Chevrolet has just unveiled the luxurious HighCountry version of the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado (see the video here). They have also released the SAE certified rating for the truck’s entry level 4.3 liter V6 motor. It stands at 285 horsepower and 305 lb-ft of twist. Clearly this power-plant is focused on torque, longevity, efficiency, and value. [...]
The 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 comes out swinging. General Motors is lacing up the gloves for another match-up with archenemy Ford trucks and their mighty F150. Chevrolet’s 5.3-liter “EcoTec3″ V8 gets 23 mpg highway (2WD) and 22 mpg highway (4X4). This engine can deactivate four cylinders when V8 power is not needed for maximum efficiency. Combined [...]
Cadillac just put the world on notice today with the announcement of the new 3.6 liter twin-turbo V6 motor – good for 420 horses and 430 lb-ft of torque! Code name – LF3. This motor will debut in the all new 2014 Cadillac CTS later this month at the 2013 New York Auto Show. In [...]
Hyundai is keeping it simple: the larger of the two Hyundai 2013 Santa Fe models is refereed to as the 6/7 passenger model or the LWB (long wheel base). That may seem like the larger 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe is simply longer, but that would be wrong. The 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe 6/7 passenger model has a 290-hp [...]
The new 2013 Jaguar XJ has grown a set of sharper claws. Nor only is the new luxury sedan available for the first time ever with a supercahrged 3.0-liter V6 but, perhaps more importantly, the car can now be purchased will all-wheel-drive. In this exclusive TFLcar video technology demonstration we show everything that you’d ever [...]
The newly revised Jaguar XJ & XF may look the same for the 2013 model year but it’s what under the skin that makes them all new. First and foremost is a new super charged 3.0L that produced 340 horsepower. Unlike the previous generation of both cars in the United States you can now have [...]
Mercedes-Benz completely revised the 2013 Mercedes-Benz E-Class. It’s pretty much a brand new vehicle with several new engines, including a twin-turbo V6, gas and diesel four-cylinder engines and the V8 and V6 from the previous model. There’s a hybrid coming too!
The 2013 Toyota Avalon has been redesigned with a much more youthful buyer in mind. Gone is the old-fashioned and somewhat stogy Avalon replaced by a much sleeker and dare we say sportier model that hopes to sell more to a larger demographic of buyers. We recently had the chance to test, drive and review [...]
Feast your eyes on the all new Jaguar F-Type, destine to be a new direction for Jaguar. This is a leaked photo (via Motor Authority on Facebook) preceding the Paris Motor Show and I added C-X16 photos which appear to be similar to what the F-Type looks like. Nothing official has been released, but we know [...]
What’s the fastest Mustang you can buy from 0-60 MPH @ 1 mile above sea level. Is it the 2013 V8 Ford Mustang GT or the V6 Mustang? The answer of course is the Mustang GT 5.0 as it has 100 more horsepower. But you already knew that. What we wanted to find out is [...]
The 2013 V6 Ford Mustang is rated by the factory at producing 305 Hp and Torque: 280 ft-lbs. @ 4250 rpm from its 3.7 Liter engine. At Sea Level it will accelerate from 0-60 MPH in about 5.5 seconds. But when we tested the car at about one mile above sea level in Denver we [...]
We at TFLCar have mixed feelings about the current Ford Explorer. It’s handsome, comfortable and a very good family car – but it’s no SUV. The mere fact it exists makes the Ford Flex superfluous – in our opinion. Also, it's WAY better looking than the Flex. One thing most of us at The Fast [...]
Few manufacturers of the beloved automobile are turning to high-performance SUVs to raise pulses. Rather, they are slowing them down with high gas mileage numbers from Eco-minded penalty boxes. Infiniti shatters that ideal with the FX.
I like where America is going with these beefy V6s sitting in the engine bays of muscle cars. For a while, Dodge trailed Ford and Chevrolet with an anemic 6-banger. Now, there’s a lovely 305 horsepower 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 that puts out a respectable 268 lbs-feet of torque while getting 26 mpg highway. Yes – [...]
