The hype for the Tesla Cybertruck pickup is real. Alas, the production version of the electric truck still isn’t. On the other hand, the classic Volkswagen Type 2 Pick-Up is a fully realized truck that’s available today on the used-car market. Ignore, for the moment, that the VW is powered by a weak gas-fed flat-four cylinder and
Month: March 2020
DETROIT — The UAW on Tuesday named Wilma Liebman, former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, as its first independent ethics officer in the latest attempt by UAW President Rory Gamble to root out corruption and avoid a potential federal takeover. Liebman, 69, was first appointed to the NLRB in 1997 and served as
By Simon Alvarez Posted on March 31, 2020 The progress of Tesla Gigafactory Shanghai is one for the record books. While Gigafactory 1 in Nevada has remained roughly 30% complete for a few years now, the first phase of Giga Shanghai was completed in less than a year since its groundbreaking ceremony. Now, the facility’s
Say hello to the 2020 Nissan Navara N-Trek Warrior. It looks pretty serious, doesn’t it? That’s because it is. Introduced late last year by Nissan in Australia, the Navara N-Trek Warrior sits atop the Japanese carmaker’s mid-size pickup truck family and caters towards shoppers looking for a tough-looking pickup that performs just as well along
Hyundai hopes to increase its share of Europe’s minicar segment with the third-generation i10. “The i10 is a key player for us in Europe,” Hyundai Europe’s head of marketing and product, Andreas-Christoph Hofmann, said at the car’s launch in Lisbon in January. The i10 rose into the segment’s top five during the runout of the
Acura has named a new advertising executive as it plans to introduce new products, including Type S performance variants. Sage Marie, 44, will become assistant vice president of Acura advertising, effective April 1. He is currently assistant vice president, public relations at American Honda, and has been with the company since 1998. Acura head Jon
Mini has launched many retro special editions, but the 2021 Cooper S convertible Sidewalk Edition convertible references a model of a somewhat newer vintage. The Sidewalk Edition was originally launched in 2007 and, like that model, the 2021 version features mostly cosmetic changes. Starting at $39,250, the Mini Cooper S convertible Sidewalk Edition is the
Drifting is not easy and requires huge amounts of skill to get absolutely right. The owner of this particular Nissan 350Z appears to be so comfortable sliding his Japanese sports car that he can do it without even looking out of the windshield. The man behind the wheel is Luke Fink who operates a YouTube
What a crazy few weeks it’s been. As a world, we’re facing a global pandemic that is monopolizing the media and locking down our communities. As an industry, automotive companies are facing unique challenges and opportunities that could make or break their year. Dealerships must go beyond a business-as-usual approach to deliver unparalleled, healthy experiences
Finally! A LEGO kit that lives its life a quarter-mile at a time. For $99.99, you can have your very own black 1970 Dodge Charger R/T just like Dominic Toretto’s from the Fast & Furious movie franchise. (You know, the juggernaut whose latest installment, F9, is delayed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.) This
Penske Automotive Group said it is slashing executive pay, furloughing employees, postponing $150 million in capital expenditures and taking a range of other steps to “to help mitigate the financial and operational impact of COVID-19.” CEO Roger Penske and President Robert Kurnick will accept no salary for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak, while executive
Morgan managed to squeeze out only four copies of the Plus 4 70th Anniversary Edition before shutting down its U.K. factory over mounting coronavirus concerns. A total of 20 vehicles will eventually be made, all featuring special badges, a gold-painted chassis, and slick Platinum metallic paint—a nod to the 70-years-young Plus 4 nameplate’s platinum anniversary. The
The Paris auto show will not be maintained in its current form this year because of the effects of the coronavirus crisis, organizers said. The event is scheduled to run Sept. 26-Oct. 11, with media days on Sept. 29-30. Organizers stopped short of completely canceling or postponing the show, but they suggested that the traditional
Atmospheric pollution may be “giving a helping hand” to the coronavirus, according to a new paper by Italian researchers from the University of Bologna. The paper has not yet been peer-reviewed, according to the Economist, but that’s not unusual right now when it comes to coronavirus research, due to the sheer speed at which the
The third-generation Chevrolet Camaro is an automotive icon of the 1980s and arguably the most original Camaro bar the first iteration of the series (1967-1969). Spanning ten model years from 1982 to 1992, the third-generation F-body Chevy Camaro has had many iterations but none was perhaps more intriguing than the Berlinetta offered for the 1982-1986
FRANKFURT — BMW revealed drivetrain details of an X5-based fuel cell vehicle that could go into small series production in 2022. The automaker said it will continue cooperating with strategic partner Toyota to roll out the technology for customers for the second half of this decade, depending on market conditions. “Hydrogen fuel cell propulsion can
Volkswagen and Audi have temporarily tweaked their logos to help spread the message about the importance of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. In short videos posted on social media and their websites, the German brands urge people to follow the prevailing advice from medical experts to avoid spreading the virus. Audi shows the four
Genesis, Hyundai’s luxury upstart, is taking the premium segment by storm. The brand has just been rated the most dependable by influential research firm J.D.Power, and it has fresh product in the showroom in the form of the 2020 G90 full-size sedan and 2021 GV80 mid-size SUV, and more is on the way. Soon, a
If you were driving a Ferrari F12 Berlinetta, regardless of whether you owned the car, were loaned it by a friend, or rented it, you can bet your bottom dollar you’d like some rolling shots of it on the move with you behind the wheel. In an age of social media where ‘influencers’ are earning
Automakers are raiding their parts bins to help save lives during the coronavirus outbreak. It’s an effort that already was well underway but gained urgency late last week when President Donald Trump used the Defense Production Act to order General Motors to move faster as the nation confronts a shortage of critical medical equipment. Dampers
You have to love the Train à Grande Vitesse, the TGV, France’s iconic high-speed train, the pride of a nation of vehicular pioneers. And in the midst of an absolutely horrible disease outbreak (the coronavirus pandemic and the illness), the French have put the TGV to a novel use: carrying severely ill patients to less-impacted areas.
PLANO, Texas — Jim Lentz had a couple of years under his belt running Toyota in North America when the 2008 financial crisis shellacked the region’s auto industry and put him to the ultimate test. Because of a pandemic, his successor is not so lucky. Ted Ogawa, 60 — a globally experienced Toyota executive who
Electric cars were a total unknown for the vast majority of the society about 10 years ago when the first Tesla, Nissan and Mitsubishi EVs come out. Despite that much has changed since then, and millions of plug-in electric cars are driving around the world. However, there are still various misconceptions about EVs. Volkswagen, in
The Bloodhound LSR team, caretakers of the long-gestating effort to eclipse the 763-mph land-speed record using a jet-powered wheeled missile of the same name, released a really cool video that shows how its car stacks up against representations of a Formula 1 racer, a Bugatti Chiron, and a regular road car in regards to acceleration
On March 11, an employee of Roy O’Brien Ford in St. Clair Shores, Mich., visited his pregnant sister. Three days later, she went into labor and developed a fever. When the employee phoned the dealership to say his sister was awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test and he had potentially been exposed, leadership acted
By Amy Thompson Posted on March 28, 2020 SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft has delivered cargo to the International Space Station, but soon it will carry goods to an orbit higher than the International Space Station: the lunar Gateway. Agency officials announced Friday (March 27) that NASA selected SpaceX as the first commercial company to be contracted
Unlike the bigger RS6, the 2020 Audi RS4 Avant won’t be offered in North America, but it was recently facelifted, so it deserves our attention. Presented last fall, nearly two years after the new generation RS4 broke cover at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, the latest premium compact super estate from the German company brings
With factories and dealerships closed by the coronavirus crisis, European auto sales could fall by up to 20 percent this year, representing millions of vehicles, industry analysts and financial ratings services say. “The global auto industry is expected to witness an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020,” said IHS Markit, whose forecasts
Audi’s redesigned RS 3 was spotted this week and is expected to follow a formula similar to its predecessor. This means a turbo-5 up front and power to all four wheels. 2022 Ram 1500 Rebel TRX spy shots – Photo credit: S. Baldauf/SB-Medien Another vehicle we spotted was the long-awaited Ram 1500 Rebel TRX. Powered
The owner of this Hyundai Elantra is clearly a big fan of American cars from the 1950s and ’60s and made some bizarre modifications to the South Korean compact sedan. Images of the modified Elantra were recently shared on Reddit and apparently snapped in a Lowe’s parking lot in Florida. Fourth-generation Elantra models like the
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