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UPDATE: UK To Outlaw Internal Combustion Engine Cars From 2040
UPDATE: UK To Outlaw Internal Combustion Engine Cars From 2040

26 Jul 2017, 09:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Come 2040, shoppers in the market for anything from a Ford Fiesta to a McLaren 720S won't be able to buy the car of their dreams because pollution and stuff

 
Slow Non-SUV Sales Prompt Ford, GM To Rethink Passenger Car Business
Slow Non-SUV Sales Prompt Ford, GM To Rethink Passenger Car Business

26 Jul 2017, 10:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As long as gas remains affordable and SUVs keep on getting more attractive, something will have to give. We won't be sorry to see the Ford C-Max go, though

 
Infiniti QX70 Discontinued, Replacement Expected In 2021 Or 2022
Infiniti QX70 Discontinued, Replacement Expected In 2021 Or 2022

24 Jul 2017, 13:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / While most automakers assemble all their resources to launch more utility vehicles than ever, Infiniti decides to cancel one of its most representative SUVs

 
SUV Frenzy: B-Max Killed To Make Room For 2018 Ford EcoSport
SUV Frenzy: B-Max Killed To Make Room For 2018 Ford EcoSport

24 Jul 2017, 12:11 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As demand for utility vehicles keep on surging, it's game over for the B-Max B-pillarless multi-purpose vehicle that Ford manufactures in Craiova, Romania

 
Chevrolet Volt-replacing PHEV Crossover Rumored To Happen In 2022, Report Says
Chevrolet Volt-replacing PHEV Crossover Rumored To Happen In 2022, Report Says

23 Jul 2017, 10:38 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As a hatchback, the Volt is doing pretty well as far as sales are concerned. Be that as it may, word has it the Volt will be turned into a crossover in 2022

 
Prepare To Say Goodbye To U.S.-spec Ford Fiesta, Sedan Variant Not Happening
Prepare To Say Goodbye To U.S.-spec Ford Fiesta, Sedan Variant Not Happening

22 Jul 2017, 05:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Dwindling sales and the constantly increasing demand for SUVs spelled the death of the Ford Fiesta in the United States of America

 
Damage Control: Alfa Romeo CEO Reacts to Giulia Reliability Woes
Damage Control: Alfa Romeo CEO Reacts to Giulia Reliability Woes

21 Jul 2017, 08:39 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / We all had high expectations from the Giulia, and the Alfa Romeo sedan doesn't fail to impress. At the same time, the Giulia doesn't fail to fail

 
SUV Boom Keeps On Booming in Detriment of Sedans - Study
SUV Boom Keeps On Booming in Detriment of Sedans - Study

17 Jul 2017, 11:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / From cutesy little things like the Mazda CX-3 to behemoths such as the long-wheelbase Ford Expedition, utility vehicles reign supreme in the United States

 
Dodge Viper Discontinuation Imminent, Giorgio-based Replacement Could Happen
Dodge Viper Discontinuation Imminent, Giorgio-based Replacement Could Happen

15 Jul 2017, 07:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / On August 31, the Dodge Viper will be phased out along with the closure of the Conner Assembly Plant. Everything is not lost, though

 
A Dacia Lodgy Is The Millionth Vehicle Produced By Renault in Tangier
A Dacia Lodgy Is The Millionth Vehicle Produced By Renault in Tangier

11 Jul 2017, 12:23 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Five years since the first Lodgy rolled off the assembly line in Tangier, the Moroccan manufacturing plant finished its 1,000,000th vehicle

 
World's Cheapest EV Could Come From Dacia, Renault's Low-Cost Arm
World's Cheapest EV Could Come From Dacia, Renault's Low-Cost Arm

10 Jul 2017, 14:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Sometime after 2020, Renault-owned Dacia plans to extend the "shockingly affordable" nature of its products with the automaker's first-ever electric vehicle

 
Ron Dennis Steps Down From McLaren By Selling All Of His Shareholdings
Ron Dennis Steps Down From McLaren By Selling All Of His Shareholdings

30 Jun 2017, 15:35 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The 25 percent of shareholdings owned by Ron Dennis will be soon bought by McLaren's other shareholders. Thus, a new era dawns over at McLaren

 
BMW To Drop Manual Transmission From U.S.-spec 2 Series Coupe
BMW To Drop Manual Transmission From U.S.-spec 2 Series Coupe

30 Jun 2017, 11:13 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not long now, the 2 Series Coupe for the U.S. market will abandon the manual transmission in order for BMW to focus its efforts on hybrid and EV technologies

 
Audi Sport Boss Hints At RWD Models
Audi Sport Boss Hints At RWD Models

30 Jun 2017, 11:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / In the eleventh hour, the performance division of the four-ringed automaker understood that quattro may not be the answer anymore

 
2018 Toyota Camry Starts Production In Kentucky
2018 Toyota Camry Starts Production In Kentucky

29 Jun 2017, 08:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Now in production at the Georgetown assembly plant, the 2018 Toyota Camry will soon arrive at an authorized dealer near you

 
Official: Takata Files For Bankruptcy Protection
Official: Takata Files For Bankruptcy Protection

26 Jun 2017, 11:03 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It took four years for Takata to reach this conclusion, but now it's official. However, filing for bankruptcy may turn out to be for the better of the company

 
Skoda Celebrates 15 Million Vehicles Produced Under Volkswagen’s Patronage
Skoda Celebrates 15 Million Vehicles Produced Under Volkswagen’s Patronage

26 Jun 2017, 08:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Skoda has been pretty lucrative for the Volkswagen Group in these past 26 years, with the Octavia accounting for a third of all vehicles produced since 1991

 
UPDATE: Ford Plans To Import U.S.-spec Focus Mk4 From China
UPDATE: Ford Plans To Import U.S.-spec Focus Mk4 From China

20 Jun 2017, 15:40 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As Ford strives to bring Ranger production back into the U.S., the Focus will most likely be sourced from China in a few year's time

 
2018 Kia Stonic SUV Spells The End For The Venga MPV
2018 Kia Stonic SUV Spells The End For The Venga MPV

21 Jun 2017, 11:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / It's end of the line for Kia's subcompact multi-purpose vehicle, for the all-new Stonic crossover utility vehicle will take over from here on in

 
Polestar Becomes Standalone Performance Brand, Confirms Electrified Future
Polestar Becomes Standalone Performance Brand, Confirms Electrified Future

21 Jun 2017, 07:57 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As expected from a company that grows stronger with each and every year, Volvo's higher-ups have ambitious plans for Polestar