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Modern cars are so safe, and regulations have become so strict, that few get genuinely awful crash ratings. So, when that rare new car emerges with a zero-star safety rating, it can be pretty alarming. Unfortunately for any Brazilian customer living with a Citroen Aircross, it failed to muster a single star during Latin NCAP (New Car Assessment Program) evaluation. The video is both terrifying and hilarious. In Brazil, the Citroen Aircross starts at 115,990 real, which roughly equates to $19,945. So it’s cheap, but not remarkably so. Comparatively, the Nissan Versa starts at $17,820 in the U.S., received good…
The Kia EV6 has received a mid-cycle refresh that includes significant changes, inside and out Among the updates is a bigger battery and a lot more power for the EV6 GT variant Pricing information will be announced closer to the market launch in the first half of 2025 An updated EV6 made its debut in Kia’s home market of Korea in May, and the version designed for the U.S. finally made its debut on Thursday at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show, where Kia also showed a high-performance EV9 GT. The updated EV6 will go on sale in the U.S.…
Kia unveiled the EV9 GT at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show The high-performance electric SUV is the second GT model from Kia Performance figures for the EV9 GT include 501 hp and 0-60 mph acceleration in 4.3 seconds Pricing will be announced closer to the market launch in the second half of 2025 Kia’s popular EV9 electric three-row SUV has gained a high-performance variant in the form of the EV9 GT, which made its debut on Thursday at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show, where Kia also presented an updated EV6. The EV9 GT is slated to arrive at…
Did you go to sleep last night thinking that what you really need from life is a 500-some-odd-horsepower family car that uses no gasoline? If so, you’re in luck, because the 2025 Kia EV9 GT has shown its face in Los Angeles, and it’s exactly what we all expected. Not to be confused with the EV9 GT-Line that you can buy today, the new EV9 GT follows in the footsteps of the smaller EV6 GT. It’s sportier looking than the standard EV9, but doesn’t go completely overboard. The EV6 GT’s lime green motif returns and the finish on the brake…
Volkswagen has a redesigned Tiguan headed to U.S. showrooms next year The new compact crossover skips the third row of the outgoing model The sole powertrain at launch will be a 2.0-liter turbo-4 rated at 201 hp Volkswagen late on Wednesday revealed its new Tiguan compact crossover for the U.S. market. It makes its formal debut this week at the 2024 Los Angeles auto show, and is expected to start sales next summer as a 2025 model. The newcomer is lighter and more powerful than the model it replaces, and its cabin has a much more upmarket look and feel.…
Honda is ready to start building its first prototype solid-state batteries, the company announced late Wednesday. A new provisional assembly line erected at one of its Japanese R&D facilities will be ready to come online in January, at which point Honda will start fleshing out the eventual process by which it will mass-produce the new packs. With this announcement, Honda is officially working two steps ahead of its current Prologue EV, which is based on GM’s Ultium battery platform. Honda announced that its deal with GM would be a one-and-done, with the company focusing on developing its own internal electrification…
Three years ago, Hyundai shared a vision of what a big, electric SUV with the Ioniq 5’s design language could be. Originally called the Ioniq 7, that vehicle will hit showrooms next spring as the Ioniq 9. Tonight, Hyundai pulled the cover off the final product. The overall proportions haven’t changed much in the transition to production. Hyundai’s largest electric SUV remains shaped like an aerodynamic box, but many of the finer design details have evolved over the past three years. The front end vaguely echoes the Ioniq 5‘s with square-shaped individual LEDs that create a distinctive look inspired by…
With Tesla scrapping its plan to build a $25,000 passenger car for a fully autonomous robotaxi, the dream of an affordable electric vehicle for the everyman looks grim. Don’t expect Lucid to build one, either, as mass-producing such a car is just too expensive for a small company. However, Lucid’s CEO Peter Rawlinson says that an affordable EV with decent range is still possible by licensing its battery and electric motor technology to other brands. During a recent Wall Street Journal podcast episode, Rawlinson discussed the potential for licensing Lucid’s tech to more established legacy automakers so they can build…
GM’s Performance Data Recorder is a neat track-driving data analysis system offered in several of the company’s high-performance vehicles. It’s primarily for enthusiasts to analyze and share their driving exploits, but it also doubles as a sneaky dashcam to catch valet parking attendants or shop mechanics doing silly things when they think no one is watching. I recently experienced the new, enhanced version of the PDR in the 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, and it felt like something straight out of Gran Turismo. First, a little history lesson: the PDR was launched in 2014 in the C7 Corvette after Cosworth patented…
The 2025 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing gets refreshed with the rest of the CT5 lineup A new $18,000 Precision Package upgrades the CT5-V Blackwing’s handling The 2025 CT5-V Blackwing arrives by the end of the year, Precision Package cars arrive in 2025 “I’m going to make a CT5-V Blackwing drive like a CT4-V Blackwing.” That was the sales pitch Cadillac’s executive chief engineer Brandon Vivian gave GM management. Given Cadillac’s original goal of becoming an all-electric brand by 2030, we should presume Vivian’s one heck of a salesperson to get GM’s management to green light even a small engineering budget for…