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Today's podcast was all about automotive trends. I know some of y'all are out there on the industry front lines -- toiling away at a dealership or in an automotive company's cubicles. And some of you may just be really keen industry observers, no matter what your job is. Some of you will have insights that either back up or dispute the data used by analysts. Some of you will have insights that don't necessarily jibe with what we automotive journalists see.So if you have a handle on some automot

Many of the updates Cadillac made to its line for 1965 wereunder the skin. There was a new perimeter frame that became the de facto underpinning of the traditional domestic sedan, placement of the engine was farther forward than ever before (for more passenger space), and a modern automatic transmission arrived via the THM400. But there were changes on the exterior too. Cadillac shrugged off the protruding tail fins it wore since 1948 in exchange for sleeker integrated ones, and newly stacked he

If you haven’t been following Hertz, the automotive rental company filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and was purchased in June of 2021 by a hedge fund and equity firm that assumed they could run the business. A trail of disastrous decisions, including hiring Tom Brady as a brand ambassador and pivoting toward all-electric vehicles, have since shown that was not to be the case.
This is one of those things that I feel like sane people, with any knowledge of the automotive industry, could see com

On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we use and have purchased with our own meagre income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories.
One of the great common threads which helps hold this place together is the fact that both our writers and readers tend to work on their own cars. With that

Nissan is facing unprecedented levels of debt as it heads into 2025, as the automaker will owe around $1.6 billion next year. That number could climb as high as $5.6 billion in 2026, the highest amount recorded by Bloomberg dating back to 1996. Kentaro Harada, the chief credit analyst at SMBC Nikko Securities, said, “Under current conditions, Nissan may become a fallen angel, and when markets are aware of such a downgrade risk, investors may require spreads pricing in such risks.Despite th

The year is slowly winding down, and with that in mind we spend some time chatting with Alex Kwanten from U.S. New and World Report about key automotive trends in 2024. After thediscussion about trends, we also wrap up a wild NASCAR season by reviewing championship weekend with TTAC contributor Matthew Guy, and guy and I also discuss wall-mounted tool holders.
Don't fret about season's end, NASCAR fans -- we'll have plenty of silly-season stuff for the offseason.
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Today we send you into the weekend with a 2002 Isuzu Trooper. This one has a five-speed manual transmission and 230,000 miles on the clock.It apparently runs well and is in good shape, with no issues beyond a dent in the right rear quarter panel. You can find this one in Arizona for $3,500. Click here to see more.[Images: Seller]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else that gets to the truth about cars first by  subscribing to

GM employs tens of thousands of people worldwide, but a small number of them woke up to bad news this morning. The automaker laid off around 1,000 people today as part of its efforts to streamline business operations and cut costs.Though small – this round of layoffs hits less than one percent of GM’s global workforce – will affect employees across the automaker’s operations. The action follows a similar layoff in August, when GM cut more than 1,000 salaried workers.
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Starting with the 2026/27 tax year, employers must collect any tax at the same frequency as employees are paidHM Revenue and Customs is phasing out annual benefit-in-kind reporting for company cars.
The reforms come into effect from 6 April 2026 and, with draft legislation not due until 2025, many fleets are facing short deadlines to comply with those changes.
Starting with the 2026/27 tax year, employers must report the value of any workplace benefits (anything provided in addition to salaried

Jose Munoz has served as the CEO of Hyundai and Genesis North America and COO of Hyundai Motors for a while now, but his job is about to get a whole lot bigger. The long-time auto exec was recently promoted to the position of CEO of Hyundai Motor Corporation, which will take place on January 1, 2025. Munoz said the promotion was an “honor,” noting that he’s “excited and motivated by the challenge ahead and want to continue Hyundai’s growth trajectory.” The com

Sixty jurors from 23 countries have selected seven cars each to form a longlist of 42 eligible vehiclesThe Car of the Year (CotY) shortlist for 2025 is dominated by small electric cars.
Among the seven shortlisted models are the Alfa Romeo Junior, Citroën ë-C3, Hyundai Inster and Renault 5. The shortlist is completed by the Cupra Terramar, Dacia Duster and Kia EV3.
The winner will be announced at the Brussels motor show on 10 January.
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Lexus's line of V8 hotrods ends with a fiery-sounding feast of carbonfibreThe Lexus F-brand performance car as we’ve come to know it – that superbly left-field, one-fingered salute to German performance car hegemony – might now finally be a spent force. With both the IS F and GS F super-saloons fading in the memory, the subject of this road test – the Lexus RC F Ultimate Edition – is a V8-engined full stop of a sort.For the past 20 years, these cars have been like

The business case is tough for affordable cars, but we're glad some car makers still serious about themFor the past few years, I’ve compiled a feature looking at the year’s road test stats in one of the Christmas double issues of our magazine.
It was quite striking in 2023 how the average star rating had gone down from four to 3.5, and there were no five-star verdicts. Not a great vintage, then, 2023.
When 2024 immediately started serving up some really good cars (Dacia Duster, Hyund

Hyundai hails Muñoz's contribution to profitability as he steps up to lead its global operationsHyundai has named chief operating officer Jose Muñoz as its new global CEO, taking the reins on 1 January from Jaehoon Chang, who has been promoted to vice chair of the company's automotive division.
Born in Spain, Muñoz will be the first non-Korean to lead Hyundai Motor Company since it was founded in 1967. 
Joining Hyundai in 2019, Muñoz was appointed global chi

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares says that although Chinese enjoy cost advantages, “they work harder and faster”Penny for the thoughts of Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares when the bombshell news broke of the Volkswagen Group’s decision to close factories in Germany for the first time. 
The seismic VW restructure is the result of slowing demand for electric vehicles, coupled with a spiralling cost base. In its development of electric vehicles, VW has chosen to create dedicated ar

Just a bit ago, I reported on the possibility that Donald Trump might kill the EV tax credit when he becomes president of the United States for the second time.Now, I ask of you, dear reader -- should he?I have thoughts I might expand upon in the coming days -- but the short version is I am mixed on this one. On the one hand, I like the idea of incentivizing consumers to purchase products that are friendlier for the environment, such as EVs with no tailpipe emissions. On the other, I am fully aw

Elections have consequences, and the election of Donald Trump back to the White House might mean the $7,500 electric-vehicle tax credit is doomed. According toReuters, the Trump team wants to kill the credit as a part of broader tax-reform legislation. Interestingly, Reuters also reports that the move has the support of Tesla representatives, despite the fact that company only sells EVs and is the American markets' largest purveyor of EVs. Tesla boss Elon Musk is close to Trump and has been invo

The Polestar 3 is getting a new entry level trim that prioritizes range and a lower price tag rather than peak performance. Slated to arrive sometime in the spring of 2025, the new model is supposed to offer up to 350 miles between charges and a sub $70,000 MSRP.
When the entire automotive industry started pivoting toward building all-electric vehicles, a lot of promises were made about affordable models offering improved range. Sadly, the concept was put on the back burner so manufacturers cou

Today we bring you an apparently well-maintained 2014 Toyota FJ Cruiser with low miles. There are about 31K miles on this and a whole list of mods, including TRD parts. It has a six-speed manual and the seller, who is the original owner, says its a "custom" order.The price tag here is steep -- $55,000 -- and the seller is in the San Francisco area. Click here if you'd like to see more.[Images: Seller]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTAC takes, and everything else

Ford issued the most recalls of any automaker in 2023, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is unhappy with the company’s timing for at least one of them. The government agency said it had determined that Ford was too slow in recalling vehicles with defective rearview cameras and noted that it had failed to provide all the information required. That determination has led the NHTSA to fine The Blue Oval up to $165 million, its second-largest civil fine. NHTSA Deput

If you own a General Motors diesel-powered truck or SUV, you might soon receive a recall letter. The automaker is pulling back almost half a million vehicles for a bad transmission control valve, which could cause a failure and increase the risk of a crash. GM said it had seen 11 reports of issues related to the problem, which impacts the following models:2020-2022 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500/2500/35002021 Cadillac Escalade and Escalade ESV2021 Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe2021 GMC Yu

Acura revived the Integra a few years back, but as these things often go, the iconic sports car is getting an SUV makeover. The new ADX arrives in 2025, sporting Integra-inspired elements like styling, its powertrain, and platform.The 2025 ADX rides on the same platform as the Integra and has a turbocharged 1.5-liter VTEC four-cylinder. Acura hasn’t released specs for the powertrain yet but said that it features a high-response turbocharger and a unique exhaust designed to boost peak power

Prototype for Jaguar's £100k Taycan rival gives a long-awaited first look at the firm's new design languageThe first car of Jaguar’s new era has finally broken cover as it begins road testing for a 2026 launch, just two weeks before the firm unveils a concept that will set the tone for the design of all its upcoming models.
The first all-new Jaguar since the I-Pace was launched in early 2018, this striking four-door GT is the first of three upcoming electric cars due to arrive b

Chinese giant aims straight at the Tesla Model Y with its new electric family SUVWhat do you call a bigger, taller Seal? A Sealion 7, apparently.Taxonomies of the animal kingdom be damned, the BYD Sealion 7 starts a new naming strategy for this Chinese car brand.In future, new SUVs will all be called Sealion, saloons Seal and hatchbacks Dolphin, each with a number to indicate its relative positioning in the range. But none of the current crop is being renamed and the Atto 3 is staying

Mini is one of the most beloved of all the cars ever built, and survived until 2000
We dive into the Autocar Archive to trace Britain's automotive story right from the very beginningOne of the most widely consequential inventions of all time – the self-propelled carriage – emerged in the mid-1880s from Germany, courtesy of Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler, and it was a business deal with the latter that sparked the British automotive industry into existence at an old cotton mill in Cov

Radical cockpit features in the Emblème concept, set to evolve into a production car in three years
Design boss Gilles Vidal reveals “breakthrough solutions” coming to future modelsRenault will radically rethink its approach to interior design with its next-generation electric cars, due from 2028, as part of a bid to improve usability while moving upmarket and embracing ultra-advanced new technologies.
“We are going to bring breakthrough solutions on pretty much everythi

The new version of Autoblog has a report out showing that Morgan is bringing back a four-wheel car to the United States. As we know, Morgan has been selling a three-wheeler here for a long time, but now it's going to sell a four-wheeled vehicle -- the Plus Four -- in the States for the first time since 2005.That's a long time.Morgan will likely never be more than a niche automaker here in America, and that's fine. So I am not asking if Morgan will take off. What I am asking is this -- will Morga