by Fast Machines | May 21, 2014 | Fast And Dangerous
For the second time this month, Motor Trend has dished up unexpected news—without saying where the news came from. One of the magazine’s editors tweeted that the Jaguar F-type will be getting a manual-transmission option soon—which we already knew—and that it would...
by Fast Machines | May 21, 2014 | Formula One Blog
The low speed at Monaco often allows cars that have proved nimble but slow at other tracks to catch up with the quickest cars again. Sebastian Vettel said last week that he hoped that Monaco would allow Red Bull Racing to challenge for the lead again. The downside of...
by Fast Machines | May 21, 2014 | Spares
Add another 218,000 vehicles to the General Motors recall heap. GM (GM, Fortune 500) has already recalled more than 15 million cars and trucks worldwide this year, including 2.4 million on Tuesday. On Wednesday, GM and federal safety regulators announced another...
by Fast Machines | May 21, 2014 | Exterior
Just how powerless are automotive journalists? Well, we’re not that weak, save for one subject: Wagons. The market penetration of station wagons in the U.S. is microscopic, even though we love them, especially, as the cliché goes, with a diesel engine and a manual...
by Fast Machines | May 21, 2014 | Auto News
Volkswagen has dreams of becoming the world’s largest automaker, and it looks like selling more SUVs is a staple of that plan. According to Auto Motor Und Sport, Volkswagen is planning on releasing a redesigned Tiguan in late 2014. The new model will be slightly...