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2025 Audi RS 6 Avant GT channels IMSA GTO history for final swan song

Motor Authority

The end of the road looms for the current Audi RS 6 Avant, but not before a grand finale. On Monday, the 2025 Audi RS 6 Avant GT debuted as the swan song for the current fire-breathing wagon that channels the automaker's IMSA racing legacy. Audi said it will build 660 units globally with production commencing the second quarter, and only 85 of.

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Effective Inventory Management Strategies for Auto Dealers

Get My Auto

In the fast-paced world of auto sales, effective inventory management is crucial. It’s not just about having the right cars at the right time; it’s about maximizing profitability, reducing overhead, and staying ahead of market trends. Here’s how modern auto […] The post Effective Inventory Management Strategies for Auto Dealers appeared first on Get My Auto.

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Norway January 2024: Nissan Ariya up to record #4

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Nissan Ariya is up to a record 4th place in January. New car sales in Norway shoot up 175.5% in January on a devastated year-ago score to 5,122 units. BEVs are up 281.3% to 4,717 and a record 92.1% share. PHEVs are down -48.4% to 94, HEVs are off -37.6% to 163 while petrol accounts for 0.9% of sales and diesel for 2%. Tesla (+5181%) reclaims the top spot with a lavish 21.7% share, distancing Nissan (+633.9%) up 9 spots on December to #2.

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2025 Porsche Taycan, 2025 Lincoln Aviator: Car News Headlines

Motor Authority

Porsche's debut electric vehicle, the Taycan, is about to be updated. Due this spring, the updated model will bring fresh styling, more range, and a new performance flagship that's almost as potent on the racetrack as the Rimac Nevera electric hypercar. The Lincoln Aviator is a solid pick for buyers seeking a roomy mid-size SUV with a luxurious.

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Netherlands January 2024: Tesla Model Y leads, Hyundai Kona up to #3

Best Selling Cars Blog

Hyundai Kona sales are up 683% year-on-year in January. 34,477 new cars hit Dutch roads in January, a 5.5% year-on-year improvement. Toyota (+22.2%) accelerates to pole position with 8.4% share vs. 6.9% over the Full Year 2023. Hyundai (+84.4%) does even better and surges 14 spots on December to #2 vs. #9 over the FY2023. Skoda (+19.7%) is up six ranks on last month to #3 whereas Volkswagen (-38%), the traditional leader, sinks to #4.

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2025 Lincoln Aviator receives fresh look and tech

Motor Authority

The current generation of the Lincoln Aviator mid-size luxury SUV has received its first major update since arriving on the market for the 2020 model year. The updated version, revealed on Monday, reaches showrooms this summer as a 2025 model in the U.S. Pricing information will be announced closer to the market launch. The 2025 Aviator can be.

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Australia January 2024: Record market, Ford Ranger #1, Toyota (+34%), Isuzu Ute (+40.7%) shine

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Ford Ranger is #1 in Australia for the 4th consecutive month. It’s a new January record for new vehicle sales in Australia with volumes up 5.8% year-on-year to 89,782 units. The previous record dated back to January 2018 at 88,551. Private sales edge up 2.6% to 47,400, business fleets are up 11.7% to 32,309, rentals down -4.6% to 4,394 and government fleets up 31.3% to 2,762.

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Croatia January 2024: Opel Corsa tops market up 33.3%

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Opel Corsa is the best-selling vehicle in Croatia in January. The Croatian new car market surges 33.3% year-on-year in January to 4,461 units. Skoda (+119.2%) holds onto the brands top spot with 13.8% share vs. 11.6% over the Full Year 2023. Opel (+57.2%) is up seven spots on December to #2 with Volkswagen (-14.1%) underperforming at #3. Toyota (+120.8%) and Suzuki (+162%) both post fantastic gains and close out the Top 5.

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2025 Porsche Taycan lands this spring, tops 360 miles in testing

Motor Authority

Camouflaged prototypes for an updated version of Porsche's Taycan have been spotted testing for well over a year, and soon the automaker will finally lift the veil. The updates, which constitute a mid-cycle refresh for Porsche's debut electric vehicle, will be revealed this spring, the automaker has confirmed. All three versions, the sedan, Sport.

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USA January 2024: Market edges up 4.5%, Toyota up 25.7%

Best Selling Cars Blog

Toyota RAV4 sales are up 54.9% year-on-year in January. U.S. new light vehicle sales are estimated to grow 4.5% year-on-year in January to 1.09 million units, translating into a SAAR of 15.2 million according to Cox Automotive. This is to be compared with 15.8 million in December and could be a sign of things to come in 2024 with subdued growth. Among groups still reporting monthly figures, Toyota Motor Corporation surges 23.3% whereas Ford Motor matches the market at +4.5% and Hyundai-Kia drops

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SpeedKore built a carbon-bodied, Hellcat-powered 1970 Charger

Motor Authority

Wisconsin's SpeedKore Performance Group is an expert at building classic muscle cars infused with modern design and technology. The company has been churning out custom cars for years, often with carbon-fiber bodies and huge power outputs. And the quality of the builds has garnered enough attention for SpeedKore to have scored the likes of Robert.

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Turkiye January 2024: Market up 56.6% to new record,

Best Selling Cars Blog

Renault sales are up 247.8% in January. Pictured is the Taliant. It’s yet another record in Turkiye with January sales up a whopping 56.6% year-on-year to 79,701, eclipsing the previous January best of 50,894 established just last year. Fiat (+18.8%) keeps the brands top spot but vastly trails the market at 14.7% share. Renault (+247.8%) posts a surreal gain to 12.6% share vs. 11% over the Full Year 2023 and Volkswagen (+28.4%) rounds out the podium.

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VW developing own AI products

Motor Authority

Volkswagen Group has established the separate company AI Lab aimed at developing products powered by artificial intelligence for vehicles and the vehicle environment. As the name suggests, the business is an AI R&D center similar to the more widely known OpenAI, and according to VW Group it will operate as a sort of incubator to identify and.

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The BMW i5 eDrive 40 is just another electric car

Machines with Souls

If I asked you to guess what car BMW makes the most profit from, you might logically say an SUV, or the 3 Series. But in fact, it’s the 5 Series. That means a new one is a really big deal to BMW and its customers. 2024 brings the BMW i5 eDrive 40, an all-electric… The post The BMW i5 eDrive 40 is just another electric car appeared first on Machines With Souls.

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Dodge Charger's electric successor to debut March 5

Motor Authority

Dodge's long-awaited electric successor to the Challenger and Charger muscle cars is almost here. The debut is set for March 5 and teaser photos released by Dodge last month already give a good indication of what's to come. Sales won't start until late this year, meaning we'll likely see the car arrive as a 2025 model in the U.S. The design was.

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General Motors Announces New Leadership at Customer Care, Aftersales

AutoDealer Today

David Marsh to lead Customer Care and Aftersales organization, and Jennifer Goforth named executive director of North America Sales, Service and Marketing.

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Rivian R2 debuts March 7

Motor Authority

The Rivian R2 will debut March 7, the automaker announced Monday on X (formerly Twitter). This smaller electric SUV is still two years away from production, however. The reveal date matches what Rivian CFO Claire McDonough said at a June 2023 auto industry conference. At the time, McDonough said the R2 would be revealed in early 2024, and that.

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VFACTS: BYD topples Tesla on Australian sales charts for the first time

CarExpert

For the first time in recorded history, Chinese electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD sold more cars in Australia than US-based rival Tesla last month – though its lead may not be attributed to the popularity of its models. In January 2024, BYD sold 1310 cars in Australia, consisting of 589 Seal sedans , 465 Atto 3 SUVs , and 256 Dolphin hatchbacks – the latter of which is the cheapest EV currently on sale locally.

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ActivEngage Flip2txt Leads the Way in Innovation

AutoDealer Today

Company says call-management service transforms how car dealerships and callers connect with seamless call-to-text transition

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Mazda pumps the brakes on Australian efficiency standards, calls for subsidies

CarExpert

Australia’s second best-selling car brand wants the Federal Government to delay rules designed to cut emissions from new cars, and is calling for subsidies for more environmentally friendly vehicles. The New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) would see carmakers given targets for average CO2 emissions per kilometre across their vehicle fleets, which would become stricter over time. “The preferred option is very ambitious, in terms of timeline, but also it has a mechanism of putting f

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Shaping the Future of Auto Retail

AutoDealer Today

New NADA Chairman Gary Gilchrist plans to help dealers navigate today’s industry challenges to pave the way for the future.

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Audi RS6 GT: £180k super-estate gets race-inspired makeover

Autocar

Copious use of carbonfibre cuts 0-62mph time to 3.3sec Swathes of carbonfibre make 621bhp bruiser 11.5sec quicker in the 0-125mph sprint Audi has unveiled the RS6 GT as a limited-run celebration of its V8 super-estate, as it embarks on a wide-reaching electrification programme. Complete with performance-enhancing aero tweaks, bespoke carbonfibre body panels, an outlandish retro livery and a marked price increase over the standard car, the special edition will be limited to just 660 examples worl

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Tesla owner arrested in video wearing an Apple Vision Pro behind the wheel

Auto Blog

Filed under: Government/Legal , Ford , Convertible , Coupe , Performance Continue reading Tesla owner arrested in video wearing an Apple Vision Pro behind the wheel Tesla owner arrested in video wearing an Apple Vision Pro behind the wheel originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 5 Feb 2024 10:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mini Clubman ends production after 17 years

Autocar

The modern Clubman first went on sale in the UK in 2007 Novel estate bows out as firm reconfigures Oxford plant to make electric Aceman and Cooper from 2026 The Mini Clubman has gone out of production after 17 years as Mini makes way for the introduction of the electric Aceman , its indirect replacement. The Clubman first went on sale in 2007 as an estate-bodied version of the Mini hatchback, complete with a novel vertically split tailgate.

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Audi reveals the ultra-limited 2025 RS 6 GT

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Filed under: Audi , Wagon , Luxury , Special and Limited Editions , Performance Continue reading Audi reveals the ultra-limited 2025 RS 6 GT Audi reveals the ultra-limited 2025 RS 6 GT originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 5 Feb 2024 18:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lamborghini EVs to be tuned for pace and emotional appeal

Autocar

CEO says no electric Lamborghini will rely exclusively on lofty power and performance figures Future electric cars will stay true to core customer ethos and have "incredible" power-to-weight ratios Lamborghini is well under way with the research and development programme for its first electric sports cars , which the firm says will tout blistering on-paper performance figures but put dynamic engagement and emotional appeal first.

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Cox Automotive Releases Compliance Guide

AutoDealer Today

2024 Dealertrack resource outlines various immediate issues dealers should be prepared for this year.

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Jeep Avenger

Autocar

SUV originator primes itself to make it big in the UK and across Europe with a battery-powered B-segment SUV Jeep's cars have never really caught on anywhere in Europe outside of Italy (where its success is largely a by-product of its relationship with Fiat) and, remarkably, only about one in 100 SUVs sold in Europe is a Jeep. After many false dawns, then, here’s the car Jeep’s new owner, Stellantis, hopes will change that: the Jeep Avenger.Now, having already taken the European Car of the Year

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Tesla Cybertruck Breaks Down During Off-Road Test, Tuner Not Worried, Was “Just A Bolt”

Carscoops

The Cybertruck might be Tesla’s most off-road capable model, but everything has its limits. A photo taken in the Mojave Desert proves exactly that, showing a damaged example of the Cybertruck with its right rear wheel sitting at a weird angle and leaving skid marks on the gravel. A quick online search suggests that the model belongs to California-based tuner Unplugged Performance, which is currently working on a a series of upgrades for the Cybertruck.

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Paris votes to triple parking costs for heavy cars

Autocar

At more than two tonnes, the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is hit by Paris's increased parking rates Combustion cars weighing more than 1600kg and EVs weighing more than 2000kg will be surcharged Paris has voted to triple the parking costs of especially heavy cars in a move aimed at countering the rise of SUVs on the French capital's streets. Petrol, diesel and hybrid cars that weigh more than 1600kg and electric cars that weigh more than 2000kg will be charged a signifcantly higher rate for parking.

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Electric Dodge Charger Daytona debuts March 5

Auto Blog

Filed under: Green , Dodge , Electric , Future Vehicles , Performance , Sedan Continue reading Electric Dodge Charger Daytona debuts March 5 Electric Dodge Charger Daytona debuts March 5 originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 5 Feb 2024 08:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Audi RS6 Avant GT Debuts As An Uber Wagon With 621 HP

Carscoops

Audi has introduced the RS6 Avant GT as their latest special edition and the “pinnacle of the model series.” If it looks familiar, it should as the wagon draws inspiration from the 2020 RS6 GTO concept. That particular car was created by twelve apprentices and was inspired by the Audi 90 quattro IMSA GTO race car from 1989. That lineage is easy to spot as the special edition has a blacked out grille and bumper to make the car look lower and wider.

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VFACTS January 2024: Yet another record month for new-car sales

Drive.com

Sales of new cars broke records once again last month – with the Ford Ranger on top ahead of the Toyota HiLux – but the long-forecast slowdown may be around the corner. New motor vehicle sales in Australia posted their 10th month in a row of growth – and a new January record – after setting an all-time best annual result last year. Despite another record month, analysts say a a slowdown is still on the horizon – and a decline in demand that began to appear early in 2023 will catch up with delive

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CUDL Celebrates $458B in Vehicle Loans for 30th Anniversary

AutoDealer Today

The company says it remains the largest auto lender as an aggregate for nearly three years.

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Pint-sized Hyundai Casper electric car spied in Australia

Drive.com

What could become Australia’s first sub-$40,000 electric car not made in China has hit Australian roads for testing ahead of showroom arrivals expected later this year. EXCLUSIVE The city-sized Hyundai Casper electric car has been caught testing in Australia ahead of showroom arrivals expected by the end of this year. The Casper is an SUV-styled hatchback sold in South Korea with petrol power, but it is set to expand to Australia and Europe with electric power – and likely a sub-$40,000 pr

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Koenigsegg Jesko Absolut Might Set A New Top Speed Record This Year

Carscoops

The race for the world’s fastest production car is well from being over, with Christian von Koenigsegg hinting at a new attempt later this year. The company is currently looking for a suitable road to test the limits of the Jesko Absolut which is dubbed the fastest Koenigsegg ever. The founder and CEO of Koenigsegg revealed that the first example of the Jesko Absolut has just been delivered to a customer in Switzerland, and a few more units have already been produced.

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Toyota Yaris

Autocar

Fourth-generation Yaris ups its scale and sporting quotient, but to what effect? The Toyota Yaris is heading back to its roots with the new, fourth-generation version that’s in our road test crosshairs this week.Having been with us for a little over two decades, the French-built small hatchback has done well enough to become Toyota’s biggest-selling individual model in Europe; just as you’d expect a supermini from a volume car brand to do.Using the TNGA-B model platform to deploy on the Yaris (i

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