YORK, England — Honda began selling the Fit-based second-generation HR-V in the United States as a 2016 model, but we never saw its first-generation predecessor here. That boxier, shorter machine debuted in Japan as a 1998 model and went on sale in Europe for the 2000 model year. During my recent trip to the junkyards

YORK, England — What the world needs is more Pininfarina-styled two-seat convertibles, right? On the other side of the Atlantic, Ford believed this to be the case and created a very small yet very cool Pininfarina-designed convertible based on the Ford Ka, itself based on the Ford Fiesta Mk3. During my recent trip to the

BARNSLEY, England — One of the best things about traveling to the car graveyards of a distant land is that you get to see discarded examples of vehicles that never came close to being sold in the United States. I visited the breaker’s yards of northern England recently and photographed plenty of machines that never had

There are two rather dominating trends in the car business: full electrification, and the shift to SUVs. Still, we aren’t in a place where EVs are the perfect solution for everyone, and similarly, many people still prefer to have a lower, sleeker, and frequently lighter and more nimble sedan or fastback hatch; in other words,

Ford Motor Co., buffeted by electric vehicle losses and rising labor costs, posted fourth quarter results that soundly beat expectations and forecast higher profits in 2024. The automaker Tuesday posted adjusted earnings per share of 29 cents, more than double the 13 cents analysts expected on average. Fourth quarter revenue of $46 billion surpassed the