A concept car from the height of the muscle car era has reappeared after decades in hiding, and it's headed to auction. The 1970 Plymouth Barracuda Rapid Transit is one of four show cars built for the Rapid Transit System Caravan, which toured auto shows and car dealerships in 1970 and 1971 promoting Plymouth's muscle cars. Stored for over 50...
Recently having a 2023 Toyota Prius for a week, for up-close scrutiny and drive time, reminded me of the big Hollywood movie franchises that help keep us entertained across decades and generations. Just like all the movies to come from Star Wars, James Bond, Marvel, or Fast and Furious, there may be fresh faces, a futuristic new look, some new...
Lia Block will drive her father's Porsche 911 "Hoonipigasus" at the 2023 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) this June. Ken Block was killed in a snowmobile crash in January, after which his family confirmed plans to continue racing. The Pikes Peak plans were announced Thursday on Instagram. The post said Lia Block will be making a...
Heavy trucks are 6 percent of all vehicles in California, with 25 percent of the vehicle-related emissions. This move fits with other environmentally based clampdowns on internal combustion in the state.
McLaren upgraded the 720S and rebranded it a 750S in the process. The basic formula stays the same, but almost every major aspect has been enhanced in some way, including power output from the familiar twin-turbo 4.0-liter V-8 engine. Shelby American launched its first electric vehicle in the form of a tuned Ford Mustang Mach-E. Rather than...
Drive modes are nothing new, but BMW may go for more detailed customization in future performance EVs. First spotted by CarBuzz, a recent patent application filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) goes beyond current drive modes, allowing drivers to tailor things like throttle mapping and torque delivery to dramatically...
A secret electric sedan in development at NEVS has surfaced, the same month the Swedish electric-vehicle startup announced it was shutting down. NEVS is the company that famously tried to save Saab after it went bankrupt in 2011. After failing in that effort, NEVS attempted to use its own name for a brand of EVs packing the latest technology and...
We drove the 2023 BMW M2, the 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class debuted, and the Lucid Gravity began testing on public roads. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We attacked the Tail of the Dragon in the 2023 BMW M2. While the latest iteration of BMW's compact sports coupe is expensive, heavy, and a bit frumpy looking, it's still a...
Airless tires aren't ready for production cars, but European police are eyeing them because they can't be shot out during car chases, a Michelin executive said in a recent interview with The Drive. "The police of some European countries visited us and said, 'Guys, we want this under our cars, because when we have to rush after the bad guys...
McLaren recently held a dealer meeting where information about the company's P1 successor was divulged. Apparently, the hypercar is due in 2026 with a new carbon tub, a V-8 hybrid powertrain, and Formula 1-inspired aerodynamics. French performance marque Alpine is working on multiple electric vehicles, with some potentially destined for sale in...
Round four of the 2023 Formula 1 World Championship takes place this weekend in Baku, home of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. The weekend will mark the first running of a revised Sprint race, which has been made a standalone event rather than the qualifier for the main race, as was previously the case. It still has championship points on the table for...
An updated 2024 Alfa Romeo Stelvio goes on sale later this year, bringing with it revised looks, new cabin technology, and limited-edition Competizione and Quadrifoglio 100th Anniversario models. The updates represent the second refresh for the Stelvio, which first arrived as a 2018 model and was given its first refresh for 2020. The tweaks made...
The 2024 Volvo EX90 is still a few months away from the start of deliveries, but the electric SUV is already sold out for its first year of production. Volvo confirmed this in a press release detailing its first-quarter 2023 financial results, although it didn't disclose how many vehicles would be built in the first-year production run, only...
Alfa Romeo's Giulia enters the 2024 model year with a raft of changes, including the addition of limited-edition Competizione and Quadrifoglio 100th Anniversario models. The update is the second for the Giulia, which arrived for 2017 and was given its first update for 2020. The latest update should help keep the handsome sedan looking and feeling...
The Senate on Wednesday voted to overturn President Biden's stricter emissions rules for commercial trucks, halting their implementation unless the President vetoes the measure. The 50-49 vote rescinds emissions rules that went into effect last month, marking the first time in 20 years that the EPA has set stricter standards for emissions from...
McLaren held a dealer meeting on Tuesday at which the company revealed details about a P1 successor and a new four-door vehicle that could be an SUV, Automotive News (subscription required) has reported, citing two dealer sources. According to the sources, the P1 successor will arrive around 2026 with a V-8 hybrid powertrain. The P1, launched in...
French performance marque Alpine is close to unveiling a concept that will preview the first member of its future electric fleet. The concept is called the A290 Beta, and teaser shots released on Friday confirm it as a hatchback. The production version is due in 2024. It could be a tuned version of parent company Renault's upcoming 5 hatchback...
The W214 E-class sedan will spawn a wagon variant for 2024 in the U.S., according to documents Mercedes sent to the EPA about its 2024 model-year lineup.
Formula 1 organizers at a meeting on Tuesday agreed to a new format for the popular 62-mile Sprint race, which was first introduced in 2021 as an alternative to the traditional qualifying session during Grands Prix weekends. Under the original format, a traditional knockout-style qualifying session was held on Friday to determine the starting...
Airless tires could be a step closer. Vinfast gets a funding boost. And EVs still cost a whole lot extra in some cases to insure. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. A $2.5 billion boost for Vietnam’ Vinfast may help keep the company moving even if its IPO gets delayed—allowing the company to keep pushing along with its vision...
The Tesla steering yoke is now a $250 option for the Model S and Model X, marking a change of direction for the automaker. The yoke was announced in January 2021 as part of a refresh of the Model S and Model X, Tesla's two oldest models. The vehicles also received a Model 3-like horizontal touchscreen and the addition of Plaid performance models...
Electric vehicles continue to be vastly more expensive to insure than gasoline models, on average—hybrids included. According to Consumer Reports, citing national-average data from The Zebra, an insurance comparison tool, the Chevrolet Bolt EV costs slightly more to insure than the Toyota Prius or Hyundai Ioniq Blue hybrids. The Tesla Model...
Michelin has been testing airless tires for years with an eye toward EV use. While they still aren't ready for production, executives believe they could be a good fit for autonomous vehicles and law enforcement. European police forces have expressed interest in airless tires because, unlike conventional pneumatic tires, they can't be shot out...
Vinfast has secured additional funding pledges worth $2.5 billion, the company confirmed Wednesday. That may allow it to keep it moving smoothly ahead of its planned U.S. stock-market listing and past that timeframe. Of the new funding pledges, $1 billion will be provided as a non-refundable grant—the language used by the...
Teslas aren’ losing much driving range over the long haul. Costco isn’ interested in EV charging yet. And Honda steps up the timeline for its in-house EVs. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. The first mass-market, in-house-developed EV from Honda will arrive in 2025 for North America, executives confirmed Wednesday as part of...
Costco was one of the first retail chains to offer EV charging, but it has no plans to bring it back. "It's not happening in the next few years," Costco CFO Richard Galanti said during a recent company earnings call, as cited by The Street, after being asked if he was concerned that EV mandates might make Costco's lucrative gas stations obsolete...
On average, the Tesla Model S and Model X lose less than 12% of range after 200,000 miles. That figure comes from a slide in the automaker's just-released 2022 Impact Report, where Tesla also noted that it estimates most of its U.S.-market vehicles get scrapped when they reach that amount of mileage. In Europe, Tesla estimates most of its cars are...
The timeline has been pulled forward for Honda’ first dedicated electric vehicle engineered in-house for high-volume production. That yet-unnamed mid- to large-sized EV built on “Honda’ original dedicated EV platform” will go on sale in 2025 for North America—stepped up from a targeted 2026—top Honda...
Set to arrive a year after the Prologue, which uses GM underpinnings, this new 'mid- to large-size' electric vehicle will use Honda's e:Architecture platform.
GM and Samsung SDI announced Tuesday that they will form a joint venture for battery production. In a release, the companies made clear that this joint venture, starting with more than $3 billion, won’ initially be making batteries that directly replace or augment the brand’ Ultium cell strategy developed with LG. The new plant will...
EV policy will achieve the greatest climate benefit by prioritizing those that use the most gasoline, according to the advocacy group Coltura. The group recently released a new study building on findings published in 2021 which found that one in 10 drivers burn nearly a third of U.S. gasoline. Coltura coined the term gasoline "superusers" to...
The 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-class has a high-tech interior with up to three screens, a built-in selfie camera, and TikTok integrated into the infotainment system.
The latest generation of Mercedes's popular sedan offers a triple-screen setup, a selfie camera, and standard hybrid systems for the E350 and E450 models.
The Chevy Bolt EV and EUV reach the end of the line later this year, and GM plans a battery plant with Samsung. Lucid teased its Gravity as it nears a debut. EPA range ratings aren’ highway ratings. And should EV policy look at those most dependent on gasoline? This and more, here at Green Car Reports. General Motors this morning confirmed...
The redesigned Tundra will endure many dirty jobs during its long-term stay to show if Toyota's full-size pickup makes up ground versus America's favorites.
Reuss, whose leadership of General Motors in the early 1990s capped off a 36-year career at the automaker, was also the father of current GM president Mark Reuss.
It’s the show to attend for anyone with an interest in classic cars, and not just for those living in Germany but the whole of Europe and even further afield too. The number of languages and accents I heard while doing the rounds at Essen only further cemented its status as a truly international event. […]
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