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Last week, I told you about my travels to Ford's facilities deep in California. The engineers brought us up to date on some of their most recent advances, such as the latest driver aids. This US manufacturer is not focusing solely on automation, however. The following are details of some …

Less than 10 years ago, the idea of a Chevrolet selling well in all the world’s markets would have been unthinkable. The boys with bow ties at General Motors made a lot of good cars, but they were generally tailored for specific markets. When the Cruze debuted in 2008, GM …

Don’t worry, Lexus is not setting its sights on NASCAR! But that didn’t stop Toyota’s prestige brand from inviting automobile journalists out to Circuit ICAR. They wanted to let us test out a few of their creations—the ones that are best suited for track driving. Let’s take a closer look.

Ferrari doesn’t introduce a new model every day. And it’s twice as exciting when the automaker chooses Montreal for its North American debut. The Maranello-based manufacturer added to the festivities at the Montreal Grand Prix by unveiling the all-new 2016 488 GTB, a model that has the difficult task of …

Hell’s Revenge is a 4x4 trail just outside of Moab, Utah. It runs for 10.5 kilometres along sandstone ridges and domes, and it carries a difficulty level of 6 on a scale of 10. There’s a sign at the trailhead that recommends some of the equipment needed to navigate the …

The first-ever Drive 4 Smiles Poker Run event, a Starlight Children’s Foundation fundraiser, was held on May 24th. We accepted their invitation for two very different reasons. First, it’s always fun to meet with car buffs and admire crowds of exclusive vehicles. And second, it’s even better when we do …

The desert sun beats down on the pale sand that stretches for miles in either direction, bathing Death Valley with the kind of heat that bakes flesh off bone and paint off metal. I nudge the wheel of our yellow 1969 Camaro to the right and its wide rubber bites …

It takes a lot of guts to show up at a rally that crosses two continents in a pair of 46 year old cars, pitting their old bones against some of the world's most expensive and exotic metal with price tags many multiples higher than the home that I live …

The problem with running a rally that stretches from Stockholm, Sweden to Las Vegas, Nevada, is that there's an ocean in the way. Logistically, this challenge has been met by way of a team of charter planes hired to take not just drivers, media, and support crews across the Atlantic …

Day 3 is the longest day on this year's edition of the Gumball 3000 rally, both in distance and time, and by seven am we've already seen the schedule go up in flames. The path that's been laid out for us between Copenhagen and Amsterdam features two enormous obstacles to …