James has covered the car industry for 18 years, from Detroit bankruptcy courtrooms to Nürburgring pit lanes. He founded OctaneDaily to prove that fast news and careful facts aren't enemies. Based in London, drives a high-mileage 987 Cayman he refuses to sell.
Washington has finalized a 34.9-mpg fleet target for 2031, down from roughly 50. Here's what changes, what it could mean for sticker prices, and why $4.48 gas matters more than ever.
The Blue Springs factory has built only gas Corollas since 2011. A $125 million retool adds the hybrid sedan in 2028, and roughly half the plant's output could go electrified.
A hospitality-style layout with a materials atelier and a 3D configurator debuts at Jack Barclay in London and is slated for Bentley's 220-plus retailers, though the US rollout hasn't been dated.
Trim-for-trim, 2027 stickers moved a few hundred dollars. The multi-thousand jumps come from base versions that quietly disappeared — and no brand has said why.
The anniversary M2 starts at $93,050, the M3 at $105,300, and the M4 Coupé at $108,000 before a $1,350 destination charge — roughly $26,000 above the standard cars on bmwusa.com.
Wehrlein's championship-winning 99X Electric is now a museum exhibit after four seasons, 23 wins, and six world titles, making it Porsche's most successful single-seater.
The 2027 Silverado HD and Sierra HD get 555 hp and 1,230 lb-ft, edging Ford's Power Stroke. Electric steering and brake boost may matter more to owners.
Toyota's chairman just entered the Automotive Hall of Fame. His record includes a congressional apology, a $1.2 billion penalty, a manual-only hot-hatch Corolla, and a governance fight the ceremony didn't mention.
Crewe's first EV makes up to 876 hp and charges at up to 400 kW, but US pricing, EPA range, and timing are still unannounced.
Ho Tzu Nyen's AI-driven video plays every time a visitor presses a floor button, and a companion work opens in Hyundai's factory city of Ulsan in October.
Five crashes, three deaths, and a regulator now looking beyond comma's own code to the openpilot forks built on top of it.
Subaru has confirmed little beyond the date. Last year's Series.Yellow cars, 350 of each built on tS trims, are the best clue to what's coming.
GM invented the modern child seat in 1967. For Child Passenger Safety Week it's pushing free seat checks — while a federal rule on hot car detection tech runs years late.
The gas Rogue enters 2027 with a $200 price bump, a retuned CVT, and the same 201-hp VC-Turbo — positioned as the budget path into a lineup that just gained a hybrid.
Third place at Indianapolis keeps the Porsche driver mathematically alive in the GTP fight, but the 147-point gap to Jack Aitken demands a near-perfect Petit Le Mans.
The 6.6-liter L78 replaces the 6.2-liter L87 in the 2027 Silverado and Sierra. NHTSA has two open engineering analyses into the L87 — one opened four weeks before GM's announcement — and the release mentions neither.
The Škoda chief spent five years running Porsche Cars North America. Volvo says he'll succeed Håkan Samuelsson no later than October 1, 2027 — and hasn't said how much sooner.
Volvo will launch 13 new models by the end of 2030, seven of them for Western markets. Here's what's actually confirmed for American buyers — and what's still an educated guess.
The GRIDRACK modular interior should save Greyshirt crews about two hours a day — and the van reached flood-hit Texas within 48 hours of completion.
Bolt will own and run a fleet of at least 25,000 Level 4 Lucid EVs — but the Midsize platform they depend on was just delayed to late 2027.