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Goodyear Announces Sale of Off-The-Road Tire Business to Yokohama for $905 Million

Goodyear Announces Sale of Off-The-Road Tire Business to Yokohama for $905 Million

AKRON, Ohio, July 22, 2024 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company ("Goodyear" or the "Company") today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Off-the-Road ("OTR") tire business to The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited (TYO: 5101) ("Yokohama") for $905 million in cash. The transaction follows a pre ... Continue reading

Korean Air Commits to Up to 50 Boeing Widebodies to Strengthen Future Long-Haul Fleet

Korean Air Commits to Up to 50 Boeing Widebodies to Strengthen Future Long-Haul Fleet

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 22, 2024 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Korean Air announced today the airline's intent to purchase up to 50 of Boeing's highly fuel-efficient widebody airplanes, including 20 777-9s and 20 787-10s with options for 10 more of the largest 787 Dreamliner variant. Continue Reading Boeing and Ko ... Continue reading

Luxair Selects Largest Boeing 737 MAX Model, Buying up to 4 737-10 Jets

Luxair Selects Largest Boeing 737 MAX Model, Buying up to 4 737-10 Jets

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 22, 2024 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and Luxair announced today the European regional carrier is again ordering a new member of the 737 MAX family to power its sustainable growth. A year after purchasing the 737-7 and 737-8 models, Luxair has now placed an order for two 737-10 airplanes with ... Continue reading

National Airlines Selects Four Boeing 777 Freighters to Expand Global Fleet

National Airlines Selects Four Boeing 777 Freighters to Expand Global Fleet

FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 22, 2024 -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and National Airlines announced today the global carrier has committed to place its first order for four 777 Freighters. Currently the longest-range twin-engine freighter with unrivaled payload capacity, the 777 Freighter will help maximize the airline's c ... Continue reading

Vertical Aerospace Begins Testing on New VX4 Prototype

Vertical Aerospace Begins Testing on New VX4 Prototype

Vertical Aerospace (Vertical) [NYSE: EVTL], a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero emissions aviation, today announced that testing on its most advanced eVTOL aircraft, unveiled last week, has started with initial powered ground tests, including propeller balancing, successfully complete. Pro ... Continue reading

Worldwide C-130J Super Hercules Fleet Soars Past 3 Million Flight Hours

Worldwide C-130J Super Hercules Fleet Soars Past 3 Million Flight Hours

FARNBOROUGH, England, July 22, 2024 -- Lockheed Martin announced today at the Farnborough International Airshow that the worldwide C-130J Super Hercules fleet recently surpassed 3 million flight hours. With 545+ Super Hercules delivered worldwide, this achievement reflects the C-130J's unmatched global reach, multi-mis ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS - THE "WHY" BEHIND THE NHTSA RECALLS - JUly 22, 2024

NHTSA RECALLS - THE "WHY" BEHIND THE NHTSA RECALLS - JUly 22, 2024

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

2024 Honda Odyssey Elite - Review by David Colman

2024 Honda Odyssey Elite - Review by David Colman

After spending a considerable amount of non-driving time ensconced in this living room of a maxi-van, I can give you two very good reasons to pop for the Elite. The first is its superb 11 speaker Premium Audio System. ... Continue reading

SUBARU CANADA ANNOUNCES 2025 FORESTER PRICING

SUBARU CANADA ANNOUNCES 2025 FORESTER PRICING

The Forester has long stood at the core of the Subaru lineup and with changes to the design, dynamic performance, and added technology, this generation brings more refinement and premium features to the nameplate. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up July 14 - 20, 2024

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up July 14 - 20, 2024

Larry's top story picks from this past week's important to you, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories ... Continue reading

Letter From Europe: Super Cars Make A Super Summer

Letter From Europe: Super Cars Make A Super Summer

Hello from Budapest scene of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Many years ago I helped to build the circuit which this year will hold its 39th consecutive race. ... Continue reading

The Ford F-150 and Its Impact on the American Truck Market

The Ford F-150 and Its Impact on the American Truck Market

The Ford F-150 stands as an icon of American automotive engineering, dominating the pickup truck market for over four decades. Since its introduction in 1975, this versatile vehicle has shaped Ford's success and also influenced the entire American truck industry. ... Continue reading

2025 INFINITI QX60 Pricing Starts at $50,200 MSRP

2025 INFINITI QX60 Pricing Starts at $50,200 MSRP

2025 INFINITI QX60 arrives in showrooms mid-July 2024 with a starting MSRP of $50,200. ... Continue reading

Lucid Raises the Bar with World's Most Efficient Car Achieving Landmark 5.0 miles/kWh and Record 146 MPGe

Lucid Raises the Bar with World's Most Efficient Car Achieving Landmark 5.0 miles/kWh and Record 146 MPGe

today announced updates for the 2025 model year that further raise the bar, enabling a landmark 5.0 miles per kilowatt hour of energy and record 146 MPGe EPA rating for the Air Pure. The heat pump first employed on Lucid Sapphire now becomes standard across the lineup, improving real-world range, while a powerful new i ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz USA and Safe Kids Worldwide Launch Clifford Takes a Ride and Kick Off National Book and Safety Tour

Mercedes-Benz USA and Safe Kids Worldwide Launch Clifford Takes a Ride and Kick Off National Book and Safety Tour

Clifford Takes a Ride, an educational children’s book about passenger and pedestrian road safety, and kick off national book and safety tour. (Photo: Business Wire) Mercedes-Benz USA and Safe Kids Worldwide launch Clifford Takes a Ride, an educational children’s book about passenger and pedestrian road safety, and ... Continue reading

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