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The pitch for electric cars always leaned oncosts. No fuel taxes, no trips to the pump, cheaper miles. Britain took that pitch, wrote it into policy, and championed the switch to battery power. Now the treasury has noticed the obvious problem: every electric car on the road is a customer who no longer pays fuel duty, and fuel duty is a very large number.The response is a new mileage-based charge on electric and plug-in vehicles. For the average British battery-electric driver it works out to ro

For the better part of a decade, Chrysler has been a brand kept on life support, its lineup shriveled down to the Pacifica minivan. There was serious talk of killing it off entirely or converting it into some vague "mobility business." Now Stellantis has a different idea: turn Chrysler into the cheap option. Back in May, Stellantis laid out plans for its brands during a financial markets presentation and confirmed three new Chrysler crossovers to join the Pacifica. Those are now known as the Ar

When the Taurus sedan and wagon launched in 1986, the space-themed event included an upscale sibling that arrived as Mercury’s flagship offering. More aerodynamic looking and with nicer trim, the Sable was intended to appeal to a slightly more daring customer with its design. Let’s take a little diversion into Sable styling. Like the LTD at Ford, the Sable was a replacement for the near-identical Marquis, a name donated by the Panther-based sedan and wagon as they became Grand Marqui

The claim comes from Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin, who used an X post on Wednesday to float a rumor with no named sources behind it: that President Donald Trump is preparing to open the American market to Chinese cars as part of a broader deal. "We hear rumors that Trump is planning to allow Chinese cars to be sold in the U.S., as part of a larger deal he's putting together," Slotkin wrote on X. "That would be a strategic mistake."
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The ongoing feud between the Department of Transportation and Ford Motor Co. about the automaker’s involvement with Chinese battery makers seems like, well, a pissing contest to distract consumers from high car prices, high gas prices, and other issues. That said, there are legitimate concerns about China gaining access to, well, America. However, if the U.S. is the free market economy many — not all — claim to be, then the doors should be open, right? Also, if you’ve se

Hey everyone! Just a heads-up that this video was originally filmed in Czech and dubbed into English using AI. It might not be 100% perfect, but we didn't want the language barrier to stop us from sharing Filip's pivot from diesel to EV. Enjoy the ride!  Filip used to call electric vehicles "Electric junk." So what changed his mind? In this episode of VWIDTalk, we sit down with Filip to discuss his complete 180 from a loyal diesel driver to a proud Škoda Enyaq owner. 
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If you have ever fought your own dashboard to change the temperature in your car or answer a phone call, the data now backs you up. Infotainment systems have become the single largest source of complaints from new-car owners, and while nearly every other part of the modern vehicle is getting better, the screens are stuck in place. Roughly a quarter of everything owners gripe about now traces back to the multimedia stack. That figure comes from JD Power, which surveys tens of thousands of new-ca

Volvo will be dropping the all-electric EX40 from its North American lineup next year, despite it and the rest of the 40-Series models being on the cusp of a global refresh. This decision comes after the automaker eliminated the similar EC40, opted against bringing the smaller EX30 EV to our market, and revised its own electrification targets. It would seem that EVs have not worked well for the brand. However, that is contingent largely upon where they’re being sold and how those sales are

The biggest SUV from Honda gets the rugged TrailSport trim for 2026. Friend of the site Connie Peters reviews the 2026 Honda Pilot TrailSport. Take a look at the video or transcript below to see what she thinks. 
The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.
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Affordability is the industry’s buzzword these days. One might think that would mean automakers are bringing down prices and that new cars and trucks would be less expensive, right. Uh, no. According to Cox Automotive, the average transaction price for a new vehicle in August eclipsed $50,000, rising to $50,089. While not an all-time high — that was December 2025 when the number was $50,612 — it doesn’t portend good things for vehicle affordability for the remainder

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Somewhere past 100,000 miles, your engine stops being new and starts being a project. High-mileage oils exist to slow that decline, and they do it with a heavier dose of seal conditioners, detergents, and anti-wear additives than the standard stuff carries.
High-mileage oil is not a repair. If your engine burns oil, knocks, or has lost compression, an oil swap won't save it. What a good high-mileage formula

A visual postcard of the British Car weekend at the Gilmore Car Museum from the Michigan Automotive Relic Society (MARS) crew. This event is an anchor point for many MARS members. A chance to see all your out-of-town friends gather in Southwest Michigan. Oil leaking everywhere and an accumulated 12 horsepower in a grass field. The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds an

General Motors CEO Mary Barra still calls electric vehicles (EV) the "end game" for the automaker, even as she concedes the road there is longer and bumpier than the company once planned. Speaking with Fortune, Barra framed EVs as the industry's long-term endpoint while ticking off the reasons adoption has slowed in the United States: shifting regulations, an incomplete charging network, and plain old practicality. The talking points are familiar, but the confidence remains intact. GM's north s

The new frontier of automotive surveillance appears to have arrived. Texas now has garbage trucks (and other vehicles) equipped with AI-powered cameras that are supposed to evaluate properties to determine which Dallas residents need to be issued government fines. As the trucks run their usual route, the system is supposed to be giving each lot scores — which determine what kind of action the city might take against the relevant property owners.Based on reporting from a local NBC affiliate

Stellantis is calling more than 200,000 Jeep vehicles back to dealers in the United States, this time over a tire-pressure monitoring system that reportedly isn't doing its one job.The recall concerns a fault in the tire-pressure monitoring system, according to Reuters. Underinflated tires wear faster, handle worse, and in the extreme case fail outright at speed, which is why a working TPMS matters. A safety monitor that quietly stops functioning is exactly the sort of small defect that turns i

In the world of bespoke supercars, there are special editions, there are limited editions, and then there are true one-offs. Cars created not by marketing departments or racing regulations, but by a single wealthy customer with a vision and enough money to turn imagination into carbon fiber reality. And the McLaren X-1 is one of the latter.  Unveiled in 2012 at the prestigious Pebble Beach Concours weekend in California, the X-1 remains one of the most unusual cars ever to wear a McLaren b

Two years ago, Dodge finally lived up to its commitment to ending its run of long-in-the-tooth muscle cars — the Charger and Challenger — and then tried to usher in a new kind of muscle car: an electric one.  Ram killed the Hemi, ushering in new, powerful six-cylinders, in a so many different variants it was hard to keep track of. In the meantime, Jeep was well into its revival of the Wagoneer nameplate with the Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer, plus the all-electric and somewhat sm

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy would very much like Ford to stop doing business with China. Ford would very much like Duffy to read the fine print. In a letter to CEO Jim Farley shared Tuesday, Duffy voiced "profound concern" over the automaker's dealings with Chinese firms and pressed Farley to sever the ties. Duffy painted Ford as "a foundational American brand actively intertwining its future with Chinese state-backed enterprises," a line that lands somewhere between a warning and

Jaguar Land Rover is trimming roughly 12% of its 34,000-strong UK workforce, and it will do it without a check from the British government. The automaker plans to cut 4,000 roles over the next two years to save 1.7 billion pounds, according to The Guardian. The reductions fall on salaried and management staff, including marketing and research and development. Hourly factory workers are reportedly safe for now. JLR intends to start with voluntary departures, and the union representing employees

The 2024 Porsche 911 GT3 isn’t just another performance car — it’s the distilled essence of Porsche’s motorsport obsession.  The GT3’s design is pure function wrapped in unmistakable 911 character. Wide fenders, a vented carbon hood, deep front splitter, and the iconic swan‑neck rear wing create massive downforce while keeping airflow clean and stable. Inside, the GT3 strips away the unnecessary and elevates the essential. 
Carbon‑fiber bucket

Host/journalist Ed Garsten welcomes Steve Turner to the podcast. He's the co-owner/principal of St. Louis-based Solomon Turner PR and author of the book "PR That Works." They discuss what PR tactics work, don't work, the role of AI and how you accurately measure whether or not those tactics had any positive effect.TTAC Creator Ed Garsten hosts " Tales from the Beat," a podcast about the automotive and media worlds. A veteran reporter and public relations operative, Garsten worked for CNN,

The 2.0-liter EcoBoost's coolant intrusion saga has been trundling through courtrooms in the U.S. and Canada for years. Now it may get a federal audience.According to Ford Authority, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation has received a petition asking it to formally probe the engine, and the affected population is not small: over 500,000 2015-2018 Ford Edge models.
Per the defect petition now open with ODI, coolant intrusion in these engine

Sometimes a person buys one of the cheapest vehicles available from a manufacturer, loads it up with options, and then drives it for decades while keeping it in near-perfect condition. That's what we've got for today's Junkyard Find, spotted at a yard just south of Denver.This is a Sentra Deluxe, the least expensive wagon offered by Nissan for the 1985 model year (and one of the cheapest wagons available in the USA that year, period). The driver's seat and door panel are a little bit dirty, but

The development of the new Ford Taurus was the largest project Ford had ever undertaken. At great expense and during a time when the company was in a product, quality, and financial rut, the Taurus was make-or-break. After five years of development, the Taurus was ready for its public debut.
And it debuted at the 11th hour, presented to the press and Ford’s own executives in the middle of 1985. Alongside the Mercury Sable, the two models were shown just four months before they would enter

Stellantis is reportedly delaying production of the Jeep Grand Wagoneer Hybrid and Ram 1500 REV once again. The former model was originally due to begin assembly last spring, while the latter is already about a year behind schedule.
According to Automotive News, production of the Grand Wagoneer Hybrid is now likely to commence in November. Meanwhile, the Ram 1500 REV (previously known as the Ramcharger) is scheduled for assembly lines in April 2027. The alleged rationale is that the automaker wa

There’s no question that auto companies that make pickup trucks make money on those vehicles. Ford’s F-Series pickups could be their own company based on revenue — and profits — alone. This is prompting more companies to start building trucks for the U.S. market. The latest to consider it? Volkswagen. VW actually used to offer a small pickup in the U.S. that was based off its Rabbit compact. It left in 1983. The German automaker’s teased a return with its Tarok for

The lobbying arm of nearly every major automaker selling cars in America is asking Congress to slam the door on Chinese vehicles and keep it slammed. The Alliance for Automotive Innovation published an open letter this week calling for "a permanent ban on the sale, import and manufacture of Chinese connected vehicles, hardware and software." The Alliance is a Washington D.C.-based group whose membership reads like a roll call of the entire industry: General Motors, Ford, Stellantis, Toyota, Hon

Tesla has once again avoided letting a jury decide who's at fault when Autopilot and the human behind it both fail.According to Carscoops, the automaker settled with the family of Genesis Giovanni Mendoza Martinez, who died in a 2023 crash when his 2014 Model S struck a fire truck parked across a California highway. The deal landed less than two months before the case was set for trial on Oct. 26. Terms weren't disclosed.
The collision happened around 4 a.m. on Feb. 18, 2023, on Interstate 680,

The Ford Probe 1 Ghia was the first build for Ford that shifter the focus almost entirely on aerodynamics. Today we look at the car and the man who was the force behind it. He had plenty of critics, but his vision impacted Ford design for years afterwards. The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.
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The history of the automotive industry is filled with names … names that are little more than memories. Think Plymouth, Pontiac, Mercury, and others. Most of these monikers from eras gone by departed because of financial decisions — they didn’t make money … or enough money. General Motors cut a few brands, i.e. names, a while ago: Oldsmobile, Saturn, and —sigh — Pontiac. Ford cut its Mercury division in 2010 with the last Mercury, a Grand Marquis, rolling o

Luxury flying cars coming soon. LEO Flight is bridging the gap between road and sky with two electric flying cars: LEO Coupe and LEO Solo. The American company develops eVTOL aircraft designed for personal and urban mobility. LEO Coupe uses 100 clustered electric jets for lift and propulsion. It seats two with storage and features airbags, a parachute, and emergency flotation. LEO Coupe is aiming for a 250-mile range with a top speed of 200 mph. 
LEO Solo however is a single-seater designe

Ford reportedly wants to move more than 100,000 copies of its upcoming Fathom electric pickup in the truck's first year of production — a number that puts the blue oval in company nobody else has kept. No automaker besides Tesla has ever sold more than 100,000 units of a single EV in the United States in a year. Therefore, Ford setting that as a launch target, rather than a stretch goal reached after a model matures, is aggressive by any measure. It also signals the company hasn't walked

Mitsubishi has finally revealed the all-new Pajero SUV in Japan, which presumably foreshadows the North American Montero — a vehicle that has been absent from our market for two decades.
The model mimics the styling of the brand’s Destinator SUV (which we don’t have access to) with touches of Nissan’s more recent designs. This makes sense, considering Mitsubishi and Nissan often share platforms. In fact, the rumor mill has it that a significant amount of the Pajero’

The 2027 Kia Seltos is here and it’s like a baby Telluride. So good!Friend of the site Connie Peters reviews the 2027 Kia Seltos. Take a look at the video or transcript below to see what she thinks. 
The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.
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The Venn diagram of V8 power, three pedals, and rear-wheel drive used to overlap all over the segment. In 2026, however, it produces exactly one four-door sedan on sale in America: the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing. That alone would make it worth noting. The four-month expiration date, therefore, makes it urgent. The recipe was once cheap and everywhere. The E39 and F10 BMW M5, the E90 M3, the Chevrolet SS, the Pontiac G8 — all fit the brief of V8, manual, rear drive. That segment, however, ha

China’s recent decision to recall millions of vehicles not only highlights safety concerns about recessed door handles but also problems associated with replacing any traditional mechanical system with electronically dependent alternatives.
If you’ve been vacationing on another planet this week, China just issued the largest automotive recall in the nation’s history. The regulatory action targets an estimated 4.3 million cars and focuses around concerns that electronic door han

Somewhere out there, a father has decided that the safest thing to hand a newly licensed teenager is an old F-150 or an Excursion. The logic is straightforward: mass wins crashes, so pile on the mass. The counterargument, raised by plenty of people reading The Autopian, who saw the rapidly circulating social media post, is that a driver with roughly 40 hours of experience piloting a three-ton truck is its own hazard. If that is the game everyone is playing, then the rest of us need to armor up

In the late '70s and into the '80s, Ford was in a bad place with regard to its domestic passenger cars and its finances. The company had only three platforms to span the entire Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln product range. Its family midsize car of the early '80s was the LTD, which was rear-drive, lackluster, and desperately in need of replacement by something front-wheel drive (FWD) and modern. So Ford spent five long years on the development of its new family car that would become the Ford Taurus,

What kind of vehicle from the 1940-1955 period is easiest to find in Western Ewe Pullet-style car graveyards? Four-door sedans made by the Chrysler Corp., no doubt about it. Here's one that I spotted in a northeastern Colorado yard a few weeks ago.Since I started documenting junkyard vehicles with stories to tell in 2007, I've written about the following discarded 1940-1955 Mopar sedans: 1941 Plymouth, 1941 Plymouth, 1942 Plymouth, 1947 Dodge, 1948 Dodge, 1948 Plymouth, 1949 Dodge, 1949 Dodge, 1

For a posh, practical electric family car to turn heads and win hearts, look no furtherKia's first bespoke electric car, the EV6, hits a sweet spot.
It's big enough for a family's needs yet small enough to calmly negotiate the UK's tight, busy roads and it has real, unique character, courtesy of a dramatic, enigmatic silhouette that doesn't feel like an SUV, or a saloon or a hatchback. Even better, it's now available from less than £10,000-with warranty remaining.
Built on the E-GMP (Elect

BMW, Mercedes and Volvo each begin a new era with long-range, tech-heavy family SUVs. Which rules?It's sometimes said that we have passed peak car. In other words, the best cars have already been made and it's downhill from here. What 'best' means is of course very relative, and it depends on the type of cars we're talking about.
The case is most easily made for the affordable enthusiast's car - hot hatches and sports cars have nearly gone extinct. You might also look to what was once Autocar he

When cousin Eugène cancelled Armand Peugeot's early car-building plans, Armand quit to start his own rival firmVisitors to the 1905 Paris motor show "who wish above all to appreciate the progress of the car in the touring category will obviously go to the stand of the Société des Automobiles Peugeot", reported French sports newspaper L'Auto. 
Meanwhile, at the stand of Le Fils de Peugeot Frères, "exhibited amid victorious and nickel-gleaming bicycles and motorcyc

Jag's junior exec oozes driver appeal and smart looks, and you could have one for a songJaguar's reinvention as a maker of luxury electric vehicles has caused considerable upset among sections of the brand's fanbase. That's not just because traditionalists are wary of EVs and unwilling to embrace the firm's new positioning but also because Jaguar's former line-ups always appealed to driving enthusiasts.
In its most recent guise, Jaguar's range was made up of generally excellent sports cars, salo

Got an E36 or an E46? You can now give it the new car treatment with main dealer servicingDo you own a BMW 3 Series of the E46 generation, on sale from 1998 to 2006? You already know it's a classic, but now it's official, following BMW's UK appointment of four Classic partners, existing main dealerships equipped and approved to service, repair and restore your old E46 and those generations that came before it – not only 3 Series but all BMW models that ceased production as recently as 2010

The Model Y proves driver safety technology can be effective without being overbearingMoving cars around the car park at Autocar HQ on a weekday morning can be a stressful start to the day at the best of times. Unfamiliar cars in tight spaces between concrete pillars before your morning coffee has kicked in is tough enough; throw in the beeps and bongs many modern cars make and you've got a sensory challenge to overcome on top.
"Hi, I'm Deepal," said an AI-voiced Changan as I entered it, which w

Dissatisfied with your various dalliances? Perhaps the time has come to settle down with a true 'lifer'Against a backdrop of global and economic uncertainty, many of us are searching for something we can rely on. Something such as a 'forever car' - all the motor you will ever want or need. It may have future classic potential. It may be simple and easy to maintain. It may promise to be as reliable as a Swiss watch. It may just make you feel better about life. Whatever it is or does, a forever ca

'Op Snap' is on the rise as drivers gather their own footage of wrongdoing - but we must proceed with cautionThe ubiquity of video surveillance has recently given us the glorious nickname ‘Clicky Ponting’, bestowed on a player from Saltburn Cricket Club who was accused of ingloriously clicking his fingers to mimic the sound of a ball making contact with a bat, to dupe umpires into giving batters caught out. He was suspended by the club as the North Yorkshire and South Durha

BMW is launching a fresh batch of active safety features as standard equipment as part of its pivot to “Neue Klasse” vehicles. Rather than focus exclusively on improved crash testing, the German brand wants to implement features that would have the car making more decisions for itself — including a system that would prevent the driver from opening their door until the vehicle deems it safe.
This is largely being done to satisfy Europe’s updated New Car Assessment Program

After wrapping up the supercharged 2001 Lexus GS 430 build, the Speed Academy pits it against an earlier build, the BMW M5.Speed Academy is a website and YouTube channel based on making things go fast and enjoying cars. Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte are the forces behind Speed Academy.The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.An AI-produced summary of the tr

For decades, General Motors was the world’s biggest automaker. Millions upon millions of vehicles sold around the world. However, times changed and once we hit the 1990s, GM had competition and, wrestling with Toyota. Moving forward, Volkswagen jumped into the fray and GM fell by the wayside.Now-struggling Nissan took a whack being the top dog, fighting for leadership with Toyota, but it too couldn’t keep the pace and Toyota led the pack again. However, there is a new contender on t