What kind of car is the 2022 Hyundai Palisade? What does it compare to? The 2022 Hyundai Palisade marries three rows of seats with digital technology to create a tech-forward family wagon with available all-wheel drive. It’s a rival for vehicles such as the Kia Telluride, Ford Explorer, and Honda Pilot. Is the 2022 Hyundai
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If you’ve spent any time in a European city, you might have come across some pretty strange looking shrunken city cars that make even a Chevy Spark seem as substantial as a three-row SUV. They’re technically known as quadricycles, which means they’re exempt from certain new car regulations if they meet various power and weight
Maine auto dealer Adam Lee believes the rapid adoption of cellphones occurred because they filled a void for consumers. Stellantis is hoping for a similarly robust buy-in from customers to help meet its goal of having electrified vehicles account for more than 40 percent of U.S. sales by 2030. But Lee doesn’t see the same
DETROIT — The UAW received $1.1 million for the purchase of a controversial lakefront house in northern Michigan built for former President Dennis Williams, The Associated Press reported this week. Williams in May was sentenced to 21 months in prison for being a key ringleader in the union’s embezzlement scandal along with his successor, Gary
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WASHINGTON/DETROIT — Electric vehicle producer Rivian plans to invest $5 billion initially in its second U.S. assembly plant, according to a company document shared with state economic development officials. The plant, dubbed “Project Tera,” requires an estimated 10,000 acres of land according to a revised economic development document seen by Reuters, but economic development officials
While the F12berlinetta was superseded by the 812 Superfast, the limited-run F12tdf remains one of the finest V12-powered GT cars ever built by Ferrari. Created as the track-focused variant of the ‘standard’ F12, the tdf (tour de France) pays homage to the Tour de France automobile race that was held between 1899 and 1986. It
Volkswagen Group is moving closer to a deal to buy Europcar Mobility Group after gaining support from the car rental company’s hedge fund backers with a sweetened offer, according to people familiar with the matter. A consortium led by the automaker increased its offer for Europcar to around 50-euro cents per share, or around 2.5
After five years of waiting and about $1 billion spent to become a sponsor, Toyota Motor Corp. has decided not to run advertisements in its home country connected to the Olympics during the Tokyo Games as concerns grow in Japan about the spread of COVID-19. Toyota and Panasonic Corp. are the only two Japanese companies
Remember the mystery Porsche Cayenne Coupe that earlier this month set a record 7:38.9 lap time at the Nürburgring? Well, Porsche late on Tuesday revealed it as the 2022 Cayenne Turbo GT. No, we didn’t forget the word “coupe” in the name, even though the new Porsche is a member of the Cayenne Coupe family.
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Cadillac XT4? What does it compare to? The XT4 is Cadillac’s smallest SUV, and it’s a good choice among a competitive set that includes the Audi Q3, Mercedes-Benz GLB, and Volvo XC40. Is the 2022 Cadillac XT4 a good car/SUV? Review continues below In our rankings, the XT4
The Chevrolet Silverado was never designed with drifting in mind, but seemingly spurred on by onlookers at a recent car event in the U.S., one driver thought he would try his hand at kicking out the tail of the pickup. This video shared to Reddit shows the driver powersliding around a traffic island but he
Add Detroit to the cities where Amazon is testing its new battery-powered electric delivery van designed and built by Rivian. Last week in Royal Oak, a suburb north of the Detroit city limits, an Amazon driver in a hand-built Rivian van, accompanied by a Rivian engineer, was delivering packages. It’s one of three vans currently
Aside from being much better than gas-powered cars in almost every way, electric cars have features that stand to change the world. The Hyundai Ioniq 5‘s bidirectional charging is a perfect example of such a feature. In similar news, we’ve learned that, when properly equipped, the upcoming Ford F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck will be
Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) owner Tata Motors says it is still feeling the strain of the global semiconductor shortage, but car sales are recovering after the pandemic. JLR, which brings in most of the group’s revenue, saw sales rise 68% year-on-year. But Tata said the chip supply shortage was likely to worsen
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. on Tuesday said its Ion Park battery lab, first revealed in April, will be based in Romulus, Mich., a suburb southwest of Detroit. The automaker on Tuesday received approval from the Michigan Strategic Fund to transfer an existing Renaissance Zone tax incentive to help establish the 200,000-square-foot facility, which Ford
By Joey Klender Posted on July 26, 2021 Tesla has confirmed that it still is on track to manufacture the Model Y crossover at both the Giga Texas and Giga Berlin plants in 2021 as construction at both facilities continues. Additionally, the news confirmed that the Cybertruck is taking a backseat to the Model Y,
Tesla Tesla has reported surging profits, despite shortages of semiconductor chips and congestion at ports hampering production. Sales rose to $12bn (£8.6bn) in the three months to the end of June, up from $6bn a year ago, when its US factory was shut down. The electric carmaker said it delivered a record 200,000 cars to
Tesla Inc. on Monday posted its largest-ever quarterly profit — $1.14 billion — as it delivered a record number of vehicles in the second quarter despite a global semiconductor shortage that has hampered much of the auto industry. Revenue during the quarter nearly doubled to $11.9 billion, with automotive gross margins hitting 28 percent, the
Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors reported a wider-than-estimated first-quarter loss as a global semiconductor shortage dragged down sales at the UK luxury unit. Tata Motors reported a loss of 44.5 billion rupees ($598 million) in the three months ended June 30, compared to an 84.4-billion-rupee shortfall a year earlier, the company said. Analysts had
There are two schools of thought on how dealerships should approach advertising in a time of low inventory. One, said Sariah Heaton, marketing director for Jerry Seiner Dealerships in Salt Lake City, is to pull back on spending while dealerships have so few cars to sell. “A lot of dealerships are really, really slashing their
Porsche on Monday unveiled a previously-hidden concept for the interior of a self-driving car. That futuristic interior is housed not in one of the automaker’s sports cars, but in a minivan. Called the Porsche Renndienst Study, this is one of several concept cars the automaker has kept secret from the public until now, as documented
What kind of car is the 2022 Toyota Supra? What does it compare to? The 2022 Toyota Supra is a two-seat sports coupe. It’s the more powerful of Toyota’s two sports cars. Rivals include the related BMW Z4, Porsche 718, Jaguar F-Type, Toyota 86/Subaru BRZ duo, and even the Chevrolet Corvette. Is the 2022 Toyota
In response to the popular four-seat Ford Thunderbird of the early ’60s, Chevrolet’s boss, Ed Cole, commissioned a study for a “four-place” Corvette. The prototype was destroyed before it could make it to production, but GM Design’s Instagram team chose to remind us of the car this week. With four seats that were apparently big
With the rise in online shopping and the desire for contactless delivery sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, demand is growing for low-speed automated delivery vehicles to deliver packages or food to your doorstep. In a new report, Guidehouse Insights says it expects the increase in demand for robot deliveries to continue post-COVID-19. The research company
Zeigler Auto Group plans to close Monday on the acquisition of four dealerships in Wisconsin, marking its first stores in the state and first Toyota and Hyundai outlets. The growing retailer will buy Racine Honda, Racine Toyota and Racine Hyundai, all in Mount Pleasant, and Kenosha Subaru from Home Run Auto Group of Janesville, Wis.
After a week-long hold, Tesla has restarted Model S deliveries, but the automaker never ended up explaining the reason behind the hold to customers buying the new electric vehicle. As we reported last week, many Tesla Model S buyers reported that their vehicles arrived from Fremont factory to their local delivery center, but their local
LOS ANGELES — HAAH Automotive Holdings’ decision to give up trying to import Chinese cars to U.S. showrooms is the latest in a history of would-be distributors that have underestimated the difficulty of such an endeavor. But HAAH’s failure also is likely to dampen future attempts by others — at least in the current political
As Buick continues to advertise itself on its ability to surprise with its new looks and tech, the Envision Avenir, supposedly the best that the brand is offering in this segment, serves as a vaguely disappointing reminder Buick hasn’t changed enough. With a ride that bobs more than an apple-picker and an interior that comes
Gigi and Glenn Moss took delivery of their 40th anniversary present to each other on July 8: a complementary pair of Rolls-Royces. The white Rolls-Royce Phantom Tempus and red Rolls-Royce Dawn Black Badge are the first cars that the California couple has ever owned from the storied brand. But they are the first of many,