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27 May 2024, 20:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Lancia has just revealed the all-new Ypsilon HF, but prospective customers will have to wait until May 2025 to place orders on the zero-emission performance hatchback. Twinned with the Alfa Romeo Junior Elettrica Veloce and the Abarth 600e, this fe...
27 May 2024, 19:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Precisely 3,256 units of the 2025 model year BMW X5, X6, X7, and performance-oriented XM have been recalled for a noncompliance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 208, which regulates occupant crash protection. The reason behind this recall...
27 May 2024, 16:53 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / On their way out in Europe over new cybersecurity laws that come into effect in July 2024, the Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman have been recalled in the United States for a safety concern. Specifically, the safety clip on the PDK transmission&n...
27 May 2024, 16:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Previously marketed as the Mulan, the MG4 EV is a compact-sized electric hatchback that can be had in performance-oriented flavor. Dubbed XPOWER, said version is available in the United Kingdom at 36,495 pounds sterling or circa 46,630 bucks. Th...
27 May 2024, 15:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The ID.4 has been hit with a safety recall comprising 79,953 vehicles produced for the US market. A software-based issue may result in the infotainment system and instrument panel not booting up or sporadically resetting. The loss of rearview camer...
26 May 2024, 20:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The most powerful truck offered by the folks at Hennessey is dubbed Mammoth 1200, with the 1200 being the advertised power figure in mechanical ponies. The question is, can this Hellcat-engined supertruck hold its own against a proper supercar in t...
26 May 2024, 17:06 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Twinned with the original Ioniq series from Hyundai, the first-generation Kia Niro has been hit with a safety recall. According to Kia America, the high-voltage battery safety plug of certain 2022 Kia Niro EV models is prone to overheating, which m...
19 May 2024, 01:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 2023 and newer Civic Type R is a pretty wild-looking hatchback by compact hatch standards. However, the company founded by Soichiro Honda's son and Masao Kimura has taken the FL5 to the next level with the so-called Group A kit. Focused...
18 May 2024, 01:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / If you want to make your C8 Corvette Convertible's engine bay look better than stock, the folks at Paragon Performance have three solutions in store, beginning with a clear engine cover from General Motors. Retailing at $1,150.63 on the Iowa-b...
17 May 2024, 19:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mercedes didn’t enjoy too much success with the first revival of Maybach, but once it became Mercedes-Maybach, the ultra-luxury marque started printing money for the German automaker. Stuttgart's favorite son will debut a new marque for ...
17 May 2024, 19:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Timothy Kuniskis joined Chrysler when America's third-largest automaker was known as the Chrysler Corporation. Almost 32 years later, the man who transformed the Dodge brand into the Brotherhood of Muscle is retiring. He will be replaced as ch...
17 May 2024, 18:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember the ZDX? Acura didn't sell too many of them. The V6-powered crossover sold in abysmally poor numbers, prompting the higher-ups at Honda to discontinue it after 2013. All told, 7,191 units were sold between model years 2010 and 2013. ...
17 May 2024, 16:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Scheduled for a July 2024 release, the next-generation M5 will be the first one to combine internal combustion with electric oomph. The plug-in hybrid setup is believed to be similar to that of the XM sport utility vehicle, as in twin-turbo V8 up f...
17 May 2024, 15:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Kia EV9 is the largest electric vehicle based on Hyundai's Electric Global Modular Platform. Slightly longer than the front-biased Telluride, the EV9 will soon get a pickup truck-bodied sibling. Spied by KindelAuto in the United States,...
17 May 2024, 14:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Many automakers have realized that EV demand is cooling off in favor of hybrids and plug-in hybrids. That is exactly the reason why General Motors, Ford Motor Company, and Stellantis are pivoting toward HEVs and PHEVs to the detriment of EVs, which...
17 May 2024, 13:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / S650 is what Ford calls the seventh-generation Mustang, which is closely related to the S650 before it. For the S750, it was previously reported that Ford's pony car would transition to the GE2 platform of the next-generation Mustang Mach-E. ...
17 May 2024, 11:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Revealed in November 2023 as a 2025 model, the new Countryman has been hit with a safety recall. BMW of North America determined that the rear side door panel armrest support bracket may not have been fitted according to specifications by the suppl...
16 May 2024, 20:45 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The C8-generation Corvette Stingray uses a 6.2-liter small block that makes a respectable 490 horsepower and 465 pound-feet (630 Nm) as standard. Opting for the NPP exhaust system results in 495 horsepower and 470 pound-feet (637 Nm), but alas, you...
16 May 2024, 19:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recently tested the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe, which did not get the nonprofit organization's Top Safety Pick+ award. As media relations director Joe Young explains in the video below, the reason for ...
16 May 2024, 18:26 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The good ol' Elky rolled out for the 1959 model year, and General Motors kept making the coupe utility through 1987. The final generation could be had with anything from a 3.3-liter naturally aspirated V6 to a 5.7-liter small block or a 5.7-li...