- Ram Redesign Gives Fiat Chrysler Chance to Target Luxury Prices – Bloomberg: Though Ford Motor Co. scored some attention last year with a $100,000 F-Series, investors and shoppers shouldn’t sleep on the new Ram. Its high-end touches — from the next-generation of SiriusXM radio to the ability to parallel park itself — will…
- Mercedes-AMG CLS53 and E53 kick-off new performance hybrid range – Autocar: Petrol 3.0 six makes 429bhp Hot new flagships for the CLS and E-Class Cabriolet and Coupe? pack mild-hybrid tech
- Mercedes reveals sleek hybrid AMG 53 models – Detroitnews: After debuting its boxy, gas-guzzling, off-road G-class SUV to the world Sunday night, Mercedes changed gears at the Detroit auto show Monday to show off its sleeker, electrified, on-road side. The German automaker unveiled new AMG 53 performance…
- Toyota polishes 5th-generation Avalon, introduces Apple CarPlay – Automotive News: Toyota’s next-generation Avalon flagship sedan features more aggressive bodywork, an updated platform to improve driving dynamics and the company’s first implementation of Apple CarPlay after years of remaining one of the few holdouts on smartphone…
- 2019 Toyota Avalon’s aggressive new style pairs with safety and efficiency – Freep: Toyota’s Avalon full-size sedan gets an aggressive new look, new engines and xxxxxx for 2019. Designed, developed and built in the U.S., the Avalon competes with cars like the Chevrolet Impala, Ford Taurus and Kia Cadenza and in the shrinking market…
- Florida seniors could hold the future of driverless cars – CBS News: As supporters and critics debate self-driving vehicles, 125,000 senior citizens who live in a central Florida retirement community will take them for a ride in the world’s largest self-driving experiment. They’ll travel 750 miles of roads in The…
- BMW Z4: new pictures of 2019 model show Z4 Concept influence – Autocar: Sports car is co-developed by Toyota and could get optional four-wheel drive; hybrid six-cylinder engine also expected
- Renault sales rose nearly 9% in 2017 on Russia, Brazil rebounds – Automotive News: Renault reported an 8.5 percent rise in its global group sales for 2017 and said it expects more growth this year as it expands in overseas markets. Sales rose to 3.76 million last year, with record sales levels for its Renault and Dacia brands,…
- Top car, truck, utility to be announced at Detroit auto show – Washington Post: The North American Car, Truck and Utility Vehicle of the Year will be revealed during the North American International Auto Show’s press preview days. The announcements are expected Monday morning at Detroit’s Cobo Center. This year’s car finalists are…
- Detroit Auto Show: 5 hot new SUVs and pickups – CBS News: It will also be showing a resurrected nameplate — the Ranger midsize pickup. Among SUVs, Jeep will show a refreshed Jeep Cherokee. BMW will display the X2, which is a completely new small SUV. And Lamborghini will introduce its new Urus, which the…
- Adapt or Die Is Marchionne’s Stark Farewell Message to Carmakers – Bloomberg: Before he leaves, Marchionne said he’ll continue the brand-building push at Jeep, aiming to more than double the number of vehicles produced under the offroad nameplate each year, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. Fiat is also on track to eliminate…
- China fourth quarter GDP growth to slow on debt, pollution clampdown – Reuters: China’s economic growth is expected to have slowed slightly in the fourth quarter from the previous quarter, a Reuters poll showed, … inspect Baojun E100 all-electric battery cars at a final assembly plant operated by General Motors Co and its local…
- Honda Civic diesel pricing confirmed to start at £20,120 – Autocar: Tweaked 1.6 i-DTEC diesel engine joins the new Civic range from February 2018
- Mercedes gives rugged G class a smoother ride – Automotive News: Mercedes-Benz said the new G class will go on sale at the same price as the current car even though the rugged SUV’s handling, comfort and safety has been significantly upgraded. Daimler’s luxury brand said the primary goal was to improve the SUV’s…
- Diesel car sales slump puts thousands of jobs at risk in UK – Guardian: Thousands of jobs in the UK car industry are under threat as diesel vehicle sales slump due to tax increases and negative publicity, experts have warned. According to sources, executives are preparing for redundancies, with the rush to embrace electric…
- New High Performance EV to Highlight Ford’s $11b Electrification Program – Detroit Bureau: Ford Motor Co. will nearly triple its investment in electrified vehicles to $11 billion, Executive Chairman Bill Ford announced Sunday night, and one of the first new all-electric models it plans to launch will be a high-performance crossover taking…
- Fiat Chrysler Goes All-In on New Ram 1500 Pickup – Detroit Bureau: There is an overwhelming change on the 2019 Ram 1500: Fiat Chrysler altered one of the most recognizable grilles in the industry for its signature pickup truck in the search for a more aerodynamic shape. The move shows that FCA engineers are committed…
- The new 2019 Ram 1500 – Detroitnews: http://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/517550684/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttp://karkontent.com/
- GM’s inventory, stock small victories – Automotive News: As for Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking a lesson from GM, let’s hope he doesn’t. Yes, he has missed goals and deadlines, but every vehicle manufacturer has had episodes of experiencing those hiccups. Unlike GM, Tesla is still a fledgling company in an…
- New Ram 1500 goes ‘more masculine” – Detroitnews: 2019 Ram pickup goes on a diet and gets a chiseled lookhttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/517548406/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/14/DetroitNews/B99618237Z.1_20180114195114_000_GK71QJJT3.1-0.jpg
- Can Ranger crash GM’s midsize pickup party? – Automotive News: If General Motors struck gold by reviving the Colorado and Canyon midsize pickups four years ago, then Ford had better hope that mine isn’t tapped out by the time the Ranger reaches dealerships early next year. The segment exploded in popularity this…
- For Mazda and Toyota, why the rush to Alabama? – Automotive News: Toyota is under even more pressure as its North American manufacturing footprint evolves. The company announced nearly three years ago that it was pulling production of the compact Corolla out of its big assembly plant in Cambridge, Ontario. It intends…
- Nvidia, Intel take two paths to process autonomous driving – Automotive News: The company’s approach to self-driving is no different. “For self-driving, every single possibility needs to be considered,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang during the company’s CES press conference. “The more computational capability you have, the more…
- Continental eyes reorganization – Automotive News: A reorganization at the German company would come as the industry faces a momentous shift to self-driving vehicles and EVs. Last year, suppliers Delphi Automotive, of suburban Detroit, and Autoliv, of Stockholm, said they would split in two parts to…
- GM CEO Barra Wants to Turn a Profit – Soon – on Electric Vehicles – Detroit Bureau: “Whenever we sell eco-friendly vehicles we all lose money,” the South Korean executive told TheDetroitBureau.com after presiding over the rollout of the new Kia Niro EV at the Consumer Electronics Show last week. “Even battery vendors are losing…
- New Ram pickup notches win for steel in US truck market – Reuters: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV on Monday unveiled a redesigned Ram large pickup that along with General Motors Co’s new Chevrolet Silverado, which debuted on Saturday, sealed a double victory for the steel industry’s fight to remain the dominant metal in…
- VW Brand to Invest $3.3 Billion in Quest for US Relevance – Bloomberg: The spending through 2020 will mostly go toward new models, including two more planned sport utility vehicles designed to finally turn VW’s fortunes, after lingering at less than a 2 percent share in the world’s second-biggest car market. About $1.2…
- After emissions scandal, VW on US comeback trail with all-new Jetta – Reuters: Volkswagen launched an all-new Jetta compact car, its biggest seller in America, at the Detroit Auto Show on Sunday as it looks to revive sales in the world’s second-largest auto market and move on from the emissions scandal that has tarnished its…
- Truck wars: It”s mortal combat for Detroit 3 – Detroitnews: Three new trucks in three days mark a high-stakes battle between Detroit…
- Ford Plans to Invest $11 Billion to Electrify Its ‘Most Iconic’ Vehicles – Fortune: Ford Motor (f, +0.46%) will significantly increase its planned investments in electric vehicles to $11 billion by 2022 and have 40 hybrid and fully electric vehicles in its model lineup, Chairman Bill Ford said on Sunday at the Detroit auto show. The…
- Peugeot announces 5008 seven-seater SUV – Autocar:
- Will Mercedes G class get juiced? – Automotive News: Arnold Schwarzenegger put Daimler AG CEO Dieter Zetsche on the spot Sunday night: Would the venerable Mercedes-Benz G class — the hefty SUV that is certainly no sipper of gasoline — ditch fossil fuels and eventually go electric? Zetsche answered by…
- Mercedes’ rugged, G-class SUV gets house-trained – Detroitnews: Mercedes on Sunday unveiled an all-new, rock-chewing version of its boxy truckhttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/517528350/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/14/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/636515603422577424-Dieter-Arnold-01.jpg
- Mercedes Takes Soft Touch to First G-Class Makeover Since 1979 – Bloomberg: In the first revamp of the G-Class since the rugged sport utility vehicle’s introduction nearly four decades ago, Mercedes-Benz took the approach that if it … But aside from such flourishes, the styling is still dominated by flat steel surfaces and a…
- VW rolls out sporty new Jetta – Detroitnews: Volkswagen’s latest Jetta is bigger and comes with safety featureshttp://rssfeeds.detroitnews.com/~/i/517526500/0/detroit/autosinsiderhttps://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/2018/01/14/DetroitNews/DetroitNews/636515422330093947-VW-Jetta-07.jpg
- US Regulators to Seek More Input for Autonomous Rule Revisions – Bloomberg: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration last week asked for comment on “unnecessary regulatory barriers” for self-driving vehicles and how their safety should be tested and certified. The Federal Transit Administration is also looking for…
- Ford past and future’intertwined” at Detroit show – Detroitnews: The company rolled out new versions of old nameplates and announced $11 billion in plans for electric…
- VW to spend more than $3.3 billion through 2020 on US model expansion – Reuters: Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE plans to spend more than $3.3 billion on development and production of new models in North America from 2018 to 2020 as the German group reboots operations in the world’s second-largest auto market. FILE PHOTO – A Volkswagen logo…
- Ford Doubling Electric Vehicle Spending to $11 Billion by 2022 – Bloomberg: After electric vehicle darling Tesla Inc. surpassed Ford in market value last year, the second-largest U.S. automaker replaced then-Chief Executive Officer Mark Fields. His replacement Jim Hackett has vowed to cut costs and drop some car models from…
- New Volkswagen Jetta introduces sharper look and eight-speed auto – Autocar: Stylish saloon won”t be coming to Britain despite being one of the company”s best-selling models worldwide
- Ford unveils Edge ST, Ranger truck and Mustang Bullitt GT – Detroitnews: Ford Motor Company revealed the Ford Edge ST, the Ranger truck and the Mustang Bullitt GT at Cobo Center during a Detroit Auto Show press event Sunday…
- Detroit Auto Show: Ford says it will spend $11 billion investment in electrification – Freep: While the Mach 1 has been a featured muscle car in action films, the Ford team indicated a new Mach 1 could be released as an SUV. Raj Nair, president of Ford North America, explained that the manufacturing team is working to develop 16 fully battery…
- Ford plans $11 billion investment, 40 electric vehicles by 2022 – Reuters: The investment figure is sharply higher than a previously announced target of $4.5 billion by 2020, Ford executives said, and includes the costs of developing dedicated electric vehicle architectures. Ford’s engineering, research and development…