The Trump Administration lately introduced a 10-percent baseline tariff on all items imported into the US, together with automobiles. Some international locations will face even larger prices, with items from China topic to 34-percent tariffs, and items from the European Union topic to 20-percent tariffs. With that, we’ve reached out to automakers to see how …
Toyota Is Growing a Torquier GR Corolla
Toyota remains to be discovering methods to enhance the GR Corolla. After including an eight-speed computerized transmission and bumping torque from 273 to 295 pound-feet final 12 months, the new hatch is due for an additional improve. Till the total debut this fall, this camouflaged growth prototype should make do. Regardless of the disguise, there …
The Nissan Z Is Demolishing the Supra in Gross sales
Nissan Z demand started to indicate indicators of life final July. Gross sales jumped 50.8 p.c within the first half of 2024, and it seems the corporate is constructing on that momentum. First-quarter gross sales outcomes are in, and Z gross sales are up a whopping 221 p.c year-over-year, with Nissan promoting 2,154 Zs up …
McLaren Will Make Extra Than Supercars
McLaren will quickly bear an enormous company shakeup. Over the subsequent six months, the British supercar maker will likely be restructured into a brand new holding firm, merging with Forseven, a British startup backed by CYVN Holdings, the Abu Dhabi-based firm that agreed to buy McLaren again in October. This restructuring brings heaps of recent …
2025 EV Gross sales So Far: GM Wins, Tesla Loses
First-quarter gross sales outcomes are rolling in, and issues are trying up for many automakers. Toyota gross sales are off to a robust begin, Mazda and Subaru had document months, and Kia had its greatest quarter ever. However when digging into the info, outcomes for electrical autos had been far more blended. Tesla’s quarterly gross …
Mazda and Subaru Simply Had Their Finest Months Ever
Mazda and Subaru revealed gross sales numbers for the primary quarter of 2025, with every model posting file numbers for the month of March. Mazda gross sales jumped by 16.1 p.c in comparison with March 2024, whereas Subaru noticed a 16.6-percent improve. The large positive aspects might need one thing to do with tariffs. Mazda …
Nissan Is Rebadging Two Renault Fashions
Alliances assist automakers lower prices and pace up improvement. With Nissan in determined want of contemporary merchandise to bounce again after various tough years, it’s wanting to capitalize on its partnership with Renault. After asserting plans final month to carry again the Micra supermini as a reskinned Renault 5, Nissan confirmed this week that it’ll …