Having sold over 7 million vehicles in China since its introduction by SAIC-GM in 1998, Buick announced that it will introduce a new line of vehicles under the Avenir name. The first car to carry the said name is the Buick GL8 Avenir. Last year, 76,607 GL8s were delivered nationwide. The Buick GL8 has helped make Buick the third-largest passenger vehicle brand in China, the largest market for the brand globally. more
Aston Martin announced that it will build continuation models of its DB4 GT after more than 50 years since the original was manufactured. more
Android Auto is an Android app developed to bring connectivity on the road. more
Imagine self-driving cars delivering criminals to a nearby police station. How about a driverless cab that has been programmed to lock up someone who enters your car after you have left? These are not sci-fi fantasies anymore but smart car security possibilities that are waiting to happen as more and more vehicles are developed to run autonomous operations and smart systems. more
The motorcycle industry will be taking a huge leap into the future with the upcoming GyroCycle. A new prototype from Thrustcycle paved the way for self-balancing motorcycles to hit the roads in 2017. more
Toyota, a carmaker huge on engine development, will introduce a wide variety of new powertrain components starting in 2017 all the way through 2021. The automaker is introducing a new 2.5-liter inline four-engine together with the all-new 8-speed and 10-speed transmissions, as well as more powerful hybrid systems. more
For those who love iPhones and can't seem to get enough of Apple's interface, even while driving, Apple CarPlay is for you. It allows you do the things you want to do with your iPhone while driving as you stay focused on the road, including playing your music, navigating to your destination, taking phone calls, as well as "reading" and sending text messages. more
Weighing a hefty 4,450 pounds in its aluminum and sheet-molded carbon enclosure, the Lexus LC (Luxury Coupe) 500h is right in line with the BMW 6 Series and a good deal below the Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe's 4,700 pounds. It is also 1,000 pounds more than the Porsche Carrera. Wanting to be a driver's car, the LC 500 went through more than 50 seat designs to arrive at the two available bucket versions. more
With more than 1,893,000 vehicles sold since 2016 began, Mercedes-Benz, a division of the German car company Daimler AG, has already surpassed its expected sales (the total sales it garnered in 2015) in the first 11 months of this year. The brand, founded in 1926, is known for its luxury vehicles, buses, coaches, and trucks. more
When Apple announced the launching of the earphone jack-less iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 plus in September, it also launched the Apple AirPods, a wireless set of earphones that connects with iPhones via Bluetooth. It now seems, however, that Apple Airpods will not be ready for the holiday season despite the expectation for it to go on sale for $159 last October. more
Although Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) CEO Sergio Marchionne said in June that he doesn't see electrification as the "solution for all of man's ills," he wants to experiment more on it. In fact, reports suggest that the company plans to reveal a fully-electric vehicle based on the Chrysler Pacifica minivan. more
Trusted car service, Uber, is now making Uber community guidelines clear, not only for its drivers, but also for its passengers. While everyone has the ideas on what a driver should and should not do as shown in their advertisements and given, of course, in their trainings and publicly posted regulations, it is not the same for the passengers. more
Toyota has confirmed the making of a second-generation Toyota 86, also known as GT86 and will likely hit the market by 2019 more
Apple published its 'Best of 2016' apps in the Apple App store in iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Watch. The list consists of the best games and applications created by third-party developers during 2016. more
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