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2025 Lamborghini Temerario spied: Huracán successor debuts this year

Motor Authority

Lamborghini has been spotted testing a prototype for its successor to the Huracán, a car thought to be called a Temerario based on recent trademark activity. The name is a Spanish word that roughly translates to “reckless.” Similarly, the car's Revuelto big brother features a name that translates to “scrambled” or.

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Indonesia March 2024: Daihatsu Sigra (+12.9%), Toyota Kijang Innova (+36.1%) defy sinking market

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Daihatsu Sigra threepeats at #1 in Indonesia. New vehicle wholesales in Indonesia sink -26.1% year-on-year in March to just 74,724 units, leading to a Q1 volume off -23.8% to 215,069. Meanwhile retail sales drop -14.8% to 82,092 and are down -14.9% year-to-date to 230,776. In the wholesales brands ranking, Toyota (-28.3%) loses even more ground than the market to 28.3% share vs. 30.5% so far this year, followed by Daihatsu (-16.8%) performing much better.

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How to Drive Sustainability

AutoDealer Today

The Grubbs Family of Dealerships shares its journey to help other dealerships launch eco-friendly strategies of their own.

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Leveraging Tax Season and Returns to Sell More Cars

Get My Auto

Tax season isn’t just a time for individuals to file their returns – it’s also a prime opportunity for auto dealerships to boost sales. With many consumers receiving tax refunds, there’s increased purchasing power in the market for big-ticket items […] The post Leveraging Tax Season and Returns to Sell More Cars appeared first on Get My Auto.

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2025 Toyota 4Runner takes the hybrid plunge

Motor Authority

Yet another icon at Toyota has been completely redone for the first time in what feels like forever. On Tuesday, the 2025 Toyota 4Runner debuted with an available hybrid powertrain, modern technology, and new Trailhunter and Platinum trims all while maintaining the key design and capabilities that make the 4Runner an icon. When it goes on sale.

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South Korea March 2024: Kia Sorento signs 6th win in past 7 months, Tesla Model Y triumphs

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Tesla Model Y obliterates its rivals in the foreign model ranking. New light vehicle sales in South Korea sink -11.6% year-on-year in March to 145,658 units, including 120,395 sales (-14.6%) for local manufacturers and 25,263 (+6%) for foreigners. The year-to-date tally is now down -12.1% to 377.043 including 322,460 (-12.2%) for domestic brands and 54,584 (-11.5%) for foreign manufacturers.

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Vehicle Theft Up

AutoDealer Today

Nation, many regions saw uptick last year while some areas actually experienced a decline.

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A new Chevy Corvette ZR1 debuts this summer

Motor Authority

Prototypes for what's thought to be the next Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 have been spotted circling the Nürburgring on a number of occasions, and Chevy has now finally confirmed that a new ZR1 will debut in the summer. The timing points to the car arriving in showrooms as a 2025 model. No additional details have been revealed, but a teaser video.

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USA March/Q1 2024: Market up 5%, Toyota (+21.3%), Honda (+20.9%) shine

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Toyota RAV4 sales are up 47.4% year-on-year in Q1. New light vehicle sales in the US edge up 5.1% in March to an estimated 1,455,000 units. Passenger cars are stable at 294,000 sales and 20.2% share while light trucks (pickups+SUVs) climb 6.5% to 1,161,000 and 79.8% share. The Seasonally Adjusted Annualised Rate of sales (SAAR) is up to 15.56 million vs. 15.02 million in March 2023.

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2025 Toyota 4Runner: This Is It

Motor 1

Toyota’s venerable off-roader has a fresh redesign, a new hybrid powertrain, and a tougher Trailhunter trim.

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Alfa Romeo Milano: firm's smallest model gets hot 237bhp EV

Autocar

The Milano is Alfa Romeo's third SUV and its first series-production electric car Alfa reveals urban SUV as Giulietta successor with choice of mild-hybrid petrol or electric power Alfa Romeo has revealed the Milano as its third SUV and its first series-production electric car. Named for the brand's hometown, the urban-focused crossover is positioned as the spiritual successor to the Giulietta and Mito hatchbacks, majoring on accessibility but offering both premium appeal and driver engagement i

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Lamborghini Huracán STJ is end of the road for V-10 supercar

Motor Authority

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

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Iceland March 2024: Dacia and Duster top market down -71%

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The Dacia Duster tops the models ranking in Iceland in March. The Icelandic new car market continues to crash in March at a daunting -71% year-on-year to just 531 units, leading to a Q1 volume off -60.4% to 1,385. March 2023 alone so 32% more sales than Q1 2024… The reason for this dismal performance is the discontinuation of the VAT discount for electric vehicles as well as the implementation of a kilometre-rate charge for all EVs.

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China builds 80 per cent of new electric cars sold in Australia as records fall

Drive.com

Five years ago there were no electric cars from China sold in Australia. Today two in five new Chinese-made cars delivered are electric – and sales are growing rapidly. Deliveries of new cars built in China have continued to break records in Australia – outnumbering those from South Korea, Germany and the US to become the third-biggest source of new vehicles – and now represent more than 15 per cent of sales.

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Alfa Romeo Milano name changed to Junior after political backlash

Autocar

The Junior is Alfa Romeo's third SUV and its first series-production electric car “A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. This is forbidden by Italian law," says industry minister Alfa Romeo has been forced into changing the name of its new Milano urban SUV to Junior less than a week after it was launched, following uproar from Italian politicians.

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Alonso signs multi-year deal with Aston Martin, ruling out Mercedes switch

Motor Authority

The Aston Martin Formula 1 team on Thursday announced that star driver Fernando Alonso has signed a new multi-year deal with the squad. The news ends speculation that Alonso might retire again from F1 after the current season or perhaps even join Mercedes-Benz AMG which is still on the look out for a driver to replace Lewis Hamilton, who joins.

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Portugal March 2024: Renault Clio and Tesla Model 3

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Renault Clio is the best-selling vehicle in Portugal in March. The Portuguese new car market steps up 6.2% year-on-year in March to 22,796 registrations, a solid score given March 2023 was itself up 60.1% on the year prior. The Q1 volume is up 13.1% to 59,044. Renault (+54.2%) soars to snap the brands top spot off Peugeot (-15.4%) enduring the only year-on-year drop in the Top 7.

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BYD to introduce new second-generation 1000km battery technology

Drive.com

Second-gen blade battery tech promises a longer driving range and lower costs within months from on sale in China, with Australia to follow. BYD will introduce its second-generation ‘blade’ battery pack – with enough range to drive an electric car from Sydney to Melbourne on a single charge – as soon as August 2024. The new technology will usurp the introduction of solid-state batteries with a similar claimed range by the world’s largest car maker, Toyota, currently planned for 2026 at the earli

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Alpine to run hydrogen-combustion supercar at Spa next month

Autocar

Preview hints that Alpenglow track car will have more realistic design than concept Alpenglow prototype aims to prove that hydrogen-fuelled engines can "enhance driving pleasure" tenfold Alpine's radical Alpenglow concept will hit the track for the first time next month, using a hydrogen-fuelled combustion engine that the brand suggests could soon feature in its road cars.

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BMW taps Rimac for EV batteries

Motor Authority

BMW Group will rely on Rimac for the supply of batteries for its next-generation electric vehicles under a new partnership announced on Tuesday. Full details will be announced at a later date, but the two companies in a joint statement said the long-term partnership will see Rimac deliver high-voltage batteries to BMW Group for EVs starting from.

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Poland March 2024: Volvo (+50.2%), Mercedes (+45.6%) and Nissan (#10) make themselves noticed

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Volvo XC40 is up to #12 in March. After gaining 22.5% in January and 19.5% in February, new car sales in Poland drastically reduce their growth to +1.2% and 48,961 units in March. To be fair, March 2023 was up 25.4% on the year prior. The year-to-date volume is now up 13% to 136,264. Toyota (-7.7%) struggles to 17.4% share vs. 20.5% so far this year but Skoda (+5.1%) is solid in 2nd place with 11.3% of the market.

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BYD’s latest EV battery could offer 1000km of range

CarExpert

Chinese automotive giant BYD is reportedly set to launch its next-generation Blade battery in August, boasting significant range gains over its current power packs. Fast Technology reports BYD electric vehicle (EV) battery subsidiary FinDreams has developed the new Blade pack to be about 25 per cent more efficient than the brand’s existing lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.

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Mercedes-Benz EQS gains new face and 511-mile range

Autocar

The electric saloon has gained an extra 51 miles of range and a new front-end design Mammoth 118kWh battery adds 51 miles to restyled and upgraded electric saloon The Mercedes-Benz EQS electric saloon has gained an extra 51 miles of range and a new front-end design echoing the firm’s traditional radiator grille as part of a range of major upgrades.

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Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster pickup priced at $86,900 in US

Motor Authority

Anyone in the market for a rugged midsize pickup truck have a new option from the U.K.'s Ineos. It's called the Grenadier Quartermaster, and it's essentially a stretched version of Ineos' Grenadier SUV (referred to by Ineos as a station wagon) with a bed at the back. Ineos opened up the order books for the pickup this week and said it estimates.

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Cyprus March 2024: Kia Sportage and Nissan Qashqai atop the charts

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Kia Sportage is the best-selling vehicle in Cyprus in March. According to numbers by our local partners SEMO Cyprus and INNOSOFT , new car sales in Cyprus drop -17.9% year-on-year in March to 1,437 units. Thanks to a strong start of the year, this leads to a Q1 volume up 10.6% to 4,464. Kia (-21.2%) is the most popular carmaker in the country but falls heavily year-on-year to 18.6% share.

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2025 Toyota 4Runner (finally!) revealed, and the new Trailhunter is extremely cool

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Filed under: Toyota , SUV , Hybrid , Off-Road Vehicles Continue reading 2025 Toyota 4Runner (finally!) revealed, and the new Trailhunter is extremely cool 2025 Toyota 4Runner (finally!) revealed, and the new Trailhunter is extremely cool originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 9 Apr 2024 22:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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2024 Audi S3 gets power boost and RS torque splitter

Autocar

S3 Sportback and S3 Saloon now make 329bhp and 310lb ft Power boost and torque splitter upgrade for Audi’s hot hatchback and saloon pair The Audi S3 has received a major upgrade, with an increase in output to 329bhp and the addition of a torque splitter system, which has been taken from the latest Audi RS3 mega-hatch. Both the four-door saloon and five-door hatchback versions of the performance model also receive several minor styling changes, in line with the recent facelift of the regular A3.

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Alpine hypercar concept to run hydrogen engine at Spa

Motor Authority

Alpine is set to tackle Belgium's Spa-Francorchamps racetrack with its Alpenglow hypercar concept that was first shown during the 2022 Paris auto show. The run is scheduled for May 11 and will coincide with the 6 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, which serves as round three of the 2024 World Endurance Championship. Alpine said the Alpenglow's design has.

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Norway March 2024: Tesla and Model Y hold onto top spots in devastated market

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Tesla Model Y holds 20.4% of the Norwegian market in March. The Norwegian new car market sinks -49.7% year-on-year in March to just 9,750 units. This way the Q1 volume is off -22.4% 22,252. BEV sales are down -48.2% to 89.3% share vs. 86.8% a year ago, and hold 90.2% share year-to-date. HEVs are down -53.2% to 557, PHEV off -74.9% to 210, petrol holds 0.8% of the market and diesel 2%.

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Base GMC Hummer EV2 reportedly dead for the planned 2025 launch year

Auto Blog

Filed under: Green , GMC , Car Buying , Truck , SUV , Electric , Off-Road Vehicles , Performance Continue reading Base GMC Hummer EV2 reportedly dead for the planned 2025 launch year Base GMC Hummer EV2 reportedly dead for the planned 2025 launch year originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 8 Apr 2024 09:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Porsche Taycan Turbo GT

Autocar

Porsche's long-awaited 1000-horsepower performance EV is a serious GT department effort This was nothing if not predictable. Porsche’s cars tend to get faster and more powerful as they get older, one rarefied, GT-badged version at a time.The very idea of a near-1100bhp Porsche Taycan, if it had been mooted back in September 2019 during the digestion of those preliminary first drive verdicts on the original Taycan Turbo S - which, to the very last one, reported how savagely, almost problematicall

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2025 Audi S3 gains new look, performance boost

Motor Authority

The Audi A3 receives a mid-cycle update for the 2025 model year, and the updates will extend to the performance-oriented models in the range, the S3 and RS 3. Audi revealed the 2025 A3 in March and on Monday the automaker provided a first look at the 2025 S3. The cars are due in showrooms later this year, though once again the U.S. will receive a.

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Morocco March 2024: Market down again, Fiat (+63%), Kia (+24.6%) stand out

Best Selling Cars Blog

Fiat sales are up 63% year-on-year in March. The Moroccan new light vehicle market endures a second consecutive month of decline in March at -5.8% to 12,831. This drop is solely due to passenger cars at -10.2% to 11,204 whereas commercial vehicles surge 42.2% to 1,627. The overall Q1 volume off -3.1% to 35,680. Dacia (-9.6%) regresses this month to 24.7% share vs. 28.4% so far this year whereas sister brand Renault (+2.4%) progresses to 17.2% vs. 15% over Q1.

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New Pagani Alisea Concept By IED Is Begging To Be Built

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Alisea concept celebrates 25 years of Pagani. Joint project between IED Torino design students and Pagani itself. Full-scale model updates classic Zonda design for the 2020s. Pagani , for so long the new kid on the supercar block, isn’t so new anymore. The Modena-based brand turns 25 this year and to celebrate that milestone Pagani has joined forces with a team of trainee designers to create a concept hypercar, the Alisea.

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Hyundai Ioniq 6 N primed as performance brand’s second EV

Autocar

The hot electric saloon will offer Porsche Taycan-rivalling performance Hyundai’s electric super-saloon appears for the first time as N brand heads for all-electric line-up Hyundai ’s N division is putting the finishing touches to a hot new version of the Ioniq 6 saloon, which will bring Porsche Taycan levels of performance and dynamic agility honed on the racetrack.

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Electric Mercedes G-Class to debut at 2024 Beijing auto show

Motor Authority

The electric version of the iconic Mercedes-Benz G-Class will be revealed on April 24 ahead of a formal debut the following day at the 2024 Beijing auto show, Mercedes announced on Monday. First previewed in 2021 by the EQG concept, whose name was initially expected to carry over into production, the electric G-Class will be known as the G 580.

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Czechia March 2024: Dacia (+3%), Toyota (+2.8%) defy falling market

Best Selling Cars Blog

Toyota RAV4 sales soar 121.3% year-on-year in March. 18,916 new cars hit Czechia roads in March, a steep -15.5% year-on-year fall. However thanks to a strong start of the year the Q1 tally is up 2.2% to 57,605 units. Home behemoth Skoda (-29.9%) doubles the market drop to 30.5% share vs. 35.7% over the first three months of the year. Hyundai (-6.2%) resists at #2 while Toyota (+2.8%) and Dacia (+3%) go against the declining market albeit with timid lifts.

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