For the past couple of years, the Mercedes-AMG A 45 S has been the king of all-wheel drive hot hatches, offering so much performance that it could be considered a ‘hyper hatch.’ However, has it finally met its match with the new Audi RS3 Sportback? To find out, Top Gear recently tested the duo at
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Honda will complete the electrification of its range in Europe with the launch of the new Civic Hybrid in the autumn, followed in 2023 by a small full-electric SUV, a hybrid compact SUV and a new CR-V SUV with a plug-in hybrid option. The new Civic compact hatchback, called the Civic e:HEV, will be sold
The track-only version of Aston Martin’s Valkyrie hypercar was demonstrated in front of the public for the first time. The demonstration of the hardcore version, known as the Valkyrie AMR Pro, took place during the season-opening Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. Hennessey Venom F5 high-speed testing Another hypercar in the headlines this week was Hennessey’s
7:06 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Leading Formula One drivers have made clear that they want to revisit the topic of Formula One’s presence in Saudi Arabia once Sunday’s race in the country is over. On Friday night, all 20 F1 drivers were on the brink of boycotting this year’s race after a missile
Classic car values are reaching new heights, causing many enthusiasts to be priced out of the market. Thus, buyers are looking for other ways to enjoy the styling of vintage vehicles without paying the price premium, and restomods are becoming more and more popular. This 1969 Shelby GT500 look-a-like for sale started life as a
NEW YORK — A federal judge on Friday authorized the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to distribute $40 million from its 2018 settlements with Tesla Inc. and CEO Elon Musk, after Musk accused the regulator of dragging its heels. U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan in Manhattan approved the distribution plan that the SEC proposed on
A lot of dealers have discovered that installing powerful fast chargers for electric vehicles — as some brands are requiring dealerships to do — is a complicated, expensive and time-consuming exercise. “It’s quite an undertaking,” said Florida dealer Alan Starling. The Orlando-based Starling Automotive Group has six dealerships, including GMC and Cadillac franchises, that need
Tesla has started to send out invites to an event called ‘Cyber Rodeo’, which is going to be the grand opening of Gigafactory Texas in Austin – a big moment for the company and its manufacturing expansion in the US. Just a few days after launching GIgafactory Berlin with the first deliveries of the first
In this article 9866-HK TLRY HNST : The Honest Company founder and chief creative officer Jessica Alba and The Honest Company CEO Nick Vlahos ring the Nasdaq Stock Market opening bell to mark the company’s IPO at NASDAQ MarketSite on May 05, 2021 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Honest
Tesla wants to maintain (and secure) its position as a global electric vehicle leader and according to its founder and CEO, it has big ambitions to sell even more cars than it is today. The automaker is building factories around the world, with plans to build even more, and it seems the goal is to
MILAN — Stellantis will build new full-electric flagship models for the DS and Opel/Vauxhall brands starting in 2024, according to documents seen by Automotive News Europe, as the group reshuffles model allocations for its European factories. The models will be built in Melfi, southern Italy. Production is set to start by late 2024 for the
5:57 AM ET Formula One’s drivers opted against boycotting the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix because government ministers assured them security measures were being “elevated to the maximum”, according to the Grand Prix Drivers’ Association (GPDA). F1’s 20 drivers held a remarkable four hour meeting on Friday evening as they resisted F1’s calls to race on
If you own a rear-wheel drive sports car and want to practice some powerslides, the best place to do it would be at an open drifting event or, if you absolutely have to do it in public, an empty parking lot with no other cars or obstructions. Perhaps the absolute worst place to do it
From her early work fighting against freeway expansions around Los Angeles to her tenure as chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols has spent more than five decades grappling with transportation’s role in contributing to pollution and climate change. Now as co-chair of the Coalition for Reimagined Mobility along with Ford Motor Co.
A lot of dealers have discovered that installing powerful fast chargers for electric vehicles — as some brands are requiring dealerships to do — is a complicated, expensive and time-consuming exercise. “It’s quite an undertaking,” said Florida dealer Alan Starling. The Orlando-based Starling Automotive Group has six dealerships, including GMC and Cadillac franchises, that need
In this article FDX FedEx EP1 cart by Brightdrop Source: Brightdrop FedEx plans to test electric carts to make deliveries on its signature Express routes in 10 U.S. and Canadian cities throughout 2022. The company hopes electric delivery carts will help address a major challenge it faces in every big city it serves: lack of
By Joey Klender Posted on March 25, 2022 Tesla’s mass-market Model 3 and Model Y vehicles have been axed from the California Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) following the automaker’s latest price hikes due to “inflation pressure.” A representative for the CVRP program told CarsDirect the Model 3 and Model Y were recently excluded from the
Plastic Omnium reached a deal to buy AMS-Osram’s automotive-lighting business for 65 million euros ($72 million), a move aimed at supporting the French firm’s push into new market segments. The companies said the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of 2022 and didn’t comment further on integration plans, according to a statement
2:26 PM ET JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — Formula One has confirmed this weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix will go ahead as planned despite an attack on a nearby oil facility. An Aramco oil depot 10km east of the Jeddah street circuit was in flames on Friday evening, with a large plume of black smoke visible
For some, a vehicle is just a way to get from point A to point B. It’s merely a mode of transportation, and maintenance is just something that you pay to have done for you. For others, it’s a point of pride to be able to service their own vehicle without taking it to a
DETROIT — Tim Edmunds, a former UAW official at Local 412 in Warren, Mich., pleaded guilty Friday to embezzling $2.2 million in union funds and to money laundering. He could face up to nearly five years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan The guilty pleas come roughly
Trucks come off the assembly line at GM’s Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickup truck plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, July 25, 2018. John Gress | Reuters DETROIT – General Motors will halt pickup truck production at a factory in Indiana for two weeks next month due to an ongoing shortage of semiconductor chips that
We drove the Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS, Ford patented a hydrogen combustion engine, and Jay Leno drove an unrestored 1931 Auburn 8-98 A. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.Porsche put us behind the wheel of the 718 Cayman GT4 RS on the Streets of Willow circuit in California, and we
The biennual Beijing auto show, which is scheduled to begin on April 21 in the Chinese capital, is expected to be postponed due to surging coronavirus infections in multiple cities across China. Internal discussions are ongoing to reschedule the show, with no official information ready for public disclosure, a source with one of the event’s
5:59 PM ET Las Vegas will host its first Formula One race in November 2023, according to Sports Business Journal. F1 has been in negotiations with Las Vegas and Nevada officials for months with an eye toward holding an annual race in and around the Las Vegas Strip. The race will be officially announced in
The driver of a red 2004 Chevrolet Silverado that went viral this week after being picked up and spun by a tornado in Elgin, Texas, before landing on its wheels and driving away says the event was “shocking” but that he wasn’t scared. Riley Leon, a 16-year-old high-schooler told Fox7 Austin that he was on
The inline-six, a classic engine design noted for durability, fuel efficiency and smoothness, will return to the Dodge and Jeep lineups this year. Stellantis said Friday its new Hurricane 3.0-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder engine — designed and engineered from a clean slate — fits front-engine, rear-wheel-drive vehicles such as the Jeep Wrangler and Grand Cherokee, Ram
Uber Technologies Inc. will list New York’s yellow taxis on its app, the first alliance of its kind in the U.S. in an effort to ease a driver shortage and pressure on fares. Uber’s shares jumped 5 percent. The ride-hailing giant reached a deal with the New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission’s technology partners,
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Customers experience new energy electric vehicles at a Tesla store in Shanghai, China, On December 4, 2021. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images A slew of electric vehicle companies operating in China have been forced to raise the prices of their cars as the cost of raw materials shoot up. Some companies like
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