Less than 24 hours after Ford issued a recall of close to 500,000 Escape V6 SUVs
from the 2001-2004MY to repair stuck throttles, Mazda followed suite today and
announced its own recall of 217,500 examples of the Tribute V6 for the same
problem. The two models are mechanically related and were built together by
Ford.
The Japanese carmaker's recall covers more model years of the Tribute fitted
with a 3.0-liter V6 engine and cruise...
Fortune magazine’s Alex Taylor has called the 2013 Chevrolet Malibu Eco
“the most disliked car of the year (so far).” Chevy’s roll-out of the eAssist
Eco mild hybrid six months ahead of the conventionally powered Malibu is to
blame. Like too many new cars and trucks introduced recently, the eAssist
promises more than it delivers. It doesn’t give the Eco buyer much, if any,
real-world fuel economy gains even if it’s helping the automaker...
Within the coral-colored brick walls of Ferrari’s Maranello operations, a new
supercar is starting to roll off the line. The replacement for the 599GTB
Fiorano and its numerous offshoots, the new F12berlinetta will be Ferrari’s most
expensive, quickest, and most powerful model when it goes on sale in the U.S.
early next year at an estimated price of $330,000. Its reign as Ferrari’s
flagship will be a brief one, as the Enzo replacement is...
