Polestar 3 Courtesy: Polestar Swedish EV maker Polestar on Wednesday unveiled a new electric SUV that it’s counting on to expand its sales and presence in the United States. The new model, called the Polestar 3, is a five-passenger EV that the company describes as a “performance SUV.” It’ll launch with a 111 kilowatt-hour battery… Continue reading Polestar unveils a new $84,000 electric SUV it’s hoping will help cement its foothold in the U.S.
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Luxury EV maker Lucid confirms it’s on track to meet conservative 2022 production targets
Electric vehicle start-up Lucid on Sept. 28, 2021 said production of its first cars for customers has started at its factory in in Casa Grande, Arizona. Lucid Electric luxury vehicle maker Lucid Group confirmed Wednesday that it remains on track to produce between 6,000 and 7,000 vehicles in 2022, in line with the more conservative… Continue reading Luxury EV maker Lucid confirms it’s on track to meet conservative 2022 production targets
Revealed: 2024 Chevy Trax gains style and features, drops price and a cylinder
Buying a new car is a difficult experience these days with inventory scarce and average sticker prices pushing $50,000. It’s tough to find a bargain. Chevrolet hopes to buck the trend with its all-new, 2024, entry-level Trax SUV. The new model debuts at $21,4951 — nearly a grand less than the current model — while… Continue reading Revealed: 2024 Chevy Trax gains style and features, drops price and a cylinder
GM expands benefits eligibility for U.S. domestic partners
General Motors Co. is expanding benefits eligibility for U.S. salaried employees to include their opposite-sex domestic partners, starting Jan. 1, 2023. The benefits include medical, dental and vision. The automaker already offers benefits to domestic partners and their children in more than a dozen countries. GM is working on expanding this globally in 2023. “Achieving… Continue reading GM expands benefits eligibility for U.S. domestic partners
Next-generation BMW X2 set for complete design reinvention
Prototypes of the second-generation BMW X2 have been spied for the first time ahead of a UK launch for the coupé-SUV during the first half of 2024. As with today’s car, the new X2 will be based on the highly popular X1 – itself recently launched in third-generation form – but seemingly with a radical… Continue reading Next-generation BMW X2 set for complete design reinvention
“A new BMW M2 CSL could be one of the fastest-accelerating M-cars of all time”
As Bachman-Turner Overdrive once sang, ‘you ain’t seen nothing yet’ when it comes to the BMW M2. Because while the all-new version looks tasty enough, the variants that will follow it soon afterwards will go well beyond this. When BMW attaches the CSL badge to the boot – and possibly a CS too – these… Continue reading “A new BMW M2 CSL could be one of the fastest-accelerating M-cars of all time”
New BMW M2 turns up the heat with 453bhp
BMW’s M division recently announced its first plug-in hybrid model, the controversial 2.7-tonne XM SUV. But the renowned performance experts haven’t given up on pure driver’s cars just yet – and they’re throwing everything at what could be their defining small coupé, the new M2. The fastest version of the new 2 Series Coupé is… Continue reading New BMW M2 turns up the heat with 453bhp
Cupra Leon hot hatch now available from £29,515
The Cupra Leon is offered with a multitude of powertrains and in five-door hatchback or estate form, but now a new entry-level variant has been added to the line-up. Undercutting the VZ1 2.0-litre petrol is the 1.5-litre TSI; initially it only comes on the hatchback model, but Cupra says an estate will follow later. The… Continue reading Cupra Leon hot hatch now available from £29,515
From the archive: on this day in 1948
At the Paris motor show last week, Citroën revealed the Oli, its vision of sustainable, affordable, long-range electric motoring for the masses. History was repeating itself, as at the same event 74 years ago, the firm unwrapped the 2CV, which was to perform precisely the same role in combustion motoring. La Deux Chevaux Vapeur(‘two steam… Continue reading From the archive: on this day in 1948
Autocar magazine 12th October 2022: On sale now
In this week’s Autocar, BMW has announced the new M2 as its swansong to hardcore petrol power and we find the best used bargains for those on a tight budget. Pick up a copy of this week’s magazine to find out more. News The new M2 will be the last petrol-powered car produced by M… Continue reading Autocar magazine 12th October 2022: On sale now