Tag: southern

  • Video shows Ford’s new F-150 Raptor pushed to the limits

    While you’re sitting at your desk reading this, remember that a lucky Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] engineer was blasting through the Southern California desert in a brand new F-150 Raptor. This wasn’t just some gentle drive down an old mining road, it was a high-performance drive more akin to what we would expect to find…

  • Bruce McLaren Latest Auto Icon To Get Big Screen Feature

    It’s been more than four decades since New Zealander Bruce McLaren lost his life testing a Can-Am car at the Goodwood Circuit in Southern England. A hillclimb event began his racing career, which would see McLaren race and design cars at the sport’s highest levels, including Formula One and Can-Am, before his untimely death at…

  • Escort Just Released A Radar Detector With Arrows, Your Move Valentine One

    For anyone who takes radar and laser detectors seriously, there are only two brands to consider: Escort and Valentine One. For years Escort has added new technology to its detectors, from GPS lockout to minimize false alerts to its red light camera database. Meanwhile, Valentine One has quietly updated its software, and gotten slightly thinner…

  • Notes From The Driveway: 2016 Mazda MX-5 Miata

    It was only a month ago that I drove the fourth-generation (ND) Mazda Miata on the canyon roads of Southern California and wrote a First Drive review for Motor Authority. In that review I concluded that the Miata is an absolutely fabulous car with plenty of power, brilliant handling, and a ride worthy of a…

  • BMW Gesture Control Walkthrough: Video

    If voice commands, touchscreen controls, a central dial, and steering wheel buttons aren’t enough, BMW will soon have a new way to control the features of your infotainment system. With the release of the 2016 7-Series in October, BMW will debut its new Gesture Control feature. DON’T MISS: 2016 BMW 7-Series First Drive Gesture Control…