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20 Jun 2024, 13:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Hybrids come in many flavors, and one way to differentiate between hybrids is whether a given vehicle was developed to be exciting or to sip fuel. The redesigned Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid clearly falls in the latter category, for it clocks a somewhat...
19 Jun 2024, 20:28 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Ford Motor Company revealed the most powerful series-production Mustang of the bunch in August 2023, when the Dearborn-based automaker promised a starting price of around $300,000 for the US market. Back in May 2024, the second-largest automaker of...
19 Jun 2024, 19:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / A little over two months ago, Stellantis-controlled Alfa Romeo premiered the Milano. A week after the unveiling, the brand reluctantly agreed to change said crossover's name to Junior due to a piece of legislation over false or misleading orig...
19 Jun 2024, 18:15 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Plug-in hybrids feature larger battery packs than self-charging hybrids. The compact-sized Escape PHEV, for example, boasts 14.4 kilowatt hours. Over at Mercedes, the S 580 e 4MATIC is equipped with a high-voltage battery rated at 28.6 kWh. Mate...
19 Jun 2024, 17:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Greatly inspired by the GT40 from the 1960s, the GT90 concept from the 1995 Detroit Auto Show never materialized into a series-production supercar. Ford Motor Company gave it another try with the GT40 concept from the 2002 Detroit Auto Show. On thi...
18 Jun 2024, 21:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / March 2024 saw the Jeep brand publish a press release according to which 2024 is the final model year of the Wrangler Rubicon 392. The so-called Final Edition is limited to 3,700 units globally for 2024, with prices kicking off at $99,995 (excludin...
18 Jun 2024, 20:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Mini became MINI after the BMW Group took control of the British automaker in 2000. The introduction of the R50-generation MINI Hatch in 2001 saw the company reinvent itself while staying true to its past, whereas the second paradigm shift followed...
18 Jun 2024, 19:19 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Manthey started 992-gen 911 GT3 RS testing at the Nurburgring in October 2023. The German company keeps pushing their aero-crazy sports car at the Green Hell, but Manthey has also started to remove camouflage off the Porker's body panels. ...
18 Jun 2024, 18:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / FCA US LLC has issued a mammoth recall in the United States, totaling 1,033,433 vehicles from the Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and Chrysler brands. Including those sold in Canada, that's 1.2 million vehicles. According to documents filed with the Nati...
18 Jun 2024, 17:16 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Over in Australia, the Pathfinder originally started at $50,490 for the 2023 model year ST 2WD grade and $57,640 for the ST-L 4WD. For 2024, the folks at Nissan discontinued all trims except for the TI 4WD and TI-L 4WD, which are rather pricey. ...
18 Jun 2024, 16:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As you might have already heard, Audi will slowly but steadily introduce battery-electric vehicles with even model numbers. To this effect, the current A6 will be replaced by the A6 e-tron. That, however, doesn't mean that the internal combust...
18 Jun 2024, 14:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Swedish automaker Volvo discontinued the V60 and V90 in the United Kingdom at the beginning of August 2023 due to falling demand. Not even a year after that fateful moment, the company decided to bring the V60 and V90 back with hybrid power only. ...
18 Jun 2024, 13:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Bentley's rebirth under the Volkswagen Group umbrella kicked into high gear with the introduction of the Continental GT in 2003, which is Bentley's first-ever W12 brute. Updated in 2015 with the debut of the Bentayga, the iconic W12 was r...
18 Jun 2024, 11:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / For the 1985 model year, the Mustang could be had with anything from a four-cylinder engine with 88 horsepower to a 4.9-liter V8 with 210 ponies on deck. This particular notchback had its original powerplant swapped for a Coyote, but as you can tel...
18 Jun 2024, 09:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Internally referred to as CD1 for the hatchback or CG5 for the wagon, the Mk8 Golf rolled out in October 2019. Come February 2020, the GTI was revealed. That fall, Volkswagen confirmed £33,460 as being the starting price of the manual-equippe...
17 Jun 2024, 20:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Stellantis-controlled Jeep brand has recently identified an issue affecting the 2023 model year Grand Cherokee. A small number of sport utility vehicles may have been produced with improperly secured buckles for the second-row seatbelts. Fol...
17 Jun 2024, 19:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Rivian has issued a recall encompassing 1,723 units of the R1T and R1S. The vehicles in question were produced for the US market for the 2022 and 2024 model years between August 13, 2021 and April 2, 2024. As for the recall condition, Rivian claims...
17 Jun 2024, 18:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Nissan North America is going through a nostalgia phase. After launching two R35 special editions featuring Midnight Purple and Bayside Blue paint finishes, the Japanese automaker cranked it up to eleven with the rather pricey Z Heritage Edition. ...
17 Jun 2024, 16:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Bronco Raptor is Ford's most powerful application of the 3.0-liter EcoBoost, a twin-turbocharged V6 that launched in 2016 for the 2017 model year. In the Braptor, it belts out a very respectable 418 ponies and 440 pound-feet (597 Nm) of to...
17 Jun 2024, 15:08 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / According to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the financially troubled Fisker Inc. has recalled every single Ocean produced in 2023 for a software issue affecting two control units. Said issue results in the ...