by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 4, 2019
It’s been a year since Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, announced plans to shift to an “all electrified” powertrain strategy starting in 2021, but the automaker plans to give us a hint of what’s coming with the debut of the QX Inspiration concept vehicle at the North...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 3, 2019
Volvo’s electric performance division is finally charging forward, the plug-in hybrid Polestar 1 getting ready for production, while the sub-brand’s first all-electric model is set to be “fully revealed in the coming weeks,” it confirmed today. According to a...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 2, 2019
There are plenty of vehicles on the market that claim to be able to “go anywhere,” products like the Land Rover Velar, Jeep Wrangler and Mercedes-Benz G-Class. But there are, in fact, limits to their mobility, something that Hyundai contends it can overcome with a new...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 17, 2018
The original Mercedes-Benz CLA, in baseball terms, knocked it out of the park, the compact, coupe-like sedan not only generating a massive sales surge but drawing in the sort of hip young buyers that the German brand long had trouble reaching. Americans are expected...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 14, 2018
Infiniti has a history of telegraphing its future with a series of intriguing auto show concept vehicles – and we can expect that to happen once again next month as it pulls the wraps off an electric crossover concept at the North American International Auto Show in...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 10, 2018
The Detroit Auto Dealers Association has inked a seven-year deal with the City of Detroit that will ensure that the North American International Auto Show keeps running through at least the latter part of the next decade. The deal also locks down the move from January...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 6, 2018
Lexus plans to show off one of the most powerful cars it has ever built during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next month. Bob Carter, executive vice president of sales for Toyota Motor North America, said in addition the Toyota Supra, the...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 3, 2018
We’ve been to some dud auto shows over the last year. The Paris Motor Show, which kicked off the 2019 model-year, couldn’t even fill up a half day on the media calendar, and the Detroit Auto Show didn’t stretch much further. But this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Dec 3, 2018
The global automotive market is in the midst of a revolution, something obvious to anyone attending this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show. Not only are we seeing a push into new technologies like electrification and autonomy, but the established carmakers are being taken...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Nov 30, 2018
Consider it food for the Soul: Kia has introduced six distinct new flavors of its quirky Soul crossover. The car that showed us boxy can be beautiful will be back in an all-new form next year and Kia hopes to increase its appeal by adding new versions, including the...
by Michael Strong | Nov 30, 2018
Just as more and more automakers seem to be fleeing from passenger cars, Nissan appears to be doubling down — at least if the 2019 Maxima unveiled in Los Angeles is any indication. The Maxima has long been the company’s flagship sedan. It’s part family hauler and part...
by Michael Strong | Nov 30, 2018
Most of the L.A. Auto Show product intros centered either a new EV or SUV – sometimes both – Mercedes-Benz took on the latter with the new 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLE. The new GLE is more evolution than revolution with the updates for the 2020 model focusing more on...
