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“The Stunning Beauty of the Original Mazda Cosmo | Giga Gears”
Mazda invited me a few weeks ago to a stunning house in Encino, California to view its new CX-70 SUV, which ended up being just a CX-90 with only two rows of seats. After getting all of the photos and information I needed I started exploring the grounds of the house, as it was truly amazing (and huge, on a three-acre…
VW’s Commitment to EVs Continues | Giga Gears
Happy Friday! You made it through another week to reach February 9, 2024, and one final installment of The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know.
How Top Automakers Got Their Names | Giga Gears
Carmaker names are not nearly as celebrated as carmaker logos but they’re just as rich in heritage, both good and bad. Automobiles have been around since the late 1700s, but they didn’t take off until after the Industrial Revolution. World Wars I and II would catapult auto manufacturing into what we know today: a…
Nightmare Cars: Unreliable Models from Giga Gears
Earlier this week we asked readers to tell us what new cars look most suspect as far as reliability goes. The usual cars from historically (or anecdotally) unreliable brands, including Jaguar, Land Rover and Fiat made the list, but there were some surprises, too.
Top News Stories of the Week by Giga Gears
Toyota is having a bad time. The company’s kei car wing has been forging crash test results, and its diesels have had “irregularities” in horsepower and torque ratings — irregularities so vast, apparently, that Japanese officials had to raid one of the company’s factories today. - Steve DaSilva Read More