Rare Rides: The 1993 Jaguar XJS, Which Is Actually an XJR… S

To celebrate the launch of a brand new model, the people at Jaguar massaged one of their longest-lived models into a special edition. It's the XJR you've never heard of. Contrary to what one might assume (I know I did), the first R-branded Jaguar was not the XJR sedan, which debuted in 1994 on the […] The post Rare Rides: The 1993 Jaguar XJS, Which Is Actually an XJR… S appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA

Ask Jack: Walking With a Panther?

Tomorrow will mark the fourth anniversary of the crash in which I totaled my 2009 Lincoln Town Car Signature Limited and severely injured my bride-to-be, the financial artist currently known as Danger Girl. If I could change any day in my life, it would be that one. I could quibble all day about the physics […] The post Ask Jack: Walking With a Panther? appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA

2018 Audi RS3 Review – Wizard of Aahs

It's nice to be born into good stock. Having the correct last name or access to a hefty trust fund certainly gives one a leg up on their competition. We see this in business, Hollywood … and car lines, too. Not everyone makes the best of the hand they're dealt. Plenty of famous sons and […] The post 2018 Audi RS3 Review – Wizard of Aahs appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA

Faraday Future CEO Defies Order to Return to China

Founder of the debt-laden technology firm LeEco has shirked orders from Chinese authorities to return to the country before the end of 2017, saying he needed to stay within the United States to fundraise for Faraday Future. Last week, the Beijing branch of the China Securities Regulatory Commission issued a notice ordering Jia Yueting to return […] The post Faraday Future CEO Defies Order to Return to China appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA

Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Recalled for Brake Snafu

Many years of competing in demolition derbies taught me many things, such as the value of not looking over my shoulder while reversing into someone at a high rate of speed and the importance of a good neck brace. I also learned that while one can substitute other liquids for transmission fluid, braking systems don't […] The post Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Recalled for Brake Snafu appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA

QOTD: Who Will Be First Against the Wall?

So dawns a new year, ripe with promise and expectation. Millions of babies will draw their first breath in 2018, and those babies' parents, aunts, uncles, or grandparents will drive off in 16 million or so new vehicles over the course of the coming year. In the U.S., of course. Unfortunately, to keep the automotive […] The post QOTD: Who Will Be First Against the Wall? appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA

The Best Junkyard Finds of 2017

Starting with a 1981 Fox-body Ford Granada and ending with a 1989 Chrysler New Yorker Landau Mark Cross Edition, the eighth year of the Down On the Junkyard series featured 52 discarded cars that I found sufficiently interesting to be worth photographing. They ranged in age from seven to 51 years old, were built in […] The post The Best Junkyard Finds of 2017 appeared first on The Truth About Cars. from The Truth About Cars http://ift.tt/Jh8LjA