Wed.Feb 28, 2024

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Musk says Tesla Roadster debuts in 2024 with sub-1s 0-60 time

Motor Authority

A second-generation Tesla Roadster was originally planned for production in 2020 but that deadline came and went, and since then Elon Musk has managed to announce a new date almost every year. In his most recent update, the Tesla CEO said the production model will be ready to reveal in late 2024 for a targeted start of delivery in 2025. He.

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Moldova January 2024: Dacia Duster and Toyota RAV4 top market up 4.3%

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Dacia Duster continues its run as the best-seller in Moldova. CE Auto data shows a Moldovan new car market up 4.3% year-on-year to 507 sales. The Dacia Duster (-7.4%) is faithful to the pole position it has held for the past two consecutive years with a strong 9.9% share. The Toyota RAV4 repeats at #2 with 7.5% of the market with the Kia Sportage (-32.7%) rounding out the podium like last month.

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Honda designing hidden storage in EV bumpers

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Honda wants to build extra storage space into EV bumpers for deliveries. A patent application submitted by the automaker to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on July 13, 2023, and published on Feb. 1, 2024, details a slide-out drawer for packages, turning cars into mailboxes on wheels. This hidden storage compartment is.

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Bosnia & Herzegovina January 2024: Toyota Yaris Cross secures first win, VW Arteon in Top 10

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Toyota Yaris Cross is the best-selling model in Bosnia & Herzegovina in January. According to data shared with us by our local partner CE Auto , new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina climb up 13.9% year-on-year in January to 768 units. The Toyota Yaris Cross secures its first ever win in the country with a dominant 5.1% share vs. 2.3% over the Full Year 2023 (#8).

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New Tesla Roadster, Aston Martin's first EV: Today's Car News

Motor Authority

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has indicated that the planned specifications for the second-generation Tesla Roadster have been upgraded significantly since the reveal of a concept version back in 2017. Among the new specs will be a 0-60 mph time of less than one second, according to Musk. Aston Martin will delay the launch of its first electric vehicle by a.

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Serbia January 2024: Skoda Octavia and Kamiq dominate strong market

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The Skoda Kamiq is the 2nd best-selling vehicle in Serbia in January. Data shared with us by our central European partner CE Auto shows a Serbian market up an impressive 28.2% year-on-year in January to 1,993 sales. The Skoda Octavia (+450%) firmly holds onto the pole position with 8.3% share vs. 4.5% over the Full Year 2023. It is followed by the Skoda Kamiq repeating at #2 and the Citroen C3 (+47.4%) up one spot on last month to #3.

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Lamborghini Sián heads to auction with $3M-plus estimate

Motor Authority

The Lamborghini Sián is a rare car, and for fans with deep pockets there's a stunning example that's coming up for sale. A 2021 Sián coupe with a red paint finish that fades into exposed carbon fiber will cross the block at Broad Arrow Auctions' sale coinciding with the 2024 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance running this weekend. The.

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Huracán STJ trademark points to V-10 supercar's last hurrah

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Lamborghini's Huracán officially bows out at the end of this year, after which the automaker will introduce a plug-in hybrid successor that will likely swap out the current car's V-10 for a twin-turbocharged V-8. The rugged Huracán Sterrato launched last year was thought to be the final version of the Huracán, though recent.

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Unveiling the Power of SiteBoost by Get My Auto: Website Visitor Tracking for Automotive Dealerships

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In the fast-paced world of automotive sales, every website visitor represents a potential buyer. But how do you uncover these hidden opportunities and turn them into loyal clients? Enter SiteBoost by Get My Auto—an innovative solution designed to transform website […] The post Unveiling the Power of SiteBoost by Get My Auto: Website Visitor Tracking for Automotive Dealerships appeared first on Get My Auto.

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Guida Touring Sport is new name for Ferrari Testarossa targa project

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Niels van Roij Design late last year revealed the first details on a Ferrari Testarossa targa conversion the company was working on. This week, the Dutch car customizer and coachbuilder provided an update, including the reveal of the new name for the project: Guida Touring Sport. It's no accident the initials are the same abbreviation that Ferrari.

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Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai

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Filed under: Green , Toyota , Electric , Hydrogen Cars Continue reading Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai Toyota wants hydrogen to succeed so bad it’s paying people to buy the Mirai originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 28 Feb 2024 17:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ferrari 288 GTO turns 40

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It was at the 1984 Geneva auto show where Ferrari first unveiled the 288 GTO, meaning the car Ferrari calls its first supercar is now four decades old. The 288 GTO was born back when those three famous letters still held some motorsports credibility at the automaker. The O stands for Omologato, the Italian word for “homologation,” as.

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Aston Martin delays first electric car to 2026 in favour of PHEVs

Autocar

Aston Martin's EV will use battery cells and modules and drive units from Lucid Marque cites low demand for EVs as it pushes back its first and confirms plans for a range of plug-in hybrids Aston Martin has pushed back its first electric car from 2025 to 2026, due to low consumer demand. The company was scheduled to launch a high-riding, four-wheel-drive electric GT next year, but chairman Lawrence Stroll has told reporters that “consumer demand is not what we thought it was two years ago”, whe

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Aston Martin's first EV pushed back to 2026

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Aston Martin as recently as last year said it planned to launch its first electric vehicle in 2025. However, in announcing its financial results for the past year, Aston Martin on Wednesday said the first EV has been pushed back to 2026. Chairman Lawrence Stroll later in a call to investors said customers at present are more interested in plug-in.

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Musk: Tesla Roadster due this year with sub-1.0sec 0-60mph

Autocar

First deliveries of the delayed hypercar are planned for 2025, following a production debut this year The production version of the Tesla Roadster will be unveiled later this year, company CEO Elon Musk has said, claiming the electric model will arrive with bombastic performance statistics – including a sub-1.0sec 0-60mph time. Posting to X (formerly Twitter), Musk said the brief for the car had been “radically increased” and promised “there will never be another car like this”.

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Lexus Earns Top Reputation Ranking on Widewail Brand Scorecard

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Widewail recently released the 2024 Widewail Brand Scorecard , a study of the reputations and sentiments of 32 automotive manufacturers across the United States. Lexus earned the highest reputation ranking among all automotive brands. Toyota and BMW ranked second and third, respectively. The study analyzed 4 million Google customer reviews across 14 luxury and 18 non-luxury automotive brands. 1.1 million reviews were used for topic analysis.

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Lagonda "completely dead" as Aston Martin focuses on sports cars

Autocar

Lagonda All-Terrain concept from 2019 envisioned an electric Bentley Bentayga rival Average Aston Martin now costs £213,000, but the firm has "absolutely" no plans to launch a dedicated luxury brand High levels of personalisation have pushed the average price of an Aston Martin to a record £213,000, but the firm has no plans to branch out into the luxury car market.

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Auto Safety Awards Get Harder to Win

AutoDealer Today

IIHS increases requirements for its top awards in challenge to automakers to increase backseat, pedestrian safety.

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New Renault 5 design can last "20 years", say designers

Autocar

Unlike some reboots, there are clear links to the original design Renault design boss Laurens van den Acker hints at same sort of longevity as Fiat 500 or Porsche 911 The “retro futuristic” shape of the new Renault 5 E-Tech does more than merely remind people of the great days of the original R5, according to its designers. Group design boss Laurens van den Acker believes it gives the marque an iconic look and shape with the same kind of long-lasting ability as the BMW Mini or Fiat 500; perhaps

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Toyota Mirai price cut by 60 per cent as hydrogen demand dies

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Underwhelming sales of hydrogen-powered vehicles in the USA has led Toyota to hand down an eye-watering price cut to its Mirai sedan, making it less expensive than the popular Camry Hybrid. As reported by US publication Cars Direct , Toyota dealers in California – the only state where the Mirai is sold – are now offering a rebate worth up to US$40,000 (A$61,600) for 2023 model year examples of the hydrogen fuel-cell (FCEV) sedan.

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Report: Apple car project scrapped after a decade

Autocar

Report suggests the car's potential $100,000 price was a concern for Apple's board members Automotive project was predicted to generate low margins compared with existing tech products Apple’s long-awaited electric car , once tipped to launch in 2024 as a fully autonomous shuttle, has been scrapped, according to reports. The announcement was made yesterday during an internal meeting by COO Jeff Williams and project boss Kevin Lynch, insiders told Bloomberg , with the pair confirming the project

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Tesla Cybertruck Owner Gets 25 Critical Errors Within 2 Days Of Ownership, And He’s Not Alone

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Tesla said that the rollout of the Cybertruck would be slow, and that might be a good thing, as owners of early examples are already reporting some alarming issues. Some of them have reported being flooded with warnings about critical errors after just a few days of ownership. For example, a user going by the handle Carlos Thomas recently complained of experiencing 25 critical errors within two days of ownership on cybertruckownersclub.com.

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Toyota delivers its first electric car in Australia

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Toyota has officially delivered the first example of its bZ4X electric SUV in Australia to a couple in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ACT). Ali and Nafiseh Lashkari opted for the flagship Toyota bZ4X AWD variant which is currently priced from $74,900 before on-road costs. Mr Lashkari previously owned a Camry and RAV4 Hybrid. Toyota Australia vice president sales, marketing and franchise operations Sean Hanley and bZ4X chief engineer Masaya Uchiyama were present at Canberra Toyota to han

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Tesla Roadster Delayed For 2025, Musk Promises 0-60 Blast-Off In Under 1 Second

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Elon Musk shared on his X account (formerly Twitter) a few interesting updates for the long-anticipated Tesla Roadster. According to the Tesla CEO, the production version of the sports car will accelerate from 0-60 mph (96 km/h) in less than 1 second, and he remarked that this is “the least interesting part.” Of course, this small piece of info was accompanied by a confirmation that the market launch of the Tesla Roadster has been delayed again, this time to 2025.

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Australia’s emissions standards likely to kill Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series V8

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The legendary Toyota LandCruiser 70 Series V8 isn’t quite dead… but imminent Australian emissions standards mean the hangman’s noose is closer than ever. Orders for the LC70 V8 remain closed as Toyota Australia works through a significant backlog; at one point, dealers were quoting wait times of four years “or never” Now, looming emissions standards mean it’s increasingly unlikely orders will reopen for the 4.5-litre turbo-diesel V8 in Australia.

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Tesla Cybertruck Auctioned For $244,000, And The Buyer Appears To Be A Porsche Dealer

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A Tesla Cybertruck recently popped up for sale over on the Cox Automotive’s wholesale site, Manheim. It sold for more than double its MSRP, fetching over $120,000 above retail price, to Porsche of South Orlando. The question now becomes what happens to that excess profit and if this sale will influence other Cybertruck owners. The truck in question went over the auction block today, February 28th, and the winning bid came in at $244,000 from a Porsche dealership.

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Hedin sees profits fall and revenues rise following expansion

Motor Trader

Expansion in Europe saw Hedin profits fall -55.6% to £62.6m (SEK820m) in 2023 on turnover up 56% to £6.2bn (SEK 81,678m). In July it announced Hedin Automotive, a subsidiary to Hedin Mobility Group, was buying Stephen James Group’s BMW and MINI business in the UK. Stephen James Group employs 400 people and sells 6,000 new.

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Early Recall Catches Battery Issue On One BMW i5 And Three i4 EVs

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An issue with battery cells in an electric vehicle is never good news, but BMW seems to have detected a problem affecting its i4 and i5 models early enough to prevent it from escalating into a disaster. The German carmaker has issued a safety recall that relates to a grand total of just four vehicles in the United States. Three of them are i4s , and both the i4 xDrive40 and i4 M50 have been caught up in this campaign.

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Tesla Roadster to be unveiled this year with sub-one-second 0-97km/h, claims Musk

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Tesla has not forgotten about the new Roadster supercar – and it is edging closer to production next year with SpaceX rocket influences and 0-100km/h in less than one second, Elon Musk claims. The Tesla Roadster electric supercar is promised to finally see the light of day later this year – for production next year – with acceleration twice as quick as any other road-legal car ever made.

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Here’s Your Chance To Buy A Lamborghini Centenario With Just 69 Miles

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When you name a car in honor of your company founder’s anniversary, it had better be good. The fact that this example of the Lamborghini Centenario is expected to sell for $2.5 million suggests that it was pretty good. Built to celebrate what would have been Ferruccio Lamborghini’s 100th birthday, the Centenario was limited to just 40 examples.

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Elon Musk claims Tesla Roadster will have 0-60mph time under 1s

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The long-delayed second-generation Tesla Roadster could more outrageous than the concept shown way back in 2017. Overnight Elon Musk made some proclamations about the new car in a series of tweets on the site formerly known as Twitter. The Tesla CEO started off by saying, “Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster” He promised “there will never be another car like this, if you could even call it a car”, and thought “it has a shot at

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MotorTrend+ Streaming Service Dies And Content Moves To Discovery+ And Max

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MotorTrend+ is going away but don’t worry too hard. The remaining users still on the platform will automatically get migrated to a new service where the content will live on. Those shows include Top Gear America, Roadkill, Texas Metal, Hot Rod Garage, and Kevin Hart’s Muscle Car Crew. The publication’s foray into the streaming realm will see all of that programming moved over to Discovery+ and Max starting today, February 28th.

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The worst cities and states to own an EV in 2024

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Filed under: Green , Car Buying , Green Driving , Driving , Ownership , Electric Continue reading The worst cities and states to own an EV in 2024 The worst cities and states to own an EV in 2024 originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 28 Feb 2024 13:20:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toyota Offers Crazy $40k Discount On $67k Mirai FCV, But Can You Live With A Hydrogen Car?

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Tesla has caused a few bargain hunters’ jaws to drop over the last year or so with its aggressive price cuts, but a few grand off the price of a Model Y is nothing compared with the deal Toyota currently has running on its hydrogen-powered Mirai. The Mirai usually costs $67,115 plus destination in Limited trim, the fanciest of the two grades available, but Toyota dealers are reportedly offering $40,000 discounts on the sedan, bringing the price down to just over $27k, effectively making it

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Aston Martin says its Lagonda brand is definitely dead

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Lagonda has no part in Aston Martin’s plan for electrification, which involves four electric cars being launched from 2026

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Only 250 Buyers Will Be Able To Get The First-Ever ‘Jeep Beach’ Edition Gladiator

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While we may still be experiencing the tail end of winter, Jeep is already gearing up for summer by unveiling two beach-themed special edition models for 2024. For the first time ever, the brand has decided to apply the “Jeep Beach” edition treatment to the Gladiator pickup. Following in the steps of the Wrangler Jeep Beach model, which will be limited to 500 examples for 2024, the Gladiator Jeep Beach edition will be even more exclusive, as only 250 units will be made.

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Renault dealers to boost customer service with Keyloop Leads portal

Motor Trader

Renault dealers are now using a new customer enquiry portal powered by Keyloop Leads. The platform allows retailers to help from their phones and desktops. The responses are branded, contain additional attachments such as brochures and videos and are personalised by the salesperson to the customer’s enquiry. Renault UK partnered with Keyloop Leads to create the.

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