MUMBAI: Automakers are in the process of tweaking the design, shapes and body styles to inject freshness into SUVs, which after topping the sales charts for several years are now facing sluggish demand. A body style that is finding favour with several of them is coupé, with Citroen and Tata Motors already launching SUVs with … Read more
Photo: Mercedes-Benz The depreciation of electric vehicles is far steeper than data showed just last year. EVs can now lose up to half their value over a single year, based on recent observations. This is a sharp shift from when electric cars were projected in December 2023 to lose half their value in three years. … Read more
If there’s one thing that you can trust with Elon Musk, it’s that every single new product or feature he talks about inevitably gets delayed. That fully autonomous cross-country road trip that he promised by the end of 2017? Still hasn’t happened. Outside of the new Roadster, though, Tesla does eventually build the cars it … Read more
The 1980s were a really unique time for the automotive industry. As companies crawled out of the Malaise Era, there were lots of new technologies or features being tried in places you wouldn’t expect. Take this MotorWeek comparison test of cars equipped with all-wheel drive from 1987, featuring everything from a compact sedan to a rear-engine … Read more
The front trunk, otherwise known as the frunk, has been around so long, it’s old enough to have great-grandchildren. Frunks were just never very popular because they were reserved for mid- and rear-engine cars. With the advent of the electric vehicle, though, there’s no big engine taking up a ton of space, so it’s common … Read more
Good morning! It’s Friday, August 2, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. New York Joins California, Banning Non-Electric Vehicles After 2035 1st Gear: U.S. Election Means Everything To EVs The … Read more
Screenshot: Mazda Here at Jalopnik, we’re big fans of Mazda. We love the Miata so much, it might as well be our unofficial mascot. We also regularly encourage friends and family to buy Mazdas because they’re great cars. I’m personally responsible for at least five CX-5 sales and a couple of Mazda 3s. So it … Read more
Image: Google Street View A New Orleans man was arrested after he attempted to steal an Audi during a test drive on July 30. Reginald Vaughn went to an Audi dealership in the Louisiana town of Metairie to check out a few cars. When he went on a test drive, accompanied by an employee, things … Read more
The Audi Q6 E-Tron may not have been the corner carver we would have preferred on tight, twisty roads, but it showed Audi really isn’t messing around with its EVs anymore. It rides on a new platform, offers plenty of range and feels incredibly comfortable and well-built. Now, Audi’s used that same platform to build … Read more
A video of two people driving through torrential rain in China is going viral this week due to the way they’re able to see the road through the weather. Thanks to a little thing called physics, you can indeed see the road better in a storm through a cell phone camera than your own eyes, … Read more
