9:57 AM ET Ferrari has revealed the tweaked livery it will use at this weekend’s Italian Grand Prix to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the car company. The one-off livery features a splash of yellow to pay homage to Modena, the hometown of the company’s founder, Enzo Ferrari. Yellow is one of the colours of
Month: September 2022
Economic concerns dimmed franchised dealers’ view of the third-quarter market and their expectations for the future, Cox Automotive’s top economist said Wednesday. Franchised dealers polled this summer for Cox’s third-quarter Dealer Sentiment Index rated their markets as still favorable but worse than 90 days earlier or at the same time in 2021. And dealer respondents
DETROIT — The first fully electric Jeeps for the U.S. are scheduled to arrive in 2024. The Wrangler-inspired Recon and a sleek midsize crossover called the Wagoneer S will mark the beginning of the battery-electric era for the brand in its biggest market. The Recon, like the Wrangler, will have removable doors and windows and
In this article STLA Electric Jeep Recon SUV Jeep DETROIT – Jeep plans to launch four new all-electric SUVs in North America by 2025, including a luxury Grand Wagoneer and a Wrangler-inspired off-road vehicle called the Recon. The quintessential American SUV brand announced the new vehicles Thursday along with plans for half of its U.S.
Sono Motors is trying its damndest to stay at the top of everyone’s news feed this week. In addition to announcing it has received over 20,000 reservations for its upcoming Sion solar EV, Sono Motors has announced a new partnership for retrofit solar implementation on city buses. Additionally, car subscription platform FINN has upped its
The wait is officially over and GR Supras with manual transmissions are arriving at Toyota dealers across the nation. This is the first time in more than two decades that the Supra has been available with three pedals and a manual gear shifter. After a full day with it both on and off the race
Magna Steyr, the Austria-based contract manufacturer, is mulling the construction of its first plant in the U.S., Kurt Bachmaier, the company’s vice president, said. “We want to enter the U.S. market. We are intensively looking for a location right now,” Bachmaier told Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche. Bachmaier did not disclose where Magna Steyr
6:08 PM ET Associated Press MONTEREY, Calif. — IndyCar newcomer Scott McLaughlin has signed a multiyear contract extension with Team Penske just as the New Zealander heads into his first championship race since joining the series. The extension is the third in a month given out by Roger Penske, who also recently extended the contracts
Russia’s Yandex Taxi had its ride-hailing app hacked earlier this week, leading to a massive traffic jam in Moscow. The hacktivist collective Anonymous has taken credit for the attack. Hackread reports that hackers bypassed Yandex’s security mechanisms, creating multiple false orders for taxis and sending all available cars to the same location, the city’s Fili
Magna International Inc. is building a fleet of cooler-size robots for Cartken, an autonomous delivery technology startup. Although Cartken announced the contract Wednesday, Magna started building the robots last month. It made an initial order of 50 Cartken Model C robots at its plant in suburban Detroit and is increasing capacity, Matteo Del Sorbo, executive
WASHINGTON — The nation’s top auto safety regulator on Wednesday released updated guidance to the automotive industry for improving cybersecurity in new vehicles. The latest version updates NHTSA’s voluntary guidance from 2016 and covers a range of cybersecurity issues as cars become more connected and potentially more vulnerable to hacking. “As vehicle technology and connectivity
Harbinger EV truck Jack Schroeder | Harbinger A new Los Angeles-based electric vehicle startup founded by veterans of Canoo and QuantumScape said Wednesday it’s preparing to shake up the medium-duty truck market with a ready-to-build electric truck platform coming next year. The company, called Harbinger, has developed two EV platforms it says are optimized for
On this episode of Ignition, Carlos Lago tests the most powerful production car made in America – the new 2013 Ford Shelby GT500. After running the GT500 through Motor Trend’s instrumented testing gauntlet, including top speed pulls on the dyno, we head to Kingman, Arizona, where pro racer Randy Pobst gets behind the wheel to
In Sweden, unless alcohol is involved, conversation with strangers can be suspect. And yet head-turning doesn’t even start to describe the kind of attention I experienced in a first test drive review through some coastal towns of its Skåne county in Volkswagen’s ID.Buzz electric van. It was more than I recall seeing in a supercar,
Several media outlets are reporting about a recent Tesla crash that occurred at the Bonneville Salt Flats, an area in Utah that’s popular for putting cars through the paces in what seems like a relatively safe environment. Think again. Sadly, the family hit a berm while traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph. However,
The wait is officially over and GR Supras with manual transmissions are arriving at Toyota dealers across the nation. This is the first time in more than two decades that the Supra has been available with three pedals and a manual gear shifter. After a full day with it both on and off the race
VLADIVOSTOK, Russia – The head of Russian automaker AvtoVaz said the company would release new models from its Lada brand, following the exit of majority shareholder Renault as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The executive, Maxim Sokolov, said Wednesday that the proposals for the new models would be presented at a board meeting
Volvo Cars’ bestselling XC60 crossover has a problem — it has the oldest customer body of any Volvo model. XC60 customers are 55 years old, or about five years older than the Volvo brand’s average. To introduce the midsize crossover to younger buyers, the Swedish automaker has collaborated with YouTuber Andrew Huang. The Canadian content
Sep 5, 2022 AlphaTauri has defended itself against accusations that Yuki Tsunoda‘s retirement from the Dutch Grand Prix was staged to help Red Bull win the race. Tsunoda’s stoppage on Lap 46 was a key moment in the race, triggering a Virtual Safety Car period that allowed Max Verstappen to make a pit stop with
Automakers took to the Los Angeles Convention Center this week with a host of new SUVs, sports cars, sedans, and pickup trucks to show off to the public. Three new models revive long-retired names for pickup trucks and SUVs aimed at hauling people and all their gear. Another is the long-awaited update of an iconic
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Upstream Security plans to open its first U.S. operations center as the Israeli automotive cybersecurity company gears up for an expected rise in hacks and other cyber threats worldwide. Upstream said it is opening a “vehicle security operation center” in Ann Arbor, about 40 miles west of Detroit. The center will
The secret behind Elon Musk’s goal of selling the most Teslas possible by 2030 lies in the automaker’s pioneering battery technology. The good news is that by using bigger cells and a new process to dry-coat electrodes, Tesla could halve the cost of a Model Y battery, saving more than 8 percent of the car’s
In this article NIO Employees stand next to a ET7 sedan at a NIO Inc. dealership in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio lost $409.8 million in the second quarter, representing significantly widening losses, despite deliveries that surpassed year-ago levels and exceeded
By Johnna Crider Posted on September 6, 2022 Elon Musk called out Twitter for the social network’s lack of effort in removing bots and spam accounts today. His response was to The Future Funds’ Gary Black who said that Elon Musk should be very careful to not disrespect Twitter’s counsel. “Judge McCormick is a no-nonsense
AvtoVAZ, Russia’s biggest automaker, increased its share of the local market last month despite failing to overcome a decline in annual sales, while Chinese companies also took advantage of an exodus of western companies. Almost all automakers working in Russia stopped production in the country after President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine led to sanctions
Sep 1, 2022 Racers were angry. Racers were complaining. Racers were questioning everything, live in HD on our television sets. Awesome. Welcome to the postseason. On Sunday night in the 73rd edition of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway, NASCAR’s oldest speedway and its still-new race car joined forces to send the sport through a
A bunch of 2023 Acura Integra models have hit the used market after being involved in a variety of different accidents, leaving them with serious damage. While deliveries of the sporty sedan only started in June, we wrote about a couple of them that reached salvage yards in July. Fast forward to September and we
Two Detroit area companies have been ordered to pay $10 million for manufacturing, selling and installing aftermarket devices that bypass car emissions controls. Diesel Ops LLC and Orion Diesel LLC were caught through a national crackdown by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against companies violating the Clean Air Act. The federal agency identified the violations
Harman International acquired Israeli startup Caaresys for its car-occupant monitoring system. Caaresys’ technology uses low-emission radar to monitor adults and children in a vehicle cabin, marking the locations of passengers and measuring their vital signs, such as respiration and heart rate. Harman said the company is working with major automakers to provide a production-ready system
Hot Wheels® comes home! For the El Segundo stop, the Legends Tour came to Hot Wheels® Headquarters, making it the biggest event yet. Hundreds of vehicles of all types came to compete to become the next Legend—and be made into an official 1/64th-scale model. Which of these ridiculously wild cars will go to SEMA?