MADRID — U.S. automaker Ford plans to assemble 300,000 units of a new model per year at its Spanish plant in the Valencia region starting 2027, Spain’s Industry Ministry said on Friday. The company had said in March it was considering making a new sports utility vehicle (SUV) at its plant in Valencia. “It is …
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An aerial view of the Mercedes visitor center and museum near the Alabama manufacturing plant. (Getty) Members of the United Auto Workers have ratified a new labor contract with Daimler Truck (DTGGe.DE) that includes at least a 25% general wage increase over the four-year deal. The vote was 94.5% in favor of the new contract, …
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The problem with special-edition BMW M cars is that you’re limited to a handful of color choices. While a regular 2025 M4 is available with dozens of finishes, you only get four for the new CS. The sports coupe introduced this week shows off its two Individual hues: Frozen Isle of Men Green Metallic and …
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Raise your hand if you’ve seen this coming. Predictably, it would seem the four-cylinder plug-in hybrid powertrain developed by AMG is hurting sales. Autocar reports demand for the new C63 and GLC63 models is poor after the German luxury brand dropped the mighty V8. The situation is so bad that Mercedes won’t be using the …
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BMW had an excellent start to the year considering deliveries to customers rose by 2.5% to 530,933 vehicles. As a whole, the Group was up by 1.1% to 594,533 units, including those of the MINI and Rolls-Royce brands. However, higher sales don’t always equate to bigger profits because expenditures can increase at a higher rate …
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In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Yahoo Finance‘s Pras Subramanian for a look at the business side of recent automotive news. They cover the demise of the Chevy Malibu (again), BMW’s aversion to building a pickup, Tesla’s Supercharger situation (and the company’s broader headcount initiatives) and Rivian’s big Q1 …
The beginning of the end for station wagons arrived as the second half of the 1980s dawned, thanks to Chrysler’s introduction of its game-changing minivans and AMC’s introduction of the even more influential XJ Jeep Cherokee (both as 1984 models), but few noticed at first. At that time, GM’s Chevrolet Division still offered wagons in three different …
Porsche has a new, eye-wateringly expensive track package for the 718 Cayman GT4 RS. As if the 493-horsepower track-day special wasn’t already nutty enough, this new package was put together based on the kit that was fitted to the car that carved more than six seconds off the stock GT4 RS’s ‘Ring time in the …
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Miami Beach PD just got a serious upgrade. With police fleets getting upgraded with high-performance squad cars that often pack more power than the cars they’re chasing, the days of superspeeders believing they can outrun the law are gone. It’s an innovative idea that the Dubai Police have embraced since starting its exotic car collection …
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The 2025 BMW M4 CS was unveiled earlier today at the iconic Laguna Seca. BMW M Team RLL is racing this weekend with the two BMW M Hybrid V8s while Turner Motorsport and Paul Miller Racing will field their BMW M4 GT3s, the sister racings cars of the M4 CS. The latest member of the …