(July 31, 2015) WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — The all-new BMW 7 Series, the brand’s flagship in its sixth generation, is featured in the highly-anticipated film “Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation,” from Paramount Pictures and Skydance, in theaters worldwide today. BMW is the exclusive worldwide automotive partner of this installment of the legendary action film franchise starring Tom Cruise.

This Peterbilt cab, probably from the late '70s to mid '80s — we admit no expertise when it comes to large trucks — is resting (perhaps permanently) in some eastern North Carolina weeds. Peterbilt Motors was founded in 1939 and continues to be a builder of Class 5 through Class 8 trucks, headquartered in Denton, Texas. (Photo by Ralph Gable)

(July 30, 2015) DETROIT — OnStar has fielded more than 1 billion requests from customers, who interact by phone, mobile app or embedded cellular service in their cars and trucks. Launched nearly 19 years ago as an industry-first service that would place a call from the vehicle when an air bag deployed, OnStar today remotely unlocks doors, loads driving directions directly to the vehicle, compiles and sends emails on vehicle health and can aid law enforcement by slowing down a vehicle being pursued.

(July 30, 2015) DEARBORN, Mich. — Ford’s all-new F-150 is the first pickup in America to earn an Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Top Safety Pick for its SuperCrew model. The new F-150 is also the only full-size, light-duty truck in the industry to earn the government’s highest possible 5-star rating for the driver and passenger for all crash test modes and cab configurations — SuperCrew, SuperCab and Regular Cab.