Most of us have nearly forgotten the Model 3 production hiccups that nearly brought Tesla to its knees at the beginning of 2018. We forgot because the company somehow managed to pull it together and get on top of the high demand. In the last quarter of 2018, Tesla broke all records in terms of...
Ah, the Supra! What started life as a Celica went on to become its own model in no time at all. The third and fourth generations are the most collectible, but the Supra Mk4 stands out as the poster child of the import tuning scene in the United States of America. Up to now, owners of the A70 and...
We’re living in a day and age where automakers need to calibrate a transmission with the engine and the rest of the vehicle before rolling out the car to the dealership. From a software standpoint, that’s the biggest challenge imaginable. MINI is a prime example of this scenario,...
In an effort to cut both expenses and bureaucracy, American car manufacturer Ford is on the verge of letting go around 7,000 people, most of them working in white-collar positions across the world, starting as soon as this week. According to CNN, citing a letter sent by the company's CEO Jim...
Two separate incidents in the past month, involving Tesla cars catching fire in Shanghai and Hong Kong, have prompted the American carmaker to come up with a software fix that will update the charge and thermal management settings on Model S and Model X vehicles. The announcement was made on...
Remember the EXP 12 Speed 6e concept? Bentley revealed the all-electric sports car in March 2017 at the Geneva Motor Show, and the exterior design trickled down to the Continental GT. On the downside, Crewe decided not to go forward with a production model, at least not for the time being. Bentley...
The manual is a dying breed, and that comes as no coincidence given the 10-speed automatics and fuel-efficient CVTs in production these days. The United States is the land of the auto, but have you ever wonder how U.S. customers prefer a sports car such as the Toyota 86? 33 percent. In order...
With atmospheric carbon dioxide now at the highest levels in the past 800,000 years, finding solutions to what is clearly turning into the greatest challenge humans have ever faced has become an emergency, one some companies are already responding to. This week, reports began coming in from the...
This past weekend, British carmaker McLaren celebrated the production of a right-hand drive 600LT Spider in Chicane Grey. And not just any 600LT Spider, but an important milestone in the company's history, the 20,000th McLaren car ever to be assembled at the McLaren Production...
Revealed in the fall of 2018 at the Los Angeles Auto Show, the Soul EV has been redesigned from the ground up for the 2020 model year. Even though Kia was supposed to open the order books in 2019, the chief operating officer announced that 2020 is more likely. Speaking to Wards Auto, Michael Cole...
Targeting a market launch for the ID.3 electric vehicle in 2020, Volkswagen has to start making the car by the end of this year. For that to happen, the carmaker is already in the process of retrofitting the plant in Zwickau to become the “largest production site for electric mobility in...
After a long, long time of relying on the MZI V6 co-developed with Ford, Mazda decided to pour resources into an inline-six family. The SkyActiv-X and SkyActiv-D are both confirmed to feature six cylinders, and the platform that will enable Mazda to utilize this engine is the Large Architecture....
The Purosangue sport utility vehicle. An all-new V6. The successor of the LaFerrari. A lot of stuff is going on in Maranello, and Ferrari is also busy with hybridization. Towards the end of the month, an all-new supercar will be revealed by the Prancing Horse. Described as “a true...
As cars become increasingly complex and connected, keeping the software that runs them up to date with the latest developments is key for future market success. Understanding that, more and more carmakers are investing in the tools required for that to happen. Since creating new departments from...
With us since the 2008 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, the fourth generation of the Ram 1500 soldiers on as a cheaper alternative to the DT generation. In regard to pricing, the half-ton pickup truck from a decade ago starts at $27,395 while the all-new model retails at $33,190...
