by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 18, 2020
Beauty, goes the old saw, is in the eye of the beholder. Performance, others have said, shows up in the seat of your pants. To our eye, it takes a bit of time to get comfortable with the, er, distinctive look of the 2021 Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 Coupe. But it only takes a...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 18, 2020
The reborn Toyota Supra reached the market last year but automaker is dressing it up for 2021, adding more power to one version and bringing on a second iteration equipped with a four-cylinder engine for the first time. For starters, the 2021 GR Supra’s inline six...
by Michael Strong | Jun 17, 2020
General Motors plans to recognize Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the U.S., Friday with 8 minutes and 46 seconds of silence. Juneteenth is June 19, and the period of silence matches the amount of time that the Minneapolis police officer knelt on Floyd’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 17, 2020
What would the automotive world be without the turbocharger? The technology has helped automakers downsize engines, even while boosting power and improving fuel economy. But the devices do have their drawbacks, starting with dreaded turbo lag, the frustrating pause...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 16, 2020
The AMG badge has traditionally signaled some of the most exclusive models bearing the Mercedes tri-star, and nowhere is that more true than with the brand’s halo model, the GT. But for those dreaming of a way to park one of the sports cars in their driveway, there’s...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 12, 2020
Nearly a full week after a cyberattack that shut down operations in different parts of the world and wreaked havoc on its IT systems, Honda now has its plants in Ohio back up and running at full capacity. The automaker has offered only a few scant details of the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 12, 2020
After an abrupt decline in ad spending during the stay-at-home orders designed to stop the spread of COVID-19 and the cancellation or postponements of key advertising vehicles such as the NCAA Basketball Tournament and the NBA playoffs, auto advertising surged during...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 11, 2020
Like its major competitors, Toyota has been hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic and the economic chaos it has triggered around the world, but the automaker’s Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda advised shareholders on Thursday that he expects to see the Japanese...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jun 10, 2020
The coming year will see a flood of new battery-electric vehicles rolling into U.S. showrooms, including the Ford Mustang Mach-E, the Volkswagen ID.4 and the Cadillac Lyriq. The latter is one of 20 new BEVs General Motors plans to roll out by 2023, but despite the...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 10, 2020
The headline in this story has been revised to more accurately reflect the story’s content. The German government is moving ahead with a stimulus package that includes generous help for electric vehicles. Angela Merkel, Germany’s chancellor, said the package,...
by Michael Strong | Jun 9, 2020
Battery-electric vehicles comprise less than 5% of all new vehicles sold in the U.S., but that number is expected to rise to 50% by 2035 due in part of improving battery performance and falling prices. Lux Research’s new report, “The Electric Vehicle Inflection...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jun 9, 2020
Jaguar Land Rover is the latest automaker to look for additional credit to help it get through this sales downturn created by the COVID-19 pandemic; however, instead of using what many consider “conventional” banking partners, JLR secured a $705 million line of credit...
