Ferrari’s Profit Jumped, but Investors Are Nervous
812 Superfast Italian exotic-car maker Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) said on Aug. 1 that its net profit rose 18% in the second quarter, to 160 million euros ($187.3 million), on a 6% … Read More
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Biker Films Himself Doing 189 MPH – cops nail him
Police in the UK have jailed a man who filmed himself riding his motorcycle at 189 mph (304 km/h) on a dual carriageway. Last week, authorities released video of 26-year-old … Read More
Marchionne smoked ‘cancer sticks’ for years
If you smoke 'cancer sticks' like Marchionne did for years, you usually die early. Cancer did-in Marchionne – a great man with a bad habit Sergio Marchionne received treatment for … Read More
Ford GT Production Falls Behind Schedule, Multimatic Says It’ll Complete Every Order
Ford GT Multimatic, the Canadian supplier company responsible for building the Ford GT, has fell short of the original 250-car yearly target for the 2017MY as it produced just 138 … Read More
Ferrari boss Marchionne dies at 66
Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne is dead at 66 Former Fiat Chrysler and Ferrari chief executive Sergio Marchionne, one of the auto industry’s most tenacious and respected auto chiefs, has died, … Read More
Penske & NFI To Begin Tests of Electric Freightliner
Freightliner eCascadia. After shaking up the car industry with his electric cars, Elon Musk is now forcing all truck manufacturers to develop electric Semis Daimler Trucks North America announced two … Read More
Tesla had over 7,000 new orders last week, says Elon Musk
Elon Musk In a rare move, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed the automaker’s new order breakdown from last week in order to dispel the notion that demand for the … Read More
Ford issues two big recalls
Ford shifters have been popping out of Park for decades Select 2013-16 model year Ford Fusion and 2013-14 Ford Escape vehicles to replace shifter cable bushingsFord is issuing a safety … Read More
Watch an autonomous race car tackle England’s famous Goodwood hill climb
All kinds of cars turn up at the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed to run up Goodwood’s famous hill climb course, but none have ever done it like this. Roborace’s … Read More
McLaren Automotive To Launch 18 New Cars To Go 100% Hybrid By 2025
McLaren Senna Carbon At today’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, luxury British sportscar and supercar maker McLaren Automotive has announced its ambitious, wide-ranging business plan that will take the company to … Read More
Tesla to Build Auto Factory in Shanghai
Musk forced to build Tesla's in China because of the 25% tariffs China has put on imported USA cars for years. Meanwhile the USA never reciprocated, until now. There's a … Read More
McLaren fastest growing luxury brand
McLaren Senna Carbon McLaren Automotive emerged as the fastest growing luxury automotive brand in the UK following the release of year-to-date car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers … Read More
The RCCI engine uses both gasoline and diesel fuel
When most of us pull up to the pump, we are in vehicles that require gasoline. A portion of us sidle up to diesel pumps. In the future, maybe we'll … Read More
Auto shoppers in the United States favor trucks more and more
SUVs are all the rage Just five years ago, U.S. vehicle sales were evenly split between cars and light trucks. But this year through May, trucks outsold cars by a … Read More
FCA buying Hyundai?
Responding to a report from Asia Times suggesting that a buyout bid is imminent, Hyundai Corporate and Marketing public relations manager Michael Stewart told CNET indicated the reports are unsubstantiated. … Read More
Tesla Sets New Model 3 Target of 6,000 a Week
Musk makes doubters eat their words Tesla Inc. aims to increase its output of Model 3s to 6,000 a week by late next month, suggesting it expects no letup in … Read More
Musk says Ford factory like a morgue
Elon Musk calls Ford plant a morgue Mark Truby, Ford's vice president of communications, responded to Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday after Musk compared a Ford factory to a … Read More
Critics tear into Tesla tent factory
Tesla Tent factory under construction. The Oil industry and Detroit want Tesla to fail Elon Musk has six days to make good on his pledge that Tesla Inc. will be … Read More
How VW crushed the Pikes Peak record with an EV
The Volkswagen ID R Pikes Peak ran the uphill course in seven minutes, 57 seconds, beating not only the previous electric record, but the all-time record as well–by 16 seconds. … Read More
Kansas Man, 23, Charged For Lewd Tailpipe Tryst
Ryan Malek – drinking is an epidemic with USA youth A Kansas man was charged today with lewd and lascivious behavior for his repeated attempts to have sex with the … Read More
Chevy recalls the ZR1
Corvette ZR1 Owners of 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 models should check their mailboxes in the weeks to come; GM has issued a recall for the 755-horsepower sports car over a … Read More
Porsche invests in Croatian electric supercar firm Rimac
Rimac Concept One Porsche is taking a 10 percent stake in Croatian sports car maker Rimac Automobili, which made a name for itself not that long ago with the electric … Read More
Volkswagen and Ford Considering Vehicle Co-Development
Ford is late to the table with EVs and needs help from a company like VW In a joint press release Tuesday, Volkswagen and Ford announced that the two companies … Read More
Audi Names Sales Chief Interim CEO Following Stadler’s Arrest
The diesel black eyes just keep on coming Just a couple of days ago, police in Germany arrested Audi CEO Rupert Stadler for his alleged involvement in the diesel emissions … Read More