by Fast Machines | Feb 10, 2015 | Fast And Dangerous
Save for a few years as the Rabbit, the Golf has been a staple in VW’s U.S. lineup for what seems like forever. The SportWagen launched in 2009 under the Passat name, though it was always just a Golf with a Jetta badge. In the 2015 model year, however, VW decided to...
by Fast Machines | Feb 10, 2015 | Fast And Dangerous
When Fiat thrust its new 2016 500X crossover in front of the millions-strong Super Bowl audience this year, it chose to do so with a cheeky commercial and a strong dose of male enhancement. Literally—as a blue pill bounces into a 500’s open gas tank and causes the...
by Fast Machines | Feb 10, 2015 | Exterior
If this lumpy, manic-sounding six-rotor monster sounds familiar, you might have seen it before. It’s Pulse Performance Race Engineering’s famous “6B” engine that they ended up stuffing into an RX-4 in New Zealand. This video is new to us, but it’s from before the car...
by Fast Machines | Feb 10, 2015 | Auto News
Share this Article Tweet Two small crossovers from GM have earned top safety honors from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). The Buick Encore and its sister vehicle the Chevy Trax have both been named IIHS Top Safety Picks. A major improvement in the...
by Fast Machines | Feb 10, 2015 | Fast And Dangerous
Press ReleaseThe Toyota Prius v – the “big Prius” – gets a new look for 2015. But Toyota didn’t mess with the outstanding roominess in the largest model in the Prius Family, a car sized for families with a hefty 42 MPG EPA combined fuel economy rating. Revised front...
