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I Have Driven Over 250 Car Models: These Are the 3 Best and Worst for Your Money
With so many models and options on the market, choosing the right car for your money isn't easy. The wrong choice leaves you trapped in a money pit, draining your finances with repair costs, poor gas...
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These 6 Affordable Cars Should Last Throughout Your Entire Retirement
If you're planning to retire this year or within the next five years, chances are you'll be reviewing whether you should keep your current vehicle or invest in a new car. The car you buy needs to be...
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Toyota will replace engines in 100,000 recalled Tundras and Lexus LXs
Toyota recalled about 102,000 units of the Tundra and the Lexus LX due to an engine problem. It will replace the engine in affected vehicles.
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Why Timing Matters: Best Times To Buy a Car and Save Big
There are many approaches to buying a new -- or new to you -- car. Some people prefer to plan carefully, researching makes and models well in advance, giving heavy credence to reviews. Others? Well,...
Associated Press
Automakers hit 'significant storm,' as buyers reject lofty prices at time of huge capital outlays
Investors are punishing automakers' stocks this week after second-quarter earnings reports exposed industrywide issues of slowing sales and high prices, just as the companies are having to spend huge sums to make new electric and gas vehicles. Ford Motor Co., which reported a drop in second-quarter earnings due electric-vehicle losses and persistently high warranty costs, led the declines. Carlos Tavares, CEO of Jeep and Ram maker Stellantis, said a significant auto-industry storm he's been warning about for several years has arrived.
The Telegraph
Ford loses $50,000 on every electric car
Ford loses nearly $50,000 (£38,700) on every electric car it sells, results from the company show, as traditional manufacturers struggle with the switch away from petrol.
Motorious
Well-Maintained 1984 Porsche 944 5-Speed Up for Auction on Bring a Trailer
With recent $8k recommissioning work, featuring a 2.5L inline-four engine, Saratoga Top sunroof, and 16″ Fuchs-style wheels.
AFP
Electric car woes force German supplier ZF to axe jobs
German car parts manufacturer ZF said Friday it would cut a fifth to a quarter of jobs in Germany as it struggled with the switch to electric vehicles and foreign competition.The switch to electric vehicles was eating away at demand for "transmissions for conventional and hybrid vehicles", an area where German suppliers have traditionally excelled, it said.
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2024 Porsche 911 GT3 gone bye-bye, updated 2025 GT3 caught testing
Porsche closed order books for the 2024 911 GT3. The 2025 model is expected to debut later this year, ahead of heavy changes to the GT2 RS and Turbo.
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Toyota US plant starts on new transaxle
Result of a US$300m investment
Reuters
Toyota to build EV battery plant for Lexus cars, Nikkei reports
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Toyota Motor plans to build a battery plant for electric vehicles in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka and supply its batteries to a factory that makes luxury Lexus brand cars, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday. The world's top-selling automaker would seek to make the island of Kyushu where Fukuoka is located a central part of its supply chain for battery-powered vehicles and an export base for Asia, the newspaper said. A Toyota spokesperson said the company was aware of the report, but that it was not something it had announced.
Car and Driver
Toyota Replacing 102K Tundra and Lexus LX Engines after Recall
A new engine—free of charge—is the only solution for the recall that affects 2022 and '23 Tundra pickups and LX SUVs.
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The 10 Greatest All-Electric Hypercars Right Now
From the McMurtry Spéirling, which covers zero to 60 mph in 1.4 seconds, to the 2,011 hp Lotus Evija X, these EV outliers are otherworldly.
Reuters
Thailand car production drops sharply in June, local sales fall
Car production in Thailand fell 20.11% in June from a year earlier due to tighter financing rules and high consumer debt, and full-year production is now expected to be lower than in 2023, the Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) said on Thursday. In the January-June period, car production contracted 17.39% from a year earlier to 761,240 units, the federation said. "Stricter measures for credit approval from financial institutions, coupled with household debt that was nearing 90% of GDP, led to a higher rejection rate for auto loans," Surapong Paisitpattanapong, spokesman of the FTI's automotive industry division, told a news briefing.
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10 Car Brands That Are the Most Expensive To Insure
There are a number of factors that could make a car more expensive to insure. Of course, insurance for high-priced luxury car brands is typically harder on the budget, but sticker price is not the...
Reuters
Nissan profit wiped out by US discounts; shares hammered
Japan's Nissan Motor slashed its annual outlook on Thursday after deep discounting in the United States almost completely wiped out the automaker's first-quarter profit. The figures confounded the expectations of analysts who saw profit exceeding last year's, sending Nissan stock plunging 7%. Investors now have to worry about Nissan's prospects in the United States, a fresh concern for an automaker already fighting to turn around its fortunes in another critical market, China.
Reuters
US market proves a headache for global carmakers
LONDON/DETROIT (Reuters) -Problems in the highly competitive U.S. car market including weak prices, high inventories and difficult logistics dented profits and hit shares of automakers including Ford Motor, Stellantis and Nissan on Thursday, as they scramble to find a fix. Global automakers are facing a weakening outlook for sales across major markets such as the U.S., while also juggling an expensive transition to electric vehicles and growing competition from cheaper Chinese rivals. U.S. automaker Ford plunged 16% after its second-quarter profit missed analyst expectations, weighed down by high warranty costs and a cash-burning electric vehicle business.
Motorious
Ford Lowers Prices for Mustang Mach-E Rally
Ford's 2024 Mustang Mach-E sees price adjustments with increases for some trims and a $1,000 cut for the Rally model.
Autoweek
Ford Aims to Beat Chinese Brands with Small EVs Using Chinese Batteries
Its Pro commercial business continues to dominate, with success in software services. Ford’s $3.5-billion EV battery factory in Michigan uses tech from CATL.
Reuters
Nissan cuts output at top Japanese plant, sources say
Nissan cut planned production by a third at its top Japanese plant this month, a move that will also see it slash output of a flagship crossover model, two people said, as it struggles with weak U.S. demand for its ageing line-up. The Japanese automaker on Thursday reported an almost complete wipe-out in April to June profit and cut its full-year outlook after it was forced to offer deep discounts in the U.S., highlighting the deepening risk it faces in its largest market. Unlike rivals Toyota and Honda, Nissan doesn't offer hybrid models in the U.S. and therefore hasn't benefitted from recent upswing in demand from U.S. consumers for hybrids as enthusiasm around EVs has cooled.

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