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Yokohama Tire Kicks Off Spring With National Promotion

April 2, 2019

Springtime is a great time to buy a new set of tires, thanks to Yokohama Tire’s annual spring national rebate. From now through April 30, consumers can earn a $50, $60 or $100 Yokohama Visa Prepaid card after p...

Top 5 Underrated Dealership Offerings — Brought to You by Toyota

John M. Guilfoil

March 24, 2015

Cars have come a long way since their inception, from impressive new technologies to crazy efficient MPG. Nonetheless, there isn’t a vehicle on the road that doesn’t need to be maintained and cared for to ensu...

A Bugatti Plane of the Future…From the Past is Ready to Fly

Beth DeMilt

February 25, 2014

In the 1930’s, Ettore Bugatti worked day and night to create his 900bhp, 500mph racing plane. This 100P was going to be Bugatti’s meal ticket in the Deutsch de le Merthe Cup, a race of the skies over Paris. Th...

Pope’s Harley Sold for $327,000 at Charity Auction

Aneri Pattani

February 20, 2014

Pope Francis’ Harley-Davidson is back on the roads. However, the Pope is not the rider – no matter how modern he is. The bike was purchased for 241,500 euros ($327,000) by an unspecified European buyer at a P...

Tesla Breaks into Top 5 Car Brands

Aneri Pattani

February 20, 2014

Despite being the youngest automaker in the nation, Tesla Motors Inc. ranks in the top five brands among people surveyed by “Consumer Reports.” Tesla was fifth in the poll, a large gain from 11th last year. It...

Stern Pinball Unveils Mustang Game at Chicago Auto Show

Aneri Pattani

February 20, 2014

Stern Pinball unveiled its Ford Mustang-themed games at the Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 6 and 7, during media preview’s prior to the show’s public opening on Feb. 8. Ford spotlighted its eagerly anticipated 2015 ...

Sinkhole Swallows Eight Corvettes in the National Museum

Beth DeMilt

February 12, 2014

Bowling Green, KY- The National Corvette Museum has eight fewer Corvettes in its possession today after a sinkhole that stretches to 40-feet-wide and 20-feet-deep literally swallowed them whole. No one was in ...

Ford Teams Up With MIT, Stanford to Advance Automated Driving Research

Aneri Pattani

January 30, 2014

Ford is embarking on new automated driving research projects with MIT and Stanford as part of its Blueprint for Mobility project, which envisions fully automated vehicles on the road around 2025. The research w...

Self-Driving Cars A Real Possibility

Aneri Pattani

January 28, 2014

Robot cars may be on the roads within the next decade, said a recent IHS Automotive study. The study claims that 54 million robot cars will be on the streets by 2035 and that nearly all autos will be driverles...

Bugatti to Create Veyron Successor

Aneri Pattani

January 27, 2014

As the production of the current Veyron comes to an end, everyone is wondering what Bugatti will do next. By next year, it will have sold the last examples of the Grand Sport and Vitesse roadsters. Since Veyro...

Car and Driver Reimagines The Nominees for Best Picture at the 2014 Academy Awards as Cars

Beth DeMilt

January 19, 2014

Most people are interested in tuning in to the Oscars to see which of the year’s biggest films nabs that notable place as Best Picture. This year, Car and Driver has made the category more interesting for car l...

Michael Schumacher’s Condition Improves from Critical to Stable

Beth DeMilt

January 19, 2014

Since his skiing fall on December 29, Michael Schumacher has been in a coma in a hospital in Grenoble. The German Formula One star was on the slopes in the French Alps when he hit his head on a rock. His man...

How do you rank in the driving skill study?

Pam Oakes

January 13, 2014

Aren’t surveys interesting? Take for example the recent compilation regarding drivers’ habits – good and bad – that have been posted on the internet by automotive authorities. All this slicing and dicing…it...

CES 2014: Monster and Lamborghini Team up on Audio System

Aneri Pattani

January 11, 2014

Monster has developed a state-of-the-art audio system that will be featured in the exclusive new Lamborghini Veneno RDS. The collaboration between the two companies was announced at the 2014 International Cons...

CES 2014: Top Gear shares photos of insane Audi TT digital dashboard

John M. Guilfoil

January 8, 2014

Top Gear has tested the latest Audi TT, and the photos are memorizing. Vijay Pattni, who is at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for Top Gear reports that the new TT has gone totally digital in i...

New Toyota Supra Seen in Gran Turismo 6

Aneri Pattani

January 1, 2014

The recent talk of a new Supra from Toyota has gained more ground with the announcement that a digital concept of the car will be available as downloadable content in Gran Turismo 6. This digital concept will ...

Everybody Loves a Honda … even Terrorists

Jason D'Aprile

December 13, 2013

In the West, we sometimes forget that there’s a whole big world out there. And that, apparently, it’s crazy. Take the Taliban, for instance. They’re constantly reaching out to find new members, and as part of t...

Remembering Paul Walker: The actor who made cars cool for Millennials

Blast Magazine Newsroom

December 3, 2013

Paul William Walker was born September 12, 1973 and passed away November 30. He had just left a charity event with his close friend and financial adviser, Roger Rodas. The two were traveling in Rodas’ 2005 Pors...

EPA to Reduce Amount of Ethanol in U.S. Gas Supply

Beth DeMilt

November 23, 2013

For the first time ever, the Environmental Protection Agency has decided to reduce the ethanol mandate in the American gas supply instead of add to it. In 2014, gas will have 15 billion gallons of ethanol as op...

Ford Teams up with Facebook and Instagram to Countdown to the New Mustang Release on December 5

Beth DeMilt

November 20, 2013

With more than 5.5. million fans, the Ford Mustang is the most “liked” vehicle on Facebook. Ford’s collaboration with Facebook and Instagram in anticipation of the reveal of the new Ford Mustang on December 5th...

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