This is the first time I've seen the Caravan or T&C referenced positively. Most of the time people are ripping on them as the worst of the minivans, and I don't know why. The newer T&Cs are perfectly fine, from my driving impressions.

Rumor says some 2016 Cadillacs will get GM's SuperCruise technology for hands-free interstate driving. I can't be certain about what it's for, but yesterday I saw an XTS prototype with extra sensors hanging off the front bumper that I suspect were for SuperCruise.

That'll never happen. Immediately opens up the advocate to criticism that they're advocating unsafe ideas. The best you can probably hope for is a change in the certification process so you don't have to run the full gamut of tests with every possible powertrain configuration, and that'll only result in more engine…

I'd be surprised if GM doesn't do this. Sure, Jeep kept the VM diesel in the GC to upper trims, but they're just aiming at the Germans with that. RAM opened up the ED to lower trims, some quite affordable even with the pricy engine. GM should know pickup shoppers don't want the diesel exclusively in higher trim…

FIATRAM Strada750 FTW

A good book to read on this is Griftopia.

Diesel has more taxes levied on it and different demand curves, since it's the fuel for trucking companies and is related to the heating oil still in use in the northern parts of the country.

I can see the logic. Given BMW's available options, the driver's smartphone may be in the center console cradle and not easily visible. Also, the driver may prefer going through iDrive since: 1] the nav unit can use the RTTI to reroute around traffic by itself, and 2] having the information on the head unit that can…

You answered your own question, doing that would kill theaters. There's immense pressure from the theaters to not do that.

Many have internal batteries good for hours, so you'd just have to remember to turn it on and off and charge it. You can also see about hiding the wires (my Dart has enough space between trim bits to shove the wire into, so it's almost perfectly out of view), or as a final measure, hardwire it into the rearview mirror…

But...the Hyperloop is just a different form of "high speed rail"....

What gets some people riled up about stuff like this is the catenary lines. Some view them as eyesores, not to mention the problem it would cause if a storm knocks down the lines, so Sweden experimenting on hiding them underground would be an interesting option. Go cheap and have them visible, or spend more and bury…

They are. Not sure on the GLA, but the X1 exceeded BMW's gloomy expectations something like threefold. Even on bad months they've sold 1,000, and the peak was over 4,000 sold last March.

The A6 Avant left after the 2011 model year. The A4 Avant left at the end of 2012, and the new allroad was introduced for 2013.

That last one can't possibly be real. How dumb oes a person have to be to make such a threat in a post-9/11 world?

Concepts aren't as interesting to me as future vehicles, and to get those your local show just has to get big enough. The Pittsburgh Auto Show used to be like that until Ford took notice and sent the new Mustang and F-150 out to us last year, along with BMW bringing some Euro-spec i3's for test drives. (The show is in…

Hello there! Fellow newbie (have my M endorsement for two years, but sadly no bike).

Can we talk about how annoying this screen will be on a dark road if they forget to put in a black-background dark-icons "night mode"?

They're not. Your dealer is offering something insane (and probably including all sorts of discounts like recent graduate, active military, etc). Lowest lease in my area is above $300/mo.

No need to win the lottery, the predicted residuals on them are crap. I know Australia's different, but the US model