Know who had a good week? Fiat Chrysler. It avoided a strike by agreeing to make significant long-term investments in the Windsor, Ontario plant where the Chrysler Pacifica and Voyager and Dodge Challenger and Charger are built. Elsewhere: This Week in Sheetmetal While we eagerly await next week’s promised unveiling …
Read More »The 2022 Taos is Volkswagen’s new subcompact SUV for the U.S. market. Smaller and cheaper than the Tiguan, it will compete with the Subaru Crosstrek and Jeep Compass. The Taos will reach U.S. dealerships in the second quarter of 2021, likely starting around $ 24,000. Volkswagen has been steadily building …
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Volkswagen invited us down to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for a brief drive of an ID.4 electric crossover prototype alongside a Mazda CX-5 AWD. Since we made the trip from our Kentucky base to VW’s United States headquarters in a VW Tiguan SE-L Premium R-Line 4Motion, we had a representative trio for …
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What’s New for 2021: Mazda The lineup includes a new turbocharged engine on two models, standard Apple CarPlay, and new Carbon Edition trims on some cars. 2020 Volkswagen Arteon sedan earns Top Safety Pick award The curvy sedan at the top of the VW lineup aced its crash-test battery from …
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Henrik Fisker, CEO of EV company Fisker, tweeted out that the upcoming 2022 Fisker Ocean electric SUV will get Volkswagen’s MEB platform. The tweet coincides with an SEC slide deck that mentions the platform as a key element to bringing the Ocean to market. Neither Fisker the company nor Volkswagen …
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2020 Hyundai Elantra vs. 2020 Toyota Corolla: Compare Cars The 2020 Toyota Corolla and 2020 Hyundai Elantra are two compact cars—and hatchbacks—that are great values with thrifty hybrids. Mailbag: What’s the difference between car, crossover, and SUV anyway? “Why isn’t an SUV a station wagon or a crossover?” a perplexed …
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2020 Jeep Gladiator vs. 2020 Jeep Wrangler: Compare Trucks The 2020 Jeep Gladiator and 2020 Jeep Wrangler serve different market segments—one’s a pickup and the other’s an SUV—but they are very similar. In fact, the Gladiator amounts to a longer version of the Wrangler with a pickup bed. 2021 Chevrolet …
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