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The reborn A2 claims brand-record efficiency and undercuts Audi's cheapest US model by thousands — but it was engineered for Europe, and Audi is silent on American sales.
Two inspect-and-repair campaigns since 2023 haven't stopped Grand Cherokee rear springs from working loose. Now Stellantis is replacing a part on all 328,381 SUVs — including ones already fixed twice.
A runner-up finish at the U.S. Nationals was all Hagan needed: he beat Ron Capps in a semifinal that doubled as a title decider and enters the Countdown as the No. 1 seed.
Both options were on the spec sheet since March but missing from the order form. Coastal Cloud stays off the Standard trim, and Rivian still isn't quoting prices.
Orders for Jeep's smallest SUV have passed 290,000 — and the brand is celebrating with a commercial in which AI-generated alpine animals refuse to believe the car is real.
The next 3 Series' M Performance flagship gets 443 hp, 428 lb-ft, and a 4.1-second run to 62 mph. Its rear-drive Drift Moment arrives in 2027 as an over-the-air update — even for cars already delivered.
The concept previews the 2027 Polestar 2 and 2028 Polestar 7 under new design chief Philipp Römers — cars Polestar has said it can't sell in the US under the Connected Vehicle Rule.
Genesis took Silver at the 2026 IDEA Awards for the Magma GT Concept — the mid-engine halo car tied to its GT3 racing plans — plus two finalist nods.
Lamborghini is marking 55 years of the Super Veloce badge as the hybrid Revuelto SV heads to production. Here's what five generations of SV actually have in common — and what changed.
Three of Mercedes' freshly updated flagships are wrapping up the African leg of a 140-stop global drive — sharing roads with elephants, baobabs, and a few well-traveled classics.
Tesla put European Semi numbers on the record on September 11, and Hannover filled in two more: trucks from Nevada and more than 100 Megacharger stalls in six countries, with deliveries targeted by the end of 2027. The price in euros is still blank.
Porsche's Sonderwunsch division spent three years turning one customer's 911 GT2 RS into a street-legal 935 tribute — complete with crash simulations and a 93,200-mile wing endurance test.
Nissan engineers scan real bottles, build dozens of mock-ups, and lap a proving ground with water-filled tumblers — because cupholders now move J.D. Power quality scores.
Stellantis has put the name on a slide, promised V8s and an SRT badge, and shown nothing. Here's the paper trail — and the 777-hp story that isn't part of it.
Two rounds of spy photos show a wide-body RX on Brembos and staggered Michelins. Everything else — the name, the 500-to-600-hp figure, and 2028 — is still unconfirmed.
Automotive News says dealers have seen a lifted, off-road Mustang called Baja. Ford has said nothing. Here is every claim, sorted by what it actually rests on.
Mitsubishi's first Gallery showroom is open near Nashville — a mall-style store run by a franchise dealer, where browsing starts on-site and the sale finishes elsewhere.
Since Friday evening any Robotaxi app user in Austin can book the two-seater with no steering wheel. Early receipts put fares well below a Model Y ride, while NHTSA is already auditing how Tesla certified the car.
The redesigned three-row SUV aced every IIHS crash test, but the award skips early-production models that shipped with weaker headlights.
Brayton Williams and coach Daniel Morad turned a June penalty heartbreak into a 6.4-second Pro-Am victory in a race that eliminated nine of 23 starters.