The Lexus LC 500 at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show Lexus, which introduced the LC 500 sport coupe at the 2016 Detroit auto show last month, announced the LC 500h, a hybrid variant. The boldly styled hybrid looks much like its more conventionally powered sibling; only the blue-tinted Lexus badges and hybrid badges on the […]
BMW also debuted the 2015 X4 today in Spartanburg SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA — BMW unveiled plans today to significantly expand its factory in the United States and announced plans for a new larger SUV, the X7. At a press conference held at the factory, Norbert Reithofer, the chairman of the automaker’s board of management, said […]
U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer gave the green light to the $14.7 billion settlement reached with consumers and regulators in June. Under the terms of the settlement, VW will buy back models with 2.0-liter diesel engines that were equipped with the so-called defeat devices used to beat emissions tests. VW will offer car owners a […]
A diesel-powered Mack truck While gas prices in the United States and abroad have been setting new records, it is the price of diesel fuel that is rippling through the global supply chain. The average cost of a gallon of diesel fuel is currently $5.19 in the United States, up almost 45% from 33.61 in […]
The price of diesel at the pump has gone up nearly $0.10 per gallon since last week, to $4.022 per gallon. Gasoline prices have also gone up across the country, by $0.181 and now averages $3.538. Diesel prices have gone up the most on the West Coast, up $0.017 from last week’s price of $4.049 […]
The 2014 BMW i3 at the IAA Electricity drives the world we live in – be it everyday appliances or computers, television, and phones. More recently, it has extended its reach to automobiles. While a majority of the American population may be using an electronic device at any given moment, plug-in vehicles represent less than […]
The Australian market will get two of BMW’s four 5er Series diesel sedans, namely the 520d and the 535d (BMW also makes a 525d and a 530d, which we reviewed back in May). The 520d has a 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo diesel engine that produces 185 hp (135 kW) and 280 pound-feet (380 Nm) of torque. […]
The biennial Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung, aka the Frankfurt Auto Show, facing a dwindling number of exhibitors, says it will no longer focus on numbers, instead championing “sustainable individual mobility.” “We wish to provide intelligent answers to the most urgent questions about the future of mobility,” said Bernhard Mattes, president of the Verband der Automobilindustrie, Germany’s auto […]
Although clearly a Bimmer, the BMW i3 isn’t only different from any BMW that’s come before but it’s also different from almost every car currently on the road. Its appearance is polarizing: “stubby,” “futuristic,” and “tall” were the comments we heard frequently while it was in our short-term fleet for close to two weeks. George […]
If your navigation system suddenly forgets what time it is and where it is Saturday night, there’s a very good reason. The Global Positioning System needed to be reset, and this will take place Saturday at 7:59 p.m. EDT. This happens every 1,024 weeks but you may have missed the last reset back in 1999, […]
The 2021 Volkswagen ID.4 There will be a time when it will no longer be necessary to write the words “Electric Vehicle” after a model name in the headline of a car review, but that time has not yet arrived. However, if more cars such as Volkswagen’s entertaining ID.4 come to market, we may soon need […]
The BMW X5, which first appeared in 1999 as a 2000 model, was completely redesigned for the 2007 model year. In 2009, BMW of North America introduced the diesel-powered X5 xDrive35d alongside the BMW 335d. In many respects, the X5 diesel competes against the Mercedes-Benz ML350 BlueTec ,the Audi Q7 TDI, and the Volkswagen Touareg TDI […]
Behind the wheel of a Golf TDI Volkswagen announced that it began production on Tuesday of its 2015 Golf, including TDI models, at its plant in Puebla, Mexico. The plant will be responsible for fulfilling all North American Golf orders. The plant in Puebla has the capacity to manufacture 700 Golfs per day. The new Golf […]
The Audi Q7 has been around since 2009 and has been continually updated by Audi with the latest in driver assistance and safety technologies. With regard to vehicle size, it was a bit of overkill for my trek to the High Tatras Mountains of Slovakia, a range of mountains along the border of northern Slovakia […]