by Michael Strong | Apr 29, 2020
Daimler AG officials offered up a familiar story when reporting its Q1 2020 profits dropped significantly compared with the year ago results: The coronavirus hit the company’s sales and bottom line hard. The company’s total unit sales dropped 17% to 644,300 passenger...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 29, 2020
Ford Motor Co. is cancelling plans to develop an all-electric SUV for its Lincoln brand as part of a joint venture with EV start-up Rivian due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Lincoln EV is one of at least two product programs that Ford confirmed it has had to rethink...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 27, 2020
When the new BMW X8 comes to market, likely sometime during the 2023 model year, expect to see it paired, as is typically the case with the Bavarian automaker, with a high-performance variant. And, if reports out of Europe are to be believed, the planned X8 M will be...
by Michael Strong | Apr 24, 2020
No one would blame Audi for trying to focus its energy on bringing out another utility vehicle, since the shift in preferences of new vehicle buyers to that end of the market is more than well documented. However, the German premium brand’s latest intro is a small...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 22, 2020
Two of the world’s biggest makers of big commercial trucks, Daimler AG and Volvo Group, are teaming up to work on the development of trucks powered by fuel cells. “Transport and logistics keep the world moving, and the need for transport will continue to grow....
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 20, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic is having a significant impact on the automotive product pipeline, leading manufacturers to delay the debut or rethink the timing of some new products while, in some cases, potentially canceling projects just in the pipeline, according to...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 17, 2020
Given the popularity of SUVs, there is no doubt that Americans love tall vehicles even though they abandoned fedora and bonnets year ago. Nonetheless, the classical elegance of the long, low-slung profile of 2020 Infiniti Q50, which has been equipped with a more...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 16, 2020
With its factories in many key markets shuttered and sales largely dried up, Volkswagen said Thursday it is abandoning its original sales and earnings outlooks for 2020 – with no clear alternative in sight. The German automaker is just the latest to admit that it’s...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Apr 14, 2020
Cadillac is lifting a page out of the German handbook with the launch of two super high-performance models, the CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing. The Detroit marque already offers “V-Series” versions of those two sedans, but will take things up a significant level...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 10, 2020
Karma Automotive with help from Nvidia has unveiled a SAE Level 4 autonomous vehicle. The vehicle, a van with the architecture of battery electric vehicle, is one of five platforms designed to offer new electric mobility solutions through an EREV (extended range...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 9, 2020
The Lexus 500 LC is continuing to evolve as it sheds weight and adds new features for the 2021 model year. The 2021 LC 500 coupe, unveiled just a few months after the ragtop version, drops nearly 22 pounds of unsprung weight, which engineers accomplished by using...
by Joseph Szczesny | Apr 3, 2020
Ulysses, the story goes, took 10 years to complete his journey home back to his wife and kingdom. For Cadillac, the journey to reclaim its place as the world’s preeminent luxury automobile brands is taking a bit longer. Cadillac and General Motors, like the plucky...
