Ford Q1 earnings top expectations, sees full-year profit ‘tracking to high-end’
Wednesday, 24 April 2024
Ford (F) reported first quarter results after the bell that beat expectations on Wednesday, with its changing product game plan front and center along with its focus on gas and hybrid offerings. Ford also boosted some guidance metrics, but not its full-year profit outlook. For the quarter, Ford reported revenue of $42.8 billion, beating
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2025 Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology First Look: The All-Electric G is Here
Tuesday, 23 April 2024
Behold, it’s the new electric G. After teasing us with concepts since 2021, Mercedes-Benz is finally spilling all the details on the upcoming, battery-powered Geländewagen. And no, it’s not called the EQG. Meet the Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology. Yes, it’s quite a mouthful and a break from the nomenclature that Mercedes has defined
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Junkyard Gem: 1997 Geo Metro LSi
Monday, 22 April 2024
General Motors created the Geo brand in order to sell cars built in partnership with Suzuki, Isuzu and Toyota in the United States, and Geo-badged machinery was sold from the 1989 through 1997 model years. Today’s Junkyard Gem, found in a New Orleans self-service boneyard recently, is one of the very last Geos ever built.
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2024 Aston Martin DBX707 gets light updates, becomes only DBX
Sunday, 21 April 2024
Aston Martin’s first and only SUV, the DBX, is getting a light update, and there are two main changes. The first is that, there isn’t actually a regular DBX anymore. According to the company, the DBX707 with the high-output twin-turbo V8 and 697 horsepower and 663 pound-feet of torque has been the clear favorite among
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Junkyard Gem: 1968 Chevrolet Corvair 500 Sport Coupe
Saturday, 20 April 2024
Quick, what’s the most controversial American car ever built? Was it the Edsel? The Pontiac Fiero? The Chrysler Airflow? That wasn’t a serious question, because all of us know the answer already: the Chevrolet Corvair. Today’s Junkyard Gem was built during the last gasps of Corvair production and now resides in a self-service car graveyard
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Lando Norris takes F1 Chinese Grand Prix sprint pole from Hamilton
Friday, 19 April 2024
SHANGHAI — McLaren’s Lando Norris had his fastest lap deleted and reinstated as he seized pole position for the Chinese Grand Prix sprint race at the end of a wet and chaotic qualifying on Friday. Mercedes’ seven-times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton made it an all-British front row, with Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso securing the third slot for Saturday’s 100-km race, the first
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Ford Mustang, Bronco inspire new uniforms for hometown Detroit Lions
Thursday, 18 April 2024
DETROIT — The Lions revealed new uniforms Thursday evening with a nod to the automotive industry, using the Ford Mustang Dark Horse, Bronco off-roader and F-150 Lightning pickup truck to complement the team’s new threads. The Lions, coming off their most successful season in decades, took inspiration from their owner’s family business, Ford Motor Co.,
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Ford Mustang Experience Center will soon be Pony Car HQ for owners
Wednesday, 17 April 2024
Ford’s array of factory-backed experiences for owners expands with the coming Mustang Experience Center. Opening later this year adjacent 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 full of
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Junkyard Gem: 2010 Pontiac Vibe
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Just over a month before filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in June 2009, General Motors announced that the 83-year-old Pontiac Division would be “phased out” by the end of 2010. Only three Pontiac vehicles were sold as 2010 models in the United States: the Solstice, Vibe and G6 (new G3s were sold here during 2010
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Ram teases a special delivery to be revealed on April 25
Monday, 15 April 2024
The 2024 Ram 1500 TRX has been exfiltrated, its replacement, the 2025 Ram 1500 RHO, is inbound. We suspect this is the first teaser for the truck known as the Ram High Output, due on sale in the third quarter of this year. The vid starts by dollying around a Ram 2500 Rebel hooked up
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