BEIJING — Organizers of the Beijing auto show said the event will be delayed due to the coronavirus outbreak in China. The show was scheduled to be held April 21-30. New dates will be announced later, the organizer said in a statement on Monday. Across mainland China, officials said the total number of coronavirus cases
A Porsche Taycan electric car caught on fire at a residence in Florida yesterday, leading to significant damage to the house and a complete loss of the car. After launching the Taycan late last year, the German premium automaker started deliveries in December, with the first 130 cars in the US. Now we learn that
Consumers have an insatiable demand for crossovers, but many entry-level models are lackluster or feature significant tradeoffs such as being too small or front-wheel drive only. Kia thinks they have the solution with the 2021 Seltos which is currently on sale in the United States with a base price of $21,990. While a handful of
PARIS — Faurecia reported a rise in annual profits and sales, and said it was targeting further growth for 2020 even though market conditions would be challenging this year. Faurecia said in a statement that annual operating income for 2019 had risen by 0.7 percent from the previous year to 1.28 billion euros ($1.4 billion).
The Subaru Outback’s marketing campaign highlights the crossover’s traditional adventure-ready selling points but also something the automaker hopes to be a new pitch — the model’s interior. Redesigned for 2020, the Outback’s most noticeable new feature is an 11.6-inch tablet-style touch-screen infotainment system on all but its base trim. The layout, a first for the
Ford no longer offers a Harley-Davidson edition F-250 pickup truck, but a company based in Elkhart, Indiana, is building one independent of the Blue Oval. Tuscany Motor Co. previously launched Harley-Davidson editions of the 2020 Ford F-150 and 2020 GMC Sierra 1500, and now it’s giving the larger F-250 the same treatment. The company has
The 2021 Kia Seltos is the automaker’s newest crossover and the smallest in its lineup. It’s Kia’s answer for buyers who’ve asked for an all-wheel-drive Soul for more than a decade. The Seltos is slightly larger than the Soul and strikes out in its own styling direction, although the most attractive part of the small
Ford Mustangs are known for crashing at Cars and Coffee, but they don’t have anything on this driver who allegedly hit 11 different vehicles at a parking garage in Boise, Idaho. As you can see in this Facebook video, a yellow Mustang was caught dragging a Ram pickup in a parking garage. While the clip
Since joining CDK Global Inc. more than a year ago, CEO Brian Krzanich has emphasized a commitment to improving customer service. The dealership management system giant isn’t wavering on that pledge. CDK plans to spend more than $300 million over its next three fiscal years — into 2022 — on new technology and efforts to
General Motors has said it will retire the iconic Australian car brand Holden as it leaves more markets. The American car giant said it will wind down Holden sales, design and engineering operations in Australia and New Zealand by next year. It also said China’s Great Wall Motors had agreed to buy its manufacturing plant
Owen Bieber, who led the UAW in negotiating landmark labor deals that expanded health care coverage and job protections, easing the pain for workers during a turbulent period as Detroit automakers battled economic downturns and the rise of Japanese brands, died on Monday, the union said in a statement. He was 90. Bieber, a tall, quiet
Ford has made waves on the electric vehicle scene ever since it announced the Mustang Mach-E. It is not only impressive from a technical standpoint, but it’s also controversial since it’s the first time the iconic Mustang nameplate has been associated with a crossover (and an electric one at that). Both of these points make
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Posting its first quarterly net loss since the Great Recession, Nissan outlined a three-point plan to reverse its tumbling fortunes in the key U.S. market. The strategy is to make U.S. vehicle sales more profitable, introduce eight new U.S. models and make sure dealers are on board with the plan. But CEO
By Eric Ralph Posted on February 16, 2020 NASA has unambiguously confirmed that SpaceX – with its Crew Dragon spacecraft – will soon become the first private company in history to launch astronauts into orbit, both an unexpected twist from the usually tight-lipped space agency and a major upset for Boeing. Shortly after revealing that
The mid-cycle revisions that Jaguar applied to the 2020 XE last year brought a handful of visual and technical updates to the British premium compact sedan. The styling part includes slimmer lights at both ends and a sportier front bumper, while the technical bit has to do with the new infotainment system and a lower
BERLIN — A German court on Sunday ordered Tesla to stop clearing forest land near the Berlin to build its first European car and battery factory, a victory for local environmental activists. The U.S. electric carmaker announced plans last November to build a factory in Gruenheide in the eastern state of Brandenburg. The court ruling,
Honda and its luxury sibling brand Acura are launching a national ad campaign for used cars and SUVs as the automaker ramps up its certified pre-owned program to help customers facing rising new-car prices and dealers trying to improve profitability. “We’re providing the strongest support we ever have for the CPO program, and customers are
The “Fast and the Furious” franchise has produced some of the automotive enthusiast community’s biggest heroes—human and otherwise. Sometimes, our nostalgia for the hero cars of “F&F” surpasses that for the characters and the actors who embody them. These “hero cars” live on in reproduction and tribute builds throughout the community, drawing crowds at everything
As Audi’s biggest and most expensive crossover, the 2020 Q8’s loaded with tech that you’d expect in a luxury, flagship SUV. Not much has changed inside since the car was new last year, except “base” models get more of the standard good stuff. (Base, by the way, in a crossover that starts at nearly $70,000
A quick-thinking motorist recently saved a young toddler from almost certain death as she wandered onto a road in Canton, Georgia. Bizarrely, the cammer was listening to a radio segment about the importance of dashcams at the time of the incident. This dashcam video shows a motorist approaching an intersection when he notices a young
CHICAGO — The 2020 Chicago Auto Show did not premiere a single new global concept vehicle, or present a completely new or redesigned model this month. But Chicago did give the industry a new wave of refreshed models, most of them cornerstone nameplates for their brands. That means there will be a class of new
Tesla has been ordered to temporarily halt preparations for a car factory in Germany after environmentalists won a court injunction on Sunday. The electric carmaker had been clearing forest land near the capital, Berlin, ahead of building its first European car and battery plant. The court emphasised the injunction was temporary and subject to further
On a typical weekday, Walter Huang usually woke around 7 a.m., made breakfast for his family, then dropped his son and daughter off at their schools before driving to work. On his typical commute, he sometimes had trouble with the Autopilot driver-assist system in his Tesla Model X, always at the same Silicon Valley location.
Two months ago Segway shocked the internet by introducing its first ever electric motorcycle, the Segway Apex. The company better known for its affordable electric kickscooters had dropped a 200 km/h (124 mph) electric sportbike seemingly out of nowhere. Now that the dust has settled, we’re getting more insight into the interesting backstory that led
Nissan’s aging product portfolio is challenging the brand’s reputation and has kneecapped sales over the past year, according to some of its dealers. And no nameplate represents that situation better than Nissan’s midsize pickup, the Frontier. The truck has not received a major update since 2005. But now, amid a broader product rethink, Nissan is
Another day, another ICE versus EV drag race. Today we have something a bit more special, however, as both cars are among our favorites on the market these days. And not only that but the result of the race is something we didn’t expect or, rather, we were secretly hoping for. In its latest video,
The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk and Jaguar F-Pace SVR are two of the most remarkable performance SUVs on the market and TheStraightPipes recently drove the two back-to-back. The straight-line performance advantage clearly goes to the Trackhawk. Jeep’s most crazed Grand Cherokee features FCA’s iconic 6.2-liter supercharged Hellcat V8 engine and churns out no less than
ISTANBUL — The lira crash came and went more than a year ago in Turkey but it left behind a surprising hedge against inflation and falling interest rates in the form of a run on secondhand cars. Millions of Turks have been snapping up used cars, sending their prices surging at a time when inflation
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) will be the first North American customer for a new electric fire truck from Austrian firm Rosenbauer. Scheduled for delivery in 2021, the truck is actually a range-extended electric vehicle, with a backup diesel engine to supplement twin battery packs. The battery packs have a combined capacity of 100
This year the F-Type pares back its powertrain lineup to just the essentials. The coupe or convertible is available with a turbo-4, or either a supercharged V-6 or V-8 with increasing spiciness up the ladder. The good news among all three: each is fire-breathing in their own right, with plenty of exhaust crackles and pops
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