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Keeping Up Hot Auto Topics From CAR(la) Center For Automotive Research - June 24, 2022

Keeping Up Hot Auto Topics From CAR(la) Center For Automotive Research - June 24, 2022

Traverse City MI June 24, 2022; Electric vehicle affordability and incentives were a hot topic this week as inflation continues to affect the cost of EVs, among other things. There were also some interesting studies from IIHS and NHTSA related to driver-assistance features in vehicles. ... Continue reading

Radford Type 62-2 Declared Winner of Michelin Showstopper Award at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Radford Type 62-2 Declared Winner of Michelin Showstopper Award at Goodwood Festival of Speed

Radford’s coachbuilt Lotus Type 62-2 has won the Michelin Showstopper Award at the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed. The prestigious accolade, voted for by the public, comes after the car made its global dynamic debut at the global event in front of thousands of fans. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up - June 19-25, 2022

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up - June 19-25, 2022

Below are the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets ... Continue reading

2022 Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0T SEL R-Line – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2022 Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0T SEL R-Line – Review by David Colman +VIDEO

Vehicles have become so over-automated, so complex to operate, that finding one like this VW which the driver still controls - instead of the other way round - becomes something of a triumph. ... Continue reading

All-electric Fisker Ocean Will Make Its United Kingdom Debut at 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed Electric Avenue

All-electric Fisker Ocean Will Make Its United Kingdom Debut at 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed Electric Avenue

Fisker Ocean hits United Kingdom shores for the first time ahead of its scheduled start of production in November 2022 Fisker will showcase the Fisker Ocean at 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed Electric Avenue Right-hand drive Fisker Oceans will be available in mid-2023 for the U.K. market LOS ANGELES-- Fisker Inc. ( ... Continue reading

How Legends Sound: The Revolution of the Audi Five-Cylinder Engine

How Legends Sound: The Revolution of the Audi Five-Cylinder Engine

From the racetrack to the road, Audi’s five-cylinder engine presents unparallel performance and an iconic sound thanks to the uneven number cylinder configuration and the particular 1-2-4-5-3 firing order. ... Continue reading

2022 Volkswagen Tiguan - Review by Larry Nutson

2022 Volkswagen Tiguan - Review by Larry Nutson

Tiguan is Volkswagen’s best selling model in the U.S., as well as around the world. For 2022 Tiguan has received freshened exterior styling as well as refinements to its interior. ... Continue reading

2022 Volkswagen Golf R - Review by Larry Nutson

2022 Volkswagen Golf R - Review by Larry Nutson

The Volkswagen Golf first arrived on the U.S. shores as a 1975 model bearing the Rabbit name. Now, forty-seven years later, the mainstream Golf is no longer as VW’s Taos and Tiguan utility vehicles can meet the needs of those U.S. customers. ... Continue reading

Cadillac CELESTIQ to be Built at GM’s Global Technical Center

Cadillac CELESTIQ to be Built at GM’s Global Technical Center

GM to invest $81 million to build the CELESTIQ CELESTIQ will challenge the ultra-luxury space with defining design, technology and performance CELESTIQ will leverage GM’s extensive additive manufacturing capabilities and supplier network, featuring more 3D printed parts than any GM vehicle program to date DETROIT – ... Continue reading

Auto Dealers Seeing Not So Happy - Cox Automotive

Auto Dealers Seeing Not So Happy - Cox Automotive

Happy hump day! Halfway through the week, halfway through the month, and hopefully more than halfway through an uncomfortable stretch of economic potholes. The road of late has been a rough. As our team reported on Monday, U.S. auto dealers are feeling it. ... Continue reading

Toyota Sticks To "Motorist Choice Is The Future" - And TACh Supports Their Position...Always Have Always Will

Toyota Sticks To "Motorist Choice Is The Future" - And TACh Supports Their Position...Always Have Always Will

TOYOTA, Japan, June 15 (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) pushed back against critics who say it has been slow to embrace battery electric vehicles (BEV), arguing it needed to offer a variety of car choices to suit different markets and customers.At its annual general meeting on Wednesday, the world's largest autom ... Continue reading

2023 KIA CARNIVAL MPV PRICING (Our Favorite Minivan)

2023 KIA CARNIVAL MPV PRICING (Our Favorite Minivan)

IRVINE, Calif., June 15, 2022 – The 2023 Carnival MPV is a carryover model with minor interior enhancements to the seat functionality and technology features. The Carnival competes in the Midsize MPV segment, but its combination of SUV styling, exceptional passenger/cargo volume, and practical convenience features al ... Continue reading

Hennessey Tests VelociRaptor 600 at Glamis Sand Dunes

Hennessey Tests VelociRaptor 600 at Glamis Sand Dunes

Sweltering dunes are part of Hennessey's challenging assessment and durability evaluations The Hennessey Velociraptor 600 leaps dunes in 100°F California desert as part of Hennessey's torturous 'Fire & Ice' testing program California summer desert evaluations follow Colorado Rocky Mountain winter testing of VelociRapt ... Continue reading

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