Filed under: Concept Cars, Crossover, Honda, Toyota It’s an unfortunate reality of automotive transportation, but accidents are all too common. This one, however, appears to be anything but. While merging onto California’s legendary Pacific Coast Highway, one motorist/blogger was hit by another car. What makes the incident a little more out-of-the-ordinary... 

Filed under: Sedan, Mercedes-Benz, Luxury The current Mercedes-Benz S-Class has grown a bit long-in-the-tooth, but a new model is expected to change that shortly. Slated to arrive for 2013, the next S-Class will return to the fray with some very powerful competition to measure itself against; namely the recently re-engineered Audi A8 and the always potent BMW... 

Filed under: Minivan/Van, Hatchback, Mini, Rumormill If you thought Mini had strayed far from its raison d’être with the Countryman crossover, consider the following: while the original Mini was diminutive in size, it was all about maximizing interior volume against a compact exterior shape – a ratio, if you will, of cabin size to overall dimensions.... 

Filed under: Etc., Porsche, Design/Style Drivers of the Porsche 911 may find it amusingly easy to swing the tail around, though they’ll have lost their sense of direction in no time. Fortunately, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche designed a compass watch back in 1978 that combined the functions, as you might have guessed, of a compass and a watch. And now his... 

Filed under: Etc., Infiniti Yes, we obsessively cover the auto industry, but that doesn’t mean we don’t enjoy other modes of transportation. We may even get downright giddy when two different worlds collide, like for example, when a boat is powered by a large automobile engine. Infiniti must feel the same way because the automaker is helping two... 

Filed under: Motorsports, Videos, Jeep, Nissan The people behind Dragtimes.info love sharing videos where powerful machines are paired in head-to-head straight-line automotive combat. Recently, a unique face-off occurred when a Nissan GT-R lined up at the tree with a Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 in the other lane. Both vehicles are far from stock, put down their... 

Filed under: Safety, Videos, Humor, Russia “The Final Countdown” was the first single to hit the airwaves from the album of the same name, released in 1986 by the Swedish band Europe. If the name isn’t ringing a bell, we can practically guarantee that all you need to do is hear the first few opening chords of the song and you’ll instantly... 

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Chrysler, Dodge If 470 horsepower is fun, 570 raging stallions can be positively evil. Rumor has it that Chrysler thinks so too, and the automaker plans to unveil an optional tier of SRT vehicles with upgraded powerplants. Later in the year, the Dodge Charger SRT8 and Chrysler 300 SRT8 will reportedly be available with an Eaton-sourced... 

Filed under: Government/Legal What’s the difference between 56.2 and 54.5 miles per gallon? Way more than 1.7 mpg, that’s for sure. The Detroit News is reporting that the Obama White House is dialing down the proposed 2025 fuel economy requirement to 54.5 mpg. Earlier, we had heard that 62 mpg would be the new target for 2025 – then that got... 

Filed under: Convertible, Hatchback, Mazda, UK You’d expect a car labeled Black Edition to actually be, you know…black. Whether it’s a Porsche, a Hummer or a Unimog. But then again Mercedes-AMG’s top line of performance models are called the Black Series, and you can get those in any color you want. So maybe it’s a page out of that...