there are many reasons for the move.

The Subaru WRX STI that was in the film “Kingsman the Secret Service”, gets crazy mods. See what the filmmakers did to the STI.

Toyota's 2019 RAV4 prices have been announced. Here is how it compares to the 2018.

Can you find any good Black Friday deals on a new Subaru Ascent, Forester, Outback or Crosstrek? There are some surprisingly good deals for consumers.

With the L.A. Auto Show set to begin next week, another automaker has announced it will introduce a new model. Audi will intro its e-tron SUV when the show kicks off in a little over a week.

If you own a Subaru WRX STI, you want to push it to its limit. Here’s how you can do it without getting a ticket.

D Day Reversed! As Tesla prepares for Cheap Model 3 “Production Hell,” the competition takes a Last Stand: Hyundai is ready to unleash a manufacturing fury of a “Production Hell,” with Kona to invade America via the Pacific. While VW and Ford sign a war pact treaty to enact their diabolical anti-Tesla master plan to unleash triple flanking fury coming soon from Dearborn, Chattanooga, and from the North Atlantic shores.

One would have thought that Porsche might have withdrawn from major auto show participation after the drawn-out diesel emissions scandal. That's the case, though, as the automaker will use the L.A. Auto Show to display the 2019 Macan.

Mazda is ready to retrofit your 2014 or newer vehicle to be compatible with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto.

When Ford introduced the new front end design for the 2018 Mustang, the company opted to not use that new look on the Shelby GT350 models and based on input from Motor Company execs, the high performance pony car will not get the front end featured on the other 2018 and 2019 models.

General Motors announced at the 2018 SEMA Show in Las Vegas that the LT5 engine from the C7 Corvette ZR1 will be available as a crate engine from the company’s performance parts division and with the first orders being taken for the 755-horsepower V8, we know how much it costs.

The all-new 2019 Toyota RAV4 has everything a buyer could ask for. Unless they use an Android phone.

Subaru’s first-ever Crosstrek plug-in hybrid makes its debut at the LA Auto Show. There are two reasons why it offers less MPGe and EV range than other brands.

I find it pathetically sad that we are now in year 6 of the electric car revolution and Ford has yet to come out with not one of their own non-compliance full mass production BEV car. Not one. Thank God for startups, because the new British based company called Charge Automotive will make you pay just a little dearly, but you can even have a classic Mustang the way Ford would never have given it to you.

We’re now about a few days away from the launch of Rivian’s new mystery trucks, and instead of debunking myths, conjecture, theories, legends, and rumors, Rivian, purveyor of “electric adventure vehicles” only heightens them and with mystique. This time Rivian publishes a second teaser video showing their truck wading through 3 feet of water with 3 seconds of footage.

The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for November 2018, the winner is the stunning 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS shown here, owned by Dwayne Cole.

The new 2019 Ram 1500 North Edition offers equipment and capabilities not found on other full-size light duty pickup trucks. If you live where winter is approaching, this is your pickup truck.