Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Chinese auto giant SAIC used this week's 2024 Geneva auto show for the world debut of the L6 compact sedan, the latest model from its newly established brand IM. IM, whose initials stand for Intelligent Mobility, is SAIC's brand for premium electric vehicles. It's also intended to have a global reach, just like MG, the historic British brand.
Best Selling Cars Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Mercedes is the most popular importer in China in January. For once sales of new imported cars in China surge year-on-year at +36.9% to 75,587, even if this has a lot to do with the Lunar New Year falling in February this year vs. January in 2023. Brand-wise, Mercedes (+29.7%) outsells traditional leader Lexus (+83.7%) for the first time since last May, with BMW (+19.9%) rounding out the podium as usual.
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Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
After some delay, Polestar's 3 midsize SUV is finally in production, the Swedesh performance EV brand said on Tuesday. Production got underway at a Volvo plant in Chengdu, China, earlier this month. Production is also planned for a Volvo plant in Charleston, South Carolina. Pre-production examples are already being built at the Charleston plant.
Motor 1
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Its customizable gear shifter is shaped like a lipstick case.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Pininfarina is toiling away on its own range of electric vehicles, but the company's design arm is still exploring vehicles with alternative powertrains. On Monday, the company revealed the Pininfarina Enigma GT concept, a striking coupe packing a V-6 designed to run on pure hydrogen. The turbocharged 2.5-liter V-6 generates 435 hp when burning.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
TT replacement will be “different but emotional” Audi Sport says EV replacement for its long-running coupé will be a total clean-sheet design Audi is in an “intense concept phase” for the electric successor to the TT , experimenting with different silhouettes and soundtracks as it plots a replacement for the popular sports coupé, which retired last year.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Apple is canceling its decade-long electric car project, Bloomberg reports. The company has reportedly invested millions of dollars into the project, but has now determined that it isn't viable. COO Jeff Williams today told the approximately 2,000 Apple employees working on the EV project that it is canceled, which came as a surprise to the team.
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Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Bugatti secured its first overall win at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1937 with the Type 57G Tank. However, the groundwork laid by earlier race cars is what allowed Bugatti to design the race winner. The automaker has now honored one of those earlier cars with a modern Chiron Super Sport customized by the Sur Mesure personalization department. The.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Camouflaged bonnet vents likely hide improved cooling for V12 powerplant | Image: Theo Williams DBS replacement is due later this year with aggressive styling and more than 750bhp Aston Martin is preparing to transform the V12-engined DBS into a bona-fide supercar, more clearly distinguished from its V8-powered DB12 and Vantage siblings. New images of the supercar – which could revive the Vanquish name – reveal that it is based on the DB12, but with a wide-reaching visual makeover that points
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Aston Martin earlier in February unveiled the heavily updated 2025 Vantage sports car, and on Tuesday the new Vantage GT4 racing version made its debut. The customer race car is eligible for the 2024 motorsports season, together with a Vantage GT3 that was unveiled together with the updated road car. Some early examples of the Vantage GT4 already.
Drive.com
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Buyers of Toyota utes and 4WDs may be stung for choosing an inefficient vehicle next year – and pay most or all of the fines the car giant could receive for not meeting proposed Australian new-car emissions targets. Toyota Australia says customers – not head office – will pay the bill for hefty emissions fines set to hit the company’s highest-polluting utes and four-wheel-drive models if it does not meet proposed emissions targets due next year.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
McLaren has added more power to the Artura, as well as the option of a convertible roof. The power upgrade sees the plug-in hybrid supercar deliver 19 more horsepower, or a combined 690 hp, and McLaren said the upgrade will be performed on cars that have already been delivered at no cost. The Polestar 3 has entered production at a plant in.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The Honda CR-V just got a new zero-emission derivative, but unlike the majority of modern SUVs it isn’t fully electric. The 2025 Honda CR-V e:FCEV is the first vehicle in the US that combines a hydrogen fuel cell system with plug-in charging capability and a battery pack large enough to provide 29 miles (47 km) of EV-only range. Powering the CR-V e:FCEV is a single front-mounted electric motor that makes 174 hp (130 kW / 176 PS) and 229 lb-ft (311 Nm) of torque.
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The redesigned 2025 Infiniti QX80 makes its public debut on March 20, the Japanese luxury brand announced on Tuesday. Infiniti previewed the new flagship SUV's styling with the QX80 Monograph concept during 2023 Monterey Car Week last summer. Now teaser images of the production version in camouflage show that some of the details of the concept.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Second generation of coupé-crossover arrives in 296bhp petrol M35i form The second-generation BMW X2 has arrived, and with it a headlining M35i performance model as part of an initial four-strong line-up that also includes an all-new electric BMW iX2.Positioned at the top of the new X2 line-up at £47,395, the M-badged model receives a reworked version of BMW’s B48 engine: a 2.0-litre four-cylinder turbo petrol unit with variable valve and camshaft timing, developing 296bhp and 295lb ft of torque
Motor Authority
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Honda has launched a version of its popular CR-V compact crossover powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. The new CR-V e:FCEV arrives for the 2025 model year, and will be offered exclusively to customers in California via leasing. Hydrogen filling stations are still hard to come by, with California one of the few states with some stations open to the.
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Growth through acquisition and a focus on people, processes and the customer experience contribute to its business.
Auto Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing , Jeep , Car Buying Continue reading The 5 worst auto brands for 2024 in Consumer Reports' rankings The 5 worst auto brands for 2024 in Consumer Reports' rankings originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 27 Feb 2024 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Lotlinx Sentinel leverages proprietary machine learning, artificial intelligence and data mining technologies for offering.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
While many of us are excited about F1 returning to our screens this weekend, Red Bull was working on a new way to present the top flight motorsport to us. With the help of Dutch Drone Gods (DDG), the company has created the world’s fastest camera drone to follow its latest F1 car over a full lap of Silverstone. Whereas the average consumer drone has a top speed of around 37 mph (60 km/h), to keep up with F1 World Champion Max Verstappen in the RB20 , DDG needed to be able to reach a top sp
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Consumer Reports puts seven on its standout ranking, and says they’re gaining U.S. popularity.
Auto Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Filed under: Green , Honda , Lexus , Tesla , Car Buying , Economy Cars , Electric , Luxury , Performance Continue reading Tesla and Honda most searched vehicles ahead of spring market Tesla and Honda most searched vehicles ahead of spring market originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 27 Feb 2024 14:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Automaker to remedy power train issue with software update.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Crafting a brand new vehicle from scratch is undoubtedly a challenging task, a reality even for the world’s biggest tech company, Apple. After a decade-long endeavor, Apple has chosen to terminate its automotive project, instructing employees involved to wrap up their work on it. Although the car was never officially announced to the world, reports indicated that Apple started working on an electric vehicle in 2014.
AutoDealer Today
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The car and truck segments experienced price declines last week.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
San Francisco authorities are investigating two incidents in which a pair of Tesla Model Y vehicles caught fire within a span of just two blocks early Saturday morning. Footage of one of the incidents shows an unidentified individual lighting what appears to be paper on fire and placing it atop one of the electric crossover’s tires, leading to an intense blaze.
Motor 1
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Just like that, Hyundai's hot hatches are no more in Europe.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
MG is reportedly working on a stretched version of the MG4 electric crossover that could serve as a replacement for the MG5. The new model, set to go on sale in 2024, would bring significant upgrades in technology, performance, and range compared to its predecessor, benefiting from the newer EV-dedicated underpinnings. The MG5 debuted in the UK market in 2020 and received a facelift in 2022.
Motor 1
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Apple started work on Project Titan in 2014, but now after a decade, the autonomous EV idea is being killed.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Aston Martin completes the racing lineup of the new Vantage with the debut of the GT4. The new model, developed by the Aston Martin Racing (AMR) division, is an upgraded version of its predecessor, featuring improvements in cooling and aerodynamics alongside a revised chassis setup. The regulations in the GT4 class mean that the racecar shares 80 percent of the “structural and mechanical architecture” with the roadgoing model.
CarExpert
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Australian ute and large four-wheel drive buyers are in line for price hikes if the Government’s proposed New Vehicle Emissions Standards (NVES) come into force next year. That’s according to Toyota Australia vice president of sales and marketing Sean Hanley, who claims the Albanese Government’s preferred NVES – Option B – would punish “middle Australia” by forcing brands to raise the price of large four-wheel drives like the LandCruiser, and light commercial vehicles like the HiLux.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
The Detroit Free Press recently published a report saying that Ford is reinspecting and investigating more than 250,000 vehicles after it allegedly “discovered sloppy work and false billing by dealership technicians during the required replacement of dangerous Takata air bags” Now, Ford tells Carscoops that the report draws “inaccurate conclusions” and that the publication “mischaracterized” certain programs in its reporting.
Autocar
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
BMW iX2 front Comfortable, spacious and decent powertrain but handling and range don’t live up to expectations The next-generation BMW Neue Klasse models that will start to arrive next year will use a bespoke electric platform. Until then, the firm is pushing on with its multi-powertrain strategy, hence the arrival of the iX2 – a car that is technically an all-new nameplate yet feels quite familiar, in part because it shares much with the existing iX1.It also, as the name suggests, is the first
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Renault’s CEO, Luca de Meo, has urged European automakers to unite and form an Airbus-style conglomerate to manufacture affordable electric vehicles capable of competing with Chinese imports entering the continent. Airbus came together in 2000 as a joint venture between European aerospace companies. It is supported by European governments, and the companies came together to compete against large American companies, like Boeing.
Motor Trader
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Average used car values at three years and 60,000 miles moved into the positive in February, the first increase for almost a year. The small increase of 0.7%, equivalent to £50, marked the first increase since March 2023. The increase is the fourth largest upward movement in February since Cap Live was launched in 2012.
Carscoops
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
You getting that deja vu feeling? Maybe it’s the inevitable curse that comes with being the world’s biggest automaker but barely a month seems to go by without Toyota issuing a recall – I looked through our list of posts for last year and counted up at least 10 stories about Toyota recalls. So it was thoughtful of Toyota and the NHTSA to bundle three new recalls into one neat package this week so we can get them all out of the way and get ready for the next round of unreliabili
Auto Blog
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Filed under: Car Buying , Car Dealers , Used Car Buying Continue reading J.D. Power: Average new vehicle transaction price dropped to $44,045 J.D. Power: Average new vehicle transaction price dropped to $44,045 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 27 Feb 2024 13:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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