Ever since it hit the market, the BMW M2 has been hailed by journalists and car enthusiasts as the most driver-focused car in the automaker’s range of vehicles. Matt Farah from The Smoking Tire recently had the opportunity to test the flagship CS model and was very impressed with what he found. Powering the car
Month: December 2020
BEIJING — China will cut subsidies by a fifth next year on new energy vehicles such as electric cars, the finance ministry said on Thursday, as it seeks to combat pollution and cultivate home-grown champions in the auto sector. China, the world’s biggest auto market, has set a target for NEVs, including plug-in hybrids and
It’s hard to imagine a modern supercar competing in the Paris-Dakar Rally, but that’s exactly what the Porsche 959 did back in the 1980s. This video from Porsche’s “Top Five” YouTube series explains how the 959 morphed from supercar to rally car. The all-wheel-drive 959 was designed with an eye toward Group B rallying, but
A very disturbing incident that occurred on the streets of Manhattan in New York City earlier this week, involving a group of young cyclists punching and kicking a BMW X5, was caught on camera making the news nationwide. In the video, we see the cyclists surrounding the BMW, driven by Max Torgovnick, on Tuesday just
LOS ANGELES — Kia Motors America has big plans for the coming new year, including five new or significantly redesigned vehicles as part of a yearslong product blitz. It also has a new COO and advertising lead to get those vehicles onto Americans’ driveways. In mid-December, the Korean automaker began preparations for the next phase
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BEIJING — China will subsidies by a fifth next year on new energy vehicles such as electric cars, the finance ministry said on Thursday, as it seeks to combat pollution and cultivate home-grown champions in the auto sector. China, the world’s biggest auto market, has set a target for NEVs, including plug-in hybrids and hydrogen
Pro driver Randy Pobst hot laps the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 CFTP around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca for MotorTrend’s 2020 Best Driver’s Car presented by Tire Rack. Get the pros and cons right here ➡️ https://bit.ly/2KKgBJg #MotorTrend #TireRack #Mustang Best Driver’s Car and World’s Greatest Drag Race 10 YouTube Schedule: Best Driver’s Car hot
By Joey Klender Posted on December 30, 2020 Tesla China Vice President Grace Tao has responded to reports of the automaker using defective parts from suppliers at the company’s Giga Shanghai production plant. “In strict accordance with Chinese laws and regulations, there is no phenomenon of ‘lowering quality for production,’” Tao wrote on her Weibo
CarMax’s long-stated goal has been to give customers the chance to transact when, where and how they want to — whether in the physical or digital realms or in both — a concept known as omnichannel retailing. The nation’s largest used-vehicle retailer has now transformed every aspect of its business to fulfill this goal, and
The latest-generation Hyundai Tucson is a significant departure from the previous model and customer deliveries have kicked off in select markets. So, what is it like to live with? This clip by YouTuber Asian Petrolhead shows the reviewer driving a new Tucson with its owner in the passenger seat. The two talk in-depth about what
MOSCOW – Honda’s Russian subsidiary said it would stop supplying new cars to official dealers in Russia in 2022 as part of the company’s efforts to restructure its operations. The company said Wednesday that it would keep its presence on the Russian market with motorcycle and power equipment sales, and retain its activities related to
Bruce Pascal, an avid Hot Wheels collector, was only 7 years old when these car toys hit the market in 1968. “It’s hard to explain the craze today, but Hot Wheels was huge. All of my friends were saving up to buy all the Hot Wheels they could,” Pascal told Volkswagen in a recent interview.
It seems that nowadays people will do just about anything to own something with a premium badge, including buying one using fraudulent details. That’s what an unnamed woman did in the UK, purchasing a black Range Rover Sport from a dealer in Hampshire, using someone else’s personal information. The victim only found out about it
The assumption of 2020 was that the year would be a washout when it came to automakers making big, new investments in assembly plants. Given the cataclysm of the coronavirus pandemic, the halt in industry production, the crash of the U.S. economy, the scramble for cash reserves, the new uncertainty over the health and safety
Tesla Inc. is coming to the end of its first year selling China-made cars with a commanding position in the world’s biggest EV market, but Elon Musk shouldn’t rest on his laurels. While Tesla regularly topped monthly premium EV sales tallies this year, helped by the sedans churned out from its multibillion-dollar plant opened to much
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The auto industry dodged disaster when the UK and the European Union sealed a post-Brexit trade accord, but not before automakers announced factory closures and called off plans to make several new vehicles in the country. More damage may still be done even with last week’s deal. Automakers including Nissan might struggle to qualify some
The Toyota GR Yaris has been receiving praise from all corners in recent months and in this latest review of the potent hot hatch, Top Gear’s Jack Rix reveals just how special it is. Toyota initially intended for its 2021 WRC racer to be based on the GR Yaris, but later changed its mind. In
Tesla is coming to the end of its first year selling China-made cars with a commanding position in the world’s biggest EV market, but Elon Musk shouldn’t rest on his laurels. While Tesla regularly topped monthly premium EV sales tallies this year, helped by the sedans churned out from its multibillion-dollar plant opened to much fanfare
Audi’s upcoming Q4 E-Tron has been spotted again. The battery-electric compact crossover SUV was previewed as a concept in 2019, and judging by our latest spy shots the production version will closely mirror the striking show car. [embedded content] 2022 Audi Q4 E-Tron spy video from Motor Authority on Vimeo. Audi will reveal the Q4
On December 20th, a couple’s Audi R8 that they had just bought three months ago was stolen from outside their house in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Their dashcam captured the entirety of the thief’s joyride on video breaking all sorts of laws in the process. In the video, the thief is shown ditching his
Hindsight is 20/20, the old saying goes. At this point, I’m just glad to put 2020 in the past. It was an unusually grim trip around the sun. In recent years, it’s been frustrating to see persistently high numbers of traffic deaths in the U.S. — then a new virus comes along and kills about
The all-new Volvo XC40 Recharge is the latest electric car tested in the famous and humorous Banana box test by Bjorn Nyland. As the front trunk is too small to handle even a single box, the main focus is on the trunk and rear space. The result is 7 (trunk) and 21 (after folding the
Los Angeles-based engineer Jason DeBolt’s first investment in Tesla was 2,500 shares which cost him $19,000. “I first started investing in Tesla in 2013 after purchasing a Tesla Model S and going on a factory tour,” he said. Since then, he has been buying more shares, and the 15,000 he now owns are worth around
China’s Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co. said on Tuesday it had signed a deal to supply battery-grade lithium hydroxide to Tesla Inc. for the next five years. Yahua, which is based in southwest China’s Sichuan province, did not provide tonnage figures but, in a filing to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, put the total value of
BANGALORE — Tesla Inc. will begin selling vehicles in India in 2021, CEO Elon Musk tweeted. Replying to a tweet asking him if Tesla would being selling vehicles in January in India, Musk tweeted on Sunday: “No, but definitely this year.” The first model to be launched will be the Model 3, the cheapest among
Genesis may have been a little late to the SUV party, but with the new GV70 and the larger GV80 it looks to have produced two great luxury SUVs that serve as proper rivals to the Germans. In this clip, Asian Petrolhead had the chance to test out the 2022 GV70 on the streets just
FRANKFURT — BMW plans to step up its production of electrified vehicles, CEO Oliver Zipse told a German newspaper. “We already had ambitions growth plans and want to further expand our market position,” Zipse said in an interview with the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper published on Sunday. Between 2021 and 2023, BMW will build 250,000 more
The Toyota Land Cruiser is dead after 2021 in the United States, but Toyota says it’s committed to the large SUV segment. Just what that commitment will entail isn’t clear, though. A new generation of the Jeep Grand Cherokee is due for the 2022 model year, and this time there will be a three-row variant.
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