In October 2022, Jeep brand ex-president Christian Meunier told Motor Trend Jeep wanted just the right name for the battery-electric Wagoneer S. The automaker had come up with a few but thought the public might be able to do better. The Name the New Wagoneer contest asked any who cared to visit a website, enter a … Read more
So, as it turns out, Boeing’s safety culture is as not good as we all expected it to be. A new report from federal safety experts found some major issues with its culture that include a “disconnect” between senior management and other employees. It was also described as both “inadequate” and “confusing.” That is not what … Read more
The time-consuming, and occasionally painful and expensive fact of the matter is: You don’t know what it will take to fix a problem until you’ve fixed the problem. Ford CEO Jim Farley rightfully talked up the numerous quality control processes put in place to ensure the 2023 Ford Super Duty came off assembly lines without … Read more
Czech car maker Skoda Auto has kept a low profit ambition for India despite being in the market for more than 20 years even as the top five carmakers in the very same market, have had a profitable run – most recently, led by a sustained gain in volumes of pricier models. The Volkswagen Group … Read more
Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images) Tyler Boebert was arrested Tuesday for a string of vehicle break-ins against his mother’s constituents. The Rifle Police Department took the 18-year-old son of Representative Lauren Boebert into custody and levied a laundry list of charges. This is the latest episode in Boebert’s tumultuous family life, a reason she cited … Read more
The Audi TT retired after three generations in 2023; it was sent off with a Final Edition model. While we won’t see a fourth-generation TT in the near future, the German brand is reportedly looking at ways to fill the model’s gap in the coming years with an electric sports car. Daniel Schuster, a spokesperson … Read more
Photo: National Motor Museum/Heritage Images (Getty Images) Designing a car is a massive undertaking. Automakers must effectively predict the future and produce a design that will be appealing for years to come, and the process starts years before the car hits the road. Oftentimes designers have to adhere to a preexisting platform, meet a certain … Read more
Tesla will aim to ship its Roadster electric sports car next year, the electric vehicle maker’s CEO Elon Musk said on Wednesday. “Tonight, we radically increased the design goals for the new Tesla Roadster,” Musk said in a post on X, adding that Roadster’s production design will be completed and unveiled by the end of … Read more
Bugatti is well known for its overall win at the 1937 24 Hours of Le Mans, where Jean-Pierre Wimille and Robert Benoist piloted the Type 57G “Tank” to victory, but the brand’s first factory running at Le Mans happened six years earlier in 1931 and was, in typical French fashion, a bit of a protest. … Read more
MALIBU, Calif. – The sun is shining, the air is cool, the roof is off and the beltline is low. We’re surrounded in every direction by atypically green mountains in this remote corner of the Santa Monica Mountains. Oh, and the windshield’s down, sealing the deal on the most back-to-basics, horse-like transportation experience possible. Of … Read more
