It’s been almost a year since the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 was revealed but we’re still learning new things about the car. The latest tidbit is the car’s top speed which has been confirmed as 195 mph by Tadge Juechter, executive chief engineer for the Corvette line. Juechter made the announcement while speaking during last
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By Joey Klender Posted on September 1, 2022 Mercedes-Benz has announced the pricing of its six EQS SUV trims that are built in the company’s Tuscaloosa, Alabama, facility in the United States. Starting at $104,400, Mercedes-Benz launched production of the premium electric SUV started production last week, making it the first vehicle on the EQ
The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Mercedes-Benz to pay a A$12.5 million ($8.49 million) fine for failing to communicate to customers the urgency in recalling its “potentially deadly” airbags, the country’s competition regulator said. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement that the automaker admitted it had breached the country’s
1:18 PM ET ZANDVOORT, Netherlands — Media day for the Dutch Grand Prix on Thursday was dominated by talk around the remaining seats on the 2023 grid, with Pierre Gasly increasingly looking like a major player in the driver market. F1 is waiting for clarification from the contract recognition board on whether Alpine or McLaren
Road rage is a serious problem with occasionally deadly results. Thankfully, that’s not the case this time around but an accident could have been avoided if a driver simply took things in stride. As you can see in this clip uploaded to Reddit, the driver in the dashcam-equipped vehicle is apparently traveling on a highway
Instead of spending millions of dollars trying to defeat right-to-repair laws, automakers should save their money, says global research and consulting firm Ducker Carlisle. State laws, and eventually a national one, inevitably will be approved by voters, a Ducker Carlisle survey shows. But the firm’s research also found dealerships may not lose customers, as most
SHANGHAI — China has said that automakers must apply for licences to collect geographic data using sensors on intelligent vehicles, highlighting Beijing’s security concerns about the growing sophistication of smart cars’ mapping capabilities. The statement, a clarification of China’s surveying and mapping law, reflects regulators efforts to prevent any scenario where highly-detailed visual data collected
In this article GM A robot car of the General Motors subsidiary Cruise is on a test drive. Andrej Sokolow | picture alliance | Getty Images General Motors’ autonomous vehicle unit Cruise has recalled and updated software in 80 self-driving robotaxis after a June crash in San Francisco that resulted in minor injuries, according to
The 2023 Nissan Z has a limited top speed of 155 mph (250 km/h) but how fast can it actually go when pushed to its limits? In a bid to answer that question, a crew of Japanese car testers put the Z through its paces on a slopped track. Details about the Z used in
Porsche is planning a big new hire in the lead up to its probable initial public offering. The Volkswagen Group-owned sports-car maker intends to appoint Sajjad Khan to its executive board, according to an emailed statement. Khan was chief technology officer at rival Mercedes-Benz until a year ago, when he left to start a venture
1:00 PM ET Can Kyle Larson win the NASCAR Cup Series for the second consecutive season? Peter Casey-USA TODAY Sports Welcome to the NASCAR playoffs! Helpful hint: Don’t call it the Chase. And don’t dare call it the Playoff, singular. That’s what they do over in college football, where only four teams are in the College
What kind of vehicle is the 2023 Volvo S90? What does it compare to? The 2023 Volvo 90-Series models come in S90 sedan and V90 tall-wagon forms. They square off against Mercedes-Benz E-Class and Audi A6 rivals, among others. Is the 2023 Volvo S90 a good car? Review continues below These underappreciated big cars are
Arctic Trucks builds some of the world’s most capable off-road vehicles, designed specifically for the bitterly cold and unpredictable conditions found in the Arctic Circle. Their vehicles have completed a plethora of adventures over the years, including a particularly famous one with Top Gear. Unfortunately, things don’t always go to plan on adventures like these.
WASHINGTON — Electric vehicles, although subject to unique crashworthiness challenges, can generally lean on crash tests designed for vehicles with internal combustion engines. Whether a vehicle is powered by a combustion engine, a battery or a combination of the two, the stored energy poses a potential safety hazard in a crash and, therefore, certain precautions
Mercedes-Benz full-size electric SUV will carry a hefty sticker price when it arrives in stores this fall. The EQS SUV starts at $105,550, including shipping, and is available in three variants. The top-of-the-line EQS 580 4MATIC version starts at $127,100, including the $1,150 shipping charge. While the Alabama-made SUV qualifies for a $7,500 federal tax
California has passed a series of climate bills setting a 2045 net-zero carbon goal, establishing carbon capture guidelines, banning new oil wells from residential areas, extending the timeline to keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant open for another five years, and more. The flurry of activity came at the end of the two-year legislative session, with
Newsday Llc | Newsday | Getty Images In pre-pandemic years, Labor Day sales events offered generous discounts on new cars as dealerships aimed to clear out current-year models and start selling the next year’s versions. These days? Not so much. related investing news Goldman Sachs says brace for an even bigger housing downturn Carmen Reinicke
Honda on Wednesday revealed that the 2023 Honda Civic Type R will have 315 hp, making it the most powerful Honda-badged vehicle ever sold in the U.S. Honda also detailed what upgrades led to the power increase, along with what tweaks were made to the transmission and suspension for the next-generation Type R. 2023 Honda
The upcoming Polestar 6 might become one of the hottest EV premieres, as the launch edition is basically sold out years ahead of production. Polestar announced that ht as seen an overwhelming response in build slot reservations for the Polestar 6 LA Concept edition, announced on August 16. Only 500 units of the launch edition
Herbert Diess’s master plan for beating Tesla hinged on replacing factory workers with 10,000 software workers who would transform Volkswagen Group into a tech player. Instead, after two years of VW electric car customers angrily stabbing at screens and board members at the world’s second-largest automaker pointing fingers, Diess has been forced out. Porsche boss
Private equity firm One Planet Group has completed its acquisition of dealership marketing company AutoWeb Inc., which no longer will be publicly traded. Walnut Creek, Calif.-based One Planet Group said Wednesday that AutoWeb — a provider of consumer leads to auto dealerships — will operate as a standalone business within One Planet’s portfolio. “I am
Street takeovers are becoming an increasingly bad problem throughout the United States and as police try their hardest to clamp down on them, it turns out that Ford Mustang drivers are making them even more dangerous. The following video (frustratingly filmed in a mixture of portrait and landscape), was filmed at a busy intersection somewhere
Stellantis plans to discontinue the Ram ProMaster City, the smaller of the truck brand’s two van offerings, after the 2022 model year as the segment dwindles rapidly in the U.S. and automakers focus on adding larger electric vans instead. News that the ProMaster City, which debuted in 2015, will go out of production comes a
In this article TM TSLA VOW-DE A Toyota dealership in Yokohama, Japan, photographed on Feb. 7, 2021. The firm is trying to make headway in the increasingly competitive electric vehicle market. Toru Hanai | Bloomberg | Getty Images Automotive giant Toyota said Wednesday it would invest an extra $2.5 billion in a U.S. facility that