Rings Gets Into Car Security Business From home to in-vehicle security, Amazon’s expanding its coverage. Tech companies are no stranger in transcending into car business. Some of the oldest of which was Japan’s Pioneer, which started out as a audio equipment company, and then entered the automotive business in 1975 […]
Month: September 2020
Gaming Roundup | The best car-based video game around is now free
Autoblog may receive a share from purchases made via links on this page. Pricing and availability are subject to change. The crossover between gearheads and gamers is growing every day. Professional race car drivers develop their chops digitally before ever stepping foot onto certain tracks thanks to racing simulators like iRacing. Entertainers like T-Pain are […]
Amazon Ring’s New Security Cameras and Tech Protect Your Car (and You)
Photo credit: Whiteway – Getty Images From Car and Driver The Ring Car Alarm is a simple device that will let you know something may have happened to your car through the Ring app. The Ring Car Cam includes two cameras: it can film bandits taking your groceries from the […]
Buying a new car? These tech features could drive your choice
What do automotive shoppers really want? A few years ago, those who kicked the tires on new vehicles might have prioritized fuel efficiency, comfort, or perhaps horsepower. Today, it’s all about the tech. “The race never ends to develop ‘must have’ vehicle technologies,” says Kristin Kolodge, executive director of driver interaction […]
Here Are the Biggest Ways You’re Damaging Your Car’s Trade-In Value
Buying a new vehicle is a whole lot easier when you come to the negotiating table with a high-value trade-in car. And the little things you do to maintain your car every day go a long way in determining its worth. You can take steps right now — including adjusting […]
Car Recall Guide: Your Questions Answered
Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Maybe you received a car recall notice in the mail, or you got a notification from the Consumer Reports recall tracker. Or maybe you checked a car you’re interested in purchasing on the new SaferCar app and found out it still […]
Everything We Think We Know About the 2022 Nissan Z
Photo credit: Nissan From Road & Track The Nissan Z is one of the most important sports car families of all time. Its members include the iconic 240Z, the game-changing Z32 300ZX, and the tuner hit 350Z. But today’s 370Z is starting to wither on the vine. Quick and exciting […]
New Electric Car Models, Battery Swap Model & Ride Share Focus Create Opportunities For Growth
Bloomberg Perelman Selling Almost Everything as Pandemic Roils His Empire (Bloomberg) — Bit by bit, billionaire Ronald O. Perelman is parting with his treasures.His Gulfstream 650 is on the market. So is his 257-foot yacht. Movers hauled crates of art from his Upper East Side townhouse after he struck a […]
No-deal Brexit and Covid threaten ‘double whammy’ for car industry
UK and European carmakers have warned a no-deal Brexit could put a £100bn dent in the region’s car industry in the next five years, adding to heavy losses already caused by Covid-19. A letter signed by 23 trade groups across Europe urges the government to make a deal rather than […]
Jay Leno Shows Off His 1921 Mercedes-Benz Aero-Engine Car
⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious He gets to drive all the cool, quirky cars. When you’re Jay Leno and you have a massive garage stocked full of some of the rarest cars in the world, you have to prioritize your automotive projects. That’s what happened with this 1921 […]
Lucid Air, the $150,000 electric car challenging Tesla
Tesla considers itself the electric car technology leader, but there’s a new competitor emerging to vie for that title. The company is Lucid Motors, a start-up in Newark, Calif., near Silicon Valley. The car is the Lucid Air, an ultra-luxury ride with advanced battery technology that sets itself apart with […]
2021 Mercedes S-Class: Technology Has Taken Over
From Autoweek At some point in automotive history – maybe years ago, maybe right now – technology became more important than horsepower and performance. That notion might be best represented by the 2021 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the new luxury juggernaut coming to our shores in the first half of next year. […]
Motorious Pulls Ahead To Pass Competition In Collector Car Scene
⚡️ Read the full article on Motorious Alexa shows that Motorious now outranks many major online publications. A Press Release sent out this morning confirms that Motorious.com pulled ahead of competing websites in popularity as a collector car site, as sourced by Alexa Rank. Alexa is an Amazon-owned system shows […]
Gordon Murray Automotive T.50s revealed as track-only, even more extreme T.50
It’s been one month since the Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 was fully revealed. We’re still reeling from learning about how stupendous it is, but Gordon Murray has gone and one upped himself again today. In addition to the road-going T.50, there will also be a track-only T.50s. The name “T.50s” […]
The Gordon Murray Automotive T.50 Is Sold Out
From Road & Track When Gordon Murray’s long-awaited McLaren F1 successor, the T.50, debuted last month, around two-thirds of the planned 100-car production run was sold out. Forty-eight hours after the debut, the rest were spoken for, and hundreds more are waiting with the hopes that a build slot opens […]
Polestar 2 Is the First Real Car from the Brand
It’s fitting enough that Polestar’s (Volvo’s electrified performance subsidiary founded in October, 2017) second car to be released is called the, wait for it, Polestar 2. But in many ways the name is misleading because this is the first real Polestar to the hit the market. The Polestar 2 you […]