by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 8, 2020
Ford Motor Co.’s production of ventilators may have come to end but the company plans to continue making the personal protection equipment needed by health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. So far, Ford, in partnership with the UAW, has produced more than 72...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 8, 2020
The former chief executive officer of a New Jersey-based importer of Ferraris has admitted that he failed to report income to the IRS he collected kickback scheme steering limited edition “supercars” worth $1.4 million to select customers. Maurizio Parlato, 58, of...
by Michael Strong | Sep 4, 2020
Volkswagen is readying to show off its first-ever fully electric vehicle for the U.S. market, the ID.4, later this month by offering some insight about how the vehicle’s interior was developed and the role that light plays in its form and function. The new ID.4...
by Michael Strong | Sep 4, 2020
Auto shows all over the globe have been cancelling, rescheduling and ultimately pretty much cancelling altogether for nearly a full year now with the latest to move their show dates being the Los Angeles Auto Show. The show, normally held in November, is officially...
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 4, 2020
With the sales of new vehicles shrinking and the competition for consumer attention increasing, manufacturers are scrambling to put their best foot forward as the roll out new products. For the 2021 model year, Fiat Chrysler’s Ram brand is introducing new Limited...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2020
The most advanced of today’s cars offer a dizzying array of customizable settings, something that can take hours to set up. That’s all the more so with the newest battery-electric vehicles which add functions such as cabin “pre-conditioning” and charging times that...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 4, 2020
We’re used to getting teaser images showing concept versions of upcoming vehicles, as we did with the reveal of the new Jeep Grand Wagoneer Concept this week – so we were ready to downplay today’s image of the next-generation Hyundai Tucson as more of the same....
by Michael Strong | Sep 3, 2020
General Motors and Honda are taking their relationship to the next level — in North America, at least. The two automakers have been working together on several fronts for some time now, an under the terms of a new memorandum of understanding, they’ll seek to pair up...
by Michael Strong | Sep 3, 2020
Every August/September in metro Detroit, the roads are flooded with muscle cars of every make, old and new. The rumble of big-horsepower V8s echoes through neighborhoods and on city streets as the annual Woodward Dream Cruise calls these cars out from their slumber....
by Joseph Szczesny | Sep 3, 2020
Once unobtainable in the U.S. market, the RS 6 Avant is now available to customers in the United States and Audi is celebrating with a limited-edition model, the RS Tribute Edition. The limited-edition RS 6 Avant pays homage to an earlier version – the ’94 RS2 Avant...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2020
It’s been a long time in coming. Jeep has spent years hinting of plans to bring back its one-time flagship, the Grand Wagoneer. It came close, early in the new millennium, with the poorly received Commander. But now, it’s finally ready to deliver the big, high-line...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Sep 3, 2020
Fiat Chrysler has been slow to join the push to battery propulsion but it is now racing to catch up with plans to have “more than” 30 hybrids, plug-ins and all-electric models in its line-up during the next few years. Leading the charge is the Jeep brand which...