Say hello to the 2020 Nissan Navara N-Trek Warrior. It looks pretty serious, doesn’t it? That’s because it is. Introduced late last year by Nissan in Australia, the Navara N-Trek Warrior sits atop the Japanese carmaker’s mid-size pickup truck family and caters towards shoppers looking for a tough-looking pickup that performs just as well along
Month: March 2020
Auto suppliers BorgWarner Inc. and Delphi Technologies plc are in a quarrel over finances amid the global coronavirus outbreak that has halted auto production — a spat that could end their $1.5 billion merger deal. Delphi Technologies on Monday drew down all of its available credit, about $500 million, to build a war chest to stabilize
Volkswagen and Audi have temporarily tweaked their logos to help spread the message about the importance of social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. In short videos posted on social media and their websites, the German brands urge people to follow the prevailing advice from medical experts to avoid spreading the virus. Audi shows the four
Whether you’re a fan of the movies or not, the “Fast and Furious” franchise has become embedded in pop culture, and it’s one of those instances where some of the props, in this case the cars, are as highly regarded as the human characters. One of the cars that is particularly cherished is the 1970
For years, Mercedes-Benz GLC crossover buyers have talked about their luxury ride. This year, the 2020 GLC-Class talks back. With the new GLC, Mercedes-Benz adds its latest infotainment system and a slightly more powerful engine. Like last year, the GLC-Class is available as a crossover “coupe” with a racier roofline and hatchback glass, or as
With many owners taking delivery of their brand new and shiny 2020 Chevrolet Corvettes these days, sadly, it was only a matter of time before news of thieves breaking into a C8 surfaced. This incident happened over the last weekend of March, 2020, in Houston, Texas, on Bellaire Boulevard in the city’s Chinatown area at
Leaders get tested by crises, especially big ones such as what the world is facing now. In the auto industry, we’re seeing reactions that include shutting down or dramatically reducing operations and in other cases, special discounts for customers. Several manufacturers are pivoting their expertise and resources to helping produce medical equipment the country’s health
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday completed a rollback of vehicle emissions standards adopted under his predecessor Barack Obama and will require 1.5 percent annual increases in efficiency through 2026 — far less stringent than the discarded rules. The announcement sets up a legal battle with California and more than 20 other states
Watch the full episode on MotorTrend: https://bit.ly/2rf4l9U Cars exist for many purposes.Some are built for work, others for play. On this episode of Roadkill’s Junkyard Gold, Steve Magnante explores a pair of workhorses in the forms of a 1952 Chrysler Crown Imperial limousine and a 1957 Chevy 150 Series handyman’s station wagon. But you know
By Eric Ralph Posted on March 31, 2020 CEO Elon Musk published new photos of a Starship prototype shortly after it was moved to SpaceX’s South Texas launch pad, revealing the surprise inclusion of already-installed landing legs and hinting at the growing maturity of the rocket’s design. Published on March 30th and likely taken late
Penske Automotive Group said it is slashing executive pay, furloughing employees, postponing $150 million in capital expenditures and taking a range of other steps to “to help mitigate the financial and operational impact of COVID-19.” CEO Roger Penske and President Robert Kurnick will accept no salary for the duration of the coronavirus outbreak, while executives
With all the loss of lives and financial destruction that the coronavirus has brought us, it’s hard to look at silver linings from this crisis, but there’s one that’s becoming obvious: cleaner air. It might not last for long, but it’s giving us a glimpse at what we could experience if the world was to
The third-generation Chevrolet Camaro is an automotive icon of the 1980s and arguably the most original Camaro bar the first iteration of the series (1967-1969). Spanning ten model years from 1982 to 1992, the third-generation F-body Chevy Camaro has had many iterations but none was perhaps more intriguing than the Berlinetta offered for the 1982-1986
PARIS — Renault put most of its white collar staff in the Ile-de-France region around Paris on partial unemployment on Monday as the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak lowered activity. The company will use a plan that French government has set up to fight the economic crisis caused by the pandemic. Under the plan
Acura has named a new advertising executive as it plans to introduce new products, including Type S performance variants. Sage Marie, 44, will become assistant vice president of Acura advertising, effective April 1. He is currently assistant vice president, public relations at American Honda, and has been with the company since 1998. Acura head Jon
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a decade since professional drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. teamed up with Ford to develop a range of performance and styling upgrades under the RTR Vehicles heading. To celebrate the milestone, RTR has launched a 10th anniversary edition of its new Mustang RTR Spec 5 super muscle car—and just
A modified BMW i8 has been seized by police in Germany for street racing. The plug-in hybrid sports car was confiscated by police in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, approximately six months after the owner of the car published footage of a street race on Facebook. The video showed the BMW exceeding 200 km/h (124 mph)
Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story included an incorrect title for Grace Huang. Over the course of several hours on March 12, leaders at Cox Automotive’s Manheim were weighing what to do with vehicle auctions amid a spreading coronavirus pandemic. The next day they decided to make all of Manheim’s auctions completely digital.
The Paris auto show will not be maintained in its current form this year because of the effects of the coronavirus crisis, organizers said. The event is scheduled to run Sept. 26-Oct. 11, with media days on Sept. 29-30. Organizers stopped short of completely canceling or postponing the show, but they suggested that the traditional
Momentum Dynamics and GreenPower Motor Collaborate to Develop Wirelessly-Charged Electric Buses Momentum Dynamics to Integrate Wireless Charging into Purpose-Built EV Star MALVERN, PA., March 26, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Momentum Dynamics and GreenPower Motor Company Inc. (TSXV: GPV) (OTCQB: GPVRF) (GreenPower) have announced a three-year OEM agreement to develop and sell wirelessly charged, purpose-built all-electric transit
Genesis pulled the wraps on a redesigned G80 sedan that the brand hopes will help spur a new era of sales growth with its fresh design language and host of new technologies. Hyundai Motor Group’s premium marque presented the latest iteration in an online unveiling from Seoul on March 30. The third-generation G80 went on
By Eric Ralph Posted on March 29, 2020 SpaceX has finished its third full-scale Starship prototype and rolled the rocket’s tank and engine section to a nearby launch pad just a matter of weeks after work began, now ready to prepare for a potentially imminent Starhopper-style hop test. SpaceX’s rapidly-growing Boca Chica, Texas Starship factory
Unlike the bigger RS6, the 2020 Audi RS4 Avant won’t be offered in North America, but it was recently facelifted, so it deserves our attention. Presented last fall, nearly two years after the new generation RS4 broke cover at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show, the latest premium compact super estate from the German company brings
With factories and dealerships closed by the coronavirus crisis, European auto sales could fall by up to 20 percent this year, representing millions of vehicles, industry analysts and financial ratings services say. “The global auto industry is expected to witness an unprecedented and almost instant stalling of demand in 2020,” said IHS Markit, whose forecasts
If you want to start a car company, Christian von Koenigsegg is the man to talk to. His eponymous firm has only built a small number of high-priced supercars, but it’s still one of the few new automakers to survive in the modern era. This short video provides some of words of wisdom from von
A quick-thinking truck driver prevented a potentially deadly crash in the United States last week. This dramatic dashcam footage was captured on March 16, 2020 in Goleta, California and filmed from the dash of a truck traveling Northbound on U.S. HWY 101 on a rainy day. At approximately the 28-second mark of the video, a
SAN FRANCISCO — On a rainy December afternoon, Anthony Levandowski sat on a stool near the front of a coffee shop, engrossed in his phone. He scrolled through pictures on a website that dares users to discern the difference between images of humans generated by artificial intelligence and actual photos of humans. For the uninitiated,
On March 11, an employee of Roy O’Brien Ford in St. Clair Shores, Mich., visited his pregnant sister. Three days later, she went into labor and developed a fever. When the employee phoned the dealership to say his sister was awaiting the results of a COVID-19 test and he had potentially been exposed, leadership acted
MT senior editor Ron Kiino and the Motor Trend staff take the updated 2011 Ford Mustang GT out for some testing including the dyno to see how Ford’s potent new 5.0-liter V-8 really is under the hood. Read the full story here: https://www.motortrend.com/roadtests/coupes/112_1003_2011_ford_mustang_gt_premium_test/index.html Shot by: Jim Gleason Edited by: Jim GLeason
Tesla Cybertruck aims to help accelerate electric vehicle adoption in the US by electrifying the market’s biggest segment: pickup trucks. Americans love their pickup trucks, but they are other markets are also showing some decent interest in the new electric pickup truck. Here are the top 10 countries reserving the Tesla Cybertruck. After the unveiling,
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