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Lincoln stated that they expected to be able to sell 18,000 Blackwoods per year based off the reception of the concept vehicle. Had Lincoln stated the Blackwood would cost north of 50K the reception would have much, much colder. This is a story of product development without proper research. The Lincoln Blackwood delivered a truck without a useful bed or 4 wheel drive and ultimately was a vehicle no one wanted.
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Discovery of an early owner’s manual shows that the incoming Rivian R2 midsize electric SUV will omit built-in AM and FM radio hardware entirely, forcing owners to stream broadcast channels via an integrated iHeartRadio internet application.
The play follows an industry trend toward eliminating analog signal receivers. Tesla removed AM and FM tuners from several of its vehicle architectures, while brands including BMW, Volkswagen, and Mazda began systematically purging AM bands from their

The complaints centered on automated license plate readers are long and well known. From incorrect results to improper usage, all those came to a head recently when an automotive journalist was driving a Land Rover press vehicle when he was pulled over and surrounded by police officers.  Those officers ordered him out of the vehicle with hands resting on their hips before realizing the plate reader he passed mistakenly identified the vehicle as stolen. As reported by our own Matt Posky tod

Race-honed, £1.2m recreation of a Porsche legend will go for gold in the hillclimb shootout this weekCalifornian Porsche tuner Gunther Weeks will bid for class victory on the Goodwood Festival of Speed hillclimb this week with a 1000bhp-plus reimagining of the iconic Porsche 911 Slantnose.
Project F-26 – numbered for the amount of examples that will be built, at around £1.2 million apiece – is a fighter jet-inspired recreation of the distinctive 935 Slantnose of

Today, we are exploring a very special electric vehicle: the VW ID.3 GTX Fire and Ice edition. This limited-run EV is a direct tribute to the iconic 1990s Fire and Ice Golf Mark 2, and Volkswagen only built 191 of these cars, making it a potential future collector's item. In this review, we break down what makes this GTX so special: Performance: It features a 79 kWh battery in the floor and a performance package pushing 240 kilowatts (around 326 to 330 horsepower). Unique Styling

Next month, privacy groups are planning a “National Week of Action” against automated license plate readers. This comes after sustained criticisms against companies like Flock Safety.
Starting on August 16th, DeFlock wants to establish an entire week where concerned citizens make it absolutely clear that they do not want AI-assisted surveillance tools installed within their communities. The group has set up a website that explains the background behind the cameras and how best to org

Mercedes has moved the engine fakery game on with seat shakers and simulated pops and bangsThe arrival of the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N was a landmark moment for electric performance cars. There’s a distinct split between those from before it and its virtual gearbox and those that came after.
The new Mercedes-AMG CLA 45 is only the latest to jump on the trend after the Porsche Taycan and Honda Super-N, and I wouldn’t be surprised to see more in the years – even months – 

CLA 45 goes electric with supercar-baiting pace, choice of saloon or estate and 416-mile rangeMercedes-AMG is aiming to convert hot hatch buyers to electric power with the new CLA 45, which brings supercar-baiting performance, advanced torque-vectoring technology and an ICE-aping exhaust note that even pops and bangs.
Available as both a saloon and a Shooting Brake estate, the first electric 45 model is substantially different under the skin from the regular CLA. It combines three axial flu

France’s Audi aspirant rejuvenates and fully electrifies its best-sellerTypically when a new car arrives, its predecessor is deemed old news and mentioned in passing at best. Yet the media launch of the DS N°7 involved the screening of an emotional video montage of its DS 7 predecessor, its stint as Emmanuel Macron’s presidential limo among the highlights.The 7 did a mighty job for DS, contributing 50% of the French brand’s sales for much of its life and selling more than

The MG 2 will launch next year inspired by this Goodwood concept car designed in BritainThe new MG Go concept car is the first preview of the new MG 2 supermini, which will arrive in 2027 as a rival to the likes of the Renault 5 and Mini Cooper.
It has been unveiled at the Goodwood Festival of Speed alongside another MG concept, a plush SUV called the MG Cyber.
The production version of the Go will be positioned as a fun, fashionable model rather than a budget offering and marks t

Legendary Porsche fettler adds a pair of cylinders to 911's flat six for monstrous power – and noiseStoried Porsche tuner Ruf has taken to the Goodwood Festival of Speed to show off a wild new prototype supercar with a flat-eight boxer engine.
Known as the B8, the mule is powered by a twin-turbocharged 4.8-litre horizontally opposed lump at its rear - the same format as the 911 has always used – but with two extra cylinders.
Ruf claims it develops more than 986bhp and 737lb

Chinese manufacturer's SolidCore technology will be used not only for EVs but also PHEVs like the next ZSMG will equip its next-generation plug-in hybrids with semi-solid-state battery technology from 2027.
The new technology, announced earlier this year, will come first to the MG 4 EV Urban hatchback, and it has now been confirmed that it will then be used in PHEVs - first the next-generation MG ZS in 2027, then the MG HS and MG S9. 
In time, MG's semi-solid-state battery technology, calle

Rakish new electric crossover will make production – but won't necessarily be sold to UK driversThe bold new MG Cyber concept serves as a showcase for the Chinese company’s future design direction and will evolve into its flagship EV.
A Goodwood Festival of Speed star, the Cyber is electric and close to five metres in length - and described by MG design boss Jozef Kaban as a "dream car" for the brand.
The Cyber will perform a similar role on the premium and aspirationa

Tech-laden flagship for BYD premium brand brings huge power output for 0-62mph sprint time of 2.25secBYD's premium brand, Denza, has pulled the wraps of the coupé version of its new Z electric hypercar.
Underpinned by a new development of the e3 platform that's also employed by the Z9 GT, it has three electric motors that combine for a huge 1582bhp and 915lb ft of torque. 
This allows the Z Coupé to hit 62mph from rest in a claimed 2.25sec; the Z Spider that was revealed

Sports EV will be revealed in full next year, with Alpine boss promising better performance and interiorAlpine boss Philippe Krief has vowed that the second-generation, fully electric A110 sports car will be better to drive than its fabled predecessor in every aspect.
The two-seater is due to be revealed in full next year, but the French firm has shown a first glimpse with the A110 Future running up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed.
That machine is a development car, featuring the

Chinese car-making colossus BYD has come and had a go. Is its Defender-fighting tough guy hard enough?You might not feel like you know Denza - the new ‘technologically-oriented’ premium brand of burgeoning Chinese car-making powerhouse BYD - very well at present. But if you’re headed to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, you might just end the weekend feeling like you know it quite a lot better than you used to. That’s because Denza has erected the biggest Goodwood sho

McLaren's signature V8 supercar bows out after a decade as wild, Formula 1-inspired special editionMcLaren’s signature V8 supercar is bowing out with the new 788HS, a track-focused machine built by its Special Operations (MSO) division.
It's the final chapter in the lineage that started with the 720S in 2017, then continued through the 765LT (which finished second in Autocar’s 2020 Britain’s Best Driver’s Car contest) and the 750S of 2024. &n

Building one-off vehicles is a hugely expensive exercise, but car makers build more of them than you might realiseIn the early days of the car, when they were hand-made and based on a separate chassis, it was easy to build one-offs.
But the advent of monocoque construction made it much harder to construct a unique car, which is why it's now such a costly business. But every so often a car maker will unveil a road-going machine that's unique, either as a customer commission, a marketing exercise