Good morning! It’s Thursday, March 28, 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. We Found a Top Secret Toyota Supra GT300 Build at New York’s Auto Show 1st Gear: Bridge Collapse … Read more
It’s a big day for people whose passion is graphic design, as Italian supercar maker Lamborghini has just rolled out its first logo refresh in almost 20 years. Don’t worry though, as it’s nothing too revolutionary. Instead, the new logo is merely a refinement of the bull badge that the firm first introduced in the 1960s. … Read more
2015 Nissan XterraImage: Nissan The rugged, off-road segment is exploding; every truck or crossover now seems to have some sort of either legit off-road trim, or at least one appearance package inspired by ruggedness. From Chevy’s Activ trims to Ford’s Raptors and Toyota’s TRD-Off and upcoming Trailhunter trims, it’s a booming business. Not everyone has … Read more
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore Harbor is already posing a massive disruption to the automotive industry. The port handles imports, exports and parts shipments for major automakers like Audi, Bentley, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Jaguar-Land Rover, Lamborghini, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Nissan, Subaru, Stellantis, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo — all … Read more
Nascent automaker Fisker is in deep shit right now. Talks with a large automaker for a potential deal have apparently collapsed, and now trading of company shares on the stock market has been halted. The Chevy Trax and Buick Envista Are Ideal Commuter Cars | WCSYB? All this news comes amid growing concern that the … Read more
According to popular legend, today’s Nice Price or No Dice CrossCabriolet is a model that former Nissan head and present international crime figure Carlos Ghosn commissioned at his wife’s behest. Let’s see if its price and issues bring even further intrigue. Nissan Finally Turns a Profit As scruffy as it appeared, last Friday’s 1992 Mazda … Read more
Nissan Motor said on Monday it would launch 30 new models by the financial year ending in March 2027 and aim to raise its global sales by 1 million vehicles while cutting costs to improve profitability. Announcing an update to its medium-term business plan, Japan’s third-largest automaker by sales said it would target an operating … Read more
Truly small new cars are a rarity in the U.S., even those marketed as crossovers, and the ones that still exist typically have designs that are either boring and forgettable or ugly and chintzy. The first-generation Nissan Kicks fell into the former category; the subcompact crossover was handsome but nothing to write home about. Nissan … Read more
Photo: Nissan Earlier this week reports out of Japan pointed to 2025 being the final model year for the R35-generation Nissan GT-R, which was first unveiled in 2007, and now Nissan has unveiled the 2025 model year GT-R in Japan. Details are slim and changes seem to be few, but it’s great to see the … Read more
Image: Manufacturer Provided The state of affordable new automobiles right now is bleak, y’all. Back in 2020, I did a rundown of all the cars left in the U.S. market under $20,000, and there were seventeen. I did another one last fall, and there were six. Now, because the Kia Soul has crept above the … Read more
