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Praga Bohema track-focused hypercar starts deliveries

Motor Authority

Czech Republic's Praga has delivered its first Bohema hypercar The mid-engine hypercar features carbon-fiber construction and a tuned Nissan GT-R engine Pricing starts at $1.5 million and only 89 will be built Many performance cars are billed as race cars for the road, but few are more worthy of that claim than Praga's Bohema hypercar. Praga is a.

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Good News on Traffic Deaths

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Fatalities fell in more than a dozen categories in the first six months of this year.

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Finland November 2024: Tesla Model Y #1, Skoda Kamiq up to record #4

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Skoda Kamiq smashes its Finnish ranking record. It’s a miserable 12th consecutive month of year-on-year drop for the Finnish new car market in November at -5% to 6,264 units. The year-to-date volume is now down a ghastly -17.4% to 66,365. Toyota (-21.4%) and Skoda (-23.6%) camp on their October ranking despite falling faster than the market.

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Mazda On Track For Record US Sales As It Confirms New ICE, Hybrid, And EV Tech

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Mazda expects its U.S. sales to hit a record 410,000-420,000 units in 2024. The automaker has sold 384,181 vehicles year-to-date by the end of November. The CEO highlighted the ongoing development of ICE, hybrid, and EV powertrains. Mazda is riding high in the U.S. market in 2024, on track to smash its all-time sales record with expectations to hit over 400,000 units.

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Recaro Automotive saved from bankruptcy by Proma Group

Motor Authority

Recaro Automotive is a major supplier of car seats, particularly for performance applications. However, the German company ran into hard times earlier this year, including filing for bankruptcy protection in July. Fast forward to today, and a new investor has stepped in and plans to take control of the company. As first reported by Piston Heads on.

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Can a roll cage protect you in your street car?

Machines with Souls

A young man street racing has died, but could a roll cage have saved his life? I speak to an expert about how to protect yourself from speed. The post Can a roll cage protect you in your street car? appeared first on Machines With Souls.

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Australia November 2024: New generation pushes Toyota Prado to record #3

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Toyota Prado ranks at a record #3 in Australia in November. New vehicle sales in Australia are down year-on-year for the 4th consecutive month in November at -9.3% to 101,707 units. The year-to-date volume remains at record levels however at 1,130,083, up 1.1% over the same period in 2023. A reliable indicator of consumer sentiment, private sales are depleted again this month at -16.6% year-on-year to 47,247.

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Jaguar ultra-luxury EV concept leaks ahead of imminent reveal

Motor Authority

The Jaguar Design Vision Concept is set to debut during 2024 Miami Art Week The striking concept previews the first in a trio of ultra-luxury Jaguar EVs The production model will launch in 2025, with deliveries starting the following year Jaguar is on a mission to transform into a much more exclusive brand, offering a trio of ultra-luxury electric.

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The 2022 BMW M3 Base isn’t worth the sacrifice

Machines with Souls

The sixth generation BMW M3 Base model is probably the last available with a manual transmission. Is it worth the speed sacrifice? The post The 2022 BMW M3 Base isn’t worth the sacrifice appeared first on Machines With Souls.

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Belgium November 2024: Renault (+50.3%), Dacia (+20.6%) defy market off -15.3%

Best Selling Cars Blog

Renault is up to #5 in Belgium in November. It’s a catastrophic month for new car sales in Belgium, down -15.3% year-on-year to 31,824 in November. As a result, the year-to-date tally is now off -5.8% to 424,839. BMW (-14.2%) keeps the lead of the brands charts, albeit at a much lower level as the past two record months: 11.9% share. Volkswagen (-24%) and Mercedes (-32.2%) both crash but ensure the podium is identical to October’s.

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Audi Q5 And A7 PHEV Owners Told To Not Charge Batteries Over Fire Risk

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The recall impacts 4,616 vehicles across the United States. Next year, Audi will roll out an onboard diagnostic system to detect battery module faults. Audi doesn’t know of any injuries, crashes, or fires related to the issue in the US. Several thousand Audi Q5 PHEV and A7 PHEV models need to be recalled in the United States as there’s a possibility their high-voltage battery modules could experience thermal overload, triggering a fire.

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Pagani Utopia recalled because of airbag issue

Motor Authority

The Pagani Utopia is a rare, hand-built supercar, but even it has succumbed to a recall. Pagani issued a recall for the V-12 supercar due to a manufacturing issue with the passenger-side dashboard panel, which may cause the airbag behind the panel to fail to deploy correctly in the event of a crash. The panel is made from carbon fiber, and a.

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Plummeting used values could slow EV take-up further, claims new report

Auto Express

Lease companies cant afford to sell ex-fleet vehicles, so will re-lease the old ones instead

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Russia November 2024: Moskvich signs first Top 10 of the year, Lada Largus up to #4

Best Selling Cars Blog

The Moskvich 6 is a rebadgedJAC Sehol A5 Plus New car sales in Russia significantly slow their growth in November to just +11.1% to 121,884. That’s the weakest year-on-year uptick since March 2023 when the market was in decline. The year-to-date tally is up 54.1% to 1,447,841. Local behemoth Lada (+15.9%) outpaces its home market to an improved 31.1% share vs. 27.6% year-to-date.

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Ford Mustang Dark Horse

Autocar

Time’s up for atmo-V8-engined, rear-driven, manual-shift muscle cars, right? Wrong, says seventh-generation 'Stang With large-capacity performance cars dropping like flies in Europe, it comes as a pleasant surprise to tell you that the Ford Mustang is back for another round.And it arrives on these shores not as an item of near-contraband, attainable only via third-party importation.

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Jeep patents drone system as an off-road assistant

Motor Authority

Jeep is looking at ways to integrate drones with its vehicles, as recent patent filings indicate. One possible use Jeep is looking to patent is off-road spotting. Instead of a person getting out of the vehicle to survey the terrain ahead and direct the driver over the appropriate line through obstacles, Jeep proposes deploying a drone from an.

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Ram Recalling Over 300k Trucks Due To Loss Of ABS Brakes And Traction Control

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Ram is recalling hundreds of thousands of heavy duty pickups because their anti-lock brakes, traction control, and electronic stability control may fail. The company is aware of numerous incidents and the issue is caused by a brake hydraulic control unit that can fail or malfunction. Mopar is recalling an additional 84,923 control units and those could have been installed on trucks dating back to the 2012 model year.

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Vehicles Recalled Over Failing Cameras

AutoDealer Today

Hyundai to replace rear-view devices that can fail over time.

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Is the BMW M2 CS a six-figure experience?

Machines with Souls

A recent turn in one has me pondering BMW M2 CS values. Going for well above their original MSRP, is the premium worth it over a regular M2? The post Is the BMW M2 CS a six-figure experience? appeared first on Machines With Souls.

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Alan Mann Racing turns 60 – learn its history

Motor Authority

The U.K.'s Alan Mann Racing today specializes in maintaining classic cars and developing restomods, but it was once a mainstay of the racing scene, as this video explains. Alan Mann Racing, or AMR for short, was founded in 1964 by racing enthusiast Alan Mann, who'd gotten his start running a garage that prepared race cars for competition. Mann.

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Tesla Cuts Cybertruck Leasing To $899, Adds $55k Buyout Option

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The standard leasing option includes a $7,500 downpayment, although this figure can be reduced or scratched completely. Buying out the regular Cybertruck All-Wheel Drive will cost $54,930 at the end of the lease, and the Cyberbeast $67,510. It’s been less than a month since Tesla made the Cybertruck available to lease, and it’s already cutting prices.

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The 3 Biggest Data Challenges in Automotive Retail

AutoDealer Today

Four out of five dealers agree: Data can help forecast trends, generate and capture demand, become more efficient, and generate bigger profits. This eBook dives into key findings from the 2024 Cox Automotive Power of Data Study, identifying three top challenges facing dealers who want to leverage data and insights—and provides strategies to overcome each of them.

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Warning: your towbar could invalidate your car insurance

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Drivers could be in hot water if they don’t declare if a towbar is fitted when buying car insurance

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Review: 2025 Audi S6 E-Tron pedals influence with battery power

Motor Authority

The S6 E-Tron replaces the gas-powered S6 It’s Sportback only, so far, for America Prices? Still TBD for the U.S., with sales set for late spring or summer 2025 The gas-powered S7 gets updated, will soldier on Fly for hours to the southwest from Madrid, along the coast of northwestern Africa, and eventually the dormant volcano Mount Teide.

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2025 Alfa Romeo Tonale Review: For $60K, Our Tributo Italiano Is Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places

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PROS ›› Appealing styling inside and out, accurate steering, sharp handling, good performance, snappy and easy to use infotainment CONS ›› Price brings it too close to the larger Stelvio, noticeable turbo lag, cramped interior, small cargo space, some hard plastics in the cabin Just about every brand under the Stellantis umbrella has a singular vehicle with a lot of weight on its shoulders right now.

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Volkswagen Is Already Cutting Costs

Motor 1

It's making fewer prototypes and speeding up development by doing more simulations.

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New kit converts original Mazda MX-5 to electric power

Autocar

Electrogenic kit cuts the MX-5's 0-60mph time down to around 6.0sec Powertrain from British firm Electrogenic packs 160bhp and more than 150 miles of range into NA roadster Electrogenic, the British firm behind electric conversions for classics such as the Delorean DMC-12 and Mini , has launched a new kit for the original Mazda MX-5. Designed to be completely reversible, it swaps the NA-generation roadster's four-cylinder petrol powerplant for a single electric motor.

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Lotus open to Emira hybrid as electric successor pushed back

Motor Authority

Lotus plans to launch hybrids to join its EVs The company says it is open to launching an Emira hybrid Lotus is working on an electric successor to the Emira, but the launch may be delayed Lotus not long ago planned to exclusively launch electric vehicles, leaving the Emira sports car as its last vehicle equipped with a gas engine. However, the.

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Nissan Dealer Employee Facing 20 Years For Illegally Selling Lift Kits, Costing Dealership $575k

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Robert McLane ordered lift kits through Formula Nissan but sold them privately on Facebook. The ex-parts director at the dealer will face sentencing on December 12. A former parts and service director at Formula Nissan in Barre, Vermont, has pleaded guilty to mail fraud for ordering lift kits but then selling them privately in a scheme that cost the dealership over $575,000.

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Genesis GMR-001 set to take on Ferrari and Porsche at Le Mans 2026

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Hyundai-owned luxury brand will compete at the highest level of endurance racing in the ‘Hypercar’ category

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Ford Australia to put features behind a paywall from 2025

CarExpert

Ford will soon require owners of its new and near-new vehicles to start paying a subscription fee to access certain features. From January 2, 2025, the connected built-in navigation service included in a majority of models sold by the brand since mid-2020 will switch to a subscription model. Ford will still include a one-year trial of the connected built-in navigation service – which provides the ability to access live traffic, updated map and weather data – from the warranty start date on model

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Lamborghini Temerario with over 1,000 hp probably in the pipeline

Motor Authority

The Lamborghini Temerario could potentially pack over 1,000 hp in a future hardcore variant Lamborghini considered V-6 and V-10 engines before deciding on the V-8 for the Temerario The Temerario is priced from $361,621 in the U.S., including destination The Lamborghini Temerario debuted in August as the successor to the Huracán and already.

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Poll: Do Your Love Or Hate Jaguar’s New Look?

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Jaguar has revealed its Type 00 concept previewing next year’s production EV sedan. The two-door GT made its debut at Miami Art Week having leaked online earlier in the day. Take part in our poll to tell us whether you think Jaguar has got its new design right. You might have heard that Jaguar has a new concept. Actually, that’s underselling it.

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Driving home for Christmas? Cheapest fuel prices since Covid will keep costs low

Auto Express

Fuel may be slightly more expensive than in November, but Christmas is set to be the cheapest in several years for drivers

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Ford Puma Gen-E Electric: This Is It

Motor 1

The latest EV from Ford isn't based on a Volkswagen.

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Review: 2025 Audi S6 E-Tron pedals influence with battery power

Motor Authority

The S6 E-Tron replaces the gas-powered S6 It’s Sportback only, so far, for America Prices? Still TBD for the U.S., with sales set for late spring or summer 2025 The gas-powered S7 gets updated, will soldier on Fly for hours to the southwest from Madrid, along the coast of northwestern Africa, and eventually the dormant volcano Mount Teide.

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Mazda Iconic SP Marching Towards Production “Step By Step”, Says CEO

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Mazda CEO Masahiro Moro confirmed that the Iconic SP concept is moving towards production. The production version may retain the concept’s dual-rotor range-extender hybrid powertrain. The new coupe could be a spiritual successor to the RX-7, with innovative technology. After years of speculation, fans of Mazda’s rotary-powered sports coupes can finally breathe a sigh of relief.