Volkswagen of America began selling the Mk1 Golf (badged as the Rabbit here) in the United States as a 1975 model, which was good timing so soon after the 1973 OPEC oil embargo. The VW plant in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, began building Rabbits in 1978, and the Mk1 generation stayed on sale here through the 1984 …
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The Tesla Cybertruck is finally here, or at least a few of them are. Check out our rundown of the livestreamed debut and summary of prices, specs and features, if you haven’t already, and my colleague James Riswick has already weighed in with some thoughts. But yes, the truck is late. Yes, it’s more expensive …
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Martin Scorsese used two genuine 1989 Lamborghini Countach 25th Anniversary Editions in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” They’re both headed to auction in December, one of them for the second time. See, in August, RM Sotheby’s announced that it would auction one of the movie cars in New York in December, its lot being an …
WASHINGTON — Electric vehicles are a “hoax,” they do not work, and they are strengthening China’s economy at the expense of American jobs — those are among the criticisms that contenders for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, including former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have leveled on the campaign trail. But while …
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Just the other day, Autoblog contributing writer Ben Hsu wrote that “these days it seems that Toyota Land Cruisers are being launched with dizzying frequency.” Well, Ben, keep counting. The company has announced that it has officially reintroduced the Land Cruiser 70 Series in Japan, a model whose origins date back to 1984 and that has stayed …
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Several people walk along Consell de Cent street — part of a “superblock” — on September 8, 2023, in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. David Oller/Getty Images Barcelona is a decade into transforming many of its streets into green, car-light public spaces. The effort is admired by urban planners around the world and could be a model for US …
BMW Brazil decided to mark the local launch of the X7 facelift and next-gen 7 Series with a photo shoot of the two high-end models. The South American country doesn’t get a variety of models for now since the SUV is only sold as an M Performance model while the sedan is an electric-only affair. …
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It’s been a month since we served you with the full lot of Autoblog Editors’ Picks, and that master list is going to continue to grow as more new cars enter the market. For November 2023, we have a trio of SUVs coming in at various sizes and price points including the Buick Envista, Toyota …
I’m not sure if I ever will, but I very much want to drive a Tesla Cybertruck. I mean, look at that thing. Distinctive, weird or just plain ridiculous cars have always been the most interesting cars, and they’re the ones that car enthusiasts most want to drive or learn more about. Doug DeMuro has …
During each year of the 1950s, the incredibly cheap Volkswagen Beetle became a bigger and bigger sales success in the United States. It seemed that no import could touch the Beetle after better than 50,000 were sold here for the 1956 model year … but then another little rear-engined European car appeared, and it boasted …