2013 SRT Viper GTS: In-...

Russ Ruedisueli, 53, is sitting in his office at Chrysler’s Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Michigan, although he’s the kind of guy who doesn’t sit so much as crouch, muscles tensed and twitching, as if he’s attached to a pair of unseen jumper cables beneath his desk. You’d...

2013 Subaru BRZ Tested,...

This is a story of unlikely scenarios. The first concerns the Subaru BRZ, a rear-wheel-drive sports car from the company famous for making all-wheel-drive station wagons pretending to be SUVs. It’s equally unlikely that this Japanese car finds itself on southern France’s Route...

2013 Dodge Dart First D...

Chrysler must have a death wish, an inferiority complex, or a burning desire to stay third among the domestic Big Three. Thirty-odd years ago, Lee Iacocca begged Congress for loan guarantees to keep the Chrysler ship afloat. This company had another encounter with the Grim Reaper in the...

Chrysler to Show Off Ch...

This month’s Beijing auto show will bring the current auto-show season to a close, and it’s there that Chrysler has announced it will show two China-specific design concepts: a Jeep Wrangler and Chrysler 300. The Jeep is themed after the Year of the Dragon and the Chrysler...

First Drive: 2012 Fiat ...

Filed under: Performance , Hatchback , First Drives , Fiat As Well-Heeled As An Italian Supermodel Not to spoil the rest of this article, but the number one thing that the 2012 Fiat 500 Abarth has going for it is its styling. That isn’t to say the rest of the car isn’t worth...

Official: Brabus bringi...

Filed under: Aftermarket , Coupe , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Europe , Mercedes-Benz , Luxury Brabus has taken the time to work over the new Mercedes-Benz C-Class Coupe in the company’s trademark over-the-top style. The result is the Brabus Bullit Coupe, which is headed for...

Report: Judge won’...

Filed under: Car Buying , Government/Legal , Chrysler , Earnings/Financials A Federal judge will allow some 75 Chrysler dealers to proceed with a lawsuit against the U.S. Treasury Department, according to Automotive News . The dealers insist that the government violated the Fifth...

Official: Volkswagen dr...

Filed under: Convertible , Performance , Geneva Motor Show , Volkswagen Who says you can’t have the best of both worlds? Certainly not Volkswagen , which has just dropped the top on its new Golf GTI Cabriolet in advance of its debut at the rapidly approaching Geneva Motor Show ....

Corvette Z06 Is America...

This is the Morning Shift , our one-stop daily roundup of all the auto news that’s actually important — all in one place at 9:00 AM. Or, you could spend all day waiting for other sites to parcel it out to you one story at a time. Isn’t your time more important?...

Bring Back The 1980s Wi...

If the funky synthesizers and some weird guy staring at you aren’t enough to make you want to hop in a time machine back to 1987, we don’t blame you. However if you can look past the strange music and 80s style of this amusing vintage dealer promo, you’ll see the 1987...