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Big SUVs are bigger -- and stronger -- than they have ever been before. The just-updated Ford Expedition, for instance, is available with a 510 horsepower, twin-turbo V6 and comes standard with a 9,600-pound tow rating. It weighs close to three tons yet is capable of getting to 60 mph in less than five seconds, which makes it quicker than just ...Read more

Q: I am having a problem with my gas cap that is creating an engine warning on my dash. I have been tightening the gas cap quite a few times. I will sometimes get it to clear the check engine light, but it will soon come back to haunt me. Recently I bought locking gas cap thinking it may tighten up the cap and make the warning message go away, ...Read more

Lamborghini makes some of the most desirable cars in the world, coveted for the power beneath their hoods. Now the company has decided to throw a curveball at its fans with the 2025 Lamborghini Urus SE, a plug-in hybrid. True to the automaker's heritage, it looks exotic, different and luxurious —and it packs that Lamborghini power.

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In an age when even your refrigerator has a Wi-Fi connection, is it any wonder that the corporate titans in Ingolstadt are introducing the 375-horsepower Audi A6 Sportback e-tron and 456-horsepower A6 Sportback e-tron Quattro EVs?

Both are rolling citadels of silence, as is their sibling, the sportier 543-horsepower S6 Sportback e-tron. Yet ...Read more

PHELPS, Michigan — Two years ago at M1 Concourse’s American Speed Festival, I took my 1964 Porsche 904 GTS on track. The OG.

The first GTS (aka, Gran Turismo Sport) performance trim made by the German automaker, the wee, 1,450-pound 904 was one of 108 street-legal models built in 1964-65 to homologate Porsche for international racing. With ...Read more

Hyundai Motor Co. on Thursday unveiled an ambitious growth plan to accelerate its electrified vehicle offerings in North America, a strategy that hinges on rapid expansion in Georgia.

The Korean automaker detailed a $2.7 billion expansion to its electric vehicle factory near Savannah, Georgia, which only completed its first construction phase ...Read more

CHICAGO — Though it’s not unusual to pursue hobbies or accumulate collections, personal wealth means those preoccupations can manifest in more eye-popping ways. Take cars, for instance. Before his death in 2021, real estate business magnet Larry Klairmont spent the final two decades of his life amassing a fascinating array of more than 600 ...Read more

Tesla Inc. reached a confidential deal to resolve a lawsuit by the family of a teenager who was killed in a 2019 California crash involving a Model 3 on Autopilot.

The settlement disclosed in court filings marks the latest move by the electric-vehicle maker to avoid a jury trial over a fatal wreck. A trial was scheduled to start in about a ...Read more

RUTLEDGE, Georgia — The horizon was flat aside from a towering mound of red Georgia clay.

SUVs and pickup trucks trudged up the steep incline, harnessing the power of electricity to defy gravity’s pull. Traction and a steady pace helped drivers crest the hill, and that’s the same approach the vehicles’ maker is taking to transform the ...Read more

The Mini Cooper is one thing few new cars are.

It is instantly recognizable -- because nothing else looks anything like it. This has been one of the Mini's greatest appeals, which transcends even the nostalgia factor of owning a new car that looks a lot like an old car.

It's nice to drive something that doesn't look like everything else.

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WASHINGTON — Michigan U.S. Rep. Tim Walberg is calling for answers from the United Auto Workers over its failure to reinvest funds that were liquidated during the union's high-profile 2023 strike.

Walberg, R-Michigan, sent a letter Thursday to UAW President Shawn Fain in the wake of a Reuters report suggesting that the union missed out on an ...Read more

ST. LOUIS — Autoworkers at General Motors’ assembly plant in Wentzville will be temporarily out of work beginning later this month.

A spokesperson for GM said in a statement Monday that the company has “temporarily adjusted production schedules at Wentzville Assembly to address supply chain issues and align with overall business needs.”...Read more

WASHINGTON — A whirlwind first six months of President Donald Trump's second term delivered massive changes for automakers, at times winning widespread support across the industry and at others driving deeper wedges between competitors.

"We're seeing quite a different environment right now than we've seen in quite some time," said Glenn ...Read more

DEARBORN, Michigan — Ford Motor Co.'s decision to relocate its world headquarters to the large, glass-faced Hub west of Oakwood Boulevard and demolish its existing Glass House headquarters for outdoor community space is an effort to improve efficiency, attract top talent and support the community it has long called home.

The short move down ...Read more

Q: If I park my car (a Genesis) at the airport and return in a week, might my battery be dead?

M.R., Park Ridge, Illinois

A: It is very unlikely unless your battery is on its last legs. But fear not. O’Hare Airport parking offers free jump-starts 24/7.

Q: In shopping for a newer vehicle, I’ve discovered all the vehicles I’m interested ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Stellantis NV has scrapped development of its all-electric Ram 1500 pickup truck, the company said Friday.

The transatlantic automaker made the move amid worsening consumer appetite for electric vehicles and significant rollbacks under Republican President Donald Trump of federal programs meant to support an industrywide ...Read more

Scorers and reviewers, stand by, we have ourselves a chart-topper. In 2025, the need for basic automobiles is at an all-time high. With pickup trucks exceeding $100K in some instances and seven-passenger luxury SUVs costing even more, the market needs basic entry-level commuter sedans.

In this week's Grasso’s Garage, we review the 2025 Honda...Read more

America, in case you haven’t noticed, is running on empty. We are broke, distracted and adrift in a miasma of push notifications, Amazon Prime packages and questionable social media. Thank goodness for Subaru, bless its sensible woolen socks. The automaker is offering an escape route, an unpaved path to sanity with a revised 2026 Subaru ...Read more

Exxon Mobil Corp. said it has invented a new form of graphite that can increase the life of electric-vehicle batteries by as much as 30%.

“We’ve invented a new carbon molecule that will extend the life of the battery by 30%,” Chief Executive Officer Darren Woods said at the University of Texas at Austin’s Energy Symposium on Friday. It�...Read more

BEAVER, Pennsylvania — After a weekend of racing sportscars across the plunging twists and turns of Pittsburgh International Raceway, my son and I crawled — exhausted — into our Honda Pilot SUV for the long five-hour ride home.

“Man, this car is so easy to drive,” said my 34-year-old son. “It’s so easy, a kid could drive it.”

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