Now that Chevrolet has dropped details on the 2020 Corvette coupe and convertible, all we can do is wait for the C8 to hit dealerships. But one lucky customer will walk away with the very first production 2020 Chevrolet C8 Corvette at Barrett-Jackson’s Scottsdale Auction in January. All proceeds from the sale will go to
Hopes of a big rise in UK car sales in September have been dashed, spreading more gloom about the sector’s health. Sales in what is the industry’s second most important month rose 1.3% from a year earlier, well below the double-digit growth hoped for. In the first nine months of the year, car sales fell
WASHINGTON — Thousands of auto buyers may have improperly claimed more than $70 million in tax credits for purchases of new plug-in electric vehicles using ineligible cars and trucks, a U.S. Treasury Department watchdog said Thursday. The questionable claims were found in 16,510 individual tax returns during a five-year period through the 2018 processing year,
Look, we’re not bitter. You want a pumpkin spice latte, spam, or—hmm—deodorant? To each their own. Some anticipate the start of pumpkin-spice everything season for weeks or even months, and we can relate. MotorTrend has often waited patiently to drive, photograph, and actually test cars with excruciatingly long development cycles. Once these new cars arrived,
A Tesla owner posted a video of his driverless Model 3 getting pulled over by police after running a stop on “Smart Summon.” Is staged or is it real? Smart Summon builds on Tesla’s previous “Summon” feature, which was used by owners to move their cars autonomously for a few feet in their driveway or
Las Vegas seems like a safe bet to be a prime location for the continued testing and operation of self-driving vehicles. Self-driving startup Zoox said Thursday the city will be a key market in which it will test, validate and refine its automated-driving technology. On a date that’s still to be determined, the company intends
The Renault Megane RS Trophy has rather big shoes to fill but the French have repeatedly shown that they know how to build a ridiculously fast hot hatch. The question here is, can it beat the VW Golf GTI TCR on the track? On paper, the French hot hatch is pretty close to the GTI
PRAGUE — The Prague City Court ruled on Thursday to invalidate an order for Volkswagen Group to pay Czech customers more than 500 million crowns ($21.3 million) in damages related to the automaker’s diesel-emissions cheating scandal, news website www.idnes.cz reported. It said the court invalidated a lower court decision on procedural grounds and sent the
What happens when you combine a Nissan suspension, a big-turbo Toyota 3.0-liter 2JZ inline-6, a custom-fabricated body, and a vegetable steamer? You get the 2 Jet Z, that’s what. Besides being an obvious reference to the engine that powers it and the chassis it rides on, 2 Jet Z gets its name because, as Jay
The 2020 Chrysler 300 is a testament to dedication. Not only because it’s a full-size sedan available as a new car, but also because the 300’s bones date far back to the last decade. The 2020 300 is sold with either a V-6 or a V-8, and while the 6-cylinder may be down on power
Porsche has always done things it own unique way. After all, it builds the 911, a sports car with its engine hanging out over the rear axle that defies all traditional logic. As Jalopnik recently discovered, this isn’t the only thing Porsche does differently. During the recent global unveiling of the all-electric Porsche Taycan at
There’s going to be a new king of torque mountain: Ford Motor Co. said it will wrestle the heavy-duty diesel power crown from Ram. Ford said its 2020 F-series Super Duty’s optional 6.7-liter Power Stroke V-8 diesel engine will have best-in-class 475 hp and 1,050 pound-feet of torque, improving on the previous version’s 450 hp
Hot Rod Drag Week 2016 played out in September, and social media and our own content outlets are still buzzing with the cars and the news. In this episode of Roadkill Extra, Drag Week founder David Freiburger describes what the event is all about. We’ve provided this free episode on YouTube to give you a
Ford was hot off the rampant success of the Taurus sedan when it launched the first Explorer for the 1991 model year, but the new sixth-generation model arrives in a very different context. Ford has halted most car investment as a way to capitalize on the modern SUV boom, which includes the six- to seven-passenger
Mitsubishi explores the plug-in series-hybrid configuration with four electric motors and a gas turbine engine-generator. The new Mitsubishi MI-TECH Concept scheduled for unveiling at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show might be one of the most interesting plug-in hybrid concepts we’ve seen in quite some time. The Japanese manufacturer revealed not only a new teaser image,
After roughly six months on the job, Rolls-Royce’s head of design, Jozef Kaban, has left the British ultraluxury brand and BMW Group. Kaban is the second design chief at Rolls-Royce to depart in the past 16 months. Kaban’s predecessor, Giles Taylor, left Rolls-Royce in June 2018 and was later named to oversee design at the
If you’re like us, there are lots of modern classics that we wish we could have bought new. Oh, to be able to go back in time and plunk down a deposit on a brand-new Acura Integra Type R, BMW 1M coupe, or Honda S2000. Fortunately, Barrett-Jackson has the next best thing at its 2019
By Joey Klender Posted on October 2, 2019 An owner of a Tesla Model 3 credits his dashcam for capturing video of a hit and run on an interstate in Washington State. Pop Ongsakorn, aka u/poppap, shared the video on the r/TeslaMotors subreddit, where he stated that he filed a police report as a witness
Tesla Inc.’s deliveries rose less than 2 percent in the third quarter, missing Wall Street estimates and sending its shares down nearly 6 percent in trading after the bell. Total deliveries came in at a record 97,000 during the latest quarter, but below analysts’ estimates of 97,477 vehicles, according to IBES data from Refinitiv. The
No one brings up four-cylinder Camaros and Mustangs in a conversation about cool pony cars, and yet these small displacement-engined versions exist for a reason. The downsized turbocharged fours make both models more affordable and fuel efficient, as well as more cheap to run, especially in countries where big engines are heavily taxed. That said,
Nissan has narrowed candidates for its CEO to three Renault-Nissan veterans, with Renault’s chairman conducting interviews, people familiar with the matter said. Renault chairman Jean-Dominique Senard spoke on Tuesday with the candidates in person in Paris or via TV conference, the people said. Senard sits on the Nissan board’s nominating committee, a post he received
It’s very rare for a car to maintain a halo for thirty years, even one as special as the Ruf Yellowbird. Its status is as well-cemented as that of the likes of the Ford GT40 and the McLaren F1, and like both of those, its formula is one that bears repeating In fact, Ruf’s work
The 2020 Lincoln Corsair wants for few features, but the crossover can have a spit-take high price in top trims. The Corsair is available in Standard and Reserve trim levels with a handful of option packages scattered among the two. Base cars cost $36,940, including destination, while top models can crest $60,000. Every Corsair gets
Painting a car is ordinarily a very expensive and time-consuming job, especially if you want a factory-quality finish. This duo driving a Ford Focus Sedan in the U.S. were clearly not interested in a stunning paint scheme when they decided to change the sedan from white to black. This video from Reddit was captured by
Ferrari is in the midst of a product offensive that includes serious high- performance supercars. In 2019 alone, Ferrari has unveiled the F8 Tributo coupe and convertible, the 812 GTS and the SF90 Stradale, the most powerful road Ferrari to date, with 986 hp. But the most anticipated Ferrari product isn’t its supercar — it’s
At every junkyard there’s one standout find, and when Roadkill host David Freiburger cruised Colorado Auto & Parts in Englewood, Colorado, this 1968 Mercury Cougar 6.5L with a four-speed was the wowzer. Follow along as Freiburger shares the discovery and a little bit of background on this unusual luxury muscle car. https://www.motortrendondemand.com/subscribe/30-day-free-trial/?bnr=organic:bnr:yt:rke:ep191_fr_de:link:na:mtod As you watch,
There’s no quicker way to warp your perception of what a “fast” car truly is than by stepping from your Golf into a Lamborghini—or pretty much any supercar, for that matter. Some of us are lucky enough to drive one or two in our lifetimes, but Jeremy, James, and Richard were breathing rarefied, supercar-rich air
Volvo will add a 30-liter storage compartment under the hood of the full-electric XC40. The so-called “frunk” was created because the compact SUV’s electric motor takes up less space than the internal combustion engine it replaces. The extra compartment is just one of the design changes to the battery-powered version of the Swedish automaker’s global
Tesla has acquired a small artificial intelligence startup called DeepScale in order to help build its self-driving technology and reach its goal of building a giant fleet of robotaxis. CNBC is reporting that Tesla has acquired DeepScale, a Bay Area-based startup that focuses on “Deep Neural Network (DNN)”. DeepScale CEO Forrest Iandola confirmed on LinkedIn
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co. will pay more than half a million dollars and provide additional training to employees to settle a discrimination charge by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission involving its Kentucky Truck Plant. The agency said Tuesday an investigation found “reasonable cause to believe that the Kentucky Truck Plant failed to hire