The Apple CarPlay system provides unified user experiences, and provides strong ability to extending/customizing the functionality that each car maker wants individually.

The CarPlay system received good response in the auto industry, and many makers have expressed intention to integrate this system into their future products. It looks like the CarPlay system is an immediate hit and success.

However, if something looks “too good to be true”, then it may encounter some unexpected setbacks when it proceeds...

Not all auto manufacturers allows you to download their new car’s window sticker online, and anonymously. This may due to concern about customer’s potential privacy.

But this is not the case for Ford. It allows you to download window sticker in high-resolution PDF format, given you know the new car’s VIN. The trick is to enter the specific VIN in an internet address string, and then use your web browser to view that internet address, then you can get the sticker document you want.

Although there is no official EPA figures for the 2015 Mustang announced at this moment, but we have somehow managed to download several 20...

We got the first hand information about the MSRP of the 2015 Corvette Stingray Z06. Details as follow:

1YZ07 Corvette Z06 Coupe: $78,000
1YZ67 Corvette Z06 Convertible: $83,000
Destination: $995

2LZ Z06 Equipment Group 1YZ07/1YZ67: $3,270
3LZ Z06 Preferred Equipment Group 1YZ07/1YZ67: $8,650

Z07 – Performance Package: $7,995, includes:
(J57) 4-wheel antilock, 4-wheel disc, carbon ceramic brakes
(FE7) Z07 suspension with Magnetic Selective Ride Control
(XFM) front P285/30ZR19 and rear P335/25ZR20 Michelin Pilot
Super Sport Cup 2 summer-only run flat tires and level 3 Aero Package
Requires CFZ or CFV

CFV – Carbon Fiber Ground Effects Package: $3,995
includes visible carbon...

In US market, the Lincoln Navigator is the only body-on-frame SUV that Ford has at this moment. But this is not the case for other places in the world.

Ford is going to release the 2015 Everest in China, a new three-row seat SUV based on a body-on-frame platform, shared with the Ford Ranger pickup. The Everest will has a wheelbase of 112.2-in. There are two engine options: a 2.0L turbocharged gasoline engine, and a 3.2L turbo diesel engine.

The 2015 Everest will come with features such as AWD system with electronic limited slip center differential, keyless entry/start, automatic AC as standard; higher trim can also include air suspension...

The Honda CR-Z is an very unique vehicle in the US market, from the following aspects:

– The only 2-seat front-wheel-drive hatch back
– The only 2-seat hybrid vehicles under $100k
– The only hybrid vehicles that offers manual transmission

Even the CR-Z is relatively lightweight (curb weight: 2,639 lb), its 1.5L natuarally aspirated gasoline engine + electric motor powertrain is considered to be underpowered, for only has a total of 130hp and 140 lb-ft of torque output.

Now Honda has addressed this issue by letting its performance division: the Honda Performance Development (HPD) to make a supercharger kit for the 1...