Automotive News (Page 491)

Subaru Crosstrek earns Car and Driver Editor’s Choice Award. See why it’s a top pick for consumers.

The entire lineup of Ford trucks and vans had a great month in July, up 10.2% from the same month last year as the F-Series continues to grow and as the big vans saw their numbers double from one year ago.

FCA is recalling roughly 1.15-million Ram trucks in the United States over a concern that the tailgate could unexpectedly pop open when the vehicle is in motion – potentially creating hazardous conditions for other drivers if cargo begins falling out of the bed at speed.

Finding themselves in the same situation they were ironically in back in the 1970’s facing record loses toward bankruptcy, Harley Davidson, the storied motorcycle company had to swallow some bitter reality medicine and face up to changing times with a younger generation that the company turned off with motorcycles their fathers rode, and their Millennial sons (and daughters) never liked. And now here comes the Harley Davidson electric motorcycle.

As Volkswagen, Jaguar Land-Rover and Porsche report their sales and deliveries, let's look at the best selling Porsche model and the driving factors behind car makers' success.

The 2018 Subaru WRX/STI loses power in a big way. It leads the brand in sales drop.

The newly refreshed Mazda6 is a Top Safety pick from IIHS.

With all the fast paced changes occurring in the EV world from a Tented Model 3 to a Class 8 Mighty Tesla Semi RV Camper coached by Instagram, has unfortunately left EVers with an inescapable reality: this summer they’re left short handed with few camping vehicle options. What’s presently selling they’re not selling them here in the states. And Teslarites are taking the matter into their own hands.

Sales numbers from July 2018 are in and for the 5th month in a row, the Ford Mustang is the bestselling muscle car (and the bestselling 2-door sporty car) in the United States – leading the Dodge Challenger by roughly 1,100 units.

Nissan begins building the new-generation 2019 Frontier, but Argentina gets it done before US.

The newly-redesigned Crosstrek and all-new Ascent 3-Row are delivering big for Subaru. See how they send the brand to another record.

Volkswagen keeps moving from sales success to sales success as July 2018 saw more achievement that keep has kept the automaker having another sale victory

While other auto companies may be eliminating most of their sedans, Buick is giving one of their new 4-door sedans the luxury treatment. Buick has made an important discovery.

Americans are not the only ones who love pickup trucks as this new European vehicle survey found.

The Toyota Prius Prime continues to out-sell every other affordable EV. However, its steady domination in the affordable EV class is overshadowed by Tesla's Model 3 sales news.

Tesla Model 3 deliveries more than double after two months at the same level.

Subaru gets a new driver for the upcoming ARX Rallycross series at the Grand Prix de Trois-Rivieres. The motorsports icon has lots of experience.

Volkswagen has recalled about 33,000 2015-18 Golfs to repair a problem with the ignition switch. It is possible that over time the contacts of the switch may become contaminated. This, in turn, can create a rollaway problem.

Despite Tesla being busy sorting out their Model 3 production issues, electrified vehicle sales figures, especially driven by plug-in market, keep setting consecutive records in U.S. This month Honda Motors announced Honda Urban EV Concept was named ‘The Best Concept Car’ in the 2018 Car Design Award honors, as part of the Turin Motor Show. Honda might have a trick up its sleeve - Urban EV Concept is stylish and may become an EV people would actually want to buy.

Will the all-new 2019 Subaru Forester offer consumers enough driving dynamic changes over the outgoing model?

One of the dirtiest types of vehicle operations is drayage. Here's how Toyota's zero-emissions semis are making a difference.

In this guest post, a Torque News reader explains the reasons why a person with two Lexus RX crossovers just switched to the 2019 Lincoln MKC

Mazda has announced its Miata RF prices for 2019. Here is how much of a price bump to expect due to the new changes.

Electronic key fob identity theft is becoming a real security concern for a number of car drivers. Beware of this and secure your car key fob to prevent break-in and GTA.

Talk about eager to get into autonomous cars. Some people can’t wait until you have to get a real one. A national trend is developing quickly that has the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) alarmed that if it’s not soon abated it will add another condition to the already overburdened resources of local law enforcement, and that is car jumping to the song and social media movement #InMyFeelings by the pop artist Drake and recording the episode to post it on YouTube. The NTSB is telling people to stop.

The first all electric Porsche since 1897 is having ramp up production issues but so far Taycan is on schedule with an assembly line timeline of 2019. Taycan will be Porsche’s first production all electric car and the second electric Porsche ever made, since the sports car company founder Ferdinand Porsche built the last one himself, the P1 which was the first Porsche ever built.

The new-generation Subaru Outback and Legacy are coming next, but don’t expect big changes on the outside.

The top-selling Subaru Outback could be getting competition. Will the Ford Fusion be reborn as a wagon?

Subaru recalls the new 2018 Forester Black Edition due to the incorrect information listed on the tire certification label.

The annual J.D. Power APEAL Study is out, and Subaru underperforms. See where the Outback, Forester, and Crosstrek rank behind many other vehicles.