by TDB Staff | Mar 3, 2020
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by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 3, 2020
Edward “Nick” Robinson, the former president of the United Auto Workers Midwest CAP and former director of UAW Labor and Employment Training, pleaded guilty to conspiring with other UAW officials to embezzle more than $1.5 million in union dues and divert it for...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
The show must go on, in one form or another, and Mercedes-Benz was one of an assortment of automakers to stage livestream news conferences today in lieu of the normal media day at the Geneva International Motor Show. One could easily understand the Schwabian...
by Michael Strong | Mar 3, 2020
Automakers will reveal several exquisite, high-priced cars this week of the unconventional Geneva Motor Show, but perhaps none fit that description more than the all-new Bentley Mulliner Bacalar. The $2 million, two-seat open-air coupe was revealed at the company’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
Once considered a pioneer in the emerging EV market, BMW has lost traction in recent years. It hasn’t release an all-new offering through its electrified BMW i brand since mid-decade, but the long drought is finally about to come to an end. The Bavarian automaker is...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 3, 2020
Blow-outs. flats and worn-out treads are an unpleasant fact of life for a motorist, but those problems could disappear if a concept Goodyear is working on proves viable. For one thing, the reCharge concept is airless, meaning it can’t go flat or blow out if punctured....
by TDB Staff | Mar 2, 2020
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by Joseph Szczesny | Mar 2, 2020
This story has been updated. Automobili Pininfarina has unveiled a special edition of its pure-electric hyper GT, the Battista Anniversario. It celebrates the 90th anniversary of Battista “Pinin” Farina’s launch of the coachbuilding business and design house. “For...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 2, 2020
Strip out the back seat, add racing harnesses and boost the output of your already formidable twin-turbo V-6 by 35 horsepower and, in the case of Alfa Romeo, you come up with the Giulia GTA. Originally scheduled to make its debut at the now-cancelled Geneva...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Mar 2, 2020
As automakers prepare to roll out scores of new battery-electric vehicles over the next several years they’re coming to recognize that, for many potential buyers, performance matters as much as range and cost. Borrowing a page from the Tesla playbook, Audi is getting...
by Michael Strong | Mar 2, 2020
New vehicle sales in China were already slumping this year prior to the coronavirus outbreak, and now some Chinese municipalities are reverting to a tried-and-true method to spur auto sales: subsidies. Sales were predicted to fall 2% in 2020, but the China Association...
