GAYDON, England — Jaguar has spent years talking about reinvention. Now it has produced something considerably more useful than another corporate promise: a 1,015-horsepower electric grand tourer with the proportions of a proper Jaguar. The Jaguar Type 01 is low, long and unapologetically expensive. It has a 24-inch screen, 23-inch wheels, ...Read more

Federal safety officials say the tire pressure monitoring systems on more than 16,000 Ram trucks could have been damaged during assembly, prompting a recall.

The recall covers model year 2026 Ram trucks produced by Stellantis NV, which began notifying dealers of the issue this week.

Sensors notify drivers when tire pressure drops significantly...Read more

Nowadays, the large array of SUVs available to consumers can be overwhelming. Manufacturers have models in every fleet vying for a slice of this burgeoning market.

In Grasso’s Garage this week we consider an all-electric powerhouse that is here to prove a point: that the 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo Electric does it better than the rest. Porsche ...Read more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The second-generation, 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is big. How big? My 6-foot-5-inch frame and 6-foot-7-inch Atlas Product Manager Jim Burch both fit easily in the third row.

Together.

We make things big in America. Big people, big attractions, big cars. For years, Volkswagen sent too-small, too-expensive German-made vehicles...Read more

More than 265,000 Ram cargo vans have been recalled over a defect with the vehicles' steering system.

At issue are the electric power steering systems in ProMaster vans from model years 2022-26. Federal regulators say water can seep into the steering systems, damaging the vehicles' electrical wiring and potentially causing permanent loss of ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday notified salaried employees of changes to its paid-time off policy starting in 2027, including the elimination of a program to purchase vacation time and changes to vacation milestones that the automaker said would increase paid days off for some employees.

The changes are a part of human resources-related updates the...Read more

Canadian autoworkers union Unifor has scheduled a strike authorization vote for employees at the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.

Negotiations between the Toronto-based labor union and Stellantis NV have been at an impasse for almost a month after the transatlantic automaker disclosed it has a tentative agreement to sell its idled ...Read more

Drivers on Detroit roads are about to become acquainted with a phenomenon that's become commonplace in other cities across the South and the West Coast: cars traveling without anyone behind the wheel.

Waymo LLC’s rideshare service began full autonomous testing in Detroit this week without a human specialist at the wheel as the rideshare ...Read more

DETROIT — From robot-heavy factories to using artificial intelligence to design cars, automakers are speeding to catch up with China's lightning-fast development of low-price vehicles as the manufacturing giant's vehicle production grows rapidly and globally.

Experts at the Automotive News Congress in Detroit last week warned of China's ...Read more

The auto industry is weathering the economic headwinds of inflation and high gas prices, but the best performance is coming from outside Detroit.

Foreign brands with more hybrid-heavy lineups made gains, according to sales reports from across the U.S. auto sector detailed this week. Meanwhile, each of the Detroit Three automakers saw sales ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. sales totaled 509,764 in the third quarter, a year-over-year decrease of 6.6% and a continuation of declines from the first half of 2026.

The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker again projected confidence despite the decrease, noting that total vehicle sales volume was "essentially unchanged" for the quarter when adjusting for the...Read more

Subaru has spent 50 years selling cars to people who own at least one kayak and a dog that sheds more than the national debt accrues interest.

Now, Subaru has built those people another electric car, and the results are fairly good. The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker shares the Solterra’s Toyota-derived underpinnings, but stretches them into ...Read more

NAPA VALLEY, California — Before it ditched cars for a lineup of engaging SUVs and trucks like F-150 Raptors, Bronco Sport Sasquatches and Maverick Lobos, Ford made affordable hellions like the Focus RS that you could take big game-hunting with 300-plus turbo-4 horsepower, nimble handling, and drift mode. The Focus RS exited the market in 2018...Read more

Year-over-year U.S. sales for Stellantis NV dipped slightly in the third quarter of 2026, according to company data released Oct. 1, as the struggling transatlantic automaker continues to chase an elusive turnaround.

The Jeep and Chrysler parent company sold 324,277 vehicles in the quarter spanning July through September. That was a decline of ...Read more

Toyota Motor Corp. and Hyundai Motor Co. are pulling closer to Detroit’s marquee automakers in the U.S. auto market, boosted by demand for gas-electric hybrids and affordable vehicles as average car payments rise well above $800 a month.

Toyota’s sales rose slightly to more than 633,000 vehicle in the third quarter, including its Lexus ...Read more

For the second year in a row, Ford Motor Co. is sounding the alarm on a growing shortage of skilled trades workers in the United States.

"Here's the reality: We need to fill 1.7 million job openings in the trades every year over the next 10 years. Every year, 1.7 million," Ford CEO Jim Farley said on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the company's ...Read more

Stellantis NV CEO Antonio Filosa on Wednesday, Sept. 30 said the maker of Jeep and Ram sees an opportunity to cash in with its new compact pickup, extended-range powertrains and vehicles priced at under $40,000 in the U.S. market.

During an auto industry conference in Detroit, Filosa cited the segments as North American growth opportunities for...Read more

WASHINGTON — Millions of light-duty trucks spanning more than 100 nameplates will soon be recognized as passenger cars thanks to a regulatory overhaul by the Trump administration.

The planned shift for model year 2030, according to regulators, could push automakers to offer fewer unnecessary features and improve fuel economy for wallet-...Read more

Radical greens and other cheerleaders for central planning are mewling about the Trump administration’s new fuel economy standards for automakers. Yet the reforms are a necessary response to Biden-era efforts to undermine the marketplace by limiting options for American consumers.

On Monday, the White House relaxed stringent fuel economy ...Read more