Новости за 18.08.2020

My 1994 diesel manual Chrysler Voyager minivan, which I plan to live in for a month as I road trip through Europe, is now in my friends’ garage in Erlangen, Germany. It sits atop a hoist, giving me a great view of the vehicle’s faults. Here’s a look at everything I’ll have to fix on my $600 Austrian/Italian/American…

A few weeks ago, the YouTuber who goes by Warped Perception published a video showing what goes on inside a car tire while driving. That same channel now has a new video that also shows the innards of a tire, but instead of motoring down the road, the car is sitting still while its rear tires are ripping a huge, smoky…

I feel like I’ve been doing too much Instagram scrolling, so thought I might share some of my findings with you. That way I can write the time off as “work” and feel productive! But you actually will like some of these, I’m sure of it.

Forget being tethered to a short phone charging cable on your nightstand. Just place your phone on a stand and move on. Wireless charging has quickly become much more ubiquitous over the years, and as we’ve seen it adapted more and more often, charging units have become cheaper and more reliable. Whether you’re…

On a sunny day near a rock quarry an hour outside of Detroit, Ford lined up its all-new Bronco and Bronco Sport for a bevy of masked and socially distant journalists. We weren’t here to actually drive the cars, which was probably a good idea as the brand-new Holly Oaks ORV Park had some more challenging routes and…

HBO’s new series, Lovecraft Country premiered as Jordan Peele’s interesting re-working of noted weirdo and virulent racist H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulu Mythos into something that incorporates the realities of ‘50s American culture and racism, along with all those creepy many-eyed monsters old H.P. loved so damn much. As a…

California just locked in auto emissions standards that defy the Trump administration. The entire plan seems to be “just don’t do what Trump says” and it seems to be working. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

The Hillman Minx was one of the first cars to feature integrated electromechanical systems that permitted close proximity to gazebos without the usual gazebo-related handling and performance issues. This feature was shown in subtle ways in most literature by simply having the car parked near a gazebo, since direct…

The C4 Corvette doesn’t get the love it deserves, and that makes coupés like today’s Nice Price or No Dice Z07 all the more intriguing an investment. Will this flawed but well-fitted edition earn your love, and maybe even a buyer?

Valtteri Bottas is many things; he’s reliable, consistent, someone Lewis Hamilton probably ‘accidentally’ calls Heikki more often than he should, an excellent Rubens Barrichello-type number two, and a Finn who looks proper fit in black. He is not, however, a championship-caliber Formula One driver, and after almost…

This week, Mercedes-Benz opened its order books in the United Kingdom for its new eSprinter line of vans. It’s the same best-selling Sprinter van with enough batteries to haul you and your stuff a humble 96 miles of range on a full charge. Here’s why Mercedes thinks that’s enough.

I’m not sure if your valet already gave you the news that there’s a new Knight Rider movie in production, but if he hasn’t, then I suggest you take this moment to both deliver to your valet a much-deserved face-slapping and to take a moment to yourself to let the news sink in. A new Knight Rider! Of course, a knight…

Just when you think the waves may finally stop crashing down, the year throws another chaotic twist into the newsfeed: General Motors is reportedly working on advancing its six-way pickup truck tailgate with a new, secret seventh feature on the upcoming Chevy Silverado.

Over the weekend Ford launched yet another special edition of the GT, this time called the Heritage Edition. This is, by my count, the eighth different special edition version of the GT since it was launched in 2017. With a total production run in the hundreds, Ford is making sure that most GT owners will have…