The new Mercedes-AMG SL 63 is not to be underestimated, as this recent review from AutoTopNL reveals. Powering the flagship Mercedes roadster is a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 that is good for 577 hp and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) of torque. Mercedes claims the car can hit 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 3.6 seconds and
Month: October 2022
Demand for electric vehicles helped drive a 4.6 percent rise in Britain’s new-car registrations in September, according to industry data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). The SMMT said registrations during the month rose to 225,269 units from 215,312 units a year earlier, but still remained 34 percent below pre-pandemic levels. The
As we learned in July, the 2023 Acura TLX Type S is the latest recipient of Acura’s exclusive PMC Edition treatment. The name comes from the Performance Manufacturing Center, Acura’s specialist plant in Marysville, Ohio, originally set up to handle NSX production. But since 2019, Acura has been applying the same tender love and care
1:48 PM ET Associated Press Ex-Formula 1 boss Bernie Ecclestone faces trial in October next year accused of failing to declare more than £400 million in a trust in Singapore to the U.K. Government. Ecclestone, 91, appeared at Southwark Crown Court on Tuesday charged with a single count of fraud by false representation between July
Car haulers are pushing the Biden administration and lawmakers to increase truck weight limits on U.S. highways so they can transport more heavy electric vehicles, a move fiercely opposed by the rail industry and safety advocates who say the heavier loads are significantly more dangerous. Even before a recent spike in EV sales, U.S. roads
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla Inc. said on Tuesday it will remove ultrasonic sensors from its vehicles starting this month, as it moves ahead with using only cameras in its safety and driver-assistant features. Tesla vehicles now have 12 ultrasonic sensors on the front and rear bumpers, and short-range sound sensors are mainly used in parking
I’d rather look at a memorable car than a boring one, something that makes an impression even as it divides opinions, and it’s been a while since I’ve seen something quite so polarizing as the Ioniq 6. This is Hyundai’s latest EV, a computer-sculpted ode to aerodynamic efficiency and yet another effort by the South
Three Club holdings — Ford (F), Disney (DIS) and Starbucks (SBUX) — were in the news Tuesday. Here’s our take on the headlines. The news: Ford announced a year-over-year sales decline of 8.9% in September. But with numbers from the final month of the third quarter in, the company’s sales on a quarterly basis rose
It’s difficult to overstate how important the new 2023 Alfa Romeo Tonale is to the Italian brand. Stellantis’s answer to BMW has failed to set the sales charts alight in recent years despite having some decent cars in the shape of the four-door Giulia and Stelvio SUV so there’s a lot of pressure on the Tonale’s
PARIS — The Renault 4, a full-electric interpretation of the original iconic model, will debut at the Paris auto show on Oct. 17. Renault released images of the car’s silhouette and front end on Tuesday. The Renault 4 is expected to be a small crossover or SUV. It will go into production by 2025 as
6:42 PM ET Marty Smith Close ESPN ESPN NASCAR lead reporter Former NASCAR.com senior writer 15 years covering NASCAR Ryan McGee Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior writer for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com 2-time Sports Emmy winner 2010, 2014 NMPA Writer of the Year Cody Ware suffered a foot fracture and torn ligaments in a
A Hyundai Elantra N owner in California is battling authorities who ticketed him over an exhaust that was too loud, despite the fact that the entire car is still stock. The state limit for exhaust on vehicles under 6,000 pounds (2,721 Kg) is 95 dB. A video of the traffic stop provides evidence that the
SEOUL — Just how slippery is Hyundai’s new Ioniq 6 electric vehicle? When the four-door fastback sedan arrives in the U.S. early next year, it will have the same platform and long-range powertrain as the Ioniq 5 compact crossover. But the Ioniq 6 will get a big boost in battery range — thanks mostly to
BERLIN — Sixt will buy about 100,000 electric vehicles from China’s BYD under a partnership agreement signed by the two companies. Under the first stage of the agreement, Sixt will order several thousand full-electric vehicles from BYD, the first of which will be available to Sixt customers in Europe in the fourth quarter, the German
By Maria Merano Posted on October 3, 2022 Last week, The Boring Company (TBC) submitted plans revealing the Vegas Loop’s route to Westgate. It contained diagrams showing a TBC tunnel leading to Westgate. Redditor p12a12 shared the plans TBC submitted for the Westgate portion of the Vegas Loop, which will connect to the Las Vegas Convention Center
Land Rover redesigned the Range Rover for the 2022 model year, and now the luxury SUV’s smaller, more athletic Range Rover Sport sibling has arrived for 2023. And what an arrival. On sale soon in the U.S., the Sport had its coming-out in Madrid just a few weeks ago, where Land Rover ushered it through
BERLIN — Volkswagen Group brands have been instructed to prepare for a stock market listing as a training exercise, CEO Oliver Blume told a German business paper. With the advice of a banking team, chief executives and financial officers at each brand are working on sharpening their focus with capital markets in mind, Blume told
Lexus, one of the most prominent brand backers of the first “Black Panther” movie, is back for the seque — this time using the movie to plug an electric vehicle. The campaign, called “An Electric Future,” features the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e, the Toyota-owned luxury brand’s first battery electric vehicle. A 90-second ad features members