If you had $155,000 to blow on a new car, or £139,000 ($181,286) in the UK, where this review took place, would you buy a Polestar 1 or check out the BMW M8 Competition Coupe instead, which is $9,000 more affordable? Tracing its roots back to the 2013 Volvo Coupe Concept, the Polestar 1 is
PARIS — Dacia will introduce the Spring electric minicar first for short-term rental ventures, as it tests the market for a low-cost EVs built in China. The Spring, shown during an online event Thursday, is a version of the Renault K-ZE developed for the Chinese market and now sold there by Renault Group’s joint-venture partner,
Mercedes-Benz fitted its EQC with a 4×4 package complete with portal axles to preview an electric future for off-roading. Not only does the resulting vehicle look tough, it is also extremely capable. Another tough-looking vehicle this week was Subaru’s one-off WRX STI built for Gymkhana 11. Ken Block’s former rally racing teammate, Travis Pastrana, will
What kind of car is the 2021 GMC Terrain? What does it compare to? The 2020 GMC Terrain is a five-seat crossover SUV that slots below the Acadia in the brand’s lineup. It’s styled and positioned as a family wagon, not an off-road specialist, but can be fitted with all-wheel drive. It compares with vehicles
What do you do if you own a Honda Civic sedan but want the boy racer looks of the Type R? You modify the Civic with a host of aftermarket parts – and this is what you might get. This Civic was recently spotted by a Redditor at the Six Flags amusement park in New
A supplier with one of the biggest industrial projects now underway in the U.S. auto industry — a $2.6 billion electric vehicle battery plant in north Georgia — expects a ruling from federal trade officials next week that could shut down construction. The legal question could create dire complications for two closely watched vehicle programs:
After the most recent updates of EPA range (all models), acceleration (Model 3) and pricing (Model S), the value proposition for Tesla‘s cars is once again boosted. Let’s take a look at the three base criteria – price (in the U.S.), range (EPA) and acceleration (0-60 mph) of all currently available versions. As you can see
TOKYO — In the criminal trial of former Nissan director Greg Kelly here, testimony has painted a picture of Nissan officials going to extremes to avoid public scrutiny of Carlos Ghosn’s handsome executive compensation. According to testimony in the government’s case against the former human resources executive, a group of top brass — including a
By Joey Klender Posted on October 17, 2020 Tesla has a reputation for installing large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) worldwide to help with the transition to sustainable energy. Its most recent project is in the Canadian province of Alberta, where Tesla has installed the country’s largest BESS with the help of TD Asset Management.
TOKYO — Just as critics were wondering about the viability of General Motors’ fuel cell truck partnership with electric heavy-truck startup Nikola, two Asian competitors jumped headlong into the segment. This month, Hyundai and Toyota each unveiled plans to ramp up development and commercialization of hydrogen-fueled commercial vehicles to be launched from North America to
A few weeks ago, we brought you an excellent POV video from AutoTopNL that showed some acceleration runs in the brutal Koenigsegg Regera. Now, we have a full-length clip from the YouTuber that provides a detailed look at the Swedish hypercar’s exterior design and its insane performance. The Regera in question has been outfitted with
First, Hyundai made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors and Ford Motor. The next day, it was BMW Group. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the electric era. An estimated 171,500 took place annually in the U.S. alone over a recent three-year period, and cars
Acura unveiled a prototype of the 2022 MDX; the SSC Tuatara might have set a new world record; and a rare R34 Nissan GT-R is for sale. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2022 Acura MDX was revealed in prototype form with a handsome design inside and out. The next-generation
What kind of vehicle is the 2021 Honda Accord? What does it compare to? The 2021 Honda Accord is a mid-size sedan. Cross-shop it against the usual suspects: the Toyota Camry, Nissan Altima, and Hyundai Sonata. Is the 2021 Honda Accord a good car? Review continues below The 2021 Accord is a highly-rated sedan, easily
A rare Mercedes-Benz CLK 63 AMG Black Series was recently jacked of its two rear wheels in London. There were just 500 examples of the CLK 63 AMG Black Series produced and the majority of them reside in the United States. As Motor1 reported, this silver example was parked on a street corner and obviously
SHANGHAI — Visiting dealerships in China these days, you can’t help feeling a sense of euphoria. Even as COVID cases in the United States rise again, China’s automotive retail market is showing every indication that it is returning to a pre-pandemic reality. Take the cluster of dealerships on Wuzhong Road in southwest Shanghai. In February,
During homecoming festivities at Prairie View A&M University in Texas and North Carolina Central University in Durham last fall, Ford Motor Co. invited football fans to check out a tailgate — and the rest of its F-150, too. Ford provided more than 500 F-150 test drives to fans at the two schools and at the
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Tesla has removed its ballsy ‘no questions asked’ 7-day return policy that Elon Musk has been pushing as a show of confidence for the automaker. Over the last few years, Tesla has updated its return policy to enable buyers to return their vehicles within 7 days of taking delivery virtually “with no questions asked”. This
DETROIT– General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Michigan is getting a new name — Factory Zero — marking a commitment to an all-electric, zero-emissions lineup. The plant will become the automaker’s electric-vehicle hub, building the GMC Hummer pickup and Cruise Origin, a self-driving, electric shuttle developed by Cruise, GM’s self-driving subsidiary in San Francisco. GM
The results of lining up a BMW E36 M3, E46 M3, and an M2 Competition are pretty obvious but that doesn’t make this video from CarWow any less enjoyable to watch. The German car manufacturer has built some truly remarkable vehicles over the decades and these three are among the most beloved. Not only do
Automakers eked out a surprise sales increase last month in Europe, the first advance this year for a region still struggling with a patchy recovery reliant on government subsidies. New-car registrations rose 1.1 percent to 1.3 million vehicles in the European Union, Britain and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries in September, industry association
Renault on Thursday unveiled a handsome battery-electric crossover SUV concept based on the new CMF-EV modular EV platform of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance. The platform underpins the upcoming Nissan Ariya and will also spawn a production version of this Megane eVision concept around 2022. While we won’t see the Renault in the United States,
What kind of vehicle is the 2021 Toyota Prius? What does it compare to? The 2021 Toyota Prius celebrates its 20th anniversary as one of the best-selling hybrids in the world. It’s been sold as a subcompact car, a wagon, a plug-in hybrid, and now the compact hatchback comes with all-wheel drive and just one
Pagani only ever built roughly 140 examples of the Zonda and unfortunately, a handful of them have been crashed. This blue Zonda C12 S was recently spotted by YouTuber Varryx in Italy, and while it was covered by a sheet, he was able to notice a few areas of damage. Most notably, we can see
After former Cleveland Browns defensive end Chris Smith’s girlfriend Petara Cordero died in a disabled vehicle accident in Ohio last year, he agreed to promote a new technology that could help prevent similar tragedies. Startup company Emergency Safety Solutions, known as ESS, reached out to him about its emerging product being developed for automakers and
By the way of unveiling the Renault Megane eVision concept and Dacia Spring Electric, Renault announced also a hatchback version of its plug-in hybrid Megane E-TECH (it was previously available only as an estate). The French manufacturer expanded its hybrid / plug-in hybrid lineup to three PHEVs: Renault Captur E-TECH Plug-in Hybrid Renault Megane E-TECH
Nikola Corp.’s CEO sees a path ahead for his company even if the embattled electric-truck startup is unable to come to terms with General Motors on a proposed strategic partnership. Talks between the two companies are ongoing, but if a tentative technology-sharing and manufacturing deal announced last month falls apart, Nikola will revert to a
By Simon Alvarez Posted on October 15, 2020 The Tesla Model Y may have made it as a nominee in the 2021 German Car of the Year awards’ “Luxury” and “New Energy” categories, but the all-electric crossover from California was ultimately pushed aside in favor of two fellow EVs, the Polestar 2 and the Honda
Robert T. Brockman, head of the largest private dealership management system company in the U.S., was charged with using a web of Caribbean entities to evade taxes in what may be the largest prosecution of its kind in U.S. history. Brockman, 79, is accused of using a family charitable trust based in Bermuda and other