How Chevy and Apple Might Stop “Webbing”

How Chevy and Apple Might Stop “Webbing”

Next to drinking and driving, texting while driving is the surest way to cause impairment in a driver’s ability to control a car and react to quickly changing traffic conditions. Now that smart phones have infiltrated nearly every section of humanity (hey, I just got one, which is a sure sign everyone else in the world already did), they are wreaking havoc on...

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Forty years later, the Chevette can still get better mileage than many new cars

Forty years later, the Chevette can still get better mileage than many new cars

Something about the Chevrolet Chevette still makes it a perennial favorite among those unimaginative authors who feel compelled to pen “worst car ever” lists more than a quarter of a century after it left production, but the fact remains that more than a million of the subcompacts sold in the United States and millions more sold around the globe. Forty years...

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Bentley, Ferrari and Mazda Take to the Ice

Bentley, Ferrari and Mazda Take to the Ice

Mazda MX-5 ice race “Hey, did you hear a 20-year-old rookie won the Daytona 500!?” The phone call came from a friend last week within minutes of Trevor Bayne’s unlikely victory. I couldn’t even pretend to be interested. “Oh, was that today? I don’t really follow NASCAR.” In fact, not being from Virginia or North Carolina, I don’t even like NASCAR racing, much...

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Pagani Huayra – The New Supercar Benchmark

Pagani Huayra – The New Supercar Benchmark

There is a new car atop the Top Gear performance lap time board called the Pagani Huayra. I think it’s time I put the latest Pagani creation at the forefront of your gearhead minds because I know it’s #1 on my ultimate wish list. I mean that, and I’m not talking about your average wish list of attainable cars you would like to buy in the future, or even if you...

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