Filed under: Truck , Ford , Off-Road 2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor SuperCrew – Click above for high-res image gallery Ford’s off-road beast, the F-150 SVT Raptor , has only been on sale for a year, but it’s already getting a few upgrades for the 2011 model year. Many reports and a few spy shots indicated that Ford had… Read the rest

Because apparently buyers asked for it, here’s the 2011 Ford F-150 SVT Raptor SuperCrew . Four swingin’ doors and 12 more inches of wheelbase for full-size adult haulage, a standard 411-hp 6.2-liter V8 and all the dune-pounding goodies of the original. More

Filed under: Crossover , Dodge , Ford The SUV is dead. Long live the SUV! The 2011 Dodge Durango and Ford Explorer are big departures from the models that they replace. Aside from the usual styling and refinement differences, the biggest changes for these vehicle are that they both ditch the traditional body-on-frame sport-utility vehicle DNA in favor of… Read the rest

Filed under: Aftermarket , Motorsports , Videos Spectre Perfromance Speedliner hits 366 mph – Click above to watch video after the jump Spectre Performance has been busy. The team made impressive progress toward its goal of toppling the 400 mph barrier in a four-wheel, gasoline-powered vehicle during this year’s Bonneville Speed Week . Their weapon of choice? A twin-engined… Read the rest

An M5Board forum member took his 2007 BMW M5 to the dealer for brakes and fresh oil. Their 20-year-old tech crashed it during a test drive. The dealership’s offering him $2500 in parts . The problem? There’s $30,000 in damage. More

Craig Henderson drove from Blaine, Washington to the Mexican border — a distance of 1,478 miles — without stopping to refuel. He burned 12.4 gallons for a record-breaking 119.1 mpg in a car he originally designed in 1984. More

Filed under: Europe , Japan , Technology A French company may have come with the next big thing in vehicle lighting . Valeo SA has developed a system called Beamatic Premium that allows drivers to keep their high-beams on at all times while still protecting other drivers from being blinded while driving. The tech uses onboard cameras to track… Read the rest

Filed under: Car Buying , Chevrolet , Honda , Toyota 2011 Chevrolet Cruze – Click above for high-res image gallery Even with the impending launch of the Volt later in the Fall, the Chevrolet Cruze may be the biggest vehicle General Motors will launch in the U.S. this year. The reason is money. The Cruze should make some of… Read the rest

Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama’s chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner ‘s new book. This could get messy. Especially because there’s more. More

Filed under: Crossover , Kia 2011 Kia Sorento SX – Click above for high-res image gallery Back in March , Kia debuted a new top-shelf version of its most popular vehicle, the Sorento crossover , dubbed the ‘SX.’ The announcement included word of a redesigned front clip and more equipment, but we were most interested in the SX’s lower… Read the rest