OPINION ANALYSIS: Rivian Automotive, the once Clandestine now Maverick Electric Pickup Truck Maker added another BEV to its portfolio, a full sized three rower SUV called R1S. I’m so glad they made it nice and boxy and conservative and all BEV. All they need to do now is stretch that battery tray and back seat room, bespoke it out, make it LWB, send it upmarket past Bentley and Rolls, and let it sit next to Rover SVAutobiography, to let their brand take off, and let the doe roll in.
OPINION ANALYSIS: America’s first plug in hybrid, a segment opening PHEV was put to death recently, the Chevrolet Volt was a cutting edge trailblazing vehicle that bridged the gap between siphoning off gas and waiting for battery technology to improve before pushing on to an all electric car world. So cancelling it seems counterintuitive. It is not. Actually Volt was a great accidental/incidental transition vehicle who’s time came and was way gone.
Ford Motor Company shared the image above of the top of the engine of the 2020 Shelby GT500 Mustang along with confirming the debut date and the build location of the supercharged V8 – all while putting the bed the rumors of a factory twin turbo setup.
After announcing earlier this week that the Detroit Hamtramck plant where the Cadillac CT6 is built would be “unallocated” sometime next year, the company has confirmed that the CT6 will be discontinued after 2019, but before it races off into the sunset, the twin turbo V8-powered CT6-V will reach showrooms.
After all sorts of speculation and rumors, Ford Motor Company has made it official that the 2020 Shelby GT500 Mustang will make its grand debut at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit on January 14th – ending the long wait for the big-power pony car.
Subaru does it again and scores big with Best Mainstream Brand award and 5 individual ALG Residual Value Vehicle Awards. WRX is “Best Sports Car” again.
The 2019 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat has a much lower starting price than the 2018 models due to the removal of several key standard features, but even when you equip the 2019 version with the same basic features as the previous model year, the new, more-powerful Hellcat Challenger does cost a bit less.
Unveil Review: Rivian Automotive, the Michigan based startup that for ten years carefully, but secretly planned to find the right vehicle, at the right time, and at the right moment, to launch an all BEV the world hasn’t seen, seemed to find the right recipe to unveil that vehicle NOW, as they launched something that Tesla had expectations of doing first: to launch the first all electric pickup truck in the world. And Rivian did it. Not Ford. Not Tesla. This is a game changer . . .
When Ford introduced the new front end design for the 2018 Mustang, the company opted to not use that new look on the Shelby GT350 models and based on input from Motor Company execs, the high performance pony car will not get the front end featured on the other 2018 and 2019 models.
General Motors announced at the 2018 SEMA Show in Las Vegas that the LT5 engine from the C7 Corvette ZR1 will be available as a crate engine from the company’s performance parts division and with the first orders being taken for the 755-horsepower V8, we know how much it costs.
I find it pathetically sad that we are now in year 6 of the electric car revolution and Ford has yet to come out with not one of their own non-compliance full mass production BEV car. Not one. Thank God for startups, because the new British based company called Charge Automotive will make you pay just a little dearly, but you can even have a classic Mustang the way Ford would never have given it to you.
We’re now about a few days away from the launch of Rivian’s new mystery trucks, and instead of debunking myths, conjecture, theories, legends, and rumors, Rivian, purveyor of “electric adventure vehicles” only heightens them and with mystique. This time Rivian publishes a second teaser video showing their truck wading through 3 feet of water with 3 seconds of footage.
The TorqueNews/Camaros Unlimited Camaro of the Month for November 2018, the winner is the stunning 1967 Chevrolet Camaro SS shown here, owned by Dwayne Cole.
Most cool concept vehicles remain in the possession of the automaker that built them, but the 2001 Ford F-150 Lightning Rod Concept will be sold to the highest bidder at the Barrett Jackson Scottsdale auction next January – giving collectors an extreme rare chance to own a one-off concept vehicle.
SHOCKING!! It seems Cadillac and electricity mix like oil and water. Never mind the gas versions are crap, plagued with electrical problems, they can’t even make reliable ones that partly run on electricity either! While GM’s CEO Mary Barra has a “zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion” ten year plan for GM’s future, Cadillac certainly isn’t helping with the failures they’ve had with each electric they tried to sell. CT6 was strike 3. Here’s why and what they can do about it:
Here is your chance to get a brand new 2019 Ford GT supercar, if you aren't on Ford's list. It will cost you big bucks but it will be an incredible tax write-off!
Some people on social media seem to think that the recent recall of the Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk pertaining to the floor mats is a joke, but it is a real recall that presents real world problems for owners of the 707-horsepower SUV, along with the 475 horsepower non-Trackhawk SRT models.
For some time, Porsche has been highly thought of as a car brand. Usually, when results of various surveys are tallied, Porsche ends up somewhere in the top 10. Now, Porsche has taken the latest Powers Satisfaction Survey as it has climbed into first place.
Ford contemplates a four-door fastback Mustang being put into production. This comes just months after a massive passenger car cancellation for the USA market starting next year, particularly cancelling a Lincoln that could’ve helped Ford with this project, that ires Ford’s loyal passenger car customers, Ford investors who must be sick and tired of Ford with their shenanigans by now, and me, frankly, because you really don’t want to piss me off about cars!
The Subaru WRX STI performance sedan and BRZ sports coupe are the fastest selling used sports cars in America. See where they rank and if you should buy one.
BMW recently announced in a cost cutting measure that it will move all Mini stores from stand alone brick and mortar locations into BMW house branded retailers. But the reasoning behind the move signifies what’s wrong with the car industry. Mini isn’t selling not just because of crossovermania, but because BMW missed opportunities to electrify the brand earlier that could’ve turned Mini fans and potential EV consumers on sooner to car electrification. Now Americans don't want them at all, or like they used to.
The early C7 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 units were plagued with cooling issues during “normal” track time, but during a recent interview, chief engineer Tadge Juechter stated that those problems are a thing of the past, having been addressed before the 2017 model year Z06 hit the streets.
The Moose Test has become a popular topic of conversation due to its name and in the video below, the 2018 Ford Mustang GT is put through the paces of the Swedish safety program and it does well, meeting the local requirements and looking great in the process.
