Toyota Could Launch Its First Extended-Range EV Soon Toyota's first EREV is reportedly set to enter production in China next year. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 22 -
Volkswagen Group Warns 'We Have No Time To Lose' As Problems Worsen VW is cutting costs, slashing jobs, and lowering its profit outlook as China, EVs, and Germany's high costs pile on the pressure. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 21 -
For The First Time In Six Years, Ford Won't Win North American Truck Of The Year NACTOY’s 2027 truck shortlist skips the Ford F-150, spotlighting Slate, Ram, and GM instead. By Brian Potter Sep 18 -
Hyundai CEO: Chinese Cars Could Crush US Market Without Guardrails Jose Munoz argues Chinese brands could erode US margins like Europe unless tariffs and strict market-access rules stay firmly in place. By Brian Potter Sep 18 -
McLaren Wants A Lightweight SUV, But Hasn't Decided What It'll Be Made Of Aluminum or carbon fiber? By Adrian Padeanu Sep 17 -
Volvo's Biggest Product Offensive Ever: 13 New Cars By 2030 Sedans and wagons are possible. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 17 -
Jaguar Land Rover Plans US Defender Pickup Built With Stellantis, Sources Say Jaguar Land Rover and Stellantis are weighing a Defender pickup built in the US, avoiding tariffs while key platform and timing decisions remain open. By Brian Potter Sep 15 -
Toyota's Secret To Cutting Costs Is Surprisingly Simple: Build Fewer Parts A major supplier also wants to drastically cut meeting time. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 15 -
Trump Opens Door To Chinese Car Plants In The US Before Xi Visit Trump signals he could accept Chinese automakers building US plants with American workers while still blocking Chinese-built vehicle imports. By Brian Potter Sep 14 -
These Are The Car Brands Most Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles Cars from this brand have nearly a 20 percent chance of reaching a quarter-million miles. By Anthony Alaniz Sep 10 -
Mary Barra Says EVs Are Still GM's Endgame GM leans on profitable trucks and SUVs while Mary Barra keeps its electric vehicle strategy aimed at batteries, software, and charging upgrades. By Brian Potter Sep 10 -
Hyundai Wants To XRT All The Things With Rugged Model Offensive Dedicated off-roaders could crown the lineup. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 9 -
Range Rover Isn’t Chasing More Sales. It's Chasing Wealthier Buyers Range Rover takes a Rolls-Royce turn, prioritizing higher profit margins over volume. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 9 -
'Search Is Dead:' TrueCar's CEO Thinks Car Shopping Is About To Change In A Major Way TrueCar is betting that car shoppers would rather use an app than spend hours researching vehicles across the web. By Jeff Perez Sep 8 -
NHTSA Opens Audit Into Tesla Cybercab Hours After Austin Ride Launch NHTSA is auditing how Tesla self-certified the steering-wheel-free Cybercab under existing US safety standards for automated robotaxis. By Brian Potter Sep 7 -
Bentley Used To Outsell Rolls-Royce By 3 To 1. Not Anymore Rolls-Royce has steadily narrowed the sales gap with Bentley, thanks in large part to its move further upmarket and the runaway success of the Cullinan. By Jeff Glucker Sep 5 -
Automakers Tell Congress To Ban Chinese Connected Cars, Permanently The Alliance for Automotive Innovation urges Congress to turn temporary Commerce rules and steep tariffs into permanent law restricting Chinese connected vehicles. By Brian Potter Sep 4 -
Americans Give A Shift: Half Of BMW M2s Are Manuals BMW's smallest M car with a third pedal has a 50 percent take rate in the United States. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 4 -
Honda Wants ‘Extremely Large’ Cost Cuts, More Chinese Parts The Japanese company is looking to slash more than $9 billion in supplier costs by 2030. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 4 -
Winners And Losers From August Auto Sales Affordable models and hybrids continue to return record sales for several automakers while EV sales cratered. By Anthony Alaniz Sep 3 -
Audi Boss: The More Expensive The Car, The More Buyers Want A Gas Engine The Four Rings have abandoned their plans to go completely electric by 2032. By Adrian Padeanu Sep 3 -
Porsche Wants To Sell Manual Cars Until They’re Outlawed But don't expect a hybrid 911 with a manual, at least not yet. By Adrian Padeanu Aug 28 -
Honda Dismisses Rumors Of Making Body-On-Frame Models With Nissan Honda doesn't sell any ladder-frame vehicles, and apparently that won't change anytime soon. By Adrian Padeanu Aug 28 -
China Recalls Millions, Europe Says Tesla Door Handles Are Fine European regulator RDW keeps monitoring Tesla’s retractable door handles, applying strict failure-mode safety tests instead of immediately ordering a recall. By Brian Potter Aug 28 -