Motor Authority
JUNE 14, 2024
2024 will be the final year for the R35 Nissan GT-R The R35 Nissan GT-R lived for 17 years Nissan's already confirmed a next-generation GT-R Nissan on Friday announced pricing for two limited edition models that mark the end of the current-generation GT-R's decade-plus production run. The T-spec Takumi and Skyline special editions were announced.
Autocar
JUNE 13, 2024
F1-chasing Speed 12 was twice as potent as a normal Cerbera The 7/12 was a "wild" road racer that even intimidated Martin Brundle, before it was deemed unsafe TVR stole all the attention at the 1996 British motor show with the shock unveiling of the 7/12, a crazy creation even by the British sports car maker’s mad standards. Based on the newly introduced Cerbera, a rival to the Porsche 911 and Toyota Supra , with its fantastic 4.2-litre V8 turned into a 7.7-litre V12, it weighed less than 1000kg
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Carscoops
JUNE 14, 2024
A new survey by McKinsey suggests that 29% of EV buyers globally consider an ICE vehicle for their next purchase 21% of the participants worldwide don’t ever want to make the switch to EVs. Still, 38% of non-EV owners would like a PHEV or an EV for their next car. It appears that EV ownership isn’t equally exciting for all buyers, as a great portion of them are considering going back to ICE.
Auto Blog
JUNE 11, 2024
Filed under: Toyota , Performance Continue reading Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda flipped a GR Yaris rally car during testing Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda flipped a GR Yaris rally car during testing originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 11 Jun 2024 21:17:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Motor Authority
JUNE 10, 2024
VW Group acknowledges EV sales haven't taken off as expected The conglomerate believes EVs are still the future Current realities have made VW Group refocus and reallocate a third of its R&D budget back to vehicles with gas engines The Volkswagen Group has been one of the most bullish automakers on electric vehicles, having committed only a.
Autocar
JUNE 10, 2024
VW describes the ID2all as being "spacious as a Golf and as inexpensive as a Polo” VW confirms ID 2 remains on course for 2025, after reports said relaxed Euro 7 rules had prompted a rethink This is extremely useful if you're concerned the car has been abused, but be aware that Porsche dealerships can check it to nullify warranties and deny coverage.
CarExpert
JUNE 8, 2024
If you’ve driven anywhere where people exist, you’ll know that there are moments when you might find yourself stuck because of the traffic around you. It is illegal to halt your progress on a dedicated crossing Fines apply – and they can be hefty It’s also illegal to stop at a children’s crossing or proceed before those crossing have left Indeed, if you’re like me, you may have even ended up inadvertently halted while traversing a pedestrian or children’s crossing.
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Motor Authority
JUNE 11, 2024
Lotus' Emeya electric sedan is the fastest-charging production EV money can buy The Emeya can charge from 10-80% in 14 minutes, according to Lotus U.S. deliveries of the Emeya are to come at an unannounced date Lotus cars have traditionally stood out for being among the lightest in the segment, but in the future they may be known for another.
Autocar
JUNE 14, 2024
The new Grande Panda will rival Dacia Sandero and Jeep Avenger New Grande Panda is a retro, rugged supermini that's tipped for a £15k start price The all-new, fourth-generation Fiat Panda has been revealed as a retro, rugged urban family car with a totally new look and the option of electric power. Called the Grande Panda to reflect a footprint that is larger than that of its predecessor (see separate story), the new hatchback is closely related to the recently launched Citroën C3 , with which i
Carscoops
JUNE 8, 2024
A Toyota Tundra owner has reportedly racked up almost 900,000 miles in about six years. The figures required for it to accomplish that task include approximately $150,000 in fuel costs. Evidently, it’s on the original engine and hasn’t needed much in the way of major maintenance. Trucks are supposed to be rugged and dependable but few make it past 200,000 miles (~321,000 km) without serious repairs.
CarExpert
JUNE 9, 2024
A proposed tariff on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) by European lawmakers has been criticised by the German Chancellor, who labelled increased levies as illegal and isolating. The European Commission currently places a 10 per cent levy on all vehicle imports, with no specific extra tariffs depending on the country of origin. However, Reuters reported in March that the European Commission was planning to introduce a system which could result in EVs made in China being hit with tariffs to bring t
Motor Authority
JUNE 11, 2024
Pickup trucks are a popular option with police departments all over the globe, and it wouldn't be too much of a stretch to envisage electric trucks also being used by the men and women in blue. A California upfitter by the name of UP.FIT, a division of Tesla tuner Unplugged Performance, has taken the Tesla Cybertruck and turned it into a police.
Autocar
JUNE 11, 2024
Magical V8 sports SUV’s interior and tech get updated to keep it spinning money The security guards at Aston Martin’s Gaydon headquarters have it all right.They patrol the campus from the confines of an understated but quite fetching white Aston Martin DBX of 2020 vintage (silver wheels, too). Aside from the fact that their counterparts in Maranello are unlikely ever to find themselves luxuriating behind the wheel of a £313k Ferrari Purosangue, there’s nothing unusual about this.It's worth menti
Auto Express
JUNE 13, 2024
The Labour Party’s manifesto promises support for the EV manufacturing industry and used electric car buyers, as well as an investigation into high insurance prices
CarExpert
JUNE 13, 2024
Preliminary data had shown the Tesla Model Y was the world’s best-selling car in 2023, but now respected data firm JATO Dynamics has officially given it the title. It’s the first electric vehicle (EV) to hold the title of the world’s best-selling vehicle. Tesla Model Y sales have grown markedly and reached 1.22 million in 2023, up 64 per cent on the year before.
Motor Authority
JUNE 9, 2024
The first Vector W8 Twin Turbo has surfaced The car's for sale and bears a Chase #001 build plate Jerry Wiegert, founder and CEO of Vector Aeromotive died in 2021 Bring a Trailer is auctioning off the first 1990 Vector W8 Twin Turbo, a genuine American supercar from the ill-fated Vector Aeromotive company. Vector was the brainchild of the late.
Autocar
JUNE 14, 2024
Green-on-tan scheme references the last E-Type ever built Final petrol sports car leaves Castle Bromwich factory as brand gears up for electric reinvention The final Jaguar F-Type has rolled off the firm’s Castle Bromwich production line, ahead of the brand's transition into a maker of low-volume electric luxury cars. The last F-Type was assembled exactly 50 years after the final E-Type, with its specification referencing its ancestor – a Giola Green convertible with a tan leather interior and
Carscoops
JUNE 14, 2024
Cadillac is celebrating the 24 Hours of Le Mans with two new special editions, based on the CT4-V and CT5-V Blackwings. Both have an eye-catching exterior with a Magnus Matte paint job and blue carbon fiber accents. Production will be limited and the special editions offer up to 668 hp. The 24 Hours of Le Mans kicks off this weekend and Cadillac will be back in action, looking to improve on last year’s third place finish.
Auto Blog
JUNE 9, 2024
Filed under: Green , Green Automakers , First Drives , Crossover , SUV , Electric , Luxury , Performance , Polestar Continue reading 2025 Polestar 3 First Drive Review: Aiming at the mainstream 2025 Polestar 3 First Drive Review: Aiming at the mainstream originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 9 Jun 2024 18:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Motor Authority
JUNE 11, 2024
Ferrari isn't done with V-12 engines The automaker said it'll continue development until the 12-cylinder is illegal Only two Ferraris are currently sold with a V-12 engine The V-12 is a rare breed these days, but Ferrari currently sells two models with just such an engine and the automaker has no plans to abandon it anytime soon. In an interview.
Autocar
JUNE 11, 2024
The new 201bhp five-door Cooper S is priced from £28,450 New look for Mini's Golf rival, which is the firm's final combustion-only car Mini has unveiled the five-door version of the new Cooper hatchback – the last car the firm is set to offer exclusively with combustion powertrains. It is effectively a stretched version of the three-door Cooper and swaps that car’s four-seat interior for a more conventional five-seat set-up with a rear bench.
Carscoops
JUNE 8, 2024
The EV manufacturer is on the brink of bankruptcy and looking to sell off inventory. Fisker is offering employees huge discounts on the Ocean One, Ocean Extreme, and Ocean Ultra. Several hundred Oceans were recently spotted at a port in San Diego. It would be an understatement to say that Fisker is in real trouble as unless it can hook up with another manufacturer or find new investors, the EV maker could soon go belly up.
CarExpert
JUNE 14, 2024
American haulers aren’t built to be economical daily drivers, but the price of fuel means their economy can’t be ignored. They all have petrol or diesel engines with big torque figures (and bigger fuel tanks), but which is the most frugal American pickup truck money can buy? To find out, we’ve taken the vehicles in the pickups for more than $100,000 category on the VFACTS sales charts and compared them on their fuel consumption.
Motor Authority
JUNE 13, 2024
Japan's Aspark is working on a new, more potent version of its Owl electric hypercar. The new version is dubbed the Owl SP600, and during testing a prototype was taken to a top speed of 438.7 kph (approximately 272.6 mph), as measured by an onboard Racelogic V-Box. Should a production version eventuate with the same top speed, the Owl SP600 will.
Autocar
JUNE 10, 2024
Dual-motor powertrain sends up to 905bhp through all four wheels… Rapid EV records peak charging rates above 400kW and an average of 331kW The new Lotus Emeya is the fastest-charging electric production car, the brand has claimed, after it recorded a 10-80% refill in just 14 minutes. The luxury saloon reached a peak charging rate of 402kW and averaged 331kW during the test, which was completed using a 400kW DC connection.
Carscoops
JUNE 14, 2024
Tesla teased a trio of new models at its 2024 stockholder meeting. One appears to be a van and the other two are likely the Robotaxi and the Roadster. Details are sparse but we expect to see production versions of two more models before 2025. At Tesla’s annual Cyber Roundup shareholder meeting this week, Elon Musk and the team teased three new models.
Automotive Addicts
JUNE 12, 2024
It’s not that often that I get a vehicle that puts a huge smile on my face every time I hit the gas while, at the same time, I can tote my family around town. Moreover, it’s not that often that I feel like I’m somehow killing the earth and shattering eardrums from a press of the throttle. This week, the vehicle that I jokingly say these things about is the Cadillac Escalade V, a beastly luxury SUV that was masterfully crafted by people who must also have a massive smile on their faces because th
CarExpert
JUNE 9, 2024
The highly-anticipated Tesla Model Y facelift, codenamed Juniper, won’t be launching this year after all. After the Tesla Model 3 recently received a facelift, referred to as the Highland, there had been reports the Model Y would follow suit shortly thereafter. However, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has dispelled those rumours. “No Model Y ‘refresh’ is coming out this year,” said Mr Musk on his social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter).
Autocar
JUNE 13, 2024
Sporty looks are backed by Mini Cooper-rivalling spec French performance brand's first EV is a warmed up Renault 5, aiming to prove EVs can be fun to drive Alpine has launched into its electric era with the A290 hot hatch , which majors on performance, agility and lightness. The Renault-owned brand’s debut EV preserves the spirit of last year’s outlandish Beta concept , with a wide-reaching design makeover that marks it out obviously from the Renault 5 upon which it is based and emphasises its s
Carscoops
JUNE 14, 2024
While the EV promises to be quicker, muscle car fans still want combustion engines. Dodge has yet to announce pricing details for the latest-generation Charger. Customer deliveries of the new model will start before the end of this year. In a CarScoops poll we published a few weeks ago, we asked if you’d rather buy the new-age Dodge Charger with its inline-six or the all-electric Daytona version.
Auto Blog
JUNE 9, 2024
Filed under: Plants/Manufacturing Continue reading Startup hopes 4th time's a charm to build first big U.S. oil refinery in decades Startup hopes 4th time's a charm to build first big U.S. oil refinery in decades originally appeared on Autoblog on Sun, 9 Jun 2024 11:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
CarExpert
JUNE 14, 2024
Is this a facelifted 1990s Prado or does the 2024 Toyota LandCruiser 76 Wagon actually have something to offer? Introduced in 2007, the 76 Series has proven to be a popular seller for Toyota despite its many drawbacks, including the spartan and utilitarian fit-out – you basically get very little for your money in terms of tech, comfort and modernisation, although I was surprised to see electric windows, a cup holder and a digital centre screen in the current model.
Autocar
JUNE 11, 2024
Golf’s usability-focused facelift gives go-faster division a chance to enhance its high-velocity hyper hatch Engineers at Volkswagen ’s R division must be tired of wrestling with the law of diminishing returns. So composed and complete was their high-performance reworking of the seventh-generation Golf that they have struggled to make any big gains since, either through that model’s facelift or its subsequent transformation into the current eighth-generation Golf.
Carscoops
JUNE 14, 2024
As recently as last year, the flagship Z Nismo was seen with markups of almost $60,000. Hundreds of Zs are looking for new homes across the U.S. Nissan has started to reward dealers with $500 for each Z they sell. In late 2022 and throughout much of 2023, Nissan dealerships across the United States were selling the 2024 Z with extreme markups. We even came across one dealership in Georgia that slapped an absurd $60,000 ‘market adjustment’ fee on the sports car.
Auto Blog
JUNE 12, 2024
Filed under: Government/Legal , Infrastructure Continue reading I spent a week in a city filled with roundabouts. It was delightful I spent a week in a city filled with roundabouts. It was delightful originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 12 Jun 2024 10:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
CarExpert
JUNE 11, 2024
The Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV is the most expensive electric vehicle (EV) ever sold by Mercedes-Benz in Australia, and is the first battery-powered model from its ultra-luxury division. Priced from $328,607 before on-road costs , the Mercedes-Maybach EQS 680 SUV’s sticker than the $328,400 list price the Mercedes-AMG EQS 53 debuted with in 2021.
Autocar
JUNE 11, 2024
Porsche and Aston Martin are introducing the next-generation CarPlay system this year Smartphone mirroring tech expands to effectively replace traditional infotainment software, gets more flexible layout Apple has revealed new functionality for its next-generation CarPlay smartphone mirroring interface , which is set to offer much more personalisation of a car’s on-board displays.
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