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STERLING HEIGHTS, Michigan — While my Cadillac Lyriq tester drove itself in Super Cruise at 75 mph on I-696 eastbound, I swiped through the gorgeous, curved 33-inch dash screen to show my friend, Peter, our Zmash Padel destination north of General Motors Co.’s engineering campus on Mound Road.

As we bore down on traffic, the Caddy ...Read more

Just as recent as last year, we tested the outstanding BMW X1, and its redesigned release to the consumer market. It boasted decent power, great fuel economy, superb comfort and good looks — just what most consumers are requiring in today’s inflated and car market.

In 2024, we test the BMW X1 M35i, an even better looking subcompact luxury ...Read more

DETROIT — Ram on Tuesday unveiled its updated 2025 heavy-duty pickups that offer more powerful and efficient Cummins turbo diesel engines, refreshed front ends and more interior screen space.

But the bigger recent news for the Stellantis NV truck maker is popular former CEO Tim Kuniskis coming out of retirement.

A day after the automaker ...Read more

It's not easy to pick a crossover from among all the other crossovers because so many of them are more or less the same.

One that's different in a big way is the Mazda CX-90 -- because it comes standard with an inline six-cylinder engine. This bucks two trends. The first is the one that's been trending toward the replacement of six-...Read more

Affordability will be one of the largest challenges in 2025 for Detroit's automakers after General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. posted their best sales year in the United States since 2019, and as Stellantis NV's declines eased somewhat in the final months of the year.

Inventories swelled in 2024 following the end of pandemic-induced vehicle ...Read more

Fears that the U.S. auto industry could face monopolistic pricing and dwindling investment into its preferred steel production are mounting after President Joe Biden on Friday blocked a Japanese company from acquiring U.S. Steel Corp.

Although automakers didn't explicitly endorse Nippon Steel Corp.'s $14.9 billion cash-and-debt deal to acquire ...Read more

The Detroit auto circus is back to its January roots — a new show for a new era.

After an epic, media-stuffed, celebrity-encrusted, 30-year run as the world-renowned North American International Auto Show, Motown’s auto-palooza is dropping its international marketing theme and now is simply called the Detroit Auto Show. Its Detroit Autos ...Read more

Q: I own a 2014 Toyota Highlander. I'm having a problem with the automatic rear liftgate. Last week when the car was in the garage, with the garage door down, I mistakenly pressed the tailgate open button on the ignition key. The door went up, until it reached the closed garage door, then stopped. I pressed the button again, and the liftgate ...Read more

Sales across General Motors Co.'s brands grew in 2024, with the automaker reporting Friday that it had the best overall U.S. sales total since prior to the pandemic in 2019.

GM's 2.7 million vehicles sold for the year in the U.S. was a 4% uptick from 2023 — still under 2019's nearly 2.9 million, but marking continued steady sales growth since...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales grew 4.2% year-over-year in 2024 to their highest level since pre-pandemic 2019, and it recorded a record year of electric vehicle deliveries, but fell behind crosstown rival General Motors Co. in sales of battery-powered models.

Even as affordability became an increasingly prominent issue for buyers in 2024 from ...Read more

Grand theft auto might be a problem for Metro Detroit dealers, but a growing concern among dealers nationally is fraudulent sales that appear like any other transaction.

Vehicle thefts done through identity theft, synthetic identities and similar schemes are on the rise as lucrative fraud opportunities elsewhere dry up and vehicle prices remain...Read more

Today, we suffer from delusions of Autobahn grandeur, where every automaker feels compelled to endow their car with chiropractor-inducing suspension tuning. Engineered for top speed on the Autobahn, not the reality of America’s clogged arteries, they rarely offer comfortable seats or the comfort we require.

Of course, there was a time when ...Read more

AUSTIN, Texas — The handsome 2025 Cadillac CT5 is here and it’s a stunner. Signature teardrop front and rear taillights, wide stance, coupe-like roofline, twin, 33-inch hoodless instrument display. Ohhhh. Alas, most buyers can’t afford its $50K-plus sticker price.

Happily, the CT5 has a $23K doppelganger called the 2025 Kia K4.

Teardrop ...Read more

Simply put, this is the luxury sports car of the Italian fleet. Produced by parent company Stellantis and Fiat Chrysler (FCA), Maserati does it again with their Italian stallion, the 2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo. This beast not only looks amazing and rides and handles unbelievably well, but it also has power that sets it apart from the rest....Read more

Mecum Auctions is once again gearing up to bring its larger-than-life collector car auction in Kissimmee, Florida, with 4,500 vehicles.

Billed as the world’s largest collector car auction, Mecum Kissimmee kicks off Jan. 7 and goes through Jan. 19 with hundreds of cars crossing the auction block every day, including classic Corvettes, American...Read more

When JC Ojeda and Marlene Lopez Ibarra pitch products to prospective customers, they first talk about their own families — and bringing them home safely.

The technical specifications of 3M’s reflective pavement markings can wait.

“When I see what we’re doing on the road, when I see that we’re saving families, when I see the ...Read more

Tesla sales declined for the first time in the company’s history last year, the company reported Thursday, reflecting what analysts said was a lack of new models in an increasingly competitive market for electric vehicles.

Vehicle deliveries fell to 1.79 million, representing a drop of 1.1% from 1.81 million vehicles in 2023.

Tesla shares ...Read more

For all the exuberance about Tesla Inc. benefiting from President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House, Wall Street isn’t so sure the carmaker can avoid its first annual sales decline in over a decade.

Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg are estimating the company may deliver around 510,400 vehicles in the final three months of the ...Read more

After years of preparations, Aurora Innovation's big launch of autonomous trucks in Texas is facing an unlikely stumbling block: safety triangles.

When a traditional big rig pulls to the side of the highway, drivers are legally required to place a series of orange triangles or flares at the rear of the vehicle, to alert oncoming traffic. Aurora...Read more

You have probably heard that Dodge has stopped selling V8-powered Chargers and Challengers. And you may know that Ram 1500 trucks (and Jeeps) are no longer available with V8s either.

But there is one new Dodge vehicle still available with the V8s -- plural -- you can no longer get in other Dodge (or Jeep/Ram) vehicles.

It's the 2025 ...Read more