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Subaru is recalling certain Outback and Legacy models for a vehicle rollaway increasing the risk of a crash. Is your vehicle on the list?

Bollinger Motors recently made changes to the B1 with their newly added four door sport utility BEV SUT truck variant that gives the truck a roll cage structure with the doors off if the driver wishes to modify. The removable glass panel roof are just some of the unique features the B1 engineers thought out to make design and production of the B1 as simple and easy as possible to get it ready for soon upcoming production.

While Ford trucks outsold Ram trucks and the Mustang outsold the Challenger, the FCA group brands combined to outsell the Ford Motor Company brands in the US market in September 2018 – a rare occurrence which hasn’t happened since 2007.

Tesla's Autopilot gets the lion's share of the news, both positive and negative. Very quietly, one brand's automated driving system has surpassed Tesla's.

Subaru Corp brings the new 2019 Crosstrek e-Boxer Hybrid to the Tokyo Motor Festival. When will a new Subaru EV arrive?

The folks from Car & Driver published the results of the 2018 Lightning Lap competition in this month’s issue of the magazine and the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody finished in the middle of the pack – an impressive placement for a car that is often pinned as being nothing more than drag strip dominator.

Here is a story that covers the new 2018 Honda Clarity PHEV from the point of view of a lifelong Honda fan.

The all-new Subaru Ascent helps deliver another record month for the Japanese automaker. See what popular Subaru nameplates were down in sales.

Porsche continued its winning ways in sales for the first nine months of the year as it set another record mark by topping last year's number. For the month, it also edged the sales record also.

FCA announced this afternoon that production of the 797-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Redeye began today in Brampton and while we don’t know for sure when the first units will reach dealers – we do know for sure that the newest Mopar muscle car is about to hit the streets.

OPINION: As the Tesla Model 3 becomes less of an exotic out in the American wilderness to soon become a common domesticated pet, its oddness will continue to stick out while its familiarity will acquaint the many verses the few. Until then getting stopped by police for a giant screen on your dash should not shock everyone. Here’s what the do’s and don’ts are of getting stopped by police while we give the cops time and patience, please, thank you, to wrap their heads around it.

The Chevy Bolt electric vehicle is dropping in sales just as other electrified vehicles are climbing steeply.

It was announced yesterday that former Dodge boss Tim Kuniskis is taking over the lead position of the Jeep brand and after his success in rolling out a variety of high performance Challengers and Chargers, he could play a key role in improving the performance resume of the Trail Rated brand.

The sales numbers for September and for the third quarter of 2018 are in and once again the Ford Mustang was the bestselling two-door sporty coupe in the US market, beating the Dodge Challenger by about 300 units while the Chevrolet Camaro continues to fall well behind both of its rivals.

We offer facts and opinion in equal measure here. See what we think of the new Honda Clarity PHEV and challenge our conclusions.

Better late than never. The Tesla Model 3 and its siblings finally have the month that Elon Musk promised would happen in December of 2017.

Subaru recalls over 40,000 Outback and Legacy vehicles in Australia over electronic parking brake issue. Will U.S. vehicles be recalled?

Amazingly, the adult and two children who were in this almost unrecognizable car escaped with minor injuries.

Scott Speed held off a hard-charging Tanner Foust to cement his driving championship in the ARX. Though Speed finished on of the Semifinals to set the stage for his COTA points win, Foust managed to win the fourth ARX of the season.

The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for October 2018 is the aggressive 1968 RS named Dark Matter, owned by Mike Whitney.

Subject to court approval, one of Elon Musks many legal issues was resolved this weekend. Here's the deal that Musk made with SEC.

Many consumers want a larger SUV, but the new 2019 Subaru Ascent may be bigger than you need. Should you wait for the new-generation Outback?

Which shall it be? Betamax or VHS? Although fully driverless autonomous cars are years and miles away, as we get there shortly, cars need to learn now, how to communicate to each other as they robotize. But car makers are battling each other over older radio DSRC v. the newer cellular V2X, and the debate, like American politics, is getting intense. It’s the same kind of moment we went through when deciding which video platform to use 40 years ago, even 100 years ago which kind of car, gas or electric?

There are rumors out there about Subaru producing a new mid-engine hybrid sports coupe. Here’s why the rumors are just wishful thinking.

Volkswagen and Microsoft announced Friday that they are teaming to develop cloud-based solution to technology problems. For example, while other tech development contracts may focus on infotainment or displays,VW and Microsoft are developing cloud-based solutions to networking problems.

The Subaru BRZ GT300 gets its first win of the season. Check out the BRZ race car specs.

It seems Tesla Corporation has another crisis at hand that they seem able to, in the end, solve one way or another, their way of course, and this time in the opposite of extremes. They are up to their necks with Model 3’s all around them that they can’t deliver them to customers on time. Actually because of either apparent poor planning or lack of a good relationship with several transportation companies to plan ahead, Tesla fabricates its own car carriers so they can ship their inventory.

Elon Musk's coming legal problems have been apparent to those working with him. The reason so many key executives have fled Tesla over the past year is now obvious.

Subaru Corporation released their final report on the fuel mileage falsification scandal. See the four reasons given by the Japanese automaker.

Just a day after I published my full drive review of the 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye, the Build & Price feature for the 797-horsepower Mopar muscle car has gone live on Dodge.com – allowing everyone to find out how much they need to save to bring one home.