Posts By: Tim Healey

By on October 15, 2021

Think you have a hard time keeping track of all the trims and bodystyles on the Ford Bronco now?

Well, get ready for more. At least one more trim is on the way for 2022.

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By on October 12, 2021

Infiniti

You know it’s a slow news week — at least so far — when you get an embargoed release from Infiniti mentioning software updates that will now enable wireless Apple CarPlay on vehicles that came from the factory without that functionality and find it worth a post.

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By on October 11, 2021

An order guide for the 2022 Ford Bronco confirms that the Sasquatch off-road package will be available with a manual transmission.

Ford had already indicated it would listen to consumer demand and give three-pedal fans the option of rowing their own, but now it’s official.

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By on October 8, 2021

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Dating is hard, but ride-sharing company Lyft is trying to make it a little easier.

It will now allow you to pay for your Tinder date’s ride.

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By on October 8, 2021

Twitter is amazing sometimes. One of the best parts about it is that occasionally a great piece of journalism — a feature story or investigative report — finds its way into your timeline.

Sometimes, though, you get the flip side. Sometimes, you come across an opinion/hot take so bad you feel like you, should you have a platform, eviscerate it.

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By on October 5, 2021

GM

We’ve written about the lofty promises automakers are making when it comes to EVs, but regardless of whether you think they’ll make their targets or not, they’re at least putting plans in motion.

Ford has its Blue Oval City. Meanwhile, General Motors has plans to open a battery-cell lab in suburban Detroit.

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By on October 5, 2021

There are currently two small trucks on sale – the Hyundai Santa Cruz and the 2022 Ford Maverick. Only one really looks the part. That would be the latter. And thankfully for Ford and its buyers, the Maverick more than acts the part, too.

By on October 4, 2021

GM/ChevroletNinety years. That’s the amount of time that General Motors has led the sales charts in the U.S.

That may change this year, according to industry bible Automotive News, because of the ongoing microchip shortage.

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By on September 30, 2021

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I was running an errand Sunday in a Mercedes S-Class tester when all of a sudden I saw the “check engine” light had popped on.

“Huh, that’s odd,” I thought to myself. Especially since the car was running and driving just fine.

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By on September 30, 2021

Ford

Ford has grand plans for building EVs and batteries, and the Blue Oval brand laid out those plans earlier this week.

Welcome to Blue Oval City

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By on September 30, 2021

Jeep

Earlier this year, we introduced you to the Jeep Grand Cherokee L. Jeep promised that the five-seat Grand Cherokee sharing the L’s new platform was soon to come.

And now it’s here. Imagine that. Funny how that works.

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By on September 29, 2021

Chevrolet’s Corvette Z06 will be revealed in full on October 26. In advance of that, the brand has put out the first official image.

This follows a teaser video from July.

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By on September 27, 2021

If you want a large SUV and want performance, Dodge is happy to oblige. I mean, the brand even built a Hellcat Durango, fer chrissake. Of course, not everyone wants the insanity that is a Hellcat, yet some buyers still want performance that goes above and beyond the norm. Enter the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT […]

By on September 24, 2021

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A week or so ago, I was in Tennessee, testing the Volkswagen ID.4, blasting some country music on satellite radio simply because I was in Tennessee, and it hit me. You folks might be wondering what, if any, music TTAC staffers play while testing.

After all, automakers love to tout the premium audio systems available in their vehicles. This means that we, of course, rock out sometimes.

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By on September 23, 2021

Yesterday I ripped Honda a bit for producing a 2022 Honda Passport TrailSport that seems light on actual off-road chops.

Some time afterward, I received press materials about a Passport TrailSport project vehicle that is supposed to actually preview the TrailSport’s future off-road abilities.

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