The fast answer New-car ownership got cheaper this year. The measure for this is TCO, or Total Cost of Ownershp. AAA’s 2025 Your Driving Costs pegs the average at $11,577 per year, down $719 from 2024. What you should buy in 2025—hybrid vs EV cost 2025—still comes down to miles, your ZIP’s energy prices, and […]
BMW of North America has announced a recall of 1,024 vehicles from the 2026 model year, including select 2 Series Gran Coupe, X1, X2, and Mini Countryman models, after identifying potentially damaged seatbelt retractors supplied by Autoliv ASP Inc. The recall was confirmed by the NHTSA, with the report citing possible failure of the internal retractor pins that […]
Nobody wants to glance into their rearview mirror and see that part of their car is flying away, but that’s exactly what may happen to nearly 175,000 Ford owners. A new recall issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveals that some Ford SUVs and trucks may have been delivered with inadequately attached clips […]
While many automakers have begun paring back and slowing down their EV programs, Honda is just getting going – as it made clear during a news conference at the Japan Mobility Show on Wednesday. The country’s third-largest automaker rolled out a pair of “concept” battery-electric vehicles that will, in fact, make it into production next […]
Mazda’s latest logo lands somewhere between evolution and inevitability. The Japanese carmaker filed for the trademark last year, and now, after making an appearance at the Japan Mobility Show 2025, it’s set in stone. It represents the brand’s so-called “bridge to the future” – a cleaner, flatter design intended to suit the digital world. It […]
Bentley Motors has confirmed it will host a special live presentation on November 5, 2025, streaming directly from its Crewe headquarters. The event will outline fresh details about the brand’s first fully electric car and include what it calls a “surprise” announcement, a second, limited-production model that will arrive before year’s end. The presentation forms part of Bentley’s […]
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) has officially unveiled the world’s first public-safety fleet built entirely from Tesla Cybertrucks, marking a new chapter in electric law enforcement. Ten Cybertrucks, modified by Unplugged Performance’s UP.FIT division, were revealed at a ceremony in Las Vegas. Each truck has been outfitted for full patrol capability, complete with emergency lighting, integrated communication […]
It’s no secret that Mercedes-Benz dropped the ball when styling its all-electric EQ-branded models, particularly the EQS and EQE. The jellybean look may have seemed futuristic and unique in the Mercedes range, but it alienated traditional buyers, and so for the replacement models, Stuttgart’s stylists are giving their new EVs more conventional looks, as evidenced […]
Surprise: the larger, expensive luxury sedan isn’t selling well. But slow sales aren’t the Audi A8’s only problem. A vastly more competitive and electrified market, a missing next-generation platform, and Audi’s own uncertain path have all contributed to a set of trying circumstances for the large luxury sedan. Related: 2026 Audi A6 Sedan Debuts With […]
Rally driver Miko Marczyk has officially set a Guinness World Record by driving a fourth-generation Skoda Superb diesel 2,831 kilometers (1,759 miles) on a single tank of fuel – roughly the distance between New York City and Denver. The journey, completed between March 5 and 7, 2025, took the Polish driver from Łódź in Poland […]
