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Filed under: Earnings/Financials,Plants/Manufacturing,Honda,Toyota Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. sank deeper into losses for the fiscal quarter that ended in March, as the damage to the industry from the coronavirus outbreak hurt sales and crimped production. Tokyo-based Honda reported Tuesday a January-March loss of 29.5 billion yen ($276 million). Honda, which …
Read More »Sebastian Vettel, Ferrari ending their frustrating relationship at F1 season's end
Filed under: Motorsports,Ferrari,Racing Sebastian Vettel may walk away from Ferrari having never delivered the Formula One title the proud Italian team so desperately wants. The 32-year-old German driver joined Ferrari in 2015 to replace Fernando Alonso, but was unable to add to his world titles at Red Bull from 2010-13. …
Read More »Boost for bicycles as Europeans gear up for coronavirus commute
Filed under: Government/Legal,Green Britain, a laggard compared to its continental neighbours when it comes to cycling to work, is now encouraging people to get in the saddle as part of a 250 million pound ($308 million)emergency active travel fund announced last week. Halfords noted that only 4% of commuter journeys …
Read More »The Best 4×4 SUVs You Can Buy Today
With America’s appetite for crossovers and SUVs veering off the top of the charts, it’s getting harder and harder to find a “real” off-road-capable 4×4 SUV. Many, but not all, new SUVs have some ability to send the engine’s power to all four wheels, but that doesn’t mean they have …
Read More »Is Blind-Spot Monitoring Worth It? What Is It Exactly?
If you’re shopping for a new car, chances are you’ve seen blind-spot monitoring as a standard feature or on the options list. If you’re not sure what to make of the safety tech, we can help. The feature can be a cool convenience, but is it worth getting? What Is …
Read More »Swapping Transmissions: How to Adapt a Ford NP435 to GM Bellhousings
Our buddy, Mike, is something of a manual-transmission nut. He geeks out on knowing the gear ratios for most manual transmissions, especially those with granny gears, or found in Jeeps and Ford trucks. Mike has a 1975 CJ-5 that is understated and works well. If it’s just on a run …
Read More »Lamborghini Doors Now Available for the C8 Chevy Corvette
How do you make an already cool Chevrolet C8 Corvette even cooler? Just add a Lamborghini-inspired vertical-opening door kit for $2,999 (or $4,300 installed). Vertical Doors Inc. is now offering a kit that includes said “butterfly” doors with hinges, all mounting hardware, and two gas shocks to hold the doors …
Read More »Elon Musk Caps Twitteriffic Week With Tesla’s Flagrant Violation of Stay-at-Home Orders
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has had a lot going on recently. On Saturday, Musk tweeted that Tesla was going to sue California’s Alameda county, which had extended its stay at home order until the end of May, effectively preventing Tesla from restarting manufacturing at its Fremont plant. Musk followed that …
Read More »Tesla CEO Elon Musk defies lockdown, restarts factory, says he's manning the front lines
Filed under: Government/Legal,Green,Plants/Manufacturing,Tesla Continue reading Tesla CEO Elon Musk defies lockdown, restarts factory, says he’s manning the front lines Tesla CEO Elon Musk defies lockdown, restarts factory, says he’s manning the front lines originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 11 May 2020 17:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use …
Read More »14 Team Penske drivers will race for Verizon's 'Pay It Forward Live' coronavirus relief
Filed under: Motorsports,Racing,Gaming Guide Continue reading 14 Team Penske drivers will race for Verizon’s ‘Pay It Forward Live’ coronavirus relief 14 Team Penske drivers will race for Verizon’s ‘Pay It Forward Live’ coronavirus relief originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 11 May 2020 17:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for …
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