CarExpert
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Former Nissan CEO, and current fugitive, Carlos Ghosn has criticised his former car company yet again, this time following reports that itll merge with fellow Japanese brand Honda. Last week , Nikkei Asia reported Honda and Nissan will soon begin negotiations which would see Japans second- and third-largest carmakers by volume join forces to stay afloat.
Motor Authority
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Stellantis is looking to patent heated wheel wells to keep snow and ice from building up during winter driving. This feature is described in a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Oct. 31, 2024, but filed by Stellantis Apr. 25, 2023. As described in the filing, it would rely on an electric heating.
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Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The average transaction price for new vehicles in November 2024 rose to $48,724. Incentives averaged 8% of ATP, with 20 brands offering above-average discounts. Luxury car segment prices fell 25.1%, while subcompact prices dropped by 11.1%. If you thought car prices were finally about to come down from their oxygen-deprived, Everest-level highs, you’re half right, but also wrong.
Motor Authority
DECEMBER 22, 2024
VW Group and workers agreed to 35,000 job cuts in Germany by 2030 The job cuts will be via retirements and voluntary measures Further cost savings will come from efficiency drives at plants and R&D teams Volkswagen Group and officials representing its workers reached an agreement on Dec. 20 to shed as many as 35,000 jobs in Germany by 2030.
Drive.com
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The German car giant has avoided immediate plant closures in its home country, but intends to cut its output, repurpose vehicle factories, and shuffle production around. Production of the Volkswagen Golf will end in Germany and take place exclusively overseas for the first time since its 1974 launch as part of sweeping cuts intended to keep the company above water amid slowing sales.
Car Examer
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Lets take a closer look at the story McLaren sold whats behind the sale and what it could mean for McLarens next chapter. McLarena name thats synonymous with speed, luxury, and cutting-edge engineering. But recently, the iconic British supercar brand has made headlines for something different: its sale. This move has left fans, car enthusiasts, and industry watchers wondering what the future holds for this legendary marque.
Drive.com
DECEMBER 22, 2024
A record sales year and with more new products on the way, is BYD on track to topple market-leading Toyota in Australia by the end of the decade? Chinese car maker BYD arrived in Australia with ambitious plans but can it continue to build on its early success with an expanding line-up including the must-have dual-cab ute in local showrooms? Having arrived in Australia in 2021 before a bold claim to become the countrys best-selling brand by the end of this decade, BYD is now the third most popu
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Motor 1
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Naughty Dog's new game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, will feature this futuristic Porsche-designed ship.
Auto Express
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Mike Rutherford believes that it's crucial to separate fact from fiction when it comes to motorings biggest debate
Motor 1
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The holiday season reaches full swing when Girardo & Co. deliver their vintage-rally video to its rightful place under our Rothman's-liveried tree.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Younger drivers are embracing manual cars, classic models, and niche collectibles with enthusiasm. A recent study on Gen Z drivers suggests that 77% like driving and 32% have owned a classic. SUVs, sedans, and pickups from the 90s dominate the wish lists of younger car enthusiasts. There’s a popular narrative that younger generations —namely Millennials (born between 1981 and 1996) and Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012)—are turning their backs on cars in favor of ride shares, p
Motor 1
DECEMBER 22, 2024
This AWD showdown between Audi Quattro and BMW xDrive might surprise you.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Hyundai Australia has recalled 3566 examples of the Ioniq 5 and Ioniq 6 electric vehicles (EVs), due to a fault which could lead to a loss of power. Due to a software issue in the Integrated Charging Control Unit, the auxiliary 12-volt battery may not charge as intended, resulting in battery drainage and loss of motive power, the carmaker said in its recall notice.
Car Examer
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Lets break it down and explore what is electronic parking brake is, how it works, and why its becoming the new standard in cars. Remember the days of yanking a handbrake lever or stomping on a pedal to keep your car from rolling away? Well, technology has moved on, and so has the parking brake. Enter the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) a sleek, modern upgrade that replaces the traditional handbrake with a simple button or switch.
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The Honda HR-V ranks inside the Malaysian Top 10 in November. The Malaysian new car market amounts to 71,818 units in November, leading to a year-to-date tally at 771,863. We have very stable rankings both for brands and models. Perodua holds 44.3% market share, a smidge below its October level, while Proton is at 16.2% and Toyota at 14.4%, here too similar to last month.
Autocar
DECEMBER 22, 2024
McLaren's V6 supercar had a troubled launch in 2022 but emerged from 2024 as our star sports car I was the lucky devil who got a night at the spectacular Maybourne Riviera hotel inMonte Carloback in June for the press launch of the McLaren Artura Spider. Butbecause Woking has rolled the same mechanical updates designed for the Spider - extra power from the freer-revving V6, stiffer engine mounts, new adaptive dampersand new a engine-sound symposer system - onto the regular coup, it was that car
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2024
BYD signs the best performance in the Top 10 in November. It’s another very solid month for new light vehicle sales in Uruguay with November up 15.2% year-on-year to 6,344 units. This brings the year-to-date tally up 9.5% to 56,900. Chevrolet (-23.8%) reclaims the top spot it holds year-to-date despite a ghastly year-on-year fall. Only 7 units below is Fiat (+38.9%) in outstanding shape with Volkswagen (+58.5%) doing even better at #3 with 11.2% share vs. 8.7% so far this year.
Autocar
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The magnificent four-seat, four-wheel drive Ferrari is a hypercar carrier of four unrivaled in ethos or execution The FF of 2011 to 2016 represented a revolution for the Prancing Horse, being the first Ferrari to accommodate four full-sized adults and their luggage and the first to feature a four-wheel drive system.Hence the badge: Ferrari Four.A replacement for the 612 Scaglietti, the eccentric FF was unusual in its positioning.We had seen flamboyant four-seat Ferraris before in the 400i and Mo
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2024
All the way from Sydney Australia, BSCB and I wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! It’s been a pleasure as always to provide you with the most up-to-date new car sales data from around the world. I hope you enjoyed reading BSCB as much as I did writing each article. A special thank you for our customers close and far, as well of course as all our subscribers and members.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Stellantis and Tesla have both overtaken Ford to become the brands responsible for the most recalls. Tesla topped the list, issuing 15 recalls affecting 5.1 million EVs, although some were simple OTA fixes. Ford had topped the list for the three previous years and was on target to make it four in summer 2024. Being named the third worst brand in America for recalls doesn’t sound like anything to be proud of.
Best Selling Cars Blog
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Hyundai sales in Morocco are up 83% year-on-year in November. 15,826 new light vehicles hit Moroccan roads in November for a 5th consecutive year-on-year uptick at +14.9%. In the detail, passenger cars are up 15,8% to 13,921 and light commercials grow 8.8% to 1,905. 136,741 new passenger cars found a buyer over the first 11 months of the year, up 5.7%.
Autocar
DECEMBER 22, 2024
A recent lab test teaching rats to drive has us thinking For those who fear that general enthusiasm for driving is in decline, I have positive news: its actually so great that even rats enjoy it. Kelly Lambert, a professor of behavioural neuroscience at the University of Richmond in Virginia (who attaches far more academic and intellectual rigour to her research than I will to interpreting it soz), found in 2019 that rats could learn to drive little cars to reach a treat (a Froot Loop, since yo
Drive.com
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Consistently getting stuck at red lights can be infuriating. We get to the bottom of how you catch the green light every time. Photo: IStock/T O Red lights can be infuriating, especially when you’re in a rush to get somewhere. Differing studies say you can spend anywhere between one and six months of your entire life waiting for the light to go green.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Volkswagen has reached an agreement with its works council after marathon negotiations to protect its German workforce in the immediate future but production changes in coming years will result in 35,000 jobs being lost by 2030. In recent weeks, tension between Volkswagen which has been losing profit and market share globally and its employees has led to threats of closing certain German factories, leading to strikes from the workforce amid corporate negotiations.
Autocar
DECEMBER 22, 2024
New aero kit from Manthey makes track-focussed GT3 RS even more extreme Manthey and Porsche produced an extreme aero kit for the 911 GT3 RS Over the years, a few high-performance cars have emerged with monster whale-tail wings boasting various degrees of downforce. Quite often the pressure they exerted was impressive if not necessarily mind-boggling and often they were intended more to neutralise lift than create positive downforce.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Audi’s 2026 A7 Allroad has been spied undergoing winter tests ahead of next year’s launch. The ICE-powered A7 is the successor to today’s combustion A6, and counterpart to the A6 e-tron EV. Plastic fender extensions and adjustable height air suspension will again mark the Allroad out. You can still buy a combustion Audi A6 alongside the new A6 e-tron, but next year the ICE car gets a comprehensive overhaul and a name swap to become the A7.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 22, 2024
A Nissan GT-R owner will be without their supercar-killing machine for the next three months and without a licence for half a year after being caught driving at nearly double the speed limit on a Sydney motorway. On Sunday December 8, Bankstown Highway Patrol Officers detected a Nissan GT-R being driven at 125km/h on the M5 Motorway in Revesby, which has a signposted speed limit of 100km/h.
Autocar
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Get into your car and away from the Christmas mess with our guide Museums, car meets, a great drive, even banger racing: weve got your Christmas week covered in this, our round-up of 12 things to do this Yuletide. Depending where you live, it s well worth visiting the Museum of Land Speed at Pendine Sands, now in a shiny new home, and the new County Classics car museum in Taunton.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The Honda Prelude returns in 2025, bringing hybrid power and two-door styling back to the table. It promises a balance of modern design, advanced technology, and efficient hybrid performance. But it could also disappoint as history has shown that this combination doesn’t always hit the mark. The all-new Honda Prelude is less than a full year away from production.
Drive.com
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Meet the Firefly, a new city-sized electric car from Chinese newcomer Nio that is destined for Europe and may eventually reach Australia. Nio China’s fifth-best seller of electric cars last year has debuted a new Firefly brand planned to field a range of more affordable electric vehicles (EVs) in global markets such as Europe and, possibly, Australia.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
This heavily altered 1990 BMW 850i is listed for nearly $20,000 by a UK dealership. The E31’s bodykit, black-yellow interior, and oversized wing clash with classic design. Its 296-hp 5.0-liter V12 engine is paired with a six-speed manual transmission. The first-generation 8-Series is one of BMW’s most timeless designs, a quintessential example of 1990s elegance with a shape that still looks brilliant to this day, despite being 34 years old.
Drive.com
DECEMBER 22, 2024
All the states and territories are pretty unanimous on the rules for yellow traffic lights, but the punishment for getting it wrong will depend on where you are. Credit: Reinhard Krull Weve all been there, the traffic light turns from green to yellow and youve got a split second to decide whether to hit the brakes hard or step on it and blast through before it’s red.
Car Examer
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Heres a closer look at why automotive industry collapsing how it could happen and whats driving it. The automotive industry, once a powerhouse of innovation and economic stability, is now facing a crisis that could reshape its future. From economic struggles and changing consumer habits to tougher environmental rules and tech disruptions, the industry is feeling the heat from all sides.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 22, 2024
An ongoing police operation targeting illegally modified cars in New South Wales has led to 23 vehicles with alleged links to street racing and anti-social driving being defected. On December 18 and 19, officers from Illawarra Traffic and Highway Patrol teamed up with Transport for NSW compliance inspectors to continue Operation Dissent, following the first public outing of the pairing in August.
Carscoops
DECEMBER 22, 2024
A police officer and a Kia driver collided at a Wisconsin intersection earlier this year. Both drivers appear uninjured, but the crash highlights stop sign misjudgment by both. The incident underscores how even minor lapses in focus can lead to major consequences. As traffic control devices go, stop signs are about as simple as they get. Rather than have to decipher how to merge, what danger to watch out for, or who to yield to, they offer clear, unquestionable direction.
AutoSuccessOnline
DECEMBER 22, 2024
Does anyone at your dealership grumble about cars or keys they cant locate? They should, and smart service directors and GMs should hear them out and act. Wouldnt it please everyone if your team could know within a short second where every vehicle in your service workflow, on your lot, at your sublets and on test drives is in real time? Oh, and dont forget these systems continually track keys, from key racks to salespersons pockets to wherever.
CarExpert
DECEMBER 22, 2024
The Kia Sorento is one of the still few large SUVs in Australia available with a hybrid option but spoiler alert, it’s still in very short supply. Note: This is an updated version of a review first published in June, as there have been no major changes to pricing for specification in the past six months since publication. We have updated key details such as pricing and specifications with the most up to date information available.
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