by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Exterior
When I joined C/D, I had no idea how many peculiar situations it would foist upon me. Here’s one: I wrote a story about a $105,000 SVI Raptor [August 1996]—not the Ford truck but a Chevrolet Suburban with a 420-hp supercharged 454-cubic-inch V-8. The engine didn’t...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Auto News
GAC Motor is worried the “Trumpchi” name won’t sit well with Americans. Trumpchi is the name of GAC Motor’s flagship brand, which the Chinese automaker hopes to introduce to the U.S. market in the future. Speaking to Reuters, GAC Motor design director Zhang Fan...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Fast And Dangerous
Eight years into its effort to make self-driving cars a reality, executives from Waymo say they’re shifting their focus from the technology itself and turning more attention toward the needs of people who will use the vehicles. The company, an independent subsidiary...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Exterior
Supercar owners tend to heed the adage of Indiana Jones when it comes to their precious exotics: “It’s not the years, honey—it’s the mileage.” Hence the paradox that the very cars that are designed exclusively for the pleasure of driving tend to be the ones that get...
by Fast Machines | Apr 26, 2017 | Auto News
BMW has a small recall for an oil leak issue in certain 7 Series models that affects 97 units in the U.S. Included in the recall are BMW M760Li xDrive sedans from the 2017 and 2018 model years, and according to BMW, the engine oil cooler lines may loosen, causing an...
