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If video games have taught me anything, it’s that crashing into a tree is the surest way for a drive to end in tragedy. However, a recent accident in Longmeadow, Massachussets — just north of the Connecticut border — suggests that video games may have been lying to us.The incident occurred at the intersection of Converse Street and Redfern Drive, at around 7:45 p.m.
Last year, two unlikely sports cars got the safari treatment: the Porsche 911 Dakar and the Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato. But so far as we can tell, nobody has ever turned the iconic Nissan R32 GT-R into an off-roader – until now.
Go anywhere in the world where the Land Rover Defender built its reputation, and you will find original Defenders still adding to that reputation. Since Land Rover ended production and wasn't able to secure exclusive rights to the design, not only has one of the most famous basic utility vehicles gotten even more popular in even more places, there are more people making more versions of it. In 2017, Jim Ratcliffe raised the floodgates in launching Ineos Automotive and the Grenadier SUV and Quartermaster pickup. In 2019, Poland's Land Serwis began stamping Series 1 Defenders with original tooling and modern builds. In 2021, Connecticut's Black Bridge Motors announced its Function restomod that has become the Mark IV and Mark X, these being Defender bodies on a JK-series Jeep Wrangler frame, powered by GM's LS3, LT1, or LT4 engines. And now, for buyers who prefer to do such shopping west of the Mississippi, Utah's Legend Motor Company is also working the Defender-Jeep mashup. The company's Signature Series 001 sits a re-engineered Defender body on JK Wrangler underpinnings.
An alarming Reuters investigation has led to two US senators writing to Elon Musk, asking him to swiftly recall models equipped with defective steering and suspension parts.
Two U.S. senators have written to Elon Musk, Tesla’s top executive, calling on him to “swiftly” recall any steering and suspension parts that pose a safety risk.
Two senators from Connecticut and Massachusetts have written to Tesla's top executive, Elon Musk, calling on him to «swiftly» recall steering and suspension parts after Reuters' «alarming» report.
New Jersey announced a new rule set on Wednesday laying out plans to transition sales of light-duty vehicles in the state to 100-percent zero-emission by 2035.
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey will prohibit the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles by 2035 as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce planet-warming pollutants, officials announced Tuesday.