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Ford holds $17.6 billion for future repairs and accrues about twice as much per car as Hyundai, while promising less coverage. Here's where the money goes.
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Ford holds $17.6 billion for future repairs and accrues about twice as much per car as Hyundai, while promising less coverage. Here's where the money goes.

The team's free downtown hub runs November 18–21 on Bellagio Drive, with a real-car pit-stop challenge, simulators, and live Grand Prix screenings.

A supplier's broken crimping die left some 2026 F-150 and Super Duty tailgate cables weak. The replacement won't reach dealers until mid-January.

The M 252 LS makes 228 hp plus 30 hp of hybrid assist and promises up to 17% less CO2 than the 2.0-liter four it replaces.

The roughly $450 million package also adds hybrid and EREV engine variants and tooling for a refreshed Santa Fe. Pricing and an on-sale date for the 2027 Tucson are unannounced.

The 535-hp LS6 V8, the returning Grand Sport, and the 1,250-hp ZR1X each took a category, a year after the ZR1 won the same supercar title.

Toyota Motorsports Garage gave the hybrid wagon one-off coilovers, 295-section tires, and Lexus RX calipers. It's the second GT-S concept in a row to skip extra power.

GM banked the biggest truck profits, Ford kept prices firm, and Stellantis set an inventory target that points to Jeep and Ram deals before year-end.

The SEMA concept turbocharges the Sentra's own 2.0-liter engine. Nissan says it won't be sold, but its SEMA builds have reached showrooms before.

Ford's profit rose, EV losses narrowed from a year ago, and the automaker now assumes U.S. prices will climb twice as fast as it expected in July.

North American shipments fell 12% as Jeep plants sat idle, while Ram 1500 sales jumped 73%. Getting stock back to last December's level will take more than stable prices.

Output stays at 255 hp, but an electric compressor, a 27-hp overboost, and S-Class tech arrive when the sedan reaches U.S. dealers in the first half of 2027.

The Tundra, Tacoma, 4Runner, Land Cruiser, and Sequoia get white tracks and racks for Las Vegas. Toyota's last big SEMA overland build became the Trailhunter.

A petition says the 7.3L V8 can wear out its cam and lifters at idle, and NHTSA is checking whether a 2024 Maverick camera recall fixed anything.

GM will ready Lansing Delta Township, home of the Traverse, Acadia and Enclave, for hybrid production, backed by a restructured $500 million DOE grant. Models and timing are still unannounced.

Aston Martin's first mid-engine roadster keeps the coupe's hybrid V8 and top speed, debuts at the Concours at Wynn Las Vegas this weekend, and reaches buyers in late 2027.

The first factory Mopar edition of the new Charger adds carbon aero and a cold-air intake to the two-door R/T and Scat Pack Plus. Base 2027 prices are still unannounced.

Seat belt pretensioners can shake the second-row recliners loose in a frontal crash. Most vans get an SRS software update; about 200 Mobility-as-a-Service vans get new seatbacks.

A federal judge again refused to toss California dealers' suit against Scout's no-dealer plan. Here's where direct sales are legal, contested, or banned.

Two Premium Sport trims drop the third row and replace the CX-70, but the cheapest two-row CX-90 costs $4,130 more than the CX-70 did, and there is no two-row PHEV.