11:57 AM ET Executive director Marcin Budkowski has left the Renault-owned Alpine Formula One team, where he effectively ran day-to-day operations, with immediate effect. Alpine said in a statement on Thursday that chief executive Laurent Rossi would temporarily step in to ensure preparations for next season continued smoothly. Budkowski has been linked with rivals Aston
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What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport? What does it compare to? The 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport is a small crossover worth shopping against the Subaru Crosstrek and Hyundai Tucson, among a wide range of rivals. Is the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport a good SUV? Review continues below The 2022 Outlander Sport
Buying a new Ford Bronco isn’t easy and thousands of customers with orders will be waiting many months before they can take delivery of their SUV. However, for one particular Bronco enthusiast who shared her experience on the Bronco 6th Gen Facebook page, it was all pure luck. Taking to Facebook, Wendy Sue H. revealed
A pedestrian walks past a certified pre-owned car sales lot in Alhambra, California on January 12, 2022. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images Despite President Joe Biden’s upbeat comments on what seem to be early signs of a peak in inflation, used car prices continue to rise at levels not seen at any
PARIS — Renault will become an electric-only brand in Europe by 2030, CEO Luca de Meo said, as the automaker moved up its timetable to halt sales of internal combustion engines. Renault joins a growing list of brands including Stellantis brands Peugeot, Fiat and Opel, and Ford of Europe that have made similar pledges. “Renault
Honda Motor Co. expects to announce a decision soon on where it will manufacture EVs for the U.S. market, but says questions remain about how much demand there is for battery-powered cars and trucks. The Japanese automaker will debut two EVs in the U.S. in 2024 as part of a co-development deal with General Motors,
Rory Reid is a car guy through and through. The new Land Rover Defender 90 V8 is a fun and luxurious off-roader through and through. Put them together though and the hard-edged SUV confuses the host. Reid says that the Defender 90 V8 just doesn’t make a lot of sense, and that’s what he loves
5:41 AM ET An investigation by Formula One’s governing body into last season’s Abu Dhabi finale is picking up speed amid speculation the outcome will determine whether seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton races on or walks away. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) promised in December “a detailed analysis and clarification exercise” of a controversy it
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 BMW Z4? What does it compare to? Sexy, slippery, and sporty, the 2022 BMW Z4 roadster sells two seats that strap on top of a capable chassis, behind turbo-4 or turbo-6 engines. That makes it a rival for the Jaguar F-Type, maybe the Chevy Corvette, even the Mazda
A liquor store in Stoneham, Massachusetts is open again after the driver of a black Cadillac drove through its front door. But things are a little more complicated than that. The Cadillac was being driven by 54-year-old John Bacigalupo, a man with alleged mob connections who was once convicted in a 1996 slaying in Revere,
If you’re looking for a car that perfectly encapsulates Jaguar’s history, it’s hard to look past the XKSS of the 1950s. A road car built from unused chassis of the D-Type race car, the XKSS is the perfect combination of sublime looks, racing pedigree and raw performance. It should come as no surprise that film
California is evaluating whether Tesla Inc.’s self-driving tests require regulatory oversight, following “videos showing a dangerous use of that technology” and federal investigations into Tesla vehicle crashes, a state regulator said. The California Department of Motor Vehicles had said that Tesla’s “full self-driving,” or FSD, beta requires human intervention and therefore is not subject to
By purchasing software firm Wind River for $4.3 billion in cash, supplier Aptiv Inc. is not only gaining technology it will need as vehicles become more software-driven. It will also be adding a staff that includes more than 1,000 technical employees at a time when software developers, engineers, data analysts and other high-skilled labor have
Tesla announced that it will release its 2021 Q4 earnings report on January 26, and Elon Musk confirmed that he will come back to the call and give a Tesla product roadmap update. The automaker confirmed the date of its next earnings report in a press release today: AUSTIN, Texas, January 12, 2022 – Tesla
Automotive legend Lee Iacocca’s 2009 1/2 Iacocca Silver 45th Anniversary Edition Ford Mustang was recently revealed to the public, check out the video courtesy Iacocca
With the latest generation of the SL, Mercedes decided to take the car in a direction it hadn’t gone in quite a while by bringing it back to its sporting roots. And if the first reviews of the car are anything to go by, it seems like that decision benefits the SL a lot. Over
9:43 AM ET Turkey’s Cem Bolukbasi will race in Formula Two this season, becoming the first gamer to go from F1 Esports to the Formula One feeder series. The 23-year-old told a news conference in Istanbul on Wednesday that he had signed a deal with Czech-based Charouz Racing System and had the ultimate goal of
What kind of car is the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class? What does it compare to? A V-8-powered 2+2 convertible, the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL-Class is a sports car that puts more focus on performance than the two-seater it replaces, while still retaining the brand’s signature luxury. It competes against the BMW 8-Series, Jaguar F-Type, and
A Tesla owner in Germany has just recorded more than 1,500,000 kilometers (932,256 miles) in his Model S P85. For those unfamiliar with the P85, it’s the original performance version of the Model S. Long before the Model S Plaid became the fastest accelerating production sedan on the planet, Tesla had a much simpler nomenclature:
Pallets of depleted lithium-ion batteries at JB Straubel’s Redwood Materials are ready for recycling. Tesla co-founder JB Straubel, founder and CEO of battery recycling firm Redwood Materials, has good news and bad news for those who believe electric vehicle sales are primed to take off. Straubel says demand is picking up, but the auto industry isn’t
Porsche’s annual global vehicle sales broke the 300,000 mark for the first time last year as the automaker overcame chip shortages to fulfil rising global demand for its cars, especially plug-in-hybrid models. Deliveries increased 11 percent to 301,915, Porsche said in a statement. Porsche’s previous record annual sales were 280,800in 2019. The Taycan full-electric sedan
An employee of a Ford dealership in Jacksonville, Fla., is facing a felony charge after he was arrested last week for impersonating an officer after using a service vehicle to pull over a car, police said. The Chevrolet Camaro in for service belonged to the Green Cove Springs Police Department, which had left it at
Vietnamese automaker VinFast offers US car shoppers a massive bonus if they drop a small deposit on an upcoming electric SUV. The company says its first EVs will likely be available in the States by the end of 2022. Moreover, it already set up a headquarters in Los Angeles and unveiled its SUVs at the
4:17 AM ET Lewis Hamilton’s future may hinge on the outcome of the FIA’s investigation into the final laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, according to a report in the BBC. Last month Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said Hamilton was “disillusioned” with F1 after losing the title in controversial fashion, suggesting the seven-time world
What kind of vehicle is the 2022 Dodge Challenger? What does it compare to? The Dodge Challenger is a two-door muscle car flexing into Herculean proportions with SRT Hellcat and Super Stock models. It still fights its half-century-old battle with the Ford Mustang and Chevy Camaro, but Dodge stocks it with super-sized engines. Is the
One of the original Audi R8’s best features was the fact that it was offered with a gated manual transmission, but that feature unfortunately departed with the introduction of the second-gen model. Now, Underground Racing, the tuning company best known for extracting thousands of horsepower from Audis and Lamborghinis with their monstrous twin-turbo kits, says
California Governor Gavin Newsom holds a copy of the California State budget after ceremonially signing it during a rally in Los Angeles, Tuesday, July 13, 2021. Hans Gutknecht | MediaNews Group | Getty Images California Governor Gavin Newsom presented a $286.4 billion budget proposal, dubbed the “California Blueprint,” for the state on Monday. The plan
The pea soup fog and steady rain in the mountains outside of Palms Springs, California, are making it hard to figure out the character of the 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG SL. With its new 2+2 layout, is the SL now a Porsche 911 competitor? Is it the lovechild of a C-Class cabriolet and an AMG GT
PARIS — Renault has hired two experts in new technologies from PSA Group, now part of Stellantis, two sources close to the company told Reuters, to help its efforts in developing electrified and connected cars. Jean-Francois Salessy, PSA’s former head of electronics and electric systems until 2019, has become Renault’s head of advanced technologies, the
ATLANTA — Porsche Cars North America has elevated two women to key leadership roles. Ayesha Coker has been named vice president of marketing, the sports car maker said. Coker, 45, succeeds Pedro Mota, who, according to a dealer source, has left to join a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. Previously, Coker led experiential brand marketing,