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A new car every month? Volkswagen launches subscription service

Automotive / Automotive News /

Volkswagen Group is using metro Atlanta as the starting line for a new subscription service that’s intended to offer an alternative to car leasing and vehicle ownership.

Volkswagen Financial Services, the German automaker’s finance arm, announced Wednesday it will launch its subscription service called VW Flex at select dealerships in the ...Read more

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Stellantis cuts more jobs, pauses production at Detroit Assembly Complex

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Stellantis NV continued to slash vehicle production and cut jobs in the United States this week, including at the automaker's Detroit Assembly Complex where the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango SUVs are built.

Vehicle production at both the Mack and Jefferson sides of the east-side complex is paused this week, with workers temporarily laid...Read more

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Michigan voters split on $500M federal grant for GM to build EVs in Lansing, poll says

Automotive / Automotive News /

WASHINGTON — Michigan voters are deeply divided on whether the federal government should subsidize General Motors Co.’s retooling of a Cadillac sedan plant in Lansing for future production of electric vehicles, according to a new statewide poll commissioned by The Detroit News and WDIV-TV (Channel 4).

The survey of 600 likely voters, ...Read more

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Motormouth: Hands on the wheel

Automotive / Automotive News /

Q: I see in a recent column you advocate holding a car steering wheel at the 3- and 9-o’clock position. As an older adult who took a driving safety class for an insurance discount, they advocate the 4- and 8-o’clock position. They said it gives optimal control and if you’re in an accident and your steering wheel airbag goes off, it’s ...Read more

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Auto review: 2024 Honda Odyssey Elite is the minivan for many

Automotive / Automotive News /

While the minivan is almost extinct, thanks to the dominance of the SUV, the Honda Odyssey still has a favored spot in Grasso’s Garage. The 2024 Odyssey, assembled in Lincoln, Alabama, boasts tremendous room, comfort and style.

Our 2024 Honda Odyssey Elite tester came wrapped in Lunar Silver Metallic and a gray interior. Since Honda delivered...Read more

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Auto review: Versatile, eco-friendly Maverick grazes a new trail

Automotive / Automotive News /

The economical Ford Maverick of the 1970s was a wildly popular sedan — equaling Mustang sales in its first year — as rising gas prices spurred shoppers to become more fuel conscious. The $1,900 starting price at launch didn’t hurt either.

Ford dusted off the nameplate a couple of years ago and is having similar success with the new ...Read more

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Auto review: 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz EV is a modern-day homage

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The 2025 Volkswagen ID.Buzz is more than an homage to another era. It’s representative of Volkswagen’s American market conundrum.

The German automaker is celebrating its 75th year in America, an astounding feat of marketing for a company established by Adolf Hitler in the late 1930s and popularized in the United States by an ad agency whose...Read more

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Tesla soars to best day in 11 years after a blowout quarter

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Tesla Inc.’s shares surged the most in more than 11 years after the carmaker reported surprisingly strong earnings and forecast as much as 30% growth in vehicle sales next year.

Third-quarter results were buoyed by Tesla turning a corner with the Cybertruck, which generated profit for the first time. Lower material costs, an expanding energy ...Read more

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Stellantis will soon test solid-state batteries in Dodge Charger EVs

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Stellantis NV said Wednesday it plans to launch a demonstration fleet of Dodge Charger Daytona electric muscle cars in 2026 that will be equipped with solid-state batteries — an emerging technology that some view as the future of EVs.

Stellantis is working with its partner Factorial Inc. on the solid-state battery project, a Massachusetts ...Read more

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Trump can tap the brakes on the EV revolution, but not stop it

Automotive / Automotive News /

Tim Echols is a bona fide a conservative. The Georgia public service commissioner is an ordained evangelical minister, is solidly against abortion and founded a nonprofit to help teens understand the political process and “defend their Christian faith.”

But there’s one place where he’s a little out of step with his political colleagues...Read more

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GM's Q3 results outpace expectations, automaker ups yearly guidance for third time

Automotive / Automotive News /

On the back of strong internal combustion engine sales and pricing in North America, General Motors Co. beat Wall Street earnings expectations on Tuesday with third-quarter net income of $3.056 billion, down just 0.3% year over year, on revenue of $48.757 billion, up 10.5%.

GM's incentive spend in the quarter as a percentage of the average ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2025 Mercedes CLA 45 S

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

It's a little weird that Mercedes is selling subcompact front-wheel-drive sedans with four-cylinder engines. Those attributes used to describe economy cars.

But the Mercedes CLA 250 -- which is FWD and comes standard with a small four-cylinder engine -- does not come with an economy car's price tag.

It is, however, available ...Read more

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UAW members diverge over presidential election as union rallies for Harris

Automotive / Automotive News /

WARREN, Michigan — The United Auto Workers has held rallies, solicited door-to-door canvassers and brought on members to make calls to support the candidates it's endorsed this election — topped by Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for president. But some are less than enthused.

"They won't say it in public that they're voting for Trump this...Read more

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Motormouth: What's wrong with my seat belt?

Automotive / Automotive News /

Q: My driver seat belt fails to retract all the time and one day may damage the door. I’ve shown my belt retraction to two dealership mechanic foremen with pictures of it hanging outside the car. They say they can only fix it if it happens to them. Is there anyone else to turn to? My door sill paint is wearing thin.

J.S, Chicago

A: It will ...Read more

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US agency launches investigation into Tesla's self-driving technology

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Tesla's controversial "Full Self-Driving" mode is being investigated by U.S. authorities following a series of crashes, including one accident that killed a pedestrian.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration opened its latest probe into the leading maker of electric vehicles after receiving reports of four collisions that occurred ...Read more

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Auto review: 2024 BMW X2 is a great compact coupe SUV for consumers

Automotive / Automotive News /

While the small category of Coupe SUV’s exist in the German markets, BMW delivers the compact coupe SUV consumers have been inquiring about. The BMW X2 xDrive28i offers a $42K base price range, and is both ultra comfortable and roomy.

Clocking in with a zero to 60 mph time at just over 5 seconds, the 312 horsepower compact coupe SUV is ...Read more

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Auto review: 2025 Subaru WRX tS is an all-season pocket rocket

Automotive / Automotive News /

SONOMA RACEWAY, California — In basketball, there are multiple position players. Shot-blocking big men. Defensive forwards. Three-point shooters. Playmaking guards. And there are all-around players who can do it all — think the Detroit Pistons' Tayshaun Prince or Grant Hill.

If compact performance sedans (aka, pocket rockets) were ...Read more

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233 MPH! GM's Reuss pilots Corvette ZR1 to top speed record

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At last June’s 24 Hours of Le Mans in France, the fastest race car that General Motors Co. has ever built — the ferocious, winged Cadillac V-Series.R LMDh — hit a top speed of 209 mph.

That’s peanuts.

The new, 2025 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 production car will hit, ahem, 233. Chevy announced the top speed number for the ZR1 this week, the...Read more

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Auto review: The new 2025 Nissan Murano once more an automotive fashionista

Automotive / Automotive News /

FRANKLIN, Tennessee — The Nissan Murano has always been the Nissan of choice for fashionistas, even if its well-dressed demeanor has remained visually unchanged for a decade. That’s an eternity in the world of high fashion. Yet for 2025, it receives a welcome design transformation.

“When we shaped the all-new Murano, we knew we wanted to ...Read more

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Stellantis dealers 'cautiously optimistic' about turnaround plans after meeting

Automotive / Automotive News /

Leaders of Stellantis NV's U.S. dealer network left meetings this week with the automaker's executives "cautiously optimistic" after a recent leadership overhaul, talk of long-awaited better vehicle incentives, and more clarity on the company's product plans, according to Kevin Farrish, the chairman of the dealer group.

That's a stark shift in ...Read more

 

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