Bogdan Popa

5 days ago | autoevolution.com | Bogdan Popa

6 photosPhoto: StellantisCarmakers have never been big fans of Android Auto and CarPlay, but the two platforms have become so big that nobody would buy a car missing them. As a result, automakers have no alternative but to offer Android Auto and CarPlay in their cars, even if this means giving in to Google and Apple. Stellantis once had an ambitious plan to build in-car software that would make these two systems feel old and outdated.

6 days ago | autoevolution.com | Bogdan Popa

15 photosPhoto: Bogdan Popa/autoevolution/morgenpost.deGerman drivers who used Google Maps last week received a warning that made many believe that something horrible had happened. The application showed all German autobahns as closed, telling drivers to avoid the high-speed roads and use exclusively smaller alternatives. The error occurred on Thursday, and for German drivers, it was the worst moment when Google Maps could go wrong.

6 days ago | autoevolution.com | Bogdan Popa

39 photosPhoto: eBay seller apponaug_garageMustang sales declined in 1969, despite Ford rolling out a major new restyling and the famous Mach 1. The company sold fewer than 300K units, and the hardtop remained the best-selling configuration with 127K cars. Customers' appetite for the fastback was growing, and nearly 62K customers ordered one this year. The Mach 1 was quickly winning the hearts of American buyers, and over 72K units left the factory in 1969.

6 days ago | autoevolution.com | Bogdan Popa

16 photosPhoto: eBay seller arosydayThe GTO was already the Pontiac model that everybody loved, but the LeMans continued to sell in bigger numbers in 1968. The GM brand shipped over 136,000 LeMans units this year, compared to approximately 87K GTOs, which was available in 1968 as a stand-alone series. The two-door hardtop was the most commonly ordered version of the LeMans, with Pontiac producing over 110K units in this version.

6 days ago | autoevolution.com | Bogdan Popa

41 photosPhoto: eBay seller carbuffdudeEvery diehard Mustang fanboy heard about the California Special. Often referred to as the GT/CS, which stands for GT/ California Special, the car was born out of a desire to build a unique Mustang to convince more people to buy Ford's iconic model. Ford's solution made perfect sense. The company turned to Shelby, so it used a 1967 GT500 prototype, officially known as Little Red, to build 4,118 Mustangs with the GT/CS package.