Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

Forget the Tata Nano—the $2,500 car aimed at the developing world—or even the cheapest models in the U.S. market, the $9,970 Hyundai Accent and $9,990 Nissan Versa.

If you're on a shoestring budget, a used car like the 1993 Ford Taurus might be the only option.

Leave it to the sometimes-funny, always-ridiculous folks at The Onion to give the '93 Taurus the big auto-show intro it deserves.

This "car for the modern age" comes with almost everything you'd ever need (Primus tape included) in a vehicle. Well…perhaps only if you were a Seth Rogen character.

For the rest on this "innovative concept vehicle that fits the needs of all Americans,"...

Sometimes you run across something so bizarre, so outlandish, you just have to cover it even though it isn't all that relevant to new cars.

So what do YOU think is the purpose of the rather, errrrr, unusual looking vehicle shown here? And is that horse really pulling the ... whatever-it-is? Hmmmmmmmmmm.

OK, would it help answer the questions if we mentioned that the vehicle has its roots in the fabled Roush tuning firm, birthplace of numerous rip-snorting, tire-shredding,hot-rod Mustangs?

No, we didn't think so.

The answers (and the photos) comes to us from British auto-industry analysis firm Just-Auto. We're fond of them, not only because...

Residents of the southern states, who most likely have never met a moose, may not realize how much damage they can do. Deer will damage your car, but moose can kill you.

Brigham Young University student Cassi Elton, however, wasn't even in her Toyota Yaris when the moose shattered her windshield.

In fact, the moose fell through a barrier onto the car after being tranquilized by Utah wildlife officials. (It also damaged a Saturn owned by Elton's friend Chris Hair.)

A brief disagreement ensued, with the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources declining to pay the $1,500 in damages to Elton's subcompact Toyota. "It's just one of those things,"...