Driving Symptoms of a Bad or Failing Serpentine/Drive BeltAutoblog - YourMechanicThe serpentine belt, also known as the drive belt, is a belt on a car engine that works with the idler, tensioner, and pulleys inside the accessory drive belt system. It provides power for the air conditioning,
Netflix Act fast to watch first three Fast and Furious movies on NetflixAutoblog - Jonathon RamseyConsider this a PSA: Netflix currently has the first three movies in the Fast & Furious franchise in rotation, but Car and Driver reports that ends in a week. Come Sunday, September 1, The Fast and The
U.S. Department of Commerce How tariffs in China could cause a meltdown in the American SouthAutoblog - Gary S. VasilashWhile BMW is clearly a German company, the crossovers that are exceedingly important to it are actually made in Spartanburg, South Carolina. And more than that, the Spartanburg plant (physically located
Play buttonMuscle Cars Junkyard Gem: 1985 Dodge 600 ES Turbo convertibleAutoblog - Murilee MartinWith Lee Iacocca firmly at the helm, the Chrysler Corporation in the middle 1980s had bounced back from what looked like certain doom in 1979, mostly due to the huge success of vehicles based on the versatile
Play buttonGamescom Off-road racing games make a muddy splash at GamescomAutoblog - Joel StocksdaleNeed for Speed Heat may have received most of the attention at this year's Gamescom convention in Germany, but it certainly wasn't the only driving game on display. Two others were revealed, both of which
Sports Cars GMC rules out subcompact crossover to go premium, focus on trucksAutoblog - Ronan GlonDon't wait for GMC's on-again, off-again baby crossover any longer. The company confirmed it has no plans to enter the growing car-based subcompact crossover segment in the near future because the expansion
Corvette Stingray C8 Chevy Corvette Z06 rumored to get 800 hp and 700 lb-ft or moreAutoblog - Jonathon RamseyAutomobile has squeezed a few more rumors out of its news press, this time concerning the C8 Chevrolet Corvette. The whispers allege that sometime around late 2021, as a 2022-model-year offering, the Corvette
Lexus Lexus GS 300 disappears from 2020 lineupAutoblog - Jonathon RamseyThe seven-strong Lexus GS lineup will enter 2020 with only five models in the lineup. Cars Direct found out the entry-level GS 300 will not ring in the new year, the discovery explained by a Lexus spokesperson
Play buttonSubaru Junkyard Gem: 1980 Subaru 4WD HatchbackAutoblog - Murilee MartinLiving in Colorado, where they might as well issue you a Subaru at the state line, I see plenty of worn-out Pleiades-badged cars in the local wrecking yards. Most of them fall into the 15-to-25-year-old
Nürburgring The Cyan Racing Lynk and Co 03 Cyan Concept demolished the front-drive Nürburgring recordAutoblog - Tony MarkovichA pre-production still-in-development concept car beat both the four-door sedan and front-wheel-drive lap records at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It's called the Lynk & Co 03 Cyan Concept from Cyan Racing,
Autos A look inside Honda’s “Safety For Everyone” research and development operationAutoblog - Sven GustafsonRAYMOND, Ohio—As part of its long-running “Safety for Everyone” campaign, Honda has established the audacious goal of what it calls a “zero-collision society.” But rather than making big claims about a
FIAT The Fiat 124 Spider's future is uncertainAutoblog - Jonathon RamseyEarlier this month, Fiat brand CEO Olivier Francois explained to Autocar that Fiat would re-focus on “the right balance between the two dimensions: the Fiat 500 family and family transportation. There
Tariffs Trump raises tariffs on Chinese goods as trade war escalatesAutoblog - Associated PressWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump angrily escalated his trade fight with China on Friday, raising retaliatory tariffs and ordering American companies to consider alternatives to doing business there.
Tariffs Japan and U.S. trade framework includes tariff on Japanese carsAutoblog - ReutersTOKYO — The United States and Japan have reached the broad framework of a trade agreement, with Washington maintaining tariffs on Japanese autos but Tokyo cutting tariffs on U.S. beef and pork, Japan's
Richard Hammond Richard Hammond will co-host a new Amazon Prime showAutoblog - Jonathon RamseyAmazon Prime is so pleased with The Grand Tour that the streaming service signed agreements with all three hosts and the show's executive producer individually to develop other projects. Hammond is first
Audi Junkyard Gem: 1995 Audi S6Autoblog - Murilee MartinAs another entry in the "very rare but not very valuable" category, we have today's Junkyard Gem: a genuine, numbers-matching 1995 Audi Ur-S6! With a nervous turbocharged straight-five engine, Quattro
Lincoln Continental Welcome Audi RS6 Avant, goodbye Lincoln Continental | Autoblog Podcast #592Autoblog - Autoblog StaffIn this week's Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Senior Editor, Green, John Beltz Snyder and Assistant Editor Zac Palmer. Our editors cover a lot this week, starting with the
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz C-Class interior spied revealing a touchscreen heavenAutoblog - Zac PalmerHere’s your first glimpse inside the next-gen Mercedes-Benz C-Class. If you recall the S-Class spy shots we’ve seen, this interior appears to be going in the same direction. The S-Class had a much larger
Airbags Honda will introduce new front passenger airbag design in 2020Autoblog - Sven GustafsonRAYMOND, Ohio—Honda has developed a new passenger front airbag technology that it says better protects occupants by minimizing neck and brain injuries in frontal collisions that occur at different angles.
Tariffs China announces tariff hike on $75 billion of US productsAutoblog - Associated PressBEIJING (AP) — China on Friday announced tariff hikes on $75 billion of U.S. products in retaliation for President Donald Trump's latest planned increase, deepening a conflict over trade and technology
Lamborghini Lamborghini will unveil an enigmatic hypercar at the Frankfurt auto showAutoblog - Ronan GlonLamborghini released a dark teaser image that previews a new model scheduled to break cover during the 2019 Frankfurt Auto Show. Posted on its official Instagram channel, the teaser shot asks more questions
North Dakota Blue Bird has taken more than 100 orders for electric school busesAutoblog - Tony MarkovichThe start of a school year is always exciting. Kids get new school supplies, new classes, new teachers, new lunch snacks, and this year, some will get brand-new school buses. Blue Bird Corporation announced
Frankfurt Motor Show Audi AI:Trail Quattro electric off-road concept coming to FrankfurtAutoblog - Joel StocksdaleThe latest teaser for a Frankfurt Motor Show concept comes to us from Audi. It's called the Audi AI:Trail Quattro, and interestingly it's not an autonomous luxury pod (at least, that's not all it is) so
Volkswagen Volkswagen to recall 679,00 cars for rollaway riskAutoblog - Zac PalmerVolkswagen said Friday it is recalling 679,000 U.S. vehicles sold since 2011 that could roll away because of an electrical issue. The recall covers the Jetta, Beetle, Beetle Convertible, Golf, Golf Sportwagen
Harley Davidson Sons of energy: Your kids could own an electric Harley for only $649Autoblog - Tony MarkovichIn a few short months, Harley-Davidson's lineup shifted from zero electric offerings to having three battery-powered two-wheelers for three different age groups on the roster. Well, sorta. After unveiling
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Honda Civic 2020 Honda Civic Si loses fuel economy in pursuit of accelerationAutoblog - Joel StocksdaleThe 2020 Honda Civic Si is getting an update that comes with fresher styling and more safety features. It also gets a shorter final drive gear ratio to help its 205 horsepower and 192 pound-feet of torque
Porsche The Porsche Taycan interior is futuristic but familiarAutoblog - Reese CountsThe Porsche Taycan, the all-electric sport sedan from Zuffenhausen, is coming soon. We’ve seen concepts and spy photos for years, all going back to the Mission E concept in 2015. Since then, we’ve gotten
Toyota 2020 Toyota Camry TRD will start at $31,995Autoblog - Jonathon RamseyThe 2020 Toyota Camry TRD takes a different approach to its place in lineup than the 2020 Toyota Avalon TRD. Cars Direct, having seen order guides for the Camry TRD, says the sedan will start at $31,955
Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz S-Class front fascia mostly revealed in spy shotsAutoblog - Joel StocksdaleThe next-generation Mercedes-Benz S-Class has been spied again with thin camouflage, and this time we get a good look at the production front fascia. The headlights are easy to see, the grille is fully
