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Ford Motor Co.'s CEO and his wife have donated to Pope Leo XIV a secretly built, customized 2026 Ford Explorer hybrid SUV built in the pope's native Chicago.

Jim and Lia Farley gifted the vehicle in the presence of the Pontiff during a ceremony that took place on Feb. 28, marking the first time a Ford CEO has had an audience with the pope at ...Read more

LAGUNA BEACH, California — The Subaru Outback SUV is an icon. Now it has an electric sibling.

While the 2026 Outback has zigged to a square, truck-like ute design, the 2026 Trailseeker has zagged to Outback’s traditional wagon wardrobe with a side of off-road cladding and an infusion of high tech. I slipped into the driver seat, toggled the...Read more

Ford Motor Co. is supercharging its F-150 and Mustang offerings for customers.

The Blue Oval joined the aftermarket horsepower wars this week by offering a factory-installed Whipple Supercharger Kit for purchase with a new pickup or muscle car.

That means a whopping power boost for the F-150’s 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 engine from 400 horsepower ...Read more

The days of trucks being designed specifically for work and off-road use are virtually gone, as the truck market has shifted toward comfort and family-friendly vehicles fit for everyday driving.

As a full-four door with a CrewMax cab, the 2026 Toyota Tundra is a space machine that delivers storage and utility to consumers. Its ability to move ...Read more

When was it decided that buttons in a car were old-fashioned? Surely it was some young punk designer in a black turtleneck who made the call. So, he took them out. All of them. And stuffed everything onto a screen the size of a small television. Naturally, the accountants applauded. No buttons to manufacture? This saves money. High fives all ...Read more

A drawn-out war with Iran that pushes oil prices higher for longer could dampen U.S. car sales and especially ding the Detroit Three automakers because of their heavy reliance on gas-guzzling trucks and SUVs, experts said.

“There’s a potential for a very large impact,” said Michael Greiner, associate professor of management at Oakland ...Read more

NOVI, Michigan — The Iran war and its impact on oil prices could underscore the ever-important value of Americans' pocketbooks in their car-buying decisions, Scout Motors Inc. CEO said on Wednesday.

Scout is a Volkswagen AG-owned subsidiary based in Charlotte, North Carolina, that's revitalizing a historic brand name and developing off-road ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales declined 5.5% in February from fewer deliveries of electrified vehicles.

The Dearborn automaker sold 149,962 vehicles last month, down from 158,675. Following the end of the federal plug-in vehicle tax credit in September, sales of all-electric vehicles declined by 71%, while hybrids fell almost 22% following the end...Read more

WASHINGTON — Conventional wisdom in the auto industry has suggested that futuristic self-driving cars and trucks would also feature electric powertrains. Or at least, that was the wisdom.

"AVs will be EVs," former General Motors Co. top economist Elaine Buckberg said during a panel discussion at January's World Economic Forum in Davos, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Detroit Three automakers dominate a new list tracking the highest non-negotiable vehicle destination fees imposed on buyers across the U.S. auto market.

The list, compiled by the watchdog and advocacy group Consumer Reports, shares the most and least expensive automaker charges for transportation of their vehicles to dealer ...Read more

Some of the least well-known new cars are among the ones most looking into. The catch: If you don't know it exists, it's not likely you'll be looking into it.

One of these is Volvo's V90 wagon.

In the first place because it's a wagon -- rather than another crossover. In the second, because it's priced thousands less than the better-...Read more

Few travelers discover West Point, Georgia, by leafing through a glossy brochure waiting in a hotel lobby. It sits quietly along the slow-moving Chattahoochee River, some 80 miles southwest of Atlanta, a town that has been minding its own business since 1831.

Nevertheless, history brushed past here with some force. The Battle of West Point, one...Read more

When it comes to big SUVs, the market is flooded with options, from the Chevrolet Tahoe to Ford Expedition and even the Toyota Sequoia.

Plus, who could forget the Lexus LX, GMC Yukon, Cadillac Escalade and Jeep Wagoneer?

Within this flooded category, manufacturers offer a lot, including size, space, storage and comfort.

In Grasso’s Garage ...Read more

Unburdened of its mission as the standard-bearer of an electric Alfa Romeo brand, the subcompact Tonale SUV can finally live la dolce vita.

For 2026, Alfa’s tasty, turbocharged, gas-fired appetizer is lighter, cheaper, more fun. Less is more.

Gone is Alfa’s dream to be an Italian Tesla. Gone, too, is Tonale’s plug-in hybrid drivetrain ...Read more

U.S. auto dealers are increasingly wary of a possible industry shakeup ahead: Chinese vehicles entering the American market.

They have seen the signs. Chinese automakers showed off their electric vehicles at a January tech gathering in Las Vegas, with one company saying it planned to announce a U.S. production expansion within a couple of years...Read more

Stellantis NV is considering tapping electric-vehicle technology from its Chinese partner Leapmotor to help lower costs across its mass-market European brands such as Fiat, Opel and Peugeot, according to people familiar with the plans.

The manufacturer is weighing an expansion of the scope of its joint venture with Leapmotor to access the ...Read more

Stellantis NV on Thursday reported a 2025 net loss of $26.3 billion (22.3 billion euro), the first time the automaker has reported an annual loss since its 2021 formation and just two years after posting a record $20 billion in profits.

The Jeep and Ram maker warned the disappointing results were coming earlier this month when it reported about...Read more

Stellantis NV’s United Auto Workers employees will not receive a profit-sharing payout this year, a sharp turnaround from just two years ago when each worker took home nearly $14,000. The reason is simple: the company failed to generate enough profit in its North American operations to meet the target required under its labor agreement.

The ...Read more

Tesla is pushing back against California bureaucrats, suing the state's Department of Motor Vehicles for accusing it of false advertising.

California regulators say Tesla has misled consumers about the capabilities of its "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving" modes, which cannot be used without an alert human driver. Late last year, an ...Read more

NEWARK, California — Lucid Group will slash hundreds of Bay Area jobs, a downsizing ushered in by billions of dollars in red ink that has stained the electric vehicle maker’s balance sheet.

Slated to occur on April 21, the company will eliminate 319 positions at its headquarters in Newark, Lucid reported to the state Employment Development ...Read more