Audi’s been busy putting in work at the Nurburgring. Audi race and development driver Frank Stippler ran the new RS Q8 Performance around The Green Hell in 7:36.698 lap, setting a new record for SUVs by beating his previous record time in a 2020 RS Q8 by just under 16 seconds. The same Stippler achieved…
New car prices reached record highs in recent years as automakers struggled with pandemic-related delays and vehicle shortages. That has made car shopping a frustrating experience for millions of people, but J.D. Power’s recent sales forecast suggests that the situation is improving. The organization’s research showed that the average new-vehicle retail transaction price has fallen…
Last year, Porsche began receiving a tiny number of field reports about leaking front brake hoses on the Porsche Taycan. In paperwork submitted to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the automaker said seven such reports have come from the U.S., with no accidents or injuries noted. The company ran a battery of tests on…
SAN FRANCISCO/BERLIN — A few camouflaged Audis arrived secretly from Germany early this year at a facility of electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian in California, where some 30 engineers stripped the electronics and fitted them with the U.S. startup’s harnesses and modules. Intense testing followed at the Palo Alto facility of how the U.S. startup’s…
This possible two-step, 8 into 6, would copy what happened about 25 years ago. BMW retired the first 8 Series in 1999, then launched the second coming of the 6 Series in 2003. The third-generation 6 Series coupe and convertible left our market in 2018, followed out the door by the Gran Coupe and Gran…
Sedans are one of the best examples of Darwinism in the automobile business. The companies that still make them — mainly Toyota, Honda, Hyundai — do a fine job with them. This notion came into sharp focus for me during a recent test drive of the 2025 Toyota Camry. Once derided as the color beige…
A New York transit agency voted on Wednesday to indefinitely halt congestion pricing in Manhattan that was set to start on June 30 after the state’s governor directed the action. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority voted to halt the program and is now considering sweeping cuts to capital projects. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said…
By the middle 1960s, George Romney had left the helm of American Motors to become governor of Michigan and company president Roy Abernethy had decided that AMC needed to compete more directly against GM, Ford and Chrysler. In order for the Kenosha manufacturer formed from the 1954 merger of Nash and Hudson to do that,…
This image from police dashcam video shows Gregory Bombard getting arrested on Feb. 9, 2018. He was charged with a crime for giving a state trooper the middle finger. ST. ALBANS, Vt. — Vermont has agreed to pay $175,000 to settle a lawsuit on behalf of a man who was charged with a crime…
Despite an aggressive campaign ongoing for more than a year to market Volvo’s compact all-electric SUV in the United States, the Swedish-based company said today that it will delay introduction of the EX30 until next year. Russell Datz, a Volvo spokesman, said in an email that the on-sale date of the EX30 is “due to…
