The UK car industry’s prospects go from bad to worse

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has less room for spending to support what’s left of Britain’s car manufacturing base. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt last week announced a series of £55 billion ($66.7…

Toyota looks for ways to turn buyers back into leasers

Bringing these customers back to dealers in a way that approximates a normal leasing cycle is “something we have to create, because so far we’ve had 30% of our portfolio…

UK car output rose 7% in October on high exports

UK car production rose 7.4% year-on-year in October, driven mainly by exports of luxury and specialty models to the European Union (EU), according to a statement from the Society of…

Stellantis could build EVs in India for Europe, Tavares says

During his first trip to India after becoming CEO of Stellantis, he said the company was still working out plans to export EVs from India and had not yet made…

Polestar 7 could be brand’s first Europe-made car, CEO says

Polestar has decided to add production in Europe, but it will be at least five years before that happens. “The big thing for us is to come to Europe at…

10 Best Family Hatchbacks To Buy In 2022

In the automotive world, “family cars” have historically been classified as midsize hatchbacks such as the popular Volkswagen Golf and Ford Focus. But with the ever-increasing popularity of crossovers and…

Tesla Future Cars: Here’s What’s Coming And When, From Cybertruck To Baby EV

In less than 15 years, Tesla has gone from being a quirky start-up selling EV-modified Lotus Elises to turning the world into electricity and leading the way by topping the…

Mazda 3 Premium Plus hatchback – Knox County VillageSoup

The past two years or more will have a dramatic short and long term impact on the automotive industry. Automakers without a diversified portfolio, such as trucks for this market,…

The 2024 Subaru Impreza Is All-New, Improved and Hatchback Only

Since its introduction to the U.S. market 30 years ago, the Subaru Impreza has been a popular compact car for performance-seeking shoppers (the Impreza-based WRX) and shoppers looking for a…

1980’s Hot Hatchback Collection Lives In A Barn, But It’s No Barn Find

The 1980s was a decade of some of the most significant events in recent history, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the release of the first personal computer, and…