Posts By: Tim Healey

By on June 21, 2022

Ford

Ford is keeping the Goodwood Festival of Speed colorful in celebration of Pride Month. It’s bringing a truck called the Very Gay Ranger Raptor to the event.

The rainbow-colored truck, which also has gold accents, will do more than just catch eyes and a take a run up the hill — it will be used to help get attention towards what Ford is calling “Tough Talks”.

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By on June 21, 2022

Over the past two months, I’ve had two chances to take a Ford Lightning for a quick spin — once around the scenic village of Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin (which you probably know as the home of the famed Road America racetrack) — and once around the block in a part of Chicago dotted with strip […]

By on June 17, 2022

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Our corporate overlords have declared Juneteenth a holiday, and so it be declared that we, too, will be taking the day off.

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By on June 17, 2022

Two Illinois men are dead after a high-speed crash near Norwood, Colorado.

The men appear to have been participants in the Crown Rally.

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By on June 16, 2022

We here at TTAC are happy to announce that we have a winner from the Bridgestone summer tire giveaway we ran at the end of April.

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By on June 8, 2022

Toyota

The 2023 Toyota Sequoia is going to remain atop the brand’s SUV ladder, with a planned sticker price based at $58,300.

The TRD Pro version, which is top-of-the-line and off-road-oriented, will start at $76,900.

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By on June 2, 2022

A big part of the marketing push behind the Ford Bronco Sport since its launch has been centered around the vehicle’s outdoors/off-road capabilities. What’s not being said is how one needs to buy the top-dog Badlands trim to really unlock those capabilities.

By on May 27, 2022

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As per usual when a holiday approaches, TTAC will be taking some time off.

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By on May 24, 2022

Those of us with memories longer than a goldfish can think back all the way back to last year and remember the hype surrounding the Hyundai Santa Cruz. A hype train that quickly derailed when Ford’s Maverick launched just a few months later and proved itself better at doing “truck things” than the Santa Cruz. […]

By on May 20, 2022

  No one needs a V8 in a Jeep Wrangler. But sometimes brands do things just because they can. Which is the case with this particular Jeep – there’s a freakin’ Hemi underhood, for no other reason than Jeep can do it. Well – there’s one other reason. The company can rake in some serious […]

By on May 19, 2022

Earlier reports that the BMW i4 would ship without Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, with the smartphone-mirroring systems set to be installed via over-the-air updates at a later time, appear to be incorrect.

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By on May 19, 2022

Ford has recalled 39,000 2021 model-year Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators due to a fire risk.

Owners are being asked to park their vehicles outdoors until the company can address the issues.

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By on May 16, 2022

Meet the new Nissan Z. Same as the old Z. Well, sort of. Nissan has worked hard to hype the new Z – yet it’s an open secret that the new car shares some of its bones with the previous-generation car. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

By on May 13, 2022

Reports indicate that Hyundai will announce plans for an EV assembly plant in Georgia during President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea.

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By on May 11, 2022

Cadillac

It appears that Tim “The Toolman” Taylor has a product-planning position at Cadillac.

That’s because, apparently, someone decided that just what the Escalade needed was “more power.”

lot more power.

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