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Mazda is one of the few brands still selling a sedan, and it's one of the even fewer sedans that's also available as a hatchback sedan -- and with a manual transmission -- and that's something as rare to find in anything new today as cigarette lighters.

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The Mazda3 is a compact sedan/hatchback (five doors) and the competes with the...Read more

General Motors Co. on Monday named Duncan Aldred the new president of the automaker's North America operations amid tensions between President Donald Trump, Canada and Mexico over tariffs.

In a statement, GM President of Markets Rory Harvey said Aldred's promotion is aimed at bolstering the automaker's global internal combustion engine and ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s net income fell roughly 64% year-over-year in the first three months of the year to $471 million, and the Dearborn automaker suspended its annual guidance because of tariff-related uncertainty.

The company had forecasted a flat first quarter because of production downtime at its Kentucky Truck Plant for retooling to accommodate...Read more

Rivian, which is gearing up to launch its new midsize R2 electric SUV, is building a $120 million supplier park near its Normal, Illinois, plant to facilitate increased production.

The announcement Monday will add a 1.2 million-square-foot supplier park and about 100 jobs to the expanding production operation of the California-based EV ...Read more

Q: I bought a 2021 Subaru Outback right off the showroom floor in May 2021. When I brought my vehicle into the Subaru dealership for service in November 2024, I was told the control arm bushings were torn and needed to be replaced at a cost of $710.63. Does this seem realistic, that is, the need to do this and the cost? My vehicle has less than...Read more

General Motors Co. will cut a shift at the automaker's Oshawa, Ontario, truck plant this fall in response to President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada, the company said Friday.

The Detroit automaker cited lower demand and the "evolving trade environment" in its decision to pare down manufacturing at the plant, which builds Chevrolet ...Read more

Advertised as a “shape and feel we’ve never seen before,” the aerodynamic 1986 Ford Taurus immediately appealed to the driving public. Ford sold more than 200,000 in its first year and more than a million in three.

And that was a good thing because Ford was in financial straits and would have gone bankrupt without it.

“It looked ...Read more

“Let me tell you about the very rich," wrote author F. Scott Fitzgerald. "They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them."

To understand that is to drive a 2025 Rolls-Royce. To appreciate cars that cost as much as a nice home in most of America is to understand a true luxury product. ...Read more

As many car buyers seek larger vehicles that can haul more people and more things, or enjoy the outdoors, others still want the average-sized SUV. And Lexus continues to deliver for this market segment with the NX 350 F-Sport.

The NX350 F-Sport is smaller than the RX class, while still larger than the recently tested UX class. It's smaller than...Read more

SUMMIT POINT, West Virginia — At West Virginia’s premier Summit Point Motorsports complex, I wrung the 2025 Volkswagen Golf GTI’s neck through the Jefferson Circuit’s technical Turn 2-3-4-5 complex. The V-dub proved remarkably poised for an oversized shoebox.

At $33K, GTI is an appetizer to an industry performance menu that includes $...Read more

General Motors Co. said Thursday that it's lowering profit expectations for the year but does not plan major price hikes, a sign of lingering pain that tariffs are inflicting on the U.S. auto industry despite some relief this week from President Donald Trump.

The Detroit automaker now projects full-year adjusted earnings before interest and ...Read more

The parent of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram will extend a program offering employee discount pricing to customers at least until early June, dealers learned Thursday.

Stellantis NV told retailers that its "Employee Pricing for All" program will continue for this month, and those discounts can now be used on top of select other vehicle ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. recorded a 16% increase year-over-year in U.S. sales in April, the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker said Thursday, attributing the growth to its "From America, For America" employee discount pricing campaign.

On the day President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on imported vehicles into the United States took effect in early April, Ford ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. is extending its employee discount pricing to consumers through the July 4 weekend, the Dearborn automaker said Wednesday, after the Trump administration scaled back auto tariffs.

Ford on April 3 — the day 25% tariffs on imported vehicles into the United States took effect — launched its "From America, For America" campaign. ...Read more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley said Wednesday that President Donald Trump's actions this week to scale back auto tariffs will ease the burden on automakers, suppliers and consumers, but that the industry needs more relief to be "healthy and growing."

Farley said addressing tariffs on vehicle parts and offering credits on...Read more

When BYD Co. Ltd. announced its newest electric vehicles could recharge in just five minutes, it represented a big problem for Tesla Inc. Rival Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., or CATL, then unveiling an even-faster-charging battery is a big problem for U.S. automakers in general. Here is a game-changing technology being defined by two ...Read more

President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on Tuesday that will prevent stacking of some tariffs on imported vehicles as well as mitigate duties on imported auto parts for automakers assembling vehicles in the United States.

The 25% tariffs on vehicles and certain auto parts will not be stacked on top of aluminum and steel tariffs and tariffs...Read more

President Donald Trump signed an executive order easing the impact of his auto tariffs, yielding to weeks of intense lobbying from automakers, parts suppliers and car dealers who warned excessive levies could push up car prices, triggering plant shutdowns and job losses.

Under the executive order, signed aboard Air Force One, imported ...Read more

President Donald Trump has brokered a deal to soften auto tariffs ahead of the president's visit to Michigan on Tuesday, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Monday.

“President Trump is building an important partnership with both the domestic automakers and our great American workers," Lutnick said in a statement sent by the White ...Read more

General Motors Co. reported strong first-quarter results Tuesday thanks in part to car buyers scrambling to avoid potential price hikes due to tariffs — a wild card causing the Detroit automaker to warn its previous guidance on profits this year should be ignored.

GM's initial guidance projected profits of $13.7 billion to $15.7 billion this ...Read more