DETROIT — Just ahead of the debut of the Tiguan Active GTE concept, Volkswagen of America CEO Michael Horn announced the company had officially launched a Goodwill program for its 3.0-liter TDI diesel engines, which were implicated in the dieselgate emissions scandal last fall. See also: VW diesel owners: We love our fun cars, but…
DETROIT — Desert racing and daily driving are two automotive forms that rarely ever collide on the road. That’s because uniting the two would be like combining UFC and filing your taxes. One is a bloody and brutal endeavor while the other is tedious and necessary. Accordingly, it makes little sense to blend the two.…
DETROIT — Chrysler, the brand that invented the minivan, is looking to remake the iconic family-hauler for 2017 with the all-new Pacifica. Although the exterior looks like a roundier version of the outgoing Town & Country minivan, underneath it boasts a new platform, an optional hybrid powertrain as well as 40 new minivan ‘firsts’ —…
DETROIT — “Mobility” has become a buzzword in the automotive industry. It’s not enough anymore to simply make safe, reliable cars anymore. Brands now have to also boast about their ability to get people mobile products as well. For the last year or so, that’s mostly been just talk. Now, however, Ford is putting its…
Elon Musk likes to talk about our self-driving car future, and on Saturday we got glimpse of just how close it is thanks to an update to Tesla’s software The company released version 7.1 of its software for the Model S and Model X, an update that includes a new Summon feature, which allows the…
Nearly everyone seems to want an Apple Car, and those hopes were raised higher earlier this week when it was revealed that the Apple.car domain had been registered by the tech giant But hold on a second. After doing a little digging we discovered that Facebook registered Facebook.car, Facebook.cars and Facebook.Auto on the same day…
Video: Quincy Ledbetter LAS VEGAS — “CES might as well stand for ‘car electronics show,” one of the Audi technology chiefs joked during a roundtable this week at the 2016 International CES. “The entire North Hall was nothing but cars.” Although he’s right, and the significance of the automotive dominance at this year’s show should…
While dozens of carmakers are unveiling autonomous concepts here at 2016 CES, showing things that one day may come to showrooms, Nissan has a more tangible announcement. It has said that it will “launch more than 10 vehicles with autonomous drive technology in the next four years.” See also: Faraday Future’s 1,000-horsepower concept car should…
LAS VEGAS — If you were hoping that the introduction of Apple CarPlay and Android Auto into your new car’s dashboard would mean that the two tech giants would soon dominate all in-car infotainment, especially when it comes to “connected car” services, you might want to think again. So far as Audi is concerned, it…
When I found this video of someone driving their Lamborghini through floodwaters in San Diego, I assumed it would go poorly. Even as the video began to play, I was already saying aloud to myself, “You’re doing it wrong.” See also: I took Arcimoto’s all-electric 3-wheeled motorcycle for a spin at CES Turns out, though,…