Volkswagen is giving the ID.4 the crossover coupe treatment. Unveiled on Wednesday, the Volkswagen ID.5 provides European buyers the option of a sleeker electric crossover, but it’s unlikely to reach the United States. Apart from the curved roof, the ID.5 looks identical to the ID.4, and both models have a common interior design as well. […]
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TOKYO — Japan’s top automaker Toyota reported Thursday a 33% jump in second fiscal quarter profit, as it raised its full year forecast despite supply chain woes related to the coronavirus pandemic. Toyota recorded a 626.65 billion yen ($5.5 billion) profit for the July-September period, up from 470.5 billion yen the previous year. Quarterly sales
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LONDON — Aston Martin said on Thursday it had sold 1,349 cars to dealers in its third quarter, up 104%, driven by demand for the luxury automaker’s first sport utility vehicle, the DBX. The brand, which posted a 97.9 million pound ($134 million) pre-tax loss between July and September, said it expected to deliver its
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Hyundai will travel to the 2021 edition of the Los Angeles Auto Show to unveil a concept named Seven. Built to preview a production model, it takes the form of a big electric SUV with a lounge-like cabin. Preview images give us an early look at the model. This isn’t the first time we’ve seen
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A new era of hypercars is officially born today, as the first production Aston Martin Valkyrie rolls off the line. That’s right, the Valkyrie is officially starting its extremely limited production. The Valkyrie entering production now also means that Aston Martin has beaten Mercedes and its competing hypercar, the AMG One, to production — both
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Things have gotten interesting. The 2022 Ram 1500 remains every bit the exceptional pickup it’s been since being completely redesigned three years ago. From the humble Tradesman all the way up to the indulgent Limited (with the stupefying Ram TRX on its own high-octane plane of existence), the Ram is a thoughtfully designed truck with
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ZF has acquired Bestmile’s technology, in what the German supplier says is a “significant step” towards launching the commercial vehicle industry’s first Mobility Orchestration Platform. Using ZF’s Next Generation Mobility strategy, the platform will help operators to realise ambitions for Transportation as a Service (TaaS) and Mobility as a Service (MaaS) for all types of
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Presented by RM Sotheby’s – For the 1993 Le Mans 24 Hours race, a team of three works-supported Jaguar XJ220 Cs were prepared by Tom Walkinshaw Racing, who in 1988 and 1990 had won the race for Jaguar with their mighty XJR-9LM and XJR-12 chassis respectively. TWR was involved in the XJ220 project from the
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UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) sales fell 4.6% year on year in October as 27,420 vans were registered, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said. This was the the second consecutive month of decline but the sector remained 2.3% up on the five-year pre-pandemic average for October. Registrations of heavier vans, which weigh
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Aptiv has reported third-quarter revenue down 5% to US$3.7bn, adjusted for currency exchange, commodity movements and divestitures, with net income of US$86m. “Our third quarter performance reflects continued robust demand for our safe, green and connected technologies and our relentless focus on serving customers despite the challenging operating environment,” said Aptiv president and CEO, Kevin Clark.
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