This week in Autocar, Triumph is back with a shock new sports car, we drive MG’s Mercedes A45-killer, and pit the Jeep Avenger against the Alps. News Triumph has rebirthed the TR2 as a lightweight electric speedster called the TR25 – a car designed by London-based design house Makkina with development backing from BMW. Hyundai,… Continue reading Autocar magazine 19 July: on sale now
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New Mercedes AMG GT first ride: SL-based flagship with AMG’s CEO
No model reflects the ascendancy of Mercedes-AMG in recent years quite as well as the GT. Launched in 2014 as a successor to the SLS, the classically proportioned V8 coupé and roadster model has established itself as a true rival to the Porsche 911 and many others in the supercar ranks. Against a backdrop of… Continue reading New Mercedes AMG GT first ride: SL-based flagship with AMG’s CEO
Former CVS CMO Norm de Greve named new GM marketing boss
General Motors has hired a new marketing boss from drugstore chain CVS Health. Norm de Greve, 54, will join GM at the end of July as senior vice president and chief marketing officer. He replaces Deborah Wahl, who retired in March. De Greve will report to President Mark Reuss. De Greve, who has worked as… Continue reading Former CVS CMO Norm de Greve named new GM marketing boss
GM promises more of its newer EVs will be built in the 2nd half after slow rollout
General Motors vows to pick up the pace of production of its newer electric vehicles in the second half of the year as it works to get more battery modules needed to make those vehicles. The GMC Hummer EV pickup and SUV as well as the Cadillac Lyriqs, all of which use GM’s new Ultium… Continue reading GM promises more of its newer EVs will be built in the 2nd half after slow rollout
F1 Academy Picks Up Where the W Series Left Off
It has been 47 years since a woman drove in a Formula 1 Grand Prix, when Lella Lombardi of Italy finished 12th at the Austrian Grand Prix in 1976. In 2019, the all-female W Series started in an attempt to provide a way to get women behind the wheel, but it collapsed in June without… Continue reading F1 Academy Picks Up Where the W Series Left Off
United Auto Workers Open Contract Talks in Detroit
The three Detroit automakers and the United Auto Workers union have begun negotiating a new labor contract in what could become the most contentious talks between the two sides in perhaps half a century. The discussions, which formally started on Thursday, come as General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis have posted a long streak of… Continue reading United Auto Workers Open Contract Talks in Detroit
The Big Number: 19
G.M. said it had sold 691,978 vehicles from April through June — a 19 percent jump from a year earlier. Like other automakers, G.M. faced shortages of computer chips and other parts in the pandemic, which sent up the cost of vehicles, forced factories to shut down and left car dealers with sparse lots. Sales… Continue reading The Big Number: 19
Mercedes’ F1 Performance Improves After Adjustments to Its Racecar
After qualifying was finished for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix in March, Toto Wolff, the Mercedes team principal, condemned his own car. Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, the team’s drivers, had finished over six-tenths of a second behind the leading time set by the reigning champion, Max Verstappen of Red Bull, which is a huge… Continue reading Mercedes’ F1 Performance Improves After Adjustments to Its Racecar
F1 Teams Are Already Working on the Power Units Coming in 2026
Formula 1’s 2023 season isn’t even half over, but manufacturers are already working on 2026. That is when revised power-unit regulations, running through 2030, will take effect. It will be the biggest overhaul to the rules since the introduction of 1.6-liter V6 turbocharged engines in 2014. There will be more manufacturers and a step toward… Continue reading F1 Teams Are Already Working on the Power Units Coming in 2026
Ford’s Battery Joint Venture to Get $9.2 Billion Government Loan
Ford Motor and its battery manufacturing partner will receive a $9.2 billion loan to build three battery factories in Kentucky and Tennessee, the Department of Energy said Thursday. The loan is the single biggest financial commitment the Biden administration has made in its effort to build an electric vehicle manufacturing network in the United States.… Continue reading Ford’s Battery Joint Venture to Get $9.2 Billion Government Loan