Nissan Reverses Course On Rogue Production Cuts In Tariff Response

Late last month, President Trump’s tariff announcement included 25 percent on imported vehicles, sending automakers into a frenzy as they work to adjust supply chains and production schedules. However, earlier this week, the president said he was considering exemptions for the auto industry to give companies more time to adjust their operations. The American Automotive Policy Council’s president Matt Blunt said, “There is increasing awareness that broad tariffs on parts could u

Honda already builds several models in the U.S., including the Accord and Passport, but it’s considering localizing even more of its production efforts as tariffs start to take hold. The automaker reportedly wants to make 90 percent of the vehicles sold in the U.S. domestically, which would represent a double-digit increase in American production output. Honda wants to boost output by as much as 30 percent over the next few years as part of its response to President Trump’s 25 percen

Wide-reaching overhaul includes fresh face, new interior and £65,830 range topperAudi says it has taken inspiration from its past for the new A6 saloon. 
The ICE model has gained a wide-reaching overhaul for its sixth generation and become a curvier proposition with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, which makes it the most slippery combustion-powered Audi to enter production. 
Most notably, in pursuit of improved aerodynamics, it has gained the same style of curved rear end that m

Wide-reaching overhaul includes fresh face, new interior and £65,830 range topperAudi says it has taken inspiration from its past for the new A6 saloon. 
The ICE model has gained a wide-reaching overhaul for its sixth generation and become a curvier proposition with a drag coefficient of just 0.23, which makes it the most slippery combustion-powered Audi to enter production. 
Most notably, in pursuit of improved aerodynamics, it has gained the same style of curved rear end that m

Suzuki finally comes up with a much-needed EV in the form of a compact crossoverYou could hardly come up with a clearer example of collateral damage caused by sweeping legislation than the way Suzuki has been affected by the UK's ZEV mandate.The noted manufacturer of affordable, compact, efficient cars has had to effectively stop selling some of its cars, not because people didn’t want to buy them but because it was going to be fined otherwise. Is a 60mpg, sub-one-tonne Swift re

Using low-emission materials could remove more than a third of the Polestar 2's total CO2 output
Use of recycled aluminium and steel, smelted with green energy, brings major reduction in environmental impactPolestar has cut the emissions of each electric car it produces by a quarter since 2020 – and it has done so without radical technologies or materials, instead targeting the “low-hanging fruit”.
Speaking to Autocar ahead of the publication of Polestar’s lates

Surrey start-up Get Lost gives legendary 1990s sports car a new engine, new suspension and dramatic looksBritish start-up Get Lost has revealed a Lotus Elise S1 restomod that reimagines the legendary 1990s sports car as a dramatic rally-raid machine.
Dubbed the Project Safari, it has been conceived as an exercise in defiance against the Elise’s original intent.
“The idea of taking an Elise off-road might sound ridiculous, and that’s exactly why we leaned int

Mercedes is trialling battery tech from its Mercedes AMG HPP F1 teamWhen Mario Illien and the late Paul Morgan founded Ilmor Engineering in 1983, neither could have dreamed what part of their company would be doing 40 years later.
Based at Brixworth, the firm was formed to develop methanol-fuel Indycar engines but soon branched into Formula 1 and eventually sold its F1 division to Mercedes-Benz.
Today, as Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP), it’s playing a major part in develop

Morgan Supersport arrives with the company hoping owners will think of it as the second, not third, car in a garageThe Supersport is the Morgan they think could go from being the third car in your garage to the second one.Instead of owners having a daily driver, something more special for semi-regular amusement and a Morgan for high days and holidays, the new Supersport, the company reckons, could fill the second slot – in place (this sounds ambitious) of something like a Porsch

Stellantis says it's not selling Maserati. That's fine, but the brand is struggling. Whether that's the fault of Stellantis or outside factors, or both, could be the focus of a QOTD.But today I am asking -- should Stellantis remain the rightful owner? Or should it sell Maserati to another corporate parent? If so, who?That's a pretty straightforward QOTD, so there's not much need for more preamble. That said, if you want to answer the other question posed in the lede -- why is Maserati struggling

Responding to the ever-changing tariff tax landscape in America, the crew at Mitsubishi has – for the moment – halted the shipping of additional inventory to dealers in this country.“We are holding vehicles at the port until we have additional visibility on tariffs and decisions made on next steps,” spox from Mitsu told reporters at  Automotive News. They went on to point out the company has roughly 100 days of inventory already on the ground, a sum which apparently

European regulators have decided that carbon fiber should be on a shortlist of “hazardous materials” and are seeking to have it banned. While the industry will presumably petition the government against instituting any official restrictions, there’s always a chance the rule could come to pass — shaking up the global supply chain.
According to the JapaneseNikkei, the European Parliament amended a proposal to its “ End of Life Vehicles Directive” last month. Amo

Today we're going to let you recreate a 1980s cop show with this 1980 Ford Fairmont.Oh, it has Mexican specs. I suppose you could also pay homage to the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" video if you want, as well -- though the car in that one is a Crown Vic.Anyway, this one is for sale south of the border and it has a 302 cubic-inch V8 mating to a three-speed manual transmission. The mileage is a shade under 50K kilometers -- or about 30,000 miles.The seller does concede it's possible that there's a "1"

Volkswagen’s ID. Buzz promotions all showed two-tone vans in dazzling colors, but the automaker has struggled to get vehicles in those color combinations to buyers in the United States. Production issues caused VW to build more vans in far less exciting colors like black and silver, and while sales have been surprisingly steady, the company is offering a wrap program that lets buyers add the more desirable colors to the vans already on dealers’ lots.Hein Schafer, VW’s U.S. SVP

Red is a great color for many Italian cars, but the problem for Maserati is that it has been seeing the color more in its finances than on an exciting new car. Despite losing more than half its sales last year and seeing further declines this year, Maserati’s parent company, Stellantis, says it’s still devoted to the brand. Maserati CEO Santo Ficili said, “Stellantis confirms its commitment towards Italy, its workers, and all its brands, including Maserati. The United States re

GM's Ultium battery platform China is one of the world’s most prolific exporters of rare earth metals and raw materials needed to build everything from electric vehicles to fighter jets. The U.S. relies heavily on those components, including in the automotive industry, which is why China’s recent decision to halt exports could be extremely disruptive. China’s actions are part of its response to the dramatic increase in tariffs announced by President Trump earlier this month. U

Chrysler began selling Mitsubishi Colt Galants with Dodge badging in North America all the way back in 1971, and the Colt stayed available here for nearly a quarter-century after that. Here's one of the very last Dodge Colt hatchbacks Americans could buy, found in a Denver-area self-service yard last year.1992 was the final model year for the sixth-generation Colt. The seventh-generation Colt was available in coupe and sedan form only and its final model year was 1994. Starting with the 1979 mod

Our list of the very best load-lugging wagons you can buy new today, with something to suit all budgetsWhile the vast majority of drivers enjoy life with their family SUV, the estate is still going strong. 
Packed with bags of appeal, versatility and practicality in equal measure, the best estate cars combine the versatility of an SUV with the dynamic precision of a saloon. 
Many argue they satisfy the cliché of being 'all the car you'll ever need' more

Did this old-school coupé worm its way under our skin? Let’s find outKeeping up with the Mercedes model range has tested even the most studious price list observers over the past few years.
The CLE is a great example of how things have changed, as Mercedes has slimmed down its range of combustion-engined cars while adding new models at the same time.
Out went the C-Class and E-Class Coupé and Cabriolet, in came the CLE Coupé and Cabriolet to replace them.
While it stra

'Little G' is expected to be priced in line with combustion-engined rivals
New model is set to ditch ladder-frame construction while retaining legendary design cuesMercedes-Benz is ramping up the development of its entry-level G-Class, a smaller electric car that will be pitched against a new breed of rugged crossovers such as the upcoming Land Rover Defender 'Sport'.
Pencilled to launch in 2027, the highly anticipated model, currently referred to as ‘Little G’, will be a siblin

Alfa Romeo, Alpine, Cupra, Mini and MG – which takes the fun EV crown?
Electric motoring doesn’t have to be boring. Which of the latest fun-to-drive EVs gets our road testers’ vote?It’s more than 18 months since we first collected a field of affordable electric cars together along with a similar number of Autocar road testers.
The aim was to perform some proper back-to-back testing and decide if any – or perhaps how many – of the former could be considered gen

Rather than create a highly exclusive, limited run car, Tolman perfects the original with delicate engineeringI was about four years old when I first laid eyes on a Peugeot 205: an Alpine White 1.9-litre GTi.
Even then I knew it was special, and its clean-cut, Pininfarina-penned lines etched themselves onto my brain as the genesis of what would become my hot hatch infatuation.
Later, I was shuttled to and from school in one, and 20 years on it’s still part of the family, albeit currently r

A portion of this week's TTAC podcast was given over to discussing the throwback paint schemes that NASCAR drivers were running at Darlington last weekend. Matthew Guy and I had our favorites -- now I want to hear yours.Was it the Lotus look from the Wood Brothers? Kyle Larson's car? The Jeff Gordon throwback? Joey Logano's tribute to Cale Yarborough?Or another car?You know what to do. Go ahead and sound off below.[Image: NASCAR]Become a TTAC insider. Get the latest news, features, TTA

Editor Mark Tisshaw meets VW Group UK MD Damien O'SullivanIn a bonus podcast, this week Autocar Meets Damien O'Sullivan, the managing director of the UK's biggest car company, the Volkswagen Group.
In his first interview since taking the role last December, O'Sullivan meets Autocar's Editor, Mark Tisshaw, to discuss the state of the UK car market, how he juggles the management of so many brands and, although this pod was recorded before the government revised the rules around the zero emissions

Dodge is now offering heavy discounts on the all-electric Charger Daytona. Dealer bulletins have indicated that the brand is discounting the model by $6,500. This is despite the Daytona being the brand’s new halo vehicle and comes after we’ve seen numerous dealer markdowns to address a lack of demand and Stellantis offering employee discounts to the public.
News of the discounts stems fromCarsDirect and pertains to the 2025 model year. However, the deals available on 2024 model year

Ford's best-seller finally gets an all-electric powertrain
It feels like the Ford Puma Gen-E was needed a couple of years ago, really.With the likes of the Renault 5 now hitting showrooms, plus the (recently price-cut) Jeep Avenger and VW ID.3, the Skoda Elroq, MG S5, Volvo EX30, Smart #1 and all of Stellantis’ other forthcoming sub-£30k electric cars shouldering in, never mind the ever-pressing ZEV mandate regulations, Ford desperately needs an affordable electric car.The good news

2025 Subaru WRX tSPowertrain2.4-liter turbocharged horizontally-opposed "boxer" four-cylinder (271 horsepower @ 5,600 RPM, 258 lb-ft @ 2,000-5,200 RPM)Transmission/Drive WheelsSix-speed manual, all-wheel driveFuel Economy, MPG19 city / 26 highway / 22 combined (EPA Rating)Fuel Economy, L/100km12.4 city / 9.0 highway / 10.9 combined (NRCan Rating)Base Price$45,705 (U.S.) / $47,795 (Canada)As-Tested PriceN/A / $50,385 (Canada)Disclaimer: Prices include N/A destination charge in the United States

At next week’s New York International Auto Show (NYIAS), the Subaru brand will unveil an all-electric crossover-type vehicle – one bearing an entirely new nameplate.
Details are scanty, other than a teaser photo released today by the company which shows the back hatch area of a vehicle named ‘Trailseeker’. An appropriate amount of mud and dirt is splattered over the space, as you would when promoting a new Subaru, along with a ‘Limited’ badge which suggests th

Cadillac saw itssales successes escalate for the entirety of the Sixties, as it absolutely dominated the domestic luxury car market. Faced with lackluster competition from the likes of the conservative and upright Imperial (fuselage design arrived in 1969) or the aging Continental lineup from Lincoln, buyers flocked to Cadillac in droves. Only at the end of the decade did Lincoln get it together when it offered the Mark III as an alternative to the Eldorado and debuted a new (cost-cut) Continent