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1964 Pontiac Banshee Prototype XP-833 surfaces for sale, again

Motor Authority

The one-off 1964 Pontiac Banshee coupe concept is once again for sale, this time in a listing at Hemmings. The asking price is a cool $1.2 million. The Banshee was an early attempt by General Motors to counter the Ford Mustang. Known internally as the XP-833, it was the brainchild of John Z. DeLorean, who was head of Pontiac at the time. More.

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Italy March 2024: Market down 3.7%, BEVs off -34.5%

Best Selling Cars Blog

Tesla sales crash -49.7% year-on-year in Italy in March. The Italian new car market decreases -3.7% year-on-year in March to 162,083 units with a Q1 2024 result up 5.7% to 451,261. This is 16.1% below the pre-pandemic result of Q1 2019. Private sales skid -5.5% to 81,531 and 49.7% share vs. 50.6% a year ago, self-registrations grow 26% to 18,894 and 11.5% share vs. 8.8%, long term leases sink -27.1% to 34,461 and 21% share vs. 27.7% and short-term rentals surge 65.7% to 20,392 and 12.4% share vs

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Consumers Keep Cooling on EVs

AutoDealer Today

Decline in interest continued in February, with charging concerns at the forefront of skeptics’ minds.

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Renault Espace could return as retro electric MPV

Autocar

The electric MPV would bring with it some fundamental technical challenges Modular EV platform allows Renault to explore new segments, but Espace can’t be FWD Renault is considering reviving the Espace MPV, as the flexibility of the company’s electric car platforms enables it to explore and revisit a range of different bodystyles. The Espace is currently a stretched seven-seat version of the Austral hybrid SUV, but Autocar understands the name could be redeployed for an electric people carrier

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GM patents Lego-like battery cells for EVs

Motor Authority

General Motors has filed a patent application for battery cells with unusual shapes designed to aid cooling. Instead of the rectangular shape of the automaker's current Ultium cells, the patent application, first spotted by Motor1, discusses Lego-shapes that leave channels when the cells are assembled into modules. These channels could be used for.

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Spain March 2024: Nissan Qashqai takes the lead in first negative market in 14 months

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Nissan Qashqai signs its first Spanish win in over four years. 94,840 new cars found a buyer in Spain in March, a -4.7% year-on-year drop and the first negative month since December 2022. Part of this result is to be attributed to low sales during the “Semana Santa” preceding Easter which fell in March this time vs. April last year. This score remains 25.3% below the 126,984 units of pre-pandemic March 2019.

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Ohio Toyota Store Sold

AutoDealer Today

The purchase marks Victory Automotive Groups’ 11th Dealership for the Brand

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2024 Chevy Silverado EV RST costs $96,495, packs 440 miles of range

Motor Authority

It's been more than two years since Chevrolet first revealed the 2024 Silverado EV, but retail customers are finally able to order the full-size electric truck in time for delivery this summer. The first version on offer is a Silverado EV First-Edition RST, which Chevy on Wednesday announced with a price tag of $96,495, including a $1,995.

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Taiwan March 2024: MG HS on podium for the first time

Best Selling Cars Blog

The MG HS ranks at a record #3 in March. 41,313 new cars hit Taiwanese roads in March, a -6.4% year-on-year drop. The Q1 2023 volume is up 5.7% to 112,401. Toyota (-6.7%) matches the market to easily remain in the brands top spot with 23.8% share and 26.4% so far this year. Honda (-12.4%) struggles but rallies back up three spots on February to rank at #2 both for the month and year-to-date.

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New-Vehicle Sales Up

AutoDealer Today

NADA sees the trend continuing all year as inventories, incentives balance consumer finance woes.

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GT showdown: Mercedes-AMG SL 55 vs Porsche 911 GTS

Autocar

Nearly 1000bhp between them and a value exceeding £250k - which would you take? An AMG-focused development for the SL surely signals new dynamics, but can it beat the benchmark? People like Timo Nordheim have been embellishing the Mercedes-Benz SL story since the early 1990s, piping habanero sauce into dishes that you would never expect to blow your head off.

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Jay Leno hits the road in the BAC Mono

Motor Authority

For anyone looking for the closest thing to a street-legal formula race car that money can buy, the answer is the BAC Mono. The single-seat roadster has been on sale since 2012, and is currently into its second generation. Jay Leno recently got acquainted with the car, and had company co-founder Ian Briggs on hand to explain the ins and outs. BAC.

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Finland March 2024: Volvo (+34.5%), Hyundai (+89.3%) impress in 4th consecutive negative month

Best Selling Cars Blog

Volvo V60 sales are up 125.3% year-on-year in March. The Finnish new car market endures a 4th consecutive month of year-on-year declines in March at a damning -15.7% to 6,384 sales. This brings the year-to-date tally down -12.3% to just 18,153. Toyota (+4.3%) continues to ignore the negative mood and signs another strong 18.8% share for the month, 20.5% year-to-date.

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Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition

Auto Blog

Filed under: Green , Rumormill , Tesla , Electric Continue reading Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 5 Apr 2024 14:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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New Alpine A290: electric hot hatch will be revealed on 13 June

Autocar

Alpine A290 will rival electric Mini Cooper, Abarth 500e and Cupra Born More power, fettled chassis and F1 aero tricks for the hot version of the Renault 5 Alpine will reveal the production version of its new A290 electric hot hatch on the sidelines of the Le Mans 24 Hours on 13 June. Confirmation of the new Alpine 's unveil date comes just a few weeks after the debut of the new Renault 5 , on which it is based.

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Nissan exec: Screens aren’t the future, windshields are

Motor Authority

For the vocal contingent who hate modern vehicle interiors filled with screens, there’s good news and bad news. The good news is Nissan’s design chief Alfonso Albaisa told Motor Authority at the 2024 New York auto show that the future isn’t more screens—or even screens at all. The bad news is the executive said eventually.

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North Macedonia February 2024: Market surges 69%, Kia Sportage and Seat Ibiza on top

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Seat Ibiza lands at #2 in North Macedonia in February. Thanks to our Central European partner CE Auto we can share with you February data for North Macedonia. This market surges 69% year-on-year to 551 sales, leading to a year-to-date tally up 30.5% to 971 units. The Kia Sportage (+34.5%) reclaims the pole position it held over the Full Year 2023 with an imposing 7.1% share.

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EVs pass the tipping point to mass adoption in 31 countries

Auto Blog

Filed under: Green , Electric Continue reading EVs pass the tipping point to mass adoption in 31 countries EVs pass the tipping point to mass adoption in 31 countries originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 31 Mar 2024 09:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Porsche Working on Next-Generation Taycan with Greater Range

Motor 1

Solid-state batteries might not be ready in time for the second-gen model.

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2025 BMW M3 Touring spied with updates

Motor Authority

BMW is preparing a mid-cycle refresh for the M3 sedan and the updates will extend to the M3 Touring wagon, as evidenced by our latest spy shots. The spy shots show a prototype for the updated M3 Touring. Prototypes for the updated M3 sedan have also been spotted in the past. The only visible change on the prototypes are new headlights which the.

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Moldova February 2024: Dacia Duster holds 11.6% share

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Dacia Duster is #1 in Moldova for the 4th month in a row. According to our Central European partner CE Auto , the Moldovan new car market gains 15.6% year-on-year in February to 637 units. The year-to-date tally is up 10.3% to 1,144. The Dacia Duster (+80.5%) ranks 1st for the fourth month in a row with a stellar 11.6% share, consolidating the top spot it held in 2022 and 2023.

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Like father, like son: Porsche 911 meets legendary 356

Autocar

The 911's ability to make keen drivers smile can be traced back to the 356/2 Dainty, deft, and time-worn - we drive the oldest Porsche in the UK to see how it compares to the 911 GTS The modern Porsche 911 isn’t just an extraordinary car, singular, but an extraordinary range of cars. You can have a regular rear-drive, road-focused 911 with a roof, or a four-wheel-drive alternative, or one without a roof, or one with half a roof, plus versions that are track-focused, or dominated by straight-line

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Climate Protestors Thrown Out Of NY Auto Show After Oiling Ford F-150 Lightning

Carscoops

Climate protestors were dragged out of the New York International Auto Show after pouring liquid on the floor and onto an electric Ford F-150 Lightning. The group behind the action, Extinction Rebellion, says that EVs don’t do enough to avert a climate disaster. The group claims it is not protesting automotive enthusiasts but, instead, the infrastructure decisions that mean millions of Americans have no choice but to buy cars and drive.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N spawns eN1 Cup electric race car

Motor Authority

To show its commitment to motorsports in the electric era, Hyundai has developed a race car based on the 2025 Ioniq 5 N high-performance electric compact crossover that went on sale last month. Revealed over the weekend in Seoul, South Korea, the new Ioniq 5 N eN1 Cup will be ready to race in the Hyundai N Festival one-make racing series as soon.

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Bosnia & Herzegovina February 2024: Skoda Octavia #1, Peugeot 2008 and Citroen C4 in Top 10

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Citroen C4 ranks inside the Bosnian Top 10 in February. Data by our Central European partner CE Auto shows new car sales in Bosnia & Herzegovina up 13.9% year-on-year in February to 951 units, leading to a year-to-date volume also up 13.9% to 1,719. The Skoda Octavia easily reclaims the top spot it held over the Full Year 2023 but sees its sales drop -15.2% on an even more dominant year-ago performance.

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Government to investigate whether headlights are too bright

Autocar

An RAC survey found that 28% of drivers believed most headlights were too bright Department for Transport will commission an independent report after MPs were petitioned on the issue The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it will commission an independent report on headlight dazzle, acknowledging that “further evidence” is needed on the issue.

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Teens Can Steal Your Tesla With A $2 Pokemon Card

Carscoops

Bay Area Tesla owner Ray Chu discovered the flaw while absentmindedly tapping his Pikachu card on the car The Tesla owner’s social media post exposing the issue went viral, raising security concerns Tesla acknowledged the problem affecting all Model 3, Y, S, and X vehicles since 2012 Kia and Land Rover owners can breathe a little easier – car thieves have a new favorite brand and a new method of stealing cars that requires almost no money or skill.

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F1 owner Liberty Media to acquire MotoGP

Motor Authority

Liberty Media on Monday announced plans to acquire premier motorcycle racing series MotoGP in a deal valued at 4.2 billion euros (approximately $4.53 billion). It means the U.S. media giant will soon own the highest echelon of motorsports on both two and four wheels. Liberty Media is the same company that acquired Formula 1 in 2016, in a deal that.

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Serbia February 2024: Skoda Octavia, Fabia, Citroen C3 surge

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Skoda Fabia is up to #2 in Serbia in February. According to data shared with us by CE Auto , the Serbian new car market progresses by 12.6% year-on-year in February to 2,194 sales. The year-to-date cume is up 19.5% to 4,186. The top 4 models all lodge surreal year-on-year gains: the Skoda Octavia is up 181.4%, the Skoda Fabia up 239.1%, the Citroen C3 up 160.5% and the Skoda Kamiq up 84.3%.

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How does Porsche’s Active Ride system work?

Autocar

Porsche active dampers are paired with a single-chamber air spring We detail the system that took six years to develop and promises to meld class-beating comfort and agility Back in the day, if you wanted a car with rock-solid cornering and limpet-like grip, the trade-off would be giving up any expectation of ride comfort. That doesn’t matter on a race track, but even the most devoted enthusiasm can fade under the relentless, tooth-loosening onslaught of rigid suspension.

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Tesla is so desperate for sales it's started advertising, which Elon Musk famously said he 'hates'

Auto Blog

Filed under: Government/Legal , Green , Ownership , Electric Continue reading Tesla is so desperate for sales it's started advertising, which Elon Musk famously said he 'hates' Tesla is so desperate for sales it's started advertising, which Elon Musk famously said he 'hates' originally appeared on Autoblog on Sat, 30 Mar 2024 13:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2025 Kia EV6 spied with updates

Motor Authority

Kia appears to be readying a round of updates for its EV6 electric compact crossover, as evidenced by a camouflaged prototype recently spotted cold-weather testing in northern Sweden. The prototype is for the updated version of the regular EV6, but a prototype for an updated version of the EV6 GT performance flagship has previously been spotted.

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Don’t Let the Good Ones Get Away

AutoDealer Today

Whether it’s fear, indecision or something else, don’t let it stop you from taking risks in order to expand your future.

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Electric Renault Clio due as family-friendly 5 sibling

Autocar

Next Clio will sit on a version of the new Ampr Small platform that underpins the 5 Next Clio is due in 2026 with hybrid and electric power, as Renault expands small car line-up Renault is set to launch an electric version of the next-generation Clio to sit above the reborn 5 as a slightly larger and more family-focused supermini. As previously reported by Autocar, Renault will introduce a new-generation Clio in 2026.

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Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Elon Musk's reputation dips

Auto Blog

Filed under: Green , Tesla Continue reading Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Elon Musk's reputation dips Would-be Tesla buyers snub company as Elon Musk's reputation dips originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 1 Apr 2024 08:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ford working on integrated loading ramp for SUVs

Motor Authority

SUVs have largely displaced sedans from showrooms and driveways in part because of their ability to carry more cargo. But the tall ride height of an SUV can also make loading and unloading items more difficult—something a recently surfaced Ford patent application aims to address. Published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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The Road to Success: Why Auto Dealers Need an SEO-Friendly Website

Get My Auto

In today’s digital age, the automotive industry is not just about cars on the lot; it’s also about clicks on the web. As consumers increasingly turn to the internet to research, compare, and purchase vehicles, auto dealers must prioritize their […] The post The Road to Success: Why Auto Dealers Need an SEO-Friendly Website appeared first on Get My Auto.