Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
2017 Acura NSX, a car that starts at $156,000—went up for auction at Barrett-Jackson in Arizona on Friday night, and Hendrick’s bid of $1.2 million broke the record for highest-selling designated VIN No. 0001 in the auction’s history. The proceeds aren’t for profit, though—all of the money spent by the Hendrick Motorsports owner and Hendrick Automotive Group founder will be split between two charities.The hybrid all-wheel drive Acura NSX sports car is powered by a complex Sport Hybrid Power Unit powertrain. The rear axle is driven by a 500 hp/550 Nm 3.5 litre DOHC...
It turns out that Google's self-driving cars still need some human help, according to a report filed this week to meet new regulations for the California DMV on autonomous vehicles. The companies developing these vehicles are putting in more test miles than ever before to improve software capabilites and safety levels. Disengagements, and the reasons behind them, are a critical part of the test process. Of the seven self-driving vehicles makers that filed disengagement reports, there were a total of 2,894 disengagements logged during the period. The most disengagements occurred with G...
The McLaren P1 is a marvel of modern engineering. Still, not everything out there is perfect and the P1 is proof of this. A batch of the cars were just hit with a recall notice. The problems are tied to a defective secondary hood latch that doesn’t re-engage properly, so if the primary latch is inadvertently released, the entire hood may pop open at any time, even when the P1 is moving. Such a scenario would obviously be unfavorable and could cause a crash, especially if the driver is caught off guard by the sudden opening of the hood.That would be an especially bad situation i...
December promises to be the strongest month in auto sales. It is expected to set an annual record with 17.5 million sales in 2015, according to a monthly sales forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive.The car retail sales are projected to reach 1,400,100 units, while total light-vehicle sales are expected to reach 1,712,200, both a 6% increase on a selling-day adjusted basis, compared with December 2014. Both sales volumes are also the highest for any month since July2005, when retail sales hit 1.64 million units and total sales 1.80 million units.“We now have greater ...
US auto safety regulators fined Fiat Chrysler Automobiles $70 million for failing to report key safety data to regulators on death and injury claims linked to their vehicles.The penalty is an amendment to an earlier $105 million fine on Fiat Chrysler over its poor handling of auto recalls, taking the total in the enforcement case to $175 million, said the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.Fiat Chrysler acknowledged earlier this fall that it failed to provide early warning data to regulators over a period of several years. That data - which includes deaths, injuries, warranty ...
