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  • 2019 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    General Motors has made efforts to slash weight from its vehicles, and its next-generation full-size pickup trucks might get the most surprising lightweight solution yet. They might be in line for a carbon-fiber-induced diet. The automaker might use the strong, lightweight material in the beds of the next-generation Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra. The use of carbon fiber is often reserved for high-end vehicles, whose pricing can absorb the materials cost. But, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal published on Wednesday, GM could incorporate the material in high-end versions...

  • 2018 BMW M5, 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show
    BMW plans barrage of M Performance models by 2020

    BMW won't be short on M Performance models in the near future after a new report from Autocar published on Thursday revealed plans for 26 new or refreshed cars by 2020. The long list of new M Performance cars, which will expand outside thoroughbred M vehicles, will help BMW retaliate against a slew...

  • Lamborghini Urus configurator is up and running
    Prep your dream SSUV with the Lamborghini Urus configurator

    The horsepower wars rage on, and they have made the leap from supercars to average sporting coupes and sedans. Recently, this quest for more has found a home with the SUVs of the world. Now we have a new name for such a vehicle. You can call it the SSUV, which stands Super Sport Utility Vehicle...

  • 2019 Volvo XC40 First Drive
    2019 Volvo XC40 first drive review: fountains of hope, and crossover SUV potential

    Shooting through the streets of Barcelona behind the wheel of the 2019 Volvo XC40 is doubly appropriate. Not only because the Spanish city has been dubbed “Gothenberg South” after regular visits by Volvo engineers, but also because the XC40 is the automaker’s version of Juan Ponce...

  • Bugatti Chiron first drive
    Bugatti's $2.61M Chiron recalled over faulty seat recliners

    Even the most opulent vehicles sometimes can't avoid a recall. Case in point: the Bugatti Chiron. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration announced a recall for 2017 and 2018 model year Chirons in late November due to faulty seat recliners. In total, the NHTSA said the faulty seat...

  • 2019 Cadillac XT4 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Cadillac XT4 spied, Honda self-driving car confirmed, Lamborghini Urus design detailed: Car News Headlines

    Cadillac will launch a compact crossover SUV on the market next year. To be called the XT4, the vehicle will go up against the likes of the Audi Q3 and BMW X1, and we hear it might also offer a plug-in hybrid option. Honda aims to have on the market by 2025 a car with Level 4 self-driving...

  • The Boring Company concept

    The Boring Company, one of many projects under Elon Musk's watch, has released a map showing where it imagines its first network of tunnels to run, if and when it receives government approval. The map depicts two major arteries which follow Interstate 405 and 101 in California. It also shows that The Boring Company's proposed tunnels will feature small offshoots running into Santa Monica, Venice, South Bay, Los Angeles International Airport, and Hawthorne, while the main artery will run all the way from Sherman Oaks to Long Beach airport. The secondary tunnel runs to Dodger Stadium from LAX...

  • Oliver Schmidt
    VW manager receives 7-year prison term, $400,000 fine for diesel scandal

    A second former Volkswagen Group employee has received a prison sentence in relation to the automaker’s diesel emissions cheating scandal. German citizen Oliver Schmidt was sentenced on Wednesday by United States District Court Judge Sean Cox to seven years in prison for his involvement in...

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    Could Maserati follow Alfa Romeo with F1 return?

    Could Maserati be about to follow in the footsteps of fellow Fiat Chrysler Automobiles brand Alfa Romeo and make a return to Formula 1? According to Auto Express’ sources, FCA CEO Sergio Marchionne is preparing a similar deal to the one between Alfa Romeo and Sauber for Maserati and American...

  • Fisker Orbit self-driving shuttle
    Fisker reveals Orbit self-driving shuttle

    Henrik Fisker is yet to launch the first product from his revived Fisker automotive brand, the much-hypered EMotion electric sport sedan, but he's already hinting at another model for the brand. Fisker tweeted this first image of what he's calling the Orbit, an electric self-driving shuttle for...

  • Honda self-driving car prototype
    Honda to partner with China’s SenseTime on AI tech for self-driving cars

    As part of its 2030 Vision strategy announced in June, Honda aims to have a car with Level 4 self-driving capability on sale by the year 2025. The target date is later than what rivals are promising (typically around 2021) but is probably more realistic, perhaps not because of the ability of the...

  • 2019 Cadillac XT4 spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 Cadillac XT4 spy shots

    Cadillac’s rival to the Audi Q3, BMW X1 and Mercedes-Benz GLA premium compact crossover SUVs has been spotted again. The vehicle is confirmed to be called an XT4 and is due on sale in the second half of 2018, as a 2019 model. The prototype is heavily disguised but the general shape is similar...

  • 2019 Ford Focus spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien

    A prototype for the next-generation Ford Focus has been spotted again, and this time it's wearing its final skin. This suggests the reveal is coming up soon. The car represents the fourth generation of the Focus nameplate and is expected on sale next fall, as a 2019 model. And this time around Ford will source the popular compact from a plant in China. We also have a shot of the interior which looks to be very different to the design of the current Focus. Dominating the cabin is the infotainment system's display screen located at the top of the dashboard's center stack. From modifications...

  • 2019 Mercedes-AMG C43 facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2019 Mercedes-AMG C43 spy shots and video

    Engineers from Mercedes-AMG have been spotted testing a prototype for an updated version of the C43 sport sedan. The C43 replaced the C450 for the 2017 model year and is priced from just over $50k. It’s one of the tamer "AMG Sport" models offered by the Affalterbach tuner and like others in...

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    Head Faraday Future designer resigns

    Faraday Future won't necessarily end 2017 on a high note. The company's chief designer, Richard Kim, tendered his resignation on November 27, The Verge reported last Friday. Kim is a former BMW designer and one of the earlier hires at the fledgling electric-car company. The report said Kim had...

  • 2018 Chevrolet Tahoe PPV
    Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle adds safety tech

    While the police work to keep us safe, automakers are interested in the safety of the officers. General Motors has announced a slate of new safety features for its updated 2018 Chevy Tahoe Police Pursuit Vehicle, and all of them work together to make daily driving duty a potentially safer task...

  • GM Marketplace to allow drivers to shop and order food in-car
    You can now order coffee, donuts, or GM products right from a GM vehicle

    General Motors wants to make it easier to order your Starbucks coffee, find the nearest Shell station, or even reserve a table at the local TGI Fridays. On Tuesday, the automaker announced GM Marketplace, a commerce platform for on-demand reservations and purchases run through your infortainment...

  • Nine 'emerging classics' were chosen for the Bull Market List | DW Burnett/ Hagerty
    Head vs heart: Bull Market List focuses on emerging classics for fun and profit

    Car collectors are forever peering into their crystal balls to speculate which vehicles will rise in value, hoping to catch the tide on its way up. But for most, the profit motive is heavily mitigated by the fun factor – a collector car needs to be enjoyable to own more than just being a good...

  • This Hennessey Exorcist ZL1 1LE customer gets the ride of his life

    For most people, anything north of 400 horsepower is quite intimidating. It's a massive amount of waiting energy that's set to be released at a moment's notice. Still, we live in a golden age of horsepower, which means there is a heck of a lot of vehicles you can choose from that offer far more power than you'll ever need. One such vehicle is the Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. Thanks to its 6.2-liter supercharged V-8, there's 650 horsepower on tap. But if you need even more, you can always ring up John Hennessey at Hennessey Performance Engineering. The Texas tuner is happy to dial your Camaro ZL1...

  • 2019 Lamborghini Urus
    How Lamborghini evolved from the LM002 to the Urus

    Lamborghini built a record-setting 3,457 cars, mostly by hand, in its Sant’Agata Bolognese, Italy, factory last year. The Italian supercar maker intends to sell 3,500 of its new Urus SUVs per year. It doesn’t require a doctorate degree in applied mathematics to figure out where...

  • 2020 Porsche Taycan spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    Porsche Mission E spied, Morgan Aero GT teased, Jaguar F-Type tested: Today’s Car News

    The production version of Porsche’s Mission E concept from 2015 has been spotted again. The electric sport sedan is due on sale in 2019 and should have a range of 300 miles and charging time as little as 15 minutes. Morgan is just a few months out from unveiling its most extreme road car to...

  • 2019 Mercedes-AMG A35 hatchback spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    A35 to be first model from AMG’s new entry-level range

    It’s about to get even easier to get behind the wheel of an AMG. The Affalterbach tuner is preparing two tiers of performance for its next-generation compact cars, in the same way that its larger models come in milder “43” and full-bore “63” flavors. With the next-gen...

  • 2018 Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 rally car
    Volkswagen reveals Polo GTI R5 rally car

    Prior to pulling out of the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2016 season, Volkswagen had been developing a new rally car based on the sixth-generation Polo hatchback. Rather than let the design go to waste, as well as the experience gained from 4-straight WRC titles (from 2013-2016)...

  • Spyker C8 Aileron LM85
    Spyker celebrates end of C8 Aileron production

    Spyker is still very much in the process of building cars. More specifically, the Dutch performance marque still builds its wild machines that walk a fine line between modern rolling art and shapely sports car. Despite a bit of money troubles over the years, Spyker is preparing a new model to add...

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