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American and Canadian deal-makers are deep in eleventh-hour negotiations, trying to hammer out a compromise that would scale back President Donald Trump’s punishing 25% "Section 232" national security tariff on Canadian-assembled vehicles down to at least a baseline 15%.Without a breakthrough, a looming deadline could trigger steep new U.S. duties on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, threatening assembly plants on both sides of the border.While dropping the tariff rate from 25% to 15

Remember when Ford told us Quality is Job One? Many Americans believed that slogan and Ford’s hourly workforce set out to make it a reality. And, it did have an impact. At a time when Ford, General Motors, and then-Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/Jeep needed the public to believe in them, American buyers rightfully wanted quality products. Now determining what is a “quality automobile” can be difficult. Ford Motor Co. has led the industry each of the last two years in recalls, su

Flock cameras have earned their moment in the crosshairs, and it isn't hard to see why. License plate-reading cameras were sold on the premise of sharper law enforcement, but the rollout has produced misuse, false flags, and a public that increasingly wants nothing to do with the surveillance apparatus quietly spreading across the country.The horror stories are piling up. Officers have been caught using the technology to stalk their wives. Automotive journalist Joel Feder was detained after a c

Mercedes-Benz revealed the refreshed 2027 C-Class Sedan. While the powertrain has been given some attention, changes are largely visual — tweaking the exterior to more closely match the S-Class and newly electrified variant of the C-Class.
This includes the updated headlights, taillights and grille that make sure the illuminated Mercedes logo is featured in as many places as possible. There are even LEDs on the side mirrors that project the emblem onto the pavement next to wherever the veh

Important new SUV introduces Brits to Swedish brand’s latest EV technologyVolvo’s EX60 has arrived in the UK, bringing a new electric platform, ultra-rapid charging and an enormous range of up to 503 miles. Headline-grabbing stuff, but this new electric SUV will also need to show considerable polish if it is to worry about the game-changing rivals from Germany. At the beginning of the year, the BMW iX3 made its main foes look like amateurs, but instead of having the premium med

Chunky new Art of Steel design language brings Hyundai's best-selling car into its fifth generationHyundai has reinvented its best-selling Tucson crossover with a bold new 4x4-inspired look for its fifth generation.
Revealed overnight in Korea, the new Tucson is described as "bolder and more robust" than today's car, which is one of the most popular mid-sized SUVs on sale, ranking in the UK's top ten best-selling cars for the last four years in a row, and becoming the world's seventh best-sellin

Voltempo's coach-sized 'smart trailer', to be tested and built in UK, boosts capacity by 15%
Electric vehicle specialist Voltempo is developing a cabless, autonomous rigid lorry that’s 15.6m long, exceeding the current maximum length for a non-articulated lorry, which the company claims will maximise space and payload.
The prototype aims to extend a rigid truck’s proportions and capacity beyond the current maximums of 12m, 32 tonnes and four axles to 15.6m, 42 tonnes a

Exclusive: McGovern addresses "disinformation" around his exit from Gaydon, and maps out next stepsGerry McGovern is in his element, leaning back in a comfortable chair, clad in a characteristically colourful tailored blue jacket, holding forth on the minutiae of vehicle design and smiling a lot.
It's as if nothing has changed since his Range Rover days. We're in a large meeting room with a bunch of late-build prototypes visible through the glass wall. Just down the hall is a big design studio.

Oxford factory is key to Mini's image but also brings high costs
As parent company BMW hits headwinds, Mini's resilience comes into questionAmid all the talk of cost-cutting on BMW's recent earnings call, there was a moment of awkwardness when one analyst asked whether the Mini brand should be given the chop: “It looks to me that Mini is loss-making. Is that a brand BMW really needs long term?”
Unusually, the head of the brand was actually on the call. Stefan Richmann was fieldi