Smart Crosstown and Brabus Special Editions Not Special Enough for U.S.

thank – North American Smart consumers may be subject exclusively to Electric Drive come 2018, but the chic city-car brand is continuing to flesh out its gasoline-powered models for the rest of the world’s markets. To that end, Smart is unveiling two new special-edition models at the Geneva auto show next week. – New to the […]

Red Pair: Mercedes-Benz Introduces SLC-class RedArt Editions

– The term “red art” might bring to mind Soviet-era propaganda posters, but Mercedes-Benz is peddling something far more capitalist-friendly with its recently announced SLC-class RedArt roadsters. – Available for both the SLC300 with its 241-hp turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and the AMG-fortified SLC43 powered by a 362-hp twin-turbo V-6, the RedArt treatment brings a host […]

Chevrolet Redlines All the Things, Announces Eight Special Editions

– Scrape the polished black wheels on these special-edition Chevrolets if you must, but please, do avoid damaging their double red stripes. Unlike other factory wheel-paint treatments that outline the edges or highlights the spokes, Chevy paints a Grand Sport–themed motif on the inner rim. It’s distinctive, and it’s the primary reason for purchasing one […]

Dewey defeats Truman? Some Boston Globe editions say Patriots lost Super Bowl

It wasn’t exactly “Dewey Defeats Truman,” but some Florida readers of The Boston Globe learned a different Super Bowl outcome than most on Monday morning. Early editions of New England’s largest newspaper ran a front page suggesting the Patriots lost to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night, with a headline that read “A Bitter End” […]