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Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up - February 21-27, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up - February 21-27, 2021

Every Sunday Larry Nutson, The Chicago Car Guy and Executive Producer, with able assistance from senior editor Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau, compile The Auto Channel's ... Continue reading

Mazda January 2021 Sales and Production

Mazda January 2021 Sales and Production

Mazda January 2021 Production and Sales TOKYO, Feb 25, 2021 - Mazda Motor Corporation's production and sales results for January 2021 are summarized below.I. Production1. Domestic ProductionMazda's domestic production volume in January 2021 decreased 12.1% year on year due to decreased production of passenger and comme ... Continue reading

Toyota First Mobility Pilot Technologies for Indiana Future Mobility District Initiative

Toyota First Mobility Pilot Technologies for Indiana Future Mobility District Initiative

May Mobility and Udelv selected to provide autonomous shuttle and advanced contactless delivery vehicle services respectively within the Indiana Future Mobility District initiative ... Continue reading

BIG DEAL - Toyota Develops Packaged Fuel Cell System Module to Promote the Hydrogen Utilization

BIG DEAL - Toyota Develops Packaged Fuel Cell System Module to Promote the Hydrogen Utilization

Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) has developed a product that packages a fuel cell (FC) system into a compact module and plans to begin selling it in the spring of 2021 or later. The new module will be easily utilized by companies that are developing and manufacturing FC products for wide variety of applications, incl ... Continue reading

Jeep® Announces Starting Prices for the All-new 2021 Grand Cherokee L Lineup

Jeep® Announces Starting Prices for the All-new 2021 Grand Cherokee L Lineup

Jeep® Grand Cherokee L is expanding into the three-row, full-size SUV segment with an all-new architecture, all-new interior, three Jeep 4x4 systems, the most advanced, high-tech safety and security features in its class and segment-leading advanced technologies. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Has Seven 2021 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ and TOP SAFETY PICK Awards

Hyundai Has Seven 2021 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ and TOP SAFETY PICK Awards

Hyundai offers 7 TOP SAFETY PICK/TOP SAFETY PICK+ models in the U.S. when equipped with optional front crash prevention and specific headlights Two Hyundai SUVs have TSP+ ratings ... Continue reading

Every 2021 Mazda Vehicle Tested Earns 2021 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ AWARD

Every 2021 Mazda Vehicle Tested Earns 2021 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ AWARD

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) today announced the winners of its highest award in safety, the 2021 TOP SAFETY PICK+. All tested Mazda vehicles made the list for the second year in a row. ... Continue reading

Six 2021 Honda Models Earn IIHS Top Safety Ratings Awards

Six 2021 Honda Models Earn IIHS Top Safety Ratings Awards

2021 Accord, Insight and Odyssey earn the pinnacle TSP+ award; CR-V and two Civic models earn TSP when equipped with specific headlights Honda Sensing® Collision Mitigation Braking System™ gets SUPERIOR rating for frontal crash prevention and is standard equipment on all six models All fully tested Honda vehicles al ... Continue reading

Nissan Engineers Keep Things Smooth

Nissan Engineers Keep Things Smooth

To the frustration of meteorologists around the world, the weather will never be truly predictable. But at an advanced wind tunnel research facility near Paris, a team of Nissan technicians has a special power at their fingertips. ... Continue reading

Battleground for Electric Vehicle Purchase Consideration is Wide Open, J.D. Power Finds

Battleground for Electric Vehicle Purchase Consideration is Wide Open, J.D. Power Finds

good news for automakers expanding their EV product lineup, according to the inaugural J.D. Power U.S. Electric Vehicle Consideration (EVC) Study,SM released today. Currently, more than half (59%) of new-vehicle shoppers fall into the “somewhat likely” or “somewhat unlikely” categories when it comes to consider ... Continue reading

Award-Winning Classic 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 to Cross Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction Block

Award-Winning Classic 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 to Cross Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction Block

Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest Collector Car Auctions, will auction one of the most desirable vehicles in the world, a stunning red 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 (Lot #1394) during the Scottsdale Auction at WestWorld of Scottsdale, March 20-27, 2021. Having passed through only a handful of caretakers, the matching-nu ... Continue reading

Car Buyers Move Online To Eliminate The Dealer Jerk-Around, Buyer Satisfaction Climbs to an All-Time High

Car Buyers Move Online To Eliminate The Dealer Jerk-Around, Buyer Satisfaction Climbs to an All-Time High

Editor's Note: Now what does that say about dealers...hmmm Atlanta, Jan. 25, 2021 – There was a time when consumers rated the car-buying process roughly on par with a stubborn root canal. ... Continue reading

Cox Automotive February 2021 Forecast: U.S. Auto Sales Remain Relatively Strong Despite Challenges

Cox Automotive February 2021 Forecast: U.S. Auto Sales Remain Relatively Strong Despite Challenges

February sales when reported next week are expected to show a relatively strong vehicle market in the U.S., though slowing from January's robust post-holidays pace. ... Continue reading

Cox Automotive Study Finds Car Buying Process Improved During COVID-19 Pandemic

Cox Automotive Study Finds Car Buying Process Improved During COVID-19 Pandemic

Cox Automotive released its 11th annual Car Buyer Journey Study. ... Continue reading

Subaru Earns Nine IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards For 2021 Model Lineup

Subaru Earns Nine IIHS Top Safety Pick Awards For 2021 Model Lineup

IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK Awards for 2021 Model Lineup Subaru of America, Inc. announced that its 2021 vehicle lineup offers five TOP SAFETY PICK+ and four TOP SAFETY PICK awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). With a total of nine IIHS awards, Subaru is tied for the most awards earned by an individu ... Continue reading

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