Geoge Smith 
Carmakers are offering deeper discounts in a desperate push to entice buyers and clear inventory as sales remain sluggish. Starting this month, the level of discounts has risen to 12-14% of the average selling price (ASP) of a vehicle from 10-12% in August. For some models, total discounts offered are well over ₹3 lakh which … Read more
Image: Scotland Neck Police Department Facebook When someone is willing to steal a car and lead police on a high-speed chase, it usually doesn’t end well, and sometimes the circumstances are hard to believe. We’ve seen everything from a Google Street View car going over 100 mph before crashing into a creek to a U-Haul … Read more
While Lincolns began getting modern overhead-valve V8 engines for the 1952 model year, their Ford-badged brethren had to make do with the antiquated flathead V8 through 1953. Finally, the Ford Y-Block V8 appeared in the 1954 Fords, and today’s Junkyard Gem is one of the first cars to receive that engine. This car currently resides … Read more
When Ford Motor Company, leading American multinational automobile manufacturer, exited India in 2021 it said the decision was part of its global restructuring programme but the move raised concerns in some quarters about the country’s business environment and its car market. Many questioned India’s automotive growth story. However, the runaway success of smaller brands such … Read more
On Friday, September 13, 2024, the car news website Autoblog.com will cease to exist. The site that started with the philosophy of covering every single scrap of automotive news is shutting down after 20 years in the biz. And though we had, at times, an adversarial relationship with the ’Blog, you won’t find one Jalopnik … Read more
For a company so defined by small, light sports cars, it’s funny to think that Mazda’s most important and pivotal car is a three-row (and also two-row) family SUV. We can make a strong argument for that statement, as the CX-90 is the first Mazda model in the country on the brand’s new rear-drive-based platform … Read more
A Volkswagen ID.4 electric vehicle (EV) at a Rivian charging station in San Francisco, California, US, on Tuesday, June 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric truck maker Rivian’s $5 billion deal with Volkswagen Group nets Rivian some much-needed cash. But it also gives Volkswagen a path to a future in … Read more
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Secretary Anurag Jain on Thursday pitched for scrapping of pre-BS era vehicles, especially commercial heavy vehicles, citing pollution and safety issues. Bharat Stage (BS) norms were introduced in the country in 2000. “If look at pre-BS vehicles, these do so much of pollution. The vehicles which are from before … Read more
An aerial view of a Tesla Cybertruck being driven on July 24, 2024 in Burbank, California (not the Cybertruck mentioned in the story)Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Stainless steel often proves to be anything but—anyone with stainless steel appliances can tell you that—but the Tesla Cybertruck’s steel body panels have made a mockery of the … Read more
Volkswagen is going to inject a bit more pizzazz into the compact SUV segment with its updated Taos. The baby crossover will benefit from the usual nip-and-tuck treatment we’ve come to expect from a midcycle update — with one pleasant twist: The 1.5-liter engine carries over, but with some nifty upgrades that boost the output … Read more
