Motor Authority
APRIL 9, 2024
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.
AutoDealer Today
APRIL 9, 2024
The Grubbs Family of Dealerships shares its journey to help other dealerships launch eco-friendly strategies of their own.
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Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
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.
Get My Auto
APRIL 12, 2024
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.
Motor Authority
APRIL 10, 2024
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.
AutoDealer Today
APRIL 9, 2024
Nation, many regions saw uptick last year while some areas actually experienced a decline.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 11, 2024
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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Motor Authority
APRIL 11, 2024
General Motors has filed a patent application for drive modes for electric race cars. These modes would manage the available energy in the battery pack differently, allowing drivers to toggle between single-lap pace for a qualifying run and energy conservation for the race itself, according to the application, which was published by the United.
Drive.com
APRIL 10, 2024
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
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
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.
Autocar
APRIL 10, 2024
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.
Motor Authority
APRIL 9, 2024
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.
CarExpert
APRIL 8, 2024
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.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Daihatsu Tanto sales implode -93.6% year-on-year. Japanese new vehicle sales continue to struggle in March at -21.1% to 451,444, leading to a Q1 tally off -18.1% to 1,131,140. In particular, kei car sales are down -23.6% to 148,228 for the month. Sales continue to be hampered by the safety test falsification scandal at Daihatsu which completely shut down production at the start of the year.
Autocar
APRIL 11, 2024
Real-world data from EU-mandated in-car tech has highlighted shortcomings in testing The car industry is facing a possible crisis concerning real-world fuel economy data – which could have wide-ranging repercussions as significant as the fallout from the Dieselgate emissions test cheating scandal. Two reports have emerged from the European Union over the past few weeks, the latest from the European Commission, and both could have far-reaching effects on the type of vehicles that manufacturers w
Motor Authority
APRIL 10, 2024
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.
Motor 1
APRIL 9, 2024
Toyota’s venerable off-roader has a fresh redesign, a new hybrid powertrain, and a tougher Trailhunter trim.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
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%.
Autocar
APRIL 9, 2024
The new Minor would have likely been central to MG Rover’s revival Two decades ago, a plan was hatched to resurrect and reinvent Morris – and Autocar had a man on the inside A bold Anglo-Chinese MG Rover revival plan to resurrect the Morris Minor came within an ace of succeeding back in 2005. The scheme was developed in the immediate aftermath of MG Rover’s bankruptcy in April 2005 and led by late former Ford of Europe and Maserati boss Martin Leach’s Magma Holdings consultancy and Shanghai Auto
Motor Authority
APRIL 10, 2024
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.
Auto Blog
APRIL 9, 2024
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.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 11, 2024
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.
Autocar
APRIL 10, 2024
Sorento gets a freshly designed front fascia as on the EV9 Popular family SUV brings new design and tech including virtual key and advanced driver assist functions Kia has revealed pricing and specification details for the new Sorento SUV, which gains a new look inspired by the all-electric Kia EV9, a suite of new technology and interior design changes for 2024.
Motor Authority
APRIL 8, 2024
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.
Carscoops
APRIL 10, 2024
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.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
Belgee X50 New passenger cars in Russia are up 109.4% year-on-year in March to 146,526 units, showing Western sanctions levelled following its invasion of Ukraine are not impacting the market anymore. The year-to-date tally is up 93% to 330,692. Note: compared to last year our Russian data source has shifted to PPK JSC, which explains some inconsistencies vs. year ago figures.
Autocar
APRIL 11, 2024
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.
Motor Authority
APRIL 9, 2024
The Hyundai N performance lineup looks set to be expanded, once again with an electric vehicle. Hot on the heels of the launch of the N division's first EV, the 2025 Ioniq 5 N, Hyundai's in-house tuner now looks to be cooking up an Ioniq 6 N. Engineers were recently spotted testing an Ioniq 6 sedan fitted with some performance upgrades not far.
CarExpert
APRIL 9, 2024
Australians think electric vehicles (EVs) are too expensive to buy and charging infrastructure is too limited, a study has found. It comes despite EV sales rising once again in the first quarter of 2024, increasing by 46.4 per cent compared to the same period last year and accounting for 8.3 per cent of all new vehicle deliveries. The Australian Automotive Dealer Association (AADA)’s 2024 Automotive Statistics publication outlines the largest hurdles which the car industry faces if it wants to i
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
The Volvo EX30 breaks into the Swedish Top 5 in March. Swedish new car sales skid -21% year-on-year in March to just 23,891 units, tilting the year-to-date volume in negative at -5.5% to 59,822. Volvo (+9.4%) goes against its home market’s general trend to easily top the brands charts with 16.7% share. Tesla (-35.9%) is up three spots on February to #2 with a solid 10.6% share despite falling heavily on a record-breaking year-ago result.
Autocar
APRIL 10, 2024
The DB12 will be far from Aston Martin's final combustion car Company chairman Lawrence Stroll says Aston customers want "sounds and smells" from their sports cars There will “always be demand” for combustion-engined cars, according to Aston Martin executive chairman Lawrence Stroll, who has pledged to keep selling them for as long as he is legally allowed to.
Motor Authority
APRIL 10, 2024
Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday revealed an updated EQS that will sail into showrooms later this year as a 2025 model. The EQS first arrived for the 2022 model year and Mercedes has added updates to the big electric hatchback in each subsequent year, though sales have still struggled. Mercedes sold just 6,688 examples in the U.S. last year, or almost.
Drive.com
APRIL 7, 2024
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.
Best Selling Cars Blog
APRIL 11, 2024
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.
Autocar
APRIL 9, 2024
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.
Motor Authority
APRIL 11, 2024
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.
Auto Blog
APRIL 8, 2024
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