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Built in conjunction with Filson, the Wildland Fire Rig imagines a modern-day Ford Bronco for the United States Forest Service. Based on a four-door Bronco Badlands with the off-road-oriented Sasquatch package, the Wildland Fire Rig concept treads, ahem, lightly on knobby 35-inch tires and gets a coat of Forest Service-friendly green paint, a 50-gallon water

Used-vehicle values are cooling off, but prices as of mid-October still hovered nearly 10 percent above year-end 2019 levels. For the week ended Oct. 17, wholesale vehicle prices at Manheim auctions were 9.7 percent higher than at the start of the year, and retail prices were 9 percent higher, according to Cox Automotive. But prices

Kids are generally not fans of school, and Torsus just made it less likely that bad weather will keep them away from it. Meet the new Praetorian School Bus, the latest iteration of the brand’s four-wheel-drive bus that offers the off-road chops necessary to tackle just about any obstacle that crosses its path. No longer will snow,

Sales and profits rebounded for Gentex Corp. in the third quarter because of cost-saving actions, new launches and some quick decision-making. Gentex released its performance results Friday in what could be a positive bellwether for global suppliers. The Zeeland, Mich., supplier of dimmable rearview mirrors and other electronic components posted net income of $117.1 million

GMC is making the bold claim that the upcoming Hummer EV will be the world’s first “super truck.” I hate to break it to them, but whenever the GMC Hummer EV hits the streets, it’ll be the second-ever super truck. Why? Because your favorite performance enhancing drug, Stellantis (née FCA) has GMC beat with the lightning-quick,

Nissan North America is repositioning some senior leaders as the automaker works on a turnaround of the U.S. business. Two top executives will swap roles as part of the reorganization, Nissan told dealers Thursday in an email obtained by Automotive News. Nissan confirmed the moves, which take effect Nov. 1. Judy Wheeler, 58, will oversee

Toyota and Lexus production is nearly back to where it was a year ago, top Toyota Motor North America executives said Thursday, adding that they expect a continuing recovery for the industry to yield 14.5 million U.S. sales this year. That result would still be down from 17.1 million U.S. light-vehicle deliveries in 2019, but

They are all spoken for. Within 10 minutes of opening the order books for the 2022 GMC Hummer EV, an electric full-size pickup truck, the first model year is sold out, said Vice President, Global Buick and GMC Duncan Aldred. GMC opened reservations on October 20 as the 2022 GMC Hummer EV made its global

NEW YORK — CarLotz Inc., a U.S. consignment store for used vehicles, is nearing a deal to go public through a merger with blank-check acquisition company Acamar Partners Acquisition Corp. at a valuation of close to $830 million, including debt, people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. The deal would make CarLotz the

2022 GMC Hummer EV truck offered exclusively in Edition 1 trim. Lesser Hummer EV trims arrive for the 2023 and 2024 model years. Edition 1 starts at $112,595 and goes on sale before the end of 2021. General Motors has pulled the wraps off the 2022 GMC Hummer EV, an electric full-size pickup with crazy

The Italian sports-car brand De Tomaso Automobili, which is planning a revival with the P72 supercar, said it is moving its operations to the U.S. from Europe. De Tomaso will build the P72 in North America and is “deep” in discussions with multiple states as potential locations for U.S. operations including production, design and corporate

General Motors deemed it a “moonshot”, and those working on the newest GMC model dubbed it Project Obtainium. We know it as the 2022 GMC Hummer EV and the freshly debuted pickup includes several interesting tech highlights beyond its wild claim of 11,500 lb-ft of torque that’s been much ballyhooed. There’s a lot to dig into on

DETROIT — Hummer is back, and so is its six-digit price tag. For $112,595, the 2022 GMC Hummer Edition 1 unveiled Tuesday comes with underbody armor and cameras, a removable Infinity Roof and a battery range of more than 350 miles via three electric motors. Production of the Edition 1 is scheduled to begin in

Finally! Finally, Cadillac has been allowed to deliver what we’ve always believed it’s capable of. For well over a decade now, the brand has brought us incredible bones, incredible performance, and incredible handling, but faltered on the luxury, on the details. The 2021 Cadillac Escalade sets things right, and not a moment too soon. We’ve

The National Automobile Dealers Association has named COO Michael Stanton as its next chief executive. Stanton, 52, will start his new duties Jan. 1, the group said Tuesday. The announcement follows a roughly five-month search for a successor to NADA CEO Peter Welch, who is retiring at the end of the year. The search committee

Here’s a little fun fact for you: If you get into a violent car wreck, it really doesn’t matter what sort of vehicle you’re driving. Because if emergency workers need to get you out of that car, no matter how nice it is, they’re cutting it apart to retrieve you. They’ll use saws, the Jaws

TOKYO – Genesis unveiled a midcycle update of the G70 compact sedan that adds powertrain tweaks, such as a new built-in drift mode, on top of fresh styling in the front and rear. The face-lifted G70 carries over the three engines it offers worldwide, a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-banger, a twin-turbo 3.3-liter V-6 and a 2.2-liter

Editor’s note: All currency figures in this story have been translated from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles workers represented by Unifor ratified a new three-year contract that includes up to $1.2 billion in planned investments in Canada, the union said Monday. Negotiations with General Motors Co. will kick

Pros Real SUV styling Well-tuned CVT Surprisingly spacious interior Cons Some cheap interior materials Four-star NHTSA safety rating Start with the styling, where the 2021 Seltos gets right what so many affordable SUVs miss—it looks like an SUV and not a tall hatchback. Even if you don’t like the pops of character provided by eye-catching

The name Hyundai translates into English as “modernity.” And now, the South Korean automaker has a new chairman who embraces that forward-looking spirit of change and improvement, just as it grapples with an age of industry upheaval. Even before being tapped last week as the new leader of Hyundai Motor Group, Euisun Chung was a

Automakers shuffle option packages all the time, for reasons both obvious and obscure. For the 2021 model year, many changes are coming to the Ford Mustang lineup—and yes, that’ll affect its options. The most notable change is the introduction of the 2021 Mustang Mach 1, a special performance model that pulls double duty and takes over

Editor’s note: All dollar figures in this story have been translated from Canadian currency into U.S. dollars at current exchange rates. Unifor leaders on Sunday urged Fiat Chrysler Automobiles workers to ratify a tentative contract that includes pay raises, changes to the new-hire pay grid and plans from the automaker to invest between $1 billion

Even though the Tesla Model 3 has only been with us for a few model years, it is still a work in progress on the quality control front. But for 2021, the smallest and least expensive Tesla you can buy is getting a host of updates. Tesla quietly updated their consumer site with some of

It may still have one of the highest mpgs on the market, but after 20 years in the U.S., the vaunted Toyota Prius may be running out of gas. Once a leading symbol of environmental activism, the formerly ubiquitous egg-shaped hybrid has seen U.S. sales decline for seven consecutive years. It’s suffering another sharp drop

Pros Elegant interior Class-leading tech Unabashed style Cons Chevy parts here and there Retrograde fuel economy The Cadillac Escalade didn’t invent the concept of the luxury full-size SUV, but it’s been so dominant for so long you’d be forgiven for thinking so. Even as the competition caught and surpassed it, the biggest Caddy remained a

SHANGHAI — Visiting dealerships in China these days, you can’t help feeling a sense of euphoria. Even as COVID cases in the United States rise again, China’s automotive retail market is showing every indication that it is returning to a pre-pandemic reality. Take the cluster of dealerships on Wuzhong Road in southwest Shanghai. In February,

Back in 1968, they called them “sporty,” but for the six pack of cars Motor Trend editors tested for the January 1968 issue—the Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, Plymouth Barracuda, Pontiac Firebird, AMC Javelin, and Mercury Cougar—muscle car is now the far more appropriate term. Interestingly, of the nameplates featured in the story we’ve pulled from

TOKYO — Just as critics were wondering about the viability of General Motors’ fuel cell truck partnership with electric heavy-truck startup Nikola, two Asian competitors jumped headlong into the segment. This month, Hyundai and Toyota each unveiled plans to ramp up development and commercialization of hydrogen-fueled commercial vehicles to be launched from North America to

Pros More power Great looks Comfortable cabin Cons MBUX sux Decreased efficiency on volume model Failure to break new ground When the Mercedes-Benz GLC-Class won our SUV of the Year award back in 2017, we acknowledged that it wasn’t the sexiest choice, but it was the smartest. “The design is solid, the interior is first-class,

DETROIT– General Motors’ Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant in Michigan is getting a new name — Factory Zero — marking a commitment to an all-electric, zero-emissions lineup. The plant will become the automaker’s electric-vehicle hub, building the GMC Hummer pickup and Cruise Origin, a self-driving, electric shuttle developed by Cruise, GM’s self-driving subsidiary in San Francisco. The