By Christopher A. Sawyer
The Virtual Driver

(June 22, 2015) Lincoln’s Navigator isn’t the only large SUV at the end of its useful life. Audi’s Methuselah-like Q7 shares its underpinnings with the VW Touareg and Porsche Cayenne, and has been around since the 2006 model year (2007 in North America). There have been a steady stream of updates over its 10-year life, and a major facelift in 2009. However, the current Q7, which is soon to be replaced by the second generation, is showing its age.

(June 19, 2015) LONDON — Captain Nemo's six-wheeled Nautilus car from Sean Connery’s adventure movie The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen will be sold by international auctioneers Coys at their Blenheim Palace auction on July 11.

Designed by production designer and art director Carol Spier and one of only two made, this fully functional and complete vehicle was used throughout the film and features heavily on the promotional posters. Its twin was rigged with scaffolding for filming the actor's close-ups.

(June 19, 2015) Infiniti will unveil its first-ever compact car at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt Sept. 17. The production version of this segment-spanning compact car will be revealed two years after the Infiniti Q30 Concept debuted at the 2013 Frankfurt show.

(June 18, 2015) AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Fiat Chrysler began production this week of the all-new 2015 Ram 1500 Rebel at the Warren Truck Assembly Plant in Michigan. The one-of-a-kind, full-size truck is assembled by more than 4,000 employees across 3.3 million square feet of the company’s 75-year-old truck plant.
 
The Ram 1500 Rebel makes a statement with an all-new, blacked-out grille and distinctive billet silver “RAM” letter badge. Rebel is designed with increased ride height, standard 33-inch tires, skid plates, tow hooks, and a unique brawny interior starting at $42,790.