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17Mar

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Volkswagen

Improvements for the Volkswagen e-Golf

In an effort to improve what we love about EV models it seems like more and more automakers are turning up the heat on the range and the power their EV models offer. Right now this segment of the market is one of the smallest and with the lowest sales numbers, but some models are making changes that hopefully will help make a difference and provide us with more of what we want on the market. While most still fight the fact that charging takes a long time, usually overnight, there are more benefits than ever to driving a great EV model. (more…)

14Mar

By Rocco PennNo Comments

Ram

2017 Ram 3500: All the Power You Could Ever Desire

When you need the largest pickup truck in the Ram lineup to get the job done you need the Ram 3500. This is the massive monster that brings in the equipment you’re looking for and the ride that you want so that you can pull a building down, tow a mountain to a new location or create a brand new river. This is the truck that must have been used to carve the landscape of America because it certainly seems to be the one that’s powerful enough to get the job done and make some serious changes on the topography of this country. (more…)

11Mar

By Emma SchmidtNo Comments

News

Other Large Cities May Need to Get on the Los Angeles Bandwagon

Over the history of Los Angeles this city has both been a gorgeous place of growth and development in Southern California and been a smog riddled pollution zone that trapped heat and made it hard to breath. The smog and the pollution mostly came from factories and from vehicles being driven in this area where it seemed more people were headed to live and make a life for themselves. Since the turn of the century, the officials in California, especially in Los Angeles, have worked to create a way to reduce the air pollution of this city and create a better quality of life for residents. (more…)

8Mar

By Rocco PennNo Comments

News

Will the Trump Policies put FCA Out of Business?

One of the platforms the new President has stood on was bringing jobs back into the US, especially in the automotive industry. As one of the largest industries in the world and the one that continues to evolve and expand year over year the desire is to bring jobs back into the US, but the action that’s been proposed for imported vehicles is a high tax on the imports when they come into the country. This move could be met with serious challenges by all of the major American automotive brands, but FCA could be hurt worse than the other two. (more…)

6Mar

By Nathan EhingerNo Comments

News

It’s Time for a Longevity Lesson

When you talk to anyone that’s owned their vehicle for a long time and ask about how they kept it in good shape and made it last as long as it has many of them will tell you the regular maintenance performed is one of the most important aspects of longevity. While a regular oil change and the following of the scheduled maintenance does make a lot of sense, there are other ways to help make your vehicle last longer on the road than you might expect. Here are some easy way to help your car last as long as you want it to. (more…)

3Mar

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Chevrolet, Ford

LeMans Carries a Special History for both Ford and Chevrolet

Racing is a natural part of the human spirit. Whether we’re racing on foot, in a pool, on bicycles, on horses, in carriages or in super powered race cars the racing we do is fun, exhilarating and brings us the contest and competition we crave. The idea of the fastest is always the best is as old as time and gives credence to the saying “I don’t need to out run the bear chasing me, I only have to out run you.” Racing has been around and has been the way we measure our worth in many ways. (more…)

28Feb

By Emma SchmidtNo Comments

Toyota

Succumbing to the Pressure

In the automotive market, there are often cars that are built as a reaction to the pressure from the competition. When one automaker builds a style of vehicle the rest have to follow, especially if the trend is successful on the first vehicle. Soon we see an entire market change toward this new style of vehicle that’s no longer new but a successful and impressive class of vehicle. This was certainly the case as SUVs began to get smaller and that part of the market hasn’t even reached its peak yet, but there’s another part of the market that’s changing and more automakers are getting on board than ever; the hot hatch. (more…)

25Feb

By Manny BatemanNo Comments

Mazda

2017 Mazda CX-9: Looks and Fun for You

The Mazda brand has become known as one of the most impressive and fun to drive brands on the market today. This is the brand of vehicle you want when you’re looking for the driving dynamics that will make a huge difference on the road and provide you with the ride you want. When you need the space for a family to ride along you might think it’s time to hang up the fun to drive small vehicles, but the Mazda CX-9 would beg to differ. While it’s not small, it does bring in the ride you want and the fun you’ve been after, even when you have to tote the family along with you. (more…)

24Feb

By Carl DurrekNo Comments

Chevrolet, Honda

The Malibu let the Accord in and the Rest is History

The mid 1970s was a time of transition for the American automobile market. For years the cars built by our domestic brands were large and imposing, giving us vehicles that offered massive size and weight but did very little to adhere to the new emissions and fuel regulations. In fact, one exercise in the failure of the domestic brands to change and adapt was found in the fact that Honda was able to transform a Chevrolet Impala and make it pass the new emissions standards that GM claimed were impossible to meet. (more…)

22Feb

By Rocco PennNo Comments

News

Formula E Racing is Getting Serious

The electric racing series that started out as an experiment has been around for three seasons now and is ready to make some changes for the upcoming 2018 season. This is a racing series that was started in 2014 and has been gaining ground and teams over the past few years since it began. There are more and more big names being added and teams from Jaguar, McLaren and Faraday Future have all been added to the list. Another new way this series is becoming more serious and like the rest of racing is with a new chassis supplier that will built the cars for the 2018 season and beyond. (more…)