by Fast Machines | Dec 28, 2016 | Exterior
It wasn’t until he was 21 that car guy and leading industrial designer Nolen Niu recognized his true calling in life. “My family wanted me to be a doctor or a lawyer,” Niu said. “It wasn’t my thing. I was always creative as a child [but] I didn’t know there was a...
by Fast Machines | Dec 28, 2016 | Auto News
Ford is charging ahead in its goal to make a driverless car and will debut an updated version of its Fusion Hybrid development vehicle next month. Ford says the technology is getting closer to production levels and will debut next-generation updates for its driverless...
by Fast Machines | Dec 28, 2016 | Fast And Dangerous
Joining the expected highbrow selections at Gooding Company’s Scottsdale auction in January 2017—vintage offerings by Ferrari, Porsche, Alfa Romeo, Packard, Bentley, and Mercedes-Benz—is one from an American automaker whose wares aren’t usually found in such rarefied...
by Fast Machines | Dec 28, 2016 | Exterior
The dinosaurs didn’t know extinction was coming. They carried on romping and stomping as the sky turned to fire and that meteor took out much of Mexico. In a similar vein, we doubt anyone at Aston Martin has been brave enough to tell the venerable Vanquish that it’s...
by Fast Machines | Dec 28, 2016 | Fast And Dangerous
The weather outside can be frightful between the months of November and April at our Michigan headquarters, but at Car and Driver, testing cars is a year-round job. That means we sometimes end up in the incongruous position of reviewing cars like the 2017 Mercedes-AMG...