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8 Mar 2024, 19:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Stellantis messed up the maximum vehicle capacity weight value on the tire placard label fitted to 36,093 crossovers produced for the US market, plus 5,878 more for Canada. The affected population comprises the 2023 to 2024 model year Dodge Hornet ...
8 Mar 2024, 17:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Kia's US and Canadian divisions have issued separate recalls concerning the 2018 through 2023 model year Stinger and 2019 through 2020 model year K900. The problem is exclusive to vehicles equipped with the 3.3L twin-turbocharged V6. Over i...
8 Mar 2024, 03:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 5 E-Tech might be Renault's main focus right now, but in the not-so-distant future, a brand-new 4 will join the subcompact hatchback. Spied mere hours after the 5 E-Tech made its debut on February 26, the 4 E-Tech returns into the spotligh...
8 Mar 2024, 02:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Few supercars are capable of stirring emotions quite like a Countach does. The V12-powered icon may not be Marcello Gandini's first rodeo in the wedge-shaped automotive design space, but even so, this is the supercar that defined the 1970s. ...
7 Mar 2024, 21:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Sold by Daimler Vans USA rather than Mercedes-Benz USA, the Sprinter has been hit with yet another safety recall that raises a few questions about Merc's build quality and quality control. More specifically, incorrect routing of the main wirin...
7 Mar 2024, 20:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Restricting the 206 series to four-cylinder lumps only is a big deal, and – most likely – a mistake on Merc's part. Who, in the name of all things holy, would ever consider plonking down 115,174.15 euros on a brand-new C 63 with fo...
7 Mar 2024, 18:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Historically speaking, Land Rover has a reputation for notoriously bad quality control, which leads to incredibly unreliable vehicles. The latest example in this regard is the Discovery Sport, of which 47 units were produced for the US market with ...
7 Mar 2024, 17:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Volkswagen Group brand Audi prepares to unleash its new electric vehicle. Twinned with the second-generation Macan on the Porsche- and Audi-developed Premium Platform Electric, the Q6 e-tron will "overtake your expectations" on March 18. ...
7 Mar 2024, 16:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford has recently identified an issue with a certain rear seat cover. More specifically, EcoSport owners who purchased accessory rear seat covers bearing part numbers VNJ1Z-6163812-A (taupe) or VNJ1Z-6163812-B (charcoal) are urged to take them off ...
7 Mar 2024, 15:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Tesla senior account manager Clement Maguet has confirmed a very special type of Model Y for the French market. By reducing the number of seats to merely two, Tesla created a van-like Model Y exempt from the value-added tax. The standard rate i...
7 Mar 2024, 14:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / BMW AG has recently identified a safety concern affecting a limited number of battery packs. More specifically, the laser welding process connecting the cell contacting system to a cell terminal may not have been performed appropriately. The insuff...
6 Mar 2024, 22:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Just over 350 units of 2023 to 2024 Nissan sedans, utility vehicles, and pickup trucks were produced with driver's airbag modules containing potentially defective inflators. The suspect airbag inflators may allow moisture to enter due to misal...
6 Mar 2024, 21:58 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ferrari discontinued the internal combustion-only F8 series in 2023. Although not a direct successor to the V8-powered model, the 296 replaces the V8-powered F8 in the Italian automaker's lineup. The biggest change from the F8 isn't pl...
6 Mar 2024, 21:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Porsche Cars North America has recalled 8,101 examples of the Neunelfer. The affected population was assembled between July 8, 2019 and October 30, 2023 for the 2020 through 2024 model year. Supplied by UK-based Pilkington San Salvo, the front a...
6 Mar 2024, 19:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Herman Young (a.k.a. Demonology on social media) recently had the opportunity to race his Challenger SRT Demon 170 against one of the fastest EVs out there. Pictured at the Texas Motorplex, the blue-painted muscle car obliterated a Model S Plaid ov...
6 Mar 2024, 18:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford has recalled the Dearborn-based automaker's Medium Duty line of trucks for incorrectly manufactured parking brake handles. According to the Blue Oval, certain components with suspect dimensions may allow the parking brake handle to diseng...
6 Mar 2024, 17:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Due to fuel economy and emission regulations, V12 engines are – without a shadow of a doubt – living on borrowed time. According to Aston Martin Lagonda's former chief executive officer Tobias Moers, the AE31 twin-turbo V12 wil...
6 Mar 2024, 16:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Nissan Rogue's driver and front passenger seatbelt pretensioners are supplied by Mexico-based ZF Occupant Safety Systems. According to documents published by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, almost 10,000 examples of the...
6 Mar 2024, 15:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The McLaren GT is often dismissed as the least rousing Macca of the modern era, but still, the naysayers ignore a few things about it. For starters, the predecessor of the GTS wouldn't have been possible without the awe-inspiring Speedtail. We...
6 Mar 2024, 14:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / BMW of North America has issued a safety recall affecting fewer than 10 examples of the X5 and X7. Supplied by South Carolina-based Yanfeng Automotive Interior, the instrument panels of said vehicles may not have been manufactured according to spec...