Motor Authority
MAY 3, 2024
Lotus has already launched an electric hypercar plus an SUV and sedan also powered by batteries, but the real test for the brand in the EV era is a lightweight sports car akin to the Elise and Emira. Lotus has just such a car on the drawing board. Code-named the Type 135, it was originally due in 2026 sharing a mechanical package with a sports car.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MAY 3, 2024
The Toyota RAV4 is the best-selling vehicle in Australia for the third time ever. The Australian new vehicle market breaks its April record at 97,202 units, up a whopping 18.3% year-on-year and eclipsing the previous best of 92,347 established in 2021. This is the 10th monthly record over the past 12 months. The year-to-date tally is now up 14.4% to an all-time high 401,654.
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Autocar
MAY 2, 2024
After heavy investment the 12Cilindri sticks with Ferrari’s 6.5-litre naturally aspirated V12 812 Superfast successor is a striking, high-tech celebration of Ferrari's biggest engine Ferrari ’s new flagship GT car, the 12Cilindri, is the most powerful pure-combustion car it has yet put into series production. Revealed on the sidelines of the Miami Grand Prix to commemorate Ferrari’s 70th anniversary in the US, the 12Cilindri “opens a new chapter in Ferrari history”, according to the brand’s chi
Auto Blog
MAY 2, 2024
Filed under: Green , Green Driving , Driving , Ownership , Electric , Hybrid , Infrastructure Continue reading EVs are the most expensive vehicles to operate over 1,000 miles, according to iSeeCars EVs are the most expensive vehicles to operate over 1,000 miles, according to iSeeCars originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 2 May 2024 15:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Motor Authority
MAY 1, 2024
The Tesla Cybertruck is getting new software features to improve off-road performance, potentially helping turn the electric pickup into the more trail-ready vehicle some owners seem to want. According to the official Cybertruck account on X (formerly Twitter), the social media network owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the pickup will soon get an.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MAY 2, 2024
The Citroen C3 is up 234% year-on-year in April. The Spanish new car market bounces back up 23.1% year-on-year in April to a round 92,000 units, leading to a year-to-date cume up 7.8% to 336,726. Note this is still 23% below the pre-pandemic 2019 4 months result. Sales to rental companies surge 60.2% to 25,237 while private sales are up 32.3% to 37,548.
Autocar
MAY 2, 2024
The as yet unnamed successor is in the final stages of development Maranello previews its next GT flagship, which is tipped to pack more than 800bhp Ferrari has previewed a new V12 supercar ahead of a full unveiling on Friday, 3 May. The new model is expected to be the latest entrant into the brand's flagship grand tourer line, taking up the mantle from the 812 Superfast , which has been in production for seven years.
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Motor Authority
APRIL 30, 2024
Aston Martin's DBS will be redesigned later this year, with the newcomer expected to revive the vaunted Vanquish nameplate. Prototypes have been spotted testing hard at the Nürburgring, and Aston Martin on Wednesday confirmed the car will pack a newly developed twin-turbocharged V-12 engine. Confirmed numbers include a peak output of 823 hp.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MAY 2, 2024
The Hyundai i10 is up to #2 in Iceland in April. The Icelandic new car market slows its fall from -71% in March to -16.4% in April at 1,362 sales. This is almost as much as the entire Q1 volume. Year-to-date sales are down -46.4% to 2,747. This month Hyundai (+213.9%) surges ahead to take the brands top spot with a gargantuan 18.2% share, distancing Dacia (+12.1%) at 15.6% and also in solid shape.
Autocar
APRIL 30, 2024
TWR Supercat revealed as a £225k, limited-run super-GT with analogue appeal British engineering firm TWR Performance has revealed an outlandish, 600bhp reworking of the Jaguar XJS as its debut production model – complete with carbonfibre bodywork, a supercharged V12 and a manual gearbox. The first project to be unveiled by the Berkshire-based firm – a firm founded by the son of famed team boss and driver Tom Walkinshaw – sees the 50-year-old British coupé reimagined as a high-performance super-G
Auto Blog
APRIL 28, 2024
Filed under: Earnings/Financials , Green , Plants/Manufacturing , Electric Continue reading Why BYD's EV exports sell for twice the China price Why BYD's EV exports sell for twice the China price originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 28 Apr 2024 06:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Motor Authority
APRIL 28, 2024
Audi's conquests of the World Rally Championship (WRC) and 24 Hours of Le Mans rank among the automaker's most prominent racing achievements, but this Audi race car, set to be auctioned off by RM Sotheby's, hails from a different corner of the racing world. One of the featured lots at a Monaco auction scheduled for May 10, this 1991 Audi V8.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MAY 2, 2024
Citroen C3 sales are up 348% year-on-year in April. New car sales in Italy are back into positive territory in April at +7.5% year-on-year to 135,353 units. The year-to-date tally is up 6.1% to 586,665 but down -17.7% over the same period in pre-pandemic 2019. Private sales outrun the market at +13.9% to 69,700 and 50.9% share vs. 48.1% in April 2023 and are up 8.4% YTD to 324,532 and 54.6% share vs. 53.4% over the first four months of 2023.
Autocar
APRIL 30, 2024
Ferrari piles on the downforce for its first road-legal, special-series XX model It’s almost a decade since Ferrari’s last extra-special-series ‘XX’ car, the La Ferrari-based FXX-K, was introduced. Between that, the original FXX, FXX Evolutione, and the 599XX and -Evo, it’s reckoned that Maranello has so far either made (or, in some cases, remade) fewer than a hundred XX-branded cars in total, only for its wealthiest and most favoured customers.Lately, however, those favoured few have been distr
Carscoops
MAY 2, 2024
Hertz is off-loading an additional 10,000 electric vehicles from its fleet because of depreciation. This comes just a few months after it started to sell 20,000 EVs, primarily Teslas. In 2021, the car rental giant emerged from a brief bankruptcy and reached a deal with Tesla to purchase 100,000 vehicles for its fleet. However, aggressive price cuts initiated by Tesla throughout 2023 destabilized the used market, resulting in huge depreciation of its used vehicles.
Motor Authority
APRIL 30, 2024
Bruce Wayne isn't real, but if he was and he just so happened to commission an electric hypercar from Pininfarina, it might have looked like one of the latest special editions revealed by the Italian performance EV brand on Tuesday. The special editions are based on Pininfarina's Battista and B95 models, and come in Gotham and Dark Knight flavors.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MAY 1, 2024
The Isuzu D-Max is up to #2 in New Caledonia in 2023. Discover 20 years of New Caledonian Historical Data here. The New Caledonian new light vehicle market edges up 2.7% year-on-year in 2023 to 8,564 units. Toyota (+0.7%) easily remains in the brands lead but sees its market share slide slightly from 21.1% to 20.7%. Renault (+46%) is up five spots on 2022 to #2 overall with 8% share with Suzuki (+49.7%) doing even better and also up five ranks to #4.
Autocar
APRIL 29, 2024
It wears a new set of canards, and the bonnet gains a pair of deep nostrils above the radiator Extreme variant of the A110 will be strictly limited and priced well above the £90,000 A110 R Alpine is preparing to send the A110 out on a high note with a stripped-out, track-focused variant to rival the Porsche Cayman GT4 RS. Developed with input from Alpine F1 driver Esteban Ocon, the climactic variant of the A110 is understood to be a strictly limited proposition priced well above the £90,000 A110
Carscoops
APRIL 27, 2024
Some Chinese cars are up to 178 percent more expensive in Europe than their equivalent models are in China. Chinese automakers are engaged in a price war at home, making slim markups on domestic sales. China’s cheaper production costs, including battery manufacturing and government subsidies, provide them with a competitive advantage. Most of the world is worried that China is flooding international markets by cutting the prices of their EVs.
Motor Authority
APRIL 29, 2024
Ramps and tonneau covers are common pickup truck accessories. A recently surfaced Toyota patent application combines them. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) April 16, 2024, and originally filed by Toyota in 2022, the application details loading ramps that could be stowed on the underside of a tonneau.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 30, 2024
The Fiat Panda is the best-selling vehicle in North Macedonia in March. According to data shared with us by our Eastern European partner CE Auto , the North Macedonian new car market lodges another stellar performance in March at +41.4% to 741 sales after surging 69% last month. The Q1 volume is up 35% to 1,712. The Fiat Panda (+205.6%) is the best-seller for the first time in at least 10 years with a splendid 7.4% share and climbs to #6 year-to-date.
Autocar
APRIL 28, 2024
Does an extra 67bhp and a host of dynamic upgrades give Mercedes' new two-door the edge over rivals? Serving as an indirect successor to the E53 Coupé, the hot new CLE 53 Coupé wears the AMG badge but isn’t quite a full-bore, Affalterbach-made model. A new CLE 63 is on its way, but it remains to be seen what it will power it; the C63 saloon fell way short of the mark after it swapped its roaring V8 engine for a four-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain.The CLE 53 is a closer rival to the BMW M440i
Carscoops
APRIL 28, 2024
A Fisker Ocean owner’s electric SUV was deemed a total loss by the insurance company after suffering minor door damage. The insurance company cut a check for $53,303 as it couldn’t find the necessary parts to repair the vehicle. Now the owners are hoping to make others aware of the potential pitfalls that come with startup vehicle ownership.
Motor Authority
MAY 2, 2024
Ferrari late on Thursday unveiled its successor to the 812 Superfast in the form of the 12 Cilindri. The reveal took place at a special event in Miami Beach to mark 70 years of Ferrari sales in the U.S. Unlike the 812 Superfast which was derived from its F12 Berlinetta predecessor, the 12 Cilindri represents a ground-up redesign for Ferrari's.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 30, 2024
The Citroen C3 is up to 2nd place in Serbia in March. Based on data shared with us by our Central European partner CE Auto , the Serbian new car market soars 18.2% year-on-year to 3,212 sales in March. This way, the Q1 volume is up 19% to 7,401. The Skoda Octavia (+71.7%) marks a 5th consecutive month at #1. It is followed this month by the Citroen C3 up a surreal 258.1%.
Autocar
APRIL 30, 2024
New V12 engine gives reborn Vanquish much more power than the DBS DBS replacement will start a run of specials using the new 12-cylinder engine, which you can listen to here Aston Martin's next-generation GT flagship will bring back the storied Vanquish name and use a thunderous new V12 engine with far more power than that of the outgoing DBS. As it edges closer to an unveiling in the coming months, the new Vanquish has been confirmed to pack 824bhp and 738lb ft of torque, which are substantial
Carscoops
APRIL 27, 2024
Tesla laid off 10 percent of its workforce early last week. One of the workers, Nico Murillo, lost his job despite claiming that he slept in his car to work harder for the company. Murillo’s post is now going viral as commenters sympathize with his unfortunate situation. Last week, news broke that Tesla had laid off over 14,000 employees, constituting a significant 10% reduction in its workforce.
Motor Authority
MAY 2, 2024
Cadillac will likely still sell gas-powered cars beyond 2030, the brand's chief, John Roth, told reporters on Wednesday. A Cadillac spokesperson later told the Detroit Free Press that the brand still plans to offer EVs in multiple segments by the end of the decade, but that the transition away from gas cars may be slower than anticipated. The end.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 30, 2024
Zeekr 007 We have covered the noticeable foreign and Chinese brands at the Beijing Auto Show, but we have kept the best for last. Here are the three most impressive brands at the Show, that happen to be all Chinese. Another proof that the Chinese market is moving at breakneck speed, two of these brands are not even three years old. 3. Zeekr In the space of less than 3 years (deliveries of the first model, the 001, started in Q3 2021), Zeekr has established itself as a mainstay in the Chinese pre
Autocar
APRIL 29, 2024
Cupra has given its Leon hatch/estate and Formentor crossover a sharper look Model range refresh brings revised styling and improved technology to make Cupra more distinct from Seat Cupra has grafted a new face onto the Formentor and Leon to better distinguish its line-up from that of sibling brand Seat. The new ‘shark-nose’ front end brings the crossover and hatchback/estate into line with the upcoming Terramar SUV and gives the Spanish brand’s ICE cars a clearer familial link.
Carscoops
MAY 3, 2024
According to our sources, Nissan is developing a limited-edition Z to celebrate the car’s 55th anniversary. The special edition is believed to arrive this fall and could take inspiration from the Fairlady Z Customized Edition with its retro-inspired touches. Production will likely be limited, with allocations potentially determined by dealer sales performance.
Motor Authority
APRIL 30, 2024
British performance marque TWR has been revived by the son of the original company's founder, and on Tuesday it revealed its first project, the wild Supercat based on the Jaguar XJS. The iconic Jaguar grand tourer, built between 1975 and 1996, was raced by the original TWR in various touring car championships, so it's a fitting donor vehicle for.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 30, 2024
The Toyota Yaris climbs on the Bosnian podium for the first time in a year. Our Central European partner CE Auto has the Bosnian new car market edging down -5.5% year-on-year in March to 1,039 sales. However thanks to a strong start of the year the Q1 volume is in positive at +5.4% to 2,751. The Skoda Octavia (-30.2%) remains the faraway leader despite a steep year-on-year fall.
Autocar
MAY 3, 2024
Originator of the SUV launches new PHEV-only Land Rover rival Jeep takes a curiously small portion of the British SUV market, given that it’s the world’s biggest 4x4 company.Selling only a few thousand cars here per year, Jeep CEO Christian Meunier refers to its 0.3% share as “virtually non-existent”. However, it’s seeking to change that, with the super little Jeep Avenger electric crossover being followed by another all-new Jeep, albeit a more old-school one, in the shape of this fifth-generati
Carscoops
MAY 2, 2024
The Engler V12 boasts a massive 1,184 hp engine, making it an incredibly powerful and potentially dangerous vehicle. This quad bike boasts a 0-62 mph time of 2.5 seconds and a top speed of 250 mph, rivaling the performance of high-end sports cars. Only 20 Engler V12s will be built, with one reserved by the founder, making it a highly exclusive. Back in 2019, Engler Automotive shocked the world with its unique vision of automotive performance: a quad bike powered by the 5.2-liter V10 from an Audi
Motor Authority
APRIL 28, 2024
The Rivian R1T is aimed more at camp sites than job sites, but a patent filing from the automaker hints at a new feature that could enhance the electric pickup truck's usefulness as a work vehicle. In a patent application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2022, but only published in April 4, Rivian details a.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 30, 2024
The BMW X5 ranks #9 in Moldova in March. Data by our Central European market data partner CE Auto shows a Moldovan new car market up 11.9% year-on-year in March to 752 units, leading to a Q1 tally up 10.9% to 1,896. Two models dominate again. The Dacia Duster (+15.2%) is #1 for the 5th straight month at 10.1% share and 10.5% year-to-date while the Toyota RAV4 (+273.7%) is #2 again with 9.4% of the market vs. 8.4% so far this year.
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