Ford Recalling 565K Broncos Over Engine Compart Fire Concerns

Ford Motor Co. is recalling 565,691 Ford Broncos after determining a faulty wiring harness could start a fire in the vehicles’ engine compartment. At least 15 instances of fires have been reported to the automaker.According to  a filing with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the automaker’s Critical Concern Group opened an investigation into the problem June 18, to review “fire events” associated with the SUVs “to combine existing investigato

A bipartisan bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate that could lead to the Volvo and, perhaps more shockingly, Mercedes-Benz being banned from selling vehicles in the United States.Introduced by Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan), the Connected Vehicle Security Act of 2026 would ban the import, sale and operation of vehicles manufactured by companies deemed “foreign entities of concern” by nature of being based in certain nations deemed adversaria

Author, marketing and PR powerhouse Don McLean is back on Tales From the Beat to discuss with host Ed Garsten, his new platform for democratizing PR for those who can't afford to pay for a PR agency, how AI has changed story pitching and release creation and its limitations.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 Associated Press, The Detroit N

Ford Motor Company is making a dramatic return to the defense sector after a 36-year hiatus. The Blue Oval has officially secured a contract from the Department of Defense to develop prototypes for the U.S. Army’s next-generation light tactical vehicle program, aiming for what it describes as its largest military contract opportunity since the Cold War era.The Pentagon is aggressively courting domestic automakers to leverage mass-production assembly lines and secure domestic supply chains

Connie Peters loves this vibrant new color on an excellent truck: 2026 Ford Maverick. This is the hybrid with all-wheel drive.Friend of the site Connie Peters reviews the new Ford Maverick hybrid. 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.
A transcript, summarized by AI and edited by a st

Last week, the United States Senate Commerce Committee approved new legislation that could endanger Mercedes-Benz and Volvo Cars’ ability to sell vehicles within what has historically been one of their largest markets.
Assuming the proposal becomes law, any automaker with over 15 percent of its ownership controlled by Chinese entities will be prohibited from selling vehicles within the United States.
Introduced by Senator Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), and co-sponsored by Senator Elissa Slotkin (

New model marks the 4 Series Convertible's move to electric power, likely using the i3 saloon's techBMW's first electric cabriolet has moved a step closer, with a new prototype providing the clearest indication yet that the German car maker is already well advanced on an i4 Convertible based on its Neue Klasse electric platform.
Set to make its public debut during the second half of 2027 before reaching UK dealerships in 2028, the new four-seat model is planned to form part of an all-new two-doo

Racing cars covered in corporate logos are dull; bold, creative art cars are what truly capture fans' imaginationsOne appealing aspect of car culture is that, whether mechanically or through design, vehicles can be used to express individuality and creativity. And, when it comes to the cosmetic side of things, to me there’s no better expression of that than the ‘art car’.
My favourite art cars are those found within motorsport, where standing out for maximum visibility is one o

Magna's new mirror contains camera that detects driver distraction, drowsiness or fatigue
As car makers push for greater safety and automation, are drivers ready to hand over full control?Robotics in the form advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) have been here in Europe since 2015, when it became essential for car makers to adopt features such as autonomous emergency braking (AEB) to gain a five-star Euro NCAP safety score.
Drivers of fully loaded 2026 model-year cars will notice how lane-k

Two-seat SC01 features 'mid-engined' design, with importer calling it "the car Lotus should have made"China's first 'mid-engined' sports car will reach the UK in April 2027 under the billing of "the car Lotus should have built".
The SC-01 is built on a dedicated spaceframe chassis with the battery mounted behind the two seats and an electric motor on each axle.
Already on sale in China (where it's part of EV maker JMEV's line-up and named the Yichi 01) and some other global markets, including It

Two-seat SC01 features 'mid-engined' design, with importer calling it "the car Lotus should have made"China's first 'mid-engined' sports car will reach the UK in April 2027 under the billing of "the car Lotus should have built".
The SC-01 is built on a dedicated spaceframe chassis with the battery mounted behind the two seats and an electric motor on each axle.
Already on sale in China (where it's part of EV maker JMEV's line-up and named the Yichi 01) and some other global markets, including It

The long-running German saloon has gone electric – but it keeps all the strengths that made it greatThe arrival of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Electric seems a seminal moment on the road to full electrification. Here we have the firm whose founder, Karl Benz, patented the combustion-powered passenger vehicle 140 years ago, launching an electric version of the defining model in its line-up.Boss Ola Källenius describes this new EV as designed to “hit the centre of the Mercedes

The long-running German saloon has gone electric – but it keeps all the strengths that made it greatThe arrival of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class Electric seems a seminal moment on the road to full electrification. Here we have the firm whose founder, Karl Benz, patented the combustion-powered passenger vehicle 140 years ago, launching an electric version of the defining model in its line-up.Boss Ola Källenius describes this new EV as designed to “hit the centre of the Mercedes

Apparently, the Honda Accord has a problem: Subaru. More importantly, it plans to fix it by 2029. Honda is pondering developing a version of the Accord, one of its iconic nameplates, that could better compete with crossovers with off-road capability, like the Subaru Outback. According to  Automotive News, which cited a “person with knowledge of the plan,” data shows Honda loses more Accord customers to the Subaru Outback than any other vehicle. To combat those losses,

The modern automobile contains many complex systems, and is designed to identify its own issues as they arise via on-board diagnostics (OBD). Since 1996, nearly every potential fault within those systems is coded by OBD-II into one of four areas: Powertrain (P), Body (B), Chassis (C), or Network (U). But it wasn’t always this simple, as each manufacturer created their own Wild West of individual error identification methodologies, codes, and proprietary diagnostic devices. And the entire s

Genuine mid-1970s-style custom vans still show up in the car graveyards, a good half-century after they reached their cultural zenith, but it's tough to find one that has remained largely intact. Here's a Chevy Van at a Denver junkyard that's an honest time capsule, down to its authentic purple shag carpeting.This once-righteous custom Chevy got parked at some point in the late 1980s and didn't move again until it was towed into the recycling ecosystem this year. What makes a proper custom van?

New images show drop-top G-Class with its roof down as its launch date approachesMercedes-Benz is reviving the G-Class Cabriolet almost a decade after the last open-top version of the hardcore off-roader was phased out.
New images show the new Cabriolet with its roof down and the folded fabric top occupying the space where the boot is on the regular G-Class. 
Technical details have yet to be disclosed, though the new images are of an AMG derivative with side-exit exhausts. The reg

New images show drop-top G-Class with its roof down as its launch date approachesMercedes-Benz is reviving the G-Class Cabriolet almost a decade after the last open-top version of the hardcore off-roader was phased out.
New images show the new Cabriolet with its roof down and the folded fabric top occupying the space where the boot is on the regular G-Class. 
Technical details have yet to be disclosed, though the new images are of an AMG derivative with side-exit exhausts. The reg

Well-used Volkswagen Polo was the big winner from the annual celebration of brilliantly mundane motorsFind me another car show, if you can, where the victorious car is 25 years old, has done 176,000 miles, was its owner’s wedding car and has been his daily driver ever since he bought it 20 years ago.
The car I’m talking about is a 999cc, 49bhp Volkswagen Polo C owned by Gordon McNeill, winner at the 2026 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional, held last weekend at Grimsthorp

Well-used Volkswagen Polo was the big winner from the annual celebration of brilliantly mundane motorsFind me another car show, if you can, where the victorious car is 25 years old, has done 176,000 miles, was its owner’s wedding car and has been his daily driver ever since he bought it 20 years ago.
The car I’m talking about is a 999cc, 49bhp Volkswagen Polo C owned by Gordon McNeill, winner at the 2026 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional, held last weekend at Grimsthorp

EV from Chinese giant GAC targets quality, safety and mid-market valueThe Aion V is the European debut model of one of China’ s lesser-known, local-government-owned car-making operations, Guangzhou Automobile (GAC). Although not nearly as large, GAC is notionally similar to MG’s parent company, SAIC. It has had particular domestic success with EVs, and also learned plenty from several long-standing joint ventures with PSA, FCA, Honda and Toyota.By 2030, we’re told, Aion will h

A journey into the finest from IngolstadtFrom the tail-end of 1964 to Christmas 2004 were Audi’s glory days.The rise of an unpromising relaunch that became a byword for German technical breakthroughs, stringent quality, safety-backed performance and design elegance.
Arguably the German marque represents the epitome of the internal-combustion engine epoch. Audi’s back-catalogue bulges with brilliance but we think these are the pick of its greatest-ever 40 years:Audi Super 90 (1966)
Af

Mad 415bhp hot hatch is on the cusp of retirement, although less powerful A35 will remain on saleThe new Final Edition variant of the Mercedes-AMG A45 S marks the end of the line for the wild hot hatch after seven years on sale.
The A45 S was unveiled in 2019, packing the most potent four-cylinder engine yet fitted in a production car, its turbocharged 2.0-litre unit putting out 416bhp and 369lb ft of torque.
That gave it a 0-62mph sprint time of 3.9sec and a top speed of 168mph – figures

Mad 415bhp hot hatch is on the cusp of retirement, although less powerful A35 will remain on saleThe new Final Edition variant of the Mercedes-AMG A45 S marks the end of the line for the wild hot hatch after seven years on sale.
The A45 S was unveiled in 2019, packing the most potent four-cylinder engine yet fitted in a production car, its turbocharged 2.0-litre unit putting out 416bhp and 369lb ft of torque.
That gave it a 0-62mph sprint time of 3.9sec and a top speed of 168mph – figures

Void between private and fleet demand is putting pressure on leasing firm profitsElectric company cars have reached a market share beyond the government’s 80% ZEV mandate target for 2030, according to leasing firms, but they warn that weak retail demand and shifting policies pose longer-term risks for a sector that now owns more than a third of the country’s EVs.
Demand for company cars has surged since ultra-low tax rates for electric cars (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (P

Void between private and fleet demand is putting pressure on leasing firm profitsElectric company cars have reached a market share beyond the government’s 80% ZEV mandate target for 2030, according to leasing firms, but they warn that weak retail demand and shifting policies pose longer-term risks for a sector that now owns more than a third of the country’s EVs.
Demand for company cars has surged since ultra-low tax rates for electric cars (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (P

There are moments in automotive history when everything lines up perfectly great designers, serious engineering brains, a glorious badge from the past — and yet, somehow, the whole thing collapses. Not because it was bad. No Quite the opposite. Its Because it showed up at precisely the wrong time. Enter the IsoRivolta Grifo 90, a machine that, on paper, should have been a triumphant return for one of Italy’s most fascinating and underrated marques: Iso Rivolta.
The TTAC Cr

The Swindon-built 10th-gen Civic is an appealing, practical choiceCars that wear the 'built in Britain' tag tend to err towards being luxurious, expensive and/or sporty - think Aston Martin, McLaren and Land Rover, to name but a few.
There are, however, a couple of reliable Japanese but British-built hatchbacks - one of them being the 10th-generation Honda Civic, a practical, fun-to-drive family car that was launched in the UK in 2017.
Unlike earlier Civics, this one was conceived as a sing

The Swindon-built 10th-gen Civic is an appealing, practical choiceCars that wear the 'built in Britain' tag tend to err towards being luxurious, expensive and/or sporty - think Aston Martin, McLaren and Land Rover, to name but a few.
There are, however, a couple of reliable Japanese but British-built hatchbacks - one of them being the 10th-generation Honda Civic, a practical, fun-to-drive family car that was launched in the UK in 2017.
Unlike earlier Civics, this one was conceived as a sing

JLR will retire its entry-level SUV after 11 years on sale as GSR2 safety regulations come into force in EULand Rover will end production of the Discovery Sport at the end of 2026, after more than 11 years. 
The SUV remains configurable in the UK but is no longer available to order from the factory in various European markets, including France, Germany and Spain. 
A JLR spokesperson told Autocar: “Discovery Sport production will end in December 2026, in line with normal