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GM and Army open up new test facility on Yuma Proving Ground

General Motors and the U.S. Army have officially cut the ribbon opening the automaker's all-new Desert Proving Ground this week. Located just outside Yuma, Arizona, the testing facility is built on 2400 acres of leased government property. In addition to a 3.5-mile circuit track (three lanes) and a 1.4-mile straight track (two-to-three lanes), the proving ground includes a 1,000' x 1,000' dynamics pad, interior noise road, and a garage with 40 hoists. And, that is just a partial list of the niceties at this state-of-the-art complex. ... Read more →

Riders on the Storm: Does car exhaust contribute to lightning strikes? Jonathon Ramsey

You can add another life-killing phenomenon to the list of deadly byproducts attributable to cars: increased lightning strikes. Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that in the ...

Seattle's plow crews not trying to clear snow from roads by design Jonathon Ramsey

Not long ago, Washington state's Department of Ecology was making noises about not letting people wash their cars at home because "what goes on the street goes into the creek." Now the state is on the ...

PSA: How to safely abandon your car in a snowstorm Jonathon Ramsey

Mother Nature has hit the deep freeze button again, and that means getting stuck in a snowstorm is not such a wild improbability for some of us. If you can't stay off the roads and happen to find ...

SPY VIDEO: Mercedes-Benz C-Class Estate Noah Joseph

With the new C-Class sedan already firing on all cylinders, Mercedes-Benz is preparing its compact wagon variant. Some intrepid paparazzi managed to catch the upcoming C-Class Estate undergoing ...

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Spy Shots: updated Bentley Continentals 2 years ago on Autoblog

We just brought you news of the upcoming facelift for the Bentley Continental GT yesterday, and already spy shots have surfaced showing a couple of cold-weather test mules sitting at the pumps. (Those six-liter W12s can drink a lot of fossils.) As predicted, the updates will extend across the ...

VIDEO: "Not in this Weather" Mercedes ad 3 years ago on Autoblog

This is a bit of an old commercial, but it's a good one, and since it's resurfaced on the net, we thought we'd give you a chance to enjoy it again... for the first time. The ad is for Mercedes' proprietary 4MATIC all-wheel-drive system and its astonishing homewrecking capabilities. Will the ...

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Chris, Dan, and Editor Paukert chat and give each other grief. Merriment ensues.

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