One more main automaker has been fined for dishonest on diesel emissions. Hino Motors, an organization inside Toyota Group, agreed to a settlement totaling $1.6 billion ensuing from “false and fraudulent CO2 emissions check information” submitted to the Nationwide Freeway Site visitors Security Administration (NHTSA). The superb features a $236.5 million civil penalty to California, …
First images of recent 2025 Volkswagen T-Roc leaked
The primary images of the next-generation Volkswagen T-Roc have leaked on-line forward of its official unveiling, which is anticipated to happen later this yr. The images, which seem like taken from a prototype’s infotainment or instrument screens, present it to be a extra aggressive proposition than the present T-Roc. It will get a extra outstanding …
Model Partnership of the 12 months Shortlist
The Model Partnership of the 12 months is an award that acknowledges a model that has made extremely efficient use of a motorsport platform to convey its model message and so as to add worth to the staff, driver, or collection it has partnered with. The profitable sponsor’s activation may have proven excessive ranges of …
Small packages, huge issues: Tokyo Auto Salon 2025’s high Kei automobile creations
Overlook big-boost Nissan Skyline GT-Rs and wide-body Lamborghini Miuras – what we actually need is extra outlandish rock vehicles. There’s one thing irresistibly cool about small automobiles designed to appear like supercars. They’re assured to place a smile in your face each time. Particularly, I am speaking about wildlife rock automotive creations like this 1988 …
Hero 911 Dakar Proprietor Treks 20,000 Miles By way of Asia on Epic Highway Journey
Porsche solely constructed 2,500 examples of the 911 Dakar. Hold it as an funding as a substitute of off-roading it like Porsche supposed, and it will maintain its worth ceaselessly. Fortunately, Nguyen Hoang Anh does not appear to be the kind of proprietor who is simply too involved with a return on funding. Inside weeks …
MPs discover state of England’s native roads ‘nationwide embarrassment’
The Division for Transport (DfT) is failing in its accountability to take care of native roads in order that their situation is now a “nationwide embarrassment”. That is in response to a damning new report revealed by the Home of Commons Public Accounts Committee – the group of MPs liable for overseeing the worth for …
Mercedes Admits It ‘Misplaced Some Clients’ After Dropping V-8 in C63
In 2022, Mercedes-Benz determined to drop the much-loved twin-turbo V-8 in its AMG C63 in favor of a hybridized four-cylinder powertrain. Whereas the brand new setup is extra highly effective and extra technologically superior, it rightfully did not garner the identical pleasure because the outgoing automotive’s characterful eight-cylinder. The boss of AMG now admits the …