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  GM shuts down its Maven unit for good; BMW and Daimler also exit North American car-sharing market

  22 April 2020 / 2 comments

  It wasn’t very long ago that car-sharing was one of the buzzwords of an auto industry seeking to diversify away from traditional car ownership models. The service didn’t really take off in a big way, […]

   

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  2021 Audi A3 Sedan debuts – improved looks & safety!

  22 April 2020 / 10 comments

  Audi has finally taken the sheets off the new A3 Sedan, nearly two months after the A3 Sportback debuted. It will go on sale in Europe in the summer, with prices starting from 27,700 euros […]

   

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  Porsche Taycan 2WD base model to slot under 4S; to debut in China first, right-hand-drive markets in 2021

  22 April 2020 / 0 comments

  Porsche Taycan 4S The Porsche Taycan range will soon be joined by another version that will slot under the Taycan 4S as a base variant, according to Car Magazine. This will serve as an entry-level […]

   

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  2020 Toyota Alphard Type Gold, Vellfire Golden Eyes with Modellista bodykits, 20-inch wheels and tyres

  21 April 2020 / 4 comments

  Toyota has just unveiled Alphard and Vellfire special editions for the Japan market, giving the luxury MPV duo a touch of added gold and slightly different interior trim. What if some still find the exterior […]

   

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  Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur flaunts two-tone cabin

  21 April 2020 / 1 comment

  Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur, together with designers from the Development Centre in Weissach, have created a new two-tone concept interior for the latest Porsche 911. This combination of customisation, Porsche said, can be commissioned for all […]

   

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  2021 Volkswagen Atlas detailed in walk-around video

  21 April 2020 / 1 comment

  The facelifted 2021 Volkswagen Atlas made its debut in the United States back in February, and if you’re curious about the seven-seat SUV’s spaciousness and feature set, you’re in luck. Recently, the German carmaker uploaded […]

   

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  Porsche sold 53,125 cars in Q1 2020 – a 5% drop vs ’19

  21 April 2020 / 1 comment

  Porsche has announced its global sales figure for the first quarter of 2020, a period which it sold 53,125 cars. That is only a 5% drop compared to the same period in 2019, while China […]

   

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  Aston Martin to focus on restarting production – Stroll

  21 April 2020 / 2 comments

  Aston Martin is extending its production halt at both its production facilities in the United Kingdom until April 27 as a precaution against the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus across Europe, the British luxury carmaker […]

   

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  Audi plants in Europe to return to “normality” by May

  21 April 2020 / 0 comments

  Audi said its manufacturing plants in Europe will gradually return to normality by the end of April, and it’s currently taking initial steps to introduce health precautions to guarantee the safety of its employees. General […]

   

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  Price of US crude oil dips below zero to historic low of negative US$37.63 per barrel – over 300% decline

  21 April 2020 / 21 comments

  It was a rough Monday for the oil industry, particularly in the United States, as the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil futures expiring in May 2020 plunged by over 300% to negative […]

   

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  Next-gen Ford Mustang to get electrified V8 with AWD?

  21 April 2020 / 4 comments

  It looks like plans to electrify the Ford Mustang has finally gone back on track, after the Blue Oval made a strategic shift to introduce the Mustang-inspired Mach-E electric SUV. According to an Autocar report, […]

   

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  2020 Hyundai Veloster N receives new 8-speed DCT

  21 April 2020 / 0 comments

  Thus far, Hyundai’s go-faster N models have only been available with an honest-to-goodness six-speed manual gearbox, but for the 2020 model year the company is throwing in some technology in the mix. Starting this month, […]

   

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  Ford Focus RS dropped due to emissions regulations

  21 April 2020 / 2 comments

  C346-generation Ford Focus RS Heritage Edition There will be no successor to the third-generation Ford Focus RS, a source has told Autocar. This confirms an earlier report where the Blue Oval told French website Caradisiac […]

   

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  VW has enough SUVs for now, to axe some MQB cars

  21 April 2020 / 3 comments

  Volkswagen’s fervent efforts to capitalise on the SUV boom has seen it introduce 14 collective SUVs for the global market, up from just two a few years ago. Company R&D chief Frank Welsch recently told […]

   

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  Toyota unveils Alphard Type Gold, Vellfire Golden Eyes – special edition MPVs with unique trim, gold accents

  20 April 2020 / 0 comments

  Toyota has unveiled special editions of the Alphard and Vellfire luxury MPVs for the Japanese market – the Alphard Type Gold and the Vellfire Golden Eyes. The Type Gold is based on the S trim […]

   

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