Digital and connected smart factories will be able to transform the auto industry by turning manufacturing itself into a commodity, a leading automotive software supplier said Tuesday at the 2019 CAR Management Briefing Seminars.
By automating factories with processes, machinery and even products...
Following the F-Type Project 7, the Special Vehicle Operations took to the automaker’s compact executive sedan to create the XE SV Project 8. No more than 300 examples of the breed were promised by Jaguar, but the Leaping Cat of Coventry went back on that guarantee with the Touring package....
The first generation of sports crossovers from VW Group feels a bit rushed, with makeshift designs and weird handling. Thankfully, the engines are good, thanks almost entirely to the existence of the Golf R. Along with the Audi S3, the R was the first to take sports hatchbacks into premium...
Korean engineers have quietly been working on an all-new generation of the Kia Sorento. Our first spyshots show this medium-sized SUV already put together and being tested against a powerful opponent, the new BMW X5. You might think Kia is just showing off, bringing a BMW X5 for the sake of...
Immediately after revealing the M8 and M8 Competition, the Bavarians are now much obliged to offer M Performance parts for the two grand tourers with twin-turbo V8 firepower. The list starts with an M Performance indoor car cover, which fits the luxurious model like a hand in glove. Complementing...
Not long from now, Polestar’s first car as an independent brand will enter series production. Officially, that is supposed to happen by the end of the year, and starting this month the last pre-production tests are being conducted with cars already rolling off assembly lines in China....
Back in 1992, Formula 1 car designer Gordon Murray came up with the McLaren F1, a vehicle considered by many the “greatest automobile ever created” and one of the fastest naturally aspirated cars ever made. Try as it might, not even McLaren was able to replicate the F1 in the...
The market launch of the first electric car from Aston Martin is just around the corner, and for a while now the Brits have embarked on a tour aimed to show the world what the Rapide E is all about. After being shown on the streets of Monaco at the time of the May Formula E race there back in the...
The revolutionary engine Mazda worked on for years is now available for order in the new Mazda3 range, with the first deliveries expected to being in several European countries this fall. The Japanese carmaker made the announcement on Wednesday (June 5), releasing in the process the full details...
Even though Kia claims the XCeed has a “swept-back, coupe-like appearance” from the profile of the vehicle, we’re not buying it. The high-riding Ceed that follows in the footsteps of the Ford Focus Active and Volkswagen Golf Alltrack is a looker nonetheless, combining the...
With the new generation 8 Series out in the open since late last year, it was only a matter of time until BMW’s high-performance division came up with its own interpretation of the car. And this week they did. BMW released on Wednesday (June 5) the full details on the BMW M8 in both coupe...
Back in the 1990s, the Ford Motor Company tried to sell the Explorer in Europe. That didn’t work out, then came the Edge in 2016. The mid-size crossover is a different animal from the body-on-frame SUV, and as it happens, the Edge hasn’t been selling all that well in this part of the...
Following the grand reveal in Brazil, the peeps at Volkswagen took the Tarok to the United States in order to evaluate the compact pickup truck’s potential in this part of the world. As opposed to the Tanoak and Amarok, it appears the Tarok is the most possible candidate for the United...
Audi has just revealed an all-new generation of the A6 allroad quattro, the model that arguably started this whole off-road wagon shebang. But the world is probably going to keep turning as if nothing happened. You see, the allroad came out in 1999, about six years before the first quattro SUV. In...
It’s $2,495 more than the 5.3L V8 or $3,890 more than the 2.7L turbo four-cylinder. The Duramax turbo diesel also happens to be similarly priced to the 6.2L V8, and that a lot of money for most people in the market for a half-ton pickup truck. The inline-six engine – codenamed LM2...
