Author: Jonathon Ramsey
Automaker investor days are joining spy shots and leaked documents as essentially the most regular sources of unexpected information on future product. After Jaguar Land Rover held its confab with Wall Street last month, Automotive News found just how far upmarket the English group desires to go. JLR CEO Adrian Mardell, who left Bentley for his current job, referred to a “halo strategy” that, in AN’s words, is “trying to increase sales of high-value, special edition models costing upwards of 1.5 million kilos” in a brand new “halo strategy” push. That is a floor of $1.95M U.S. at current exchange…
Meet the motorcycle many consider the tip of Ducati’s L-cylinder middleweight sport bikes: The 2025 Panigale V2 Superquadro Final Edition. The Italian two-wheeler concern has been revamping its engine catalog, starting by introducing its first-ever mass-produced four-cylinder within the 2019 Panigale V4. Then got here a non-desmodromic version of Ducati’s V4 in 2020, this one called the Granturismo. Eliminating the complicated twin rocker and spring setup for a more traditional cam-rocker-spring setup extends the factory service interval from 15,000 miles to 37,000 miles. Last yr Ducati launched its recent Superquadro Mono single-cylinder engine within the Hypermotard, sold alongside a bigger…
You’ve got heard of Jeep, yes? What about Vineyard Vines, heard of that? If not, it’s an apparel line brothers Shep and Ian Murray quit their desk jobs to create 26 years ago after which built the hard way. Despite a backstory that makes the rise hard to put — a Boston magazine profile begins with, “In accordance with company lore, a 16-year-old named Shep Murray was skiing within the Alps in 1987 when he got here across a cushty navy-blue quarter-zip shirt” — the brothers began by driving around Martha’s Vineyard selling ties out the back of their Jeep…
We all know Jeep’s docket for the 18 months or so includes debuting the battery-electric Wagoneer S and Recon, putting the plug-in hybrid 4xe powertrain within the Gladiator, and just possibly switching up the engine mix within the Grand Cherokee. We have also known there is a fifth-generation Jeep Cherokee on the way in which, the return of a nameplate so historically vital to the brand that recent CEO Antonio Filosa subtly questioned its retirement under his predecessor. Back when Jeep would discuss the brand new model, in 2022, we anticipated it in 2024 or 2025. Italian newspaper Il Sole…
Polestar, recently divorced from the Volvo mothership, is working through some in-house teething issues similtaneously it navigates a brand new EV landscape with a small and not-exactly-inexpensive model range. Due to price cuts announced in March, the 2025 Polestar 3 Long Range Dual Motor with Pilot Pack will start at $74,800 after the $1,400 destination charge. That gets buyers an all-wheel-drive crossover making 489 horsepower and 620 pound-feet of torque, in a position to go an estimated 315 miles on a charge. The Pilot Pack adds Pilot Assist, Park Assist Pilot, Lane Change Assist and a head-up display. Australia’s Drive…
Before Mercedes-AMG products were great to drive, they were great to take heed to — that V8 rumble was an enthusiast balm’s for lackluster dynamics. When AMG began making great driver’s cars almost 20 years ago, it made its exhaust notes even higher, then fed the addiction with increasing sales yearly. Now buyers cannot quit the drug: Ever since AMG put a four-cylinder PHEV powertrain in the newest C 63 and E 63, compliments on the ability and performance of each cars are drowned beneath indictments of extra weight and insufficient thrills. Last August, we heard rumor that Mercedes was…
The Saab story continues under the NEVS banner and Emily GT model name, but we’re no less intrigued within the story’s final result than when the corporate and its cars were called Saab. Last 12 months, a Swedish company called Stenhaga Invest bought 80% the the Stallbacka factory and office complex in Trollhattan where Saab used to construct its cars, while NEVS retained the last 20%. As for the products, an unknown European investor had signed a letter of intent to buy two of NEVS’ 13 transport projects, the Emily GT and the PONS, an autonomous shuttle. Svante Andersson, who…
EarthCruiser is kaput. Founded in 2008, the Oregon-based builder of overlanding rigs based on medium-duty pickups and box truck chassis’ posted a notice on its site on April 24 that it might be shutting down the next day, April 25, with a finality that might end vehicle production and vehicle servicing. The corporate wrote that the events of the past few years created “changing market dynamics and economic challenges [that] made it increasingly difficult to sustain operations,” hence, “after careful consideration and in-depth strategic evaluation the corporate has made the choice to wind down operations in its current form.” The…
Ford’s array of factory-backed experiences for owners expands with the approaching Mustang Experience Center. Opening later this yr adjoining to the Charlotte Motor Speedway, Ford previews it as “the destination for all things Mustang.” A museum-style Heritage Gallery will take visitors on a tour of 60 years of Mustang, the obligatory retail shop stuffed with merchandise mementos to take the memories home. The Ford Performance Racing School will host its Mustang Unleashed track day courses on the speedway complex, these aimed toward the EcoBoost and GT Trims that finally get their very own modules after the Dark Horse Track Attack.…
The 2024 Ram 1500 TRX has been exfiltrated, its alternative, the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, is inbound. We suspect that is the primary teaser for the truck often known as the Ram High Output, due on sale within the third quarter of this yr. The vid starts by dollying around a Ram 2500 Rebel attached to a utility trailer, a pickup under a camouflage tarp parked on the automotive hauler. A whispered voice originally states, “I hear the storm is coming,” a title and date at the top inform us, “You do not need to miss this delivery” on April…
