My former EiC at +Autoblog, John Neff is writing auto buying guides for +The Wir… 9

My former EiC at +Autoblog, John Neff is writing auto buying guides for +The Wirecutter now

John's newest guide focuses on hybrid cars and unsurprisingly, the +TOYOTA Prius is the top overall pick. Check out the guide to find out why.?

The Best Hybrid Car
After spending dozens of hours considering every hybrid that’s currently on sale (and driving and living with the better ones), we found the best choice for m

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Mustang is the only car name to make the list of top 25 passwords in 2014?

Mustang is the only car name to make the list of top 25 passwords in 2014?

‘Mustang’ More Popular Than ‘Superman,’ ‘Batman’ According to Research by SplashData | Ford Media Center
Ford Mustang is one of the most popular cars ever built, and now it has the distinct honor of being one of the most common passwords on the Internet, a recent study reveals.

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As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will… 30

As the last of the 2015 Acura ILXs get sold off in the coming months, there will be no more manual transmissions from Honda's premium brand?

Why there are no more stick-shift Acuras
With the 2016 model year, for the first time in its 30-year history, Acura won’t offer a single manual gearbox. Here’s why.

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For this week's

For this week's #throwbackthursdays  ?, I look back to 2007 when I joined a small group of journalists and engineers from General Motors on a 300 mile drive across New York state in a pair of fuel cell concept vehicles

Among the participants were my future colleagues John McCormick and Scott Anderson as well GM's then R&D chief Larry Burns and and advanced concepts director Chris Boronni-Bird. Last week at #Naias2015? , +TOYOTA , +Honda  and +Hyundai Worldwide all showed their latest fuel cell vehicles with drive systems designed for mass production. GM was not showing any fuel cell technology at the show, but spokesman Tom Read confirmed that more than 200 fuel engineers are now working out of GM's powertrain engineering center in Pontiac, MI to bring their system to market by the end of this decade.?