Motor Authority
MARCH 10, 2024
Ethanol only contains two thirds the amount of energy of an equivalent amount of gasoline, yet engines make more power burning it than gasoline. This video from Engineering Explained will tell you why. The key is ethanol's higher octane rating than pump gasoline. Straight ethanol has an octane rating of 109, compared to a maximum 97 octane for.
AutoDealer Today
MARCH 15, 2024
Fourth-quarter numbers show the consequences of pandemic-era practices.
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Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Seat Ibiza sales are up 300% year-on-year in February. 20,010 new cars found a buyer in Austria in February, a robust 11.8% year-on-year improvement. This tilts the year-to-date volume into positive territory at +2.2% to 37,562. Volkswagen (+24.7%) easily beats the market to top the brands charts again at 15.4% share. It distances Skoda (+6.1%), a little weak, BMW (+24.2%) and Seat (+57.3%) both very strong.
Autocar
MARCH 13, 2024
Gandini made a name for himself working for Bertone in the 1960s, penning the Lamborghini Miura Prolific designer's huge portfolio includes Lamborghini Countach, Lancia Stratos and Citroën BX, to name a few Legendary car designer Marcello Gandini , who shaped some of the best known and most revered Italian cars of all time, has died at the age of 85.
Motor Authority
MARCH 13, 2024
Rivian just unveiled its R2 electric SUV and R3 and R3X hot hatches, but the automaker may also have new plans for its existing R1 platform found in the R1T pickup truck and R1S SUV. Rivian filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the name R1X. The application was published by the USPTO in.
AutoDealer Today
MARCH 9, 2024
The industry as a whole is encouraged to nominate individuals they believe belong in the F&I Hall of Fame.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Excellent result for Skoda in Luxembourg in February. New car sales in Luxembourg edge up 2.7% year-on-year in February to 4,288 units, tilting the year-to-date tally into positive at +0.1% to 7,915. After two months of leadership by BMW (+23.7%), Volkswagen (+12.9%) easily reclaims the brands top spot with 14.1% share while BMW holds 11.1% of the market.
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Motor Authority
MARCH 15, 2024
The BMW Z4 will be phased out after the current generation, Car and Driver reported on Wednesday. There also won't be a special edition with a fixed roof to mark the end of the current car's run, despite BMW rolling out just such a concept at the 2023 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este, according to the report. The Z4 is currently into its third.
Motor 1
MARCH 11, 2024
The 2025 Audi A3 looks sharper and comes with more tech, but you will have to pay a subscription for some basic in-car features.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Peugeot sales are up 364% year-on-year in February. New car sales in Ukraine surge 51.5% year-on-year in February to 5,650 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 48.9% to 10,013. The Top 3 manufacturers all beat the market: Toyota is up 69.6% to 15.2% share, Renault up 64.2% to 12.5% and Volkswagen up 52.8% to 8.4%. Skoda (+37.8%) stays at #4 with 8% of the market, followed by Peugeot (+364%) and Nissan (+398%) both euphoric.
Autocar
MARCH 15, 2024
When is a Mazda 2 not a Mazda 2? When it's a Mazda 2 Hybrid… You don’t have to look that hard at the new Mazda 2 Hybrid to recognise that it’s not actually a Mazda 2. Sure, it’s a compact, practical, Japanese supermini, but the lines, styling and key details are quite different. Strip away the effort at some fancy dress and it’s very similar, in fact, to the Toyota Yaris.That’s not a coincidence, of course: the Mazda 2 Hybrid is essentially a rebadged Yaris, the product of a partnership between
Motor Authority
MARCH 11, 2024
Porsche on Monday revealed the long-awaited flagship of its updated 2025 Taycan range, the new Taycan Turbo GT. The electric super sedan will be available at dealerships this summer and has been confirmed by Porsche to start at $231,995, including a $1,995 destination charge. A Weissach track package is available and unusually can be added at no.
Motor 1
MARCH 13, 2024
The Italian design icon was responsible for numerous now-legendary exotic cars, including the Countach, Stratos, and EB 110.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
The Genesis GV80 ranks 6th overall in February. The South Korean new car market falls an abrupt -21.4% year-on-year in February to 115,508, with local manufacturers down -20.7% to 99,271 and foreigners down -25% to 16,327. The year-to-date volume is down -12.4% to 231,385 including 202,065 domestic brands (-10.8%) and 29,320 foreigners (-22.6%). There are two reasons behind this poor performance: the Lunar New Year holiday falls in February this year and Hyundai Motors stopped production at two
Autocar
MARCH 13, 2024
Four-seat grand-tourer brings yet more performance and luxury to the business end of the market Porsche calls this new Panamera the G3. In other words, it’s supposedly the third entirely new generation of the big saloon.You might say that’s overselling things, since it still builds on the one that came out in 2016. Evidently, Porsche disagrees, and says that there have been “significant modifications to the platform, body structure, drivetrains, chassis and software.It doesn’t matter a great dea
Motor Authority
MARCH 12, 2024
Mud flaps are a simple and straightforward part of a car or truck, but Ford has come up with something a bit more elaborate. In a patent application published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Feb. 20—but filed on April 26, 2022—Ford details deployable mud flaps that would move outward from a stowed position.
Auto Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Filed under: Design/Style , Automotive History Continue reading Marcello Gandini dies at 85. Here's a look at some of his famous designs Marcello Gandini dies at 85. Here's a look at some of his famous designs originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 13 Mar 2024 16:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 13, 2024
Tesla sales almost triple year-on-year in February in Belgium 43,723 new cars hit Belgian roads in February, a solid 9.6% year-on-year improvement. The year-to-date volume is up 13.3% or over 10,000 units to 90,390 sales. BMW (+19.6%) holds onto the top spot with a round 10% share while Volkswagen (-0.3%) returns to the 2nd place it held over the Full Year 2023 with 8.4% of the market.
Autocar
MARCH 11, 2024
This powerful Taycan is available as a two-seater and with a wide-reaching overhaul of the chassis and powertrain £190k Tesla Model S Plaid rival is the most powerful Porsche of all time The new Porsche Taycan Turbo GT is the brand's most powerful road car yet – and it has already set lap records at two of the world’s most prestigious race tracks. Available as a two-seater and featuring a wide-reaching overhaul of the chassis and powertrain, it is the first electric car from Porsche ’s storied
Motor Authority
MARCH 15, 2024
Nissan isn't done with updates for its 2024 GT-R, which went on sale last summer with a starting price of $122,885, including a $1,895 destination charge. The automaker on Friday announced the new T-spec Takumi and Skyline special editions, both of which are due on sale in limited numbers this summer. Pricing information will be announced closer.
Carscoops
MARCH 13, 2024
Car design icon, Marcello Gandini, passed away today at the age of 85, in Turin, Italy, according to reports from his home country. The cause of his “sudden” death has not yet been publicized. Born in 1938, the son of an orchestra conductor, Gandini joined Bertone in 1965, after the departure of its design chief, Giorgietto Giugiaro. Gandini spent 14 productive years with the company, was responsible for the creation of the Stile Bertone division, and created some of history’s
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 12, 2024
The Peugeot 2008 is up to a record 2nd place in Slovenia in February. Note: January figures are included in the data section of this article. The Slovenian new car market advances 10.5% year-on-year in February to 4,148 units, leading to a year-to-date tally up 6.6% to 8,721. Volkswagen (-18.8%) endures the largest drop in the Top 8 but still manages to keep the brands leadership with 11.1% share.
Autocar
MARCH 12, 2024
Hybrid 911 will use a motor for its front axle, with six-pot combustion engine for rear Heavily upgraded 911 will add electrified option for the first time Porsche has confirmed the 911 will gain its first ever hybrid powertrain this summer, as part of a major model update two years in the making. Due on sale by the end of the year, the ‘992.2’-generation Porsche 911 receives a host of mid-life revisions, including subtly altered exterior styling, a reworked interior and updated six-cylinder pet
Motor Authority
MARCH 14, 2024
Talk of Apple launching its own car, one powered by batteries and offering a high level of self-driving capability, dates back all the way to 2014. The car, commonly referred to as Project Titan, remained shrouded in secrecy for the most parts, with continual car-related patent applications and the recruitment of professionals from the automotive.
Drive.com
MARCH 11, 2024
Here’s why electric cars might make you more carsick than conventional vehicles – and some strategies you can use to fix it. With it beginning to look like an electric-only future, you might soon find yourself in an electric vehicle, wondering why you’re feeling much more carsick than when riding in an internal combustion car (ICE). RELATED: How to reduce motion sickness in kids It’s slowly become one of the most popular questions on Reddit in the EV and Tesla threads: “W
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 12, 2024
The Tesla Model Y remains the most popular vehicle in Denmark. 11,218 new cars hit Danish roads in February, a -3.3% year-on-year loss. The year-to-date volume is now down -8.8% to 20,066. Tesla (+1.9%) reclaims the brands top spot it held over the Full Year 2023 with 9.5% share. The next four brands all fall faster than the market: Peugeot is down -12.1%, Toyota off -4.5%, Volkswagen down -30.5% and Audi down -10.3%.
Autocar
MARCH 11, 2024
The hot four-wheel-drive E-Class keeps its 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged straight six Performance saloon gets 21.2kWh battery with an electric-only range of up to 62 miles The Mercedes-AMG E 53 has been revived as a hot plug-in hybrid with an aggressive new look, a wide-reaching chassis makeover and as much power as the old V8-powered E 63. The hot four-wheel-drive E-Class , introduced in 2016 to sit below the range-topping E 63 super-saloon, keeps its 3.0-litre twin-turbocharged straight six but
Motor Authority
MARCH 13, 2024
Thousands of vehicles from several Volkswagen Group brands that were being held at ports since late January by U.S. Customs are now being released and shipped out to dealerships. A company spokesman told Motor Authority that VW Group expects all vehicles that were held to be delivered by the end of March. The vehicles span the Audi, Bentley.
Auto Blog
MARCH 14, 2024
Filed under: Earnings/Financials , Government/Legal , Ford , Tesla Continue reading Tesla paid no federal income taxes — and even got refunds — while paying execs $2.5 billion Tesla paid no federal income taxes — and even got refunds — while paying execs $2.5 billion originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 12, 2024
The Toyota Prado is the most popular vehicle in Iceland in February. New car sales in Iceland continue to crash in February at a devastating -57.5% to just 397 units, leading to a year-to-date volume down -48.7% to 854. This fall is due to the discontinuation of the VAT discount for electric vehicles as well as the implementation of a kilometre-rate charge for all EVs.
Autocar
MARCH 13, 2024
Xiaomi SU7 is designed to take on the Porsche Taycan Electronics giant prepares its super-sleek Porsche Taycan rival, which is destined for global sales Deliveries of Xiaomi’s first electric car are due to begin this month with pricing set to be revealed on 28 March. The brand’s first-ever production car, the Xiaomi SU7 is a Porsche Taycan -rivalling electric saloon which is the first among a range of new models set to launch over the next few years.
Motor Authority
MARCH 14, 2024
Kia on Thursday provided a first glimpse of its new compact sedan that's set to replace the current Forte. The newcomer will go by the name K4, a name last used on a compact sedan that Kia sold exclusively in China. The current Forte is sold outside the U.S. as a K3, but Kia recently introduced a separate compact sedan called the K3 aimed at.
Auto Express
MARCH 14, 2024
Yangwang is BYD’s premium brand and the U8 is a monstrous SUV that can turn like a tank and double as a boat
Best Selling Cars Blog
MARCH 11, 2024
The Kia Sportage is #1 in Northern Ireland and Wales in February. Thanks to SMMT we can share with you the Top 10 best-sellers for each UK nation in February. Keep in mind this is a zoom in by nation, all sales figures are already included in the February 2024 UK update. This month England is the most dynamic at +15% to 71,856 sales, followed by Wales up 12.% to 2,675, Scotland up 11% to 6,473 and Northern Ireland up 6.1% to 3,691.
Autocar
MARCH 11, 2024
Rolls-Royce Ghost, Cullinan and Phantom are set for 'Series 2' upgrades retaining V12 Updated ultra-luxury saloon will use one of the marque’s final petrol engines before it switches to EVs in 2030 Rolls-Royce is gearing up for the launch of the Series 2 Ghost saloon, which is set to be one of its final V12-powered production cars. Former CEO Torsten Müller-Ötvös confirmed in February 2023 that Rolls-Royce would go electric-only in 2030 and that all of its brand-new models would be EVs.
Motor Authority
MARCH 14, 2024
The redesigned 2024 Lincoln Nautilus feels like a half step. It rides on a new platform but returns a satisfying turbo-4 base engine. It introduces a 30-mpg hybrid system that’s new to Lincoln and Ford but doesn’t feel new for the electrified marketplace. The biggest step it makes is in its technological interface, but even that.
Auto Express
MARCH 14, 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority maintains that the insurance market is ‘competitive’, in spite of driver fury over price hikes
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