SAN DIEGO — It’s not often that existing, successful carmakers create a brand new car brand. And it’s even less often that those new brands are successful. Remember Scion? Toyota figured out that it could […]
MOJAVE DESERT, Calif. — There are few things more awe-inspiring than a desert sunrise. I’m generally not one to wake up at 3:30 A.M., but when you’re headed to the middle of the desert where […]
SAN DIEGO — The new Volvo is more than a decade old now. Sold off by Ford in 2010, the storied Swedish carmaker was picked up by Chinese car giant Geely. Given new life and […]
One of the challenges people have with electric vehicles is figuring out how much they cost to operate. The price of fully charging an electric vehicle’s battery can vary wildly depending on when and where […]
SAN DIEGO — It’s easy to see why the Toyota Tacoma has been the best-selling midsize truck in America for more than a decade. For one, it’s been around for a long time, while most […]
SAN DIEGO — I really like Cadillac. I like the heritage, I like the design, and I like where they’re going with electric cars like the Lyriq. I even like the XT5, the most popular […]
DETROIT — Rick Hendrick erased any doubt that marketing in motorsports is still effective when his automotive sales group bought the sponsorship rights through 2023 for NASCAR title contender Kyle Larson. With few companies willing […]
DETROIT — Michael Andretti has a 21-year-old son with zero interest in obtaining a driver’s license. Rideshare apps get him where he wants to go. In New Jersey, the 16-year-old daughter of a local short […]
TOKYO — Toyota reported Wednesday a record $8.2 billion profit for the fiscal first quarter, underlining the Japanese automaker’s resilience even amid the coronavirus pandemic. Toyota Motor Corp.’s April-June profit zoomed more than five-fold from […]
SAN DIEGO — I’m constantly amazed by people on the internet. We’ve created the most glorious communications platform the world has ever seen, and people use it to argue — with factually inaccurate statements, to […]
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