Rare Rides Icons: The Cadillac Eldorado, Distinctly Luxurious (Part XLVI)

After veering briefly to Abandoned History in a controlled and front-wheel drive way to discuss theUnitized Power Package found in the new 1967 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado (and the Oldsmobile Toronado that debuted a year prior), we return toRare Rides Eldorado coverage this week. As the Eldorado embraced the American personal luxury segment that was in its infancy, its jump to the E-body platform meant most everything about it was different to the 1966 model. For the first time in a long while,

From hybrid hypercars to high-rise hatchbacks, here's every new model you could put on your drive this yearThis year is shaping up to be crucial for the car industry, as major manufacturers battle through what is perhaps the most challenging period they have ever faced.
They will have to grapple with the need to slash their carbon outputs amid slower-than-expected growth in electric car sales, without compromising their business through heavy discount

Audi suffered a sales slump in China
VW Group delivered 9.01 million vehicles in 2024, down 2.3% on the previous yearAudi suffered the biggest sales fall within the Volkswagen Group during 2024 in what was a painful year for the marque.
Bentley also had a tough 12 months during which the UK brand dropped below a record-selling Lamborghini for the first time during their pairing within the group.
The biggest winner within the group, based on percentage growth, was Seat-Cupra w

Urban Cruiser borrows its name from Toyota's small hatchback sold in the UK from 2009-2012
Urban Cruiser is the first of several names due to return from the firm's extensive back catalogueToyota is set to raid more of its back catalogue for names of future electric models, rather than continue the alphanumerical naming convention it started with the bZ4X.
The bZ4X arrived in 2022 as Toyota's first EV, with 'bZ' standing for 'beyond zero' (emissions), 4 being the size of the car in Toy

DS No8 is "premium" but brand wants to be "more than premium"
Stellantis-owned French brand currently rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz but has loftier ambitions for the futureDS aspires to rival Rolls-Royce and Bentley as it targets a move beyond the premium segment and into the luxury sphere.
That's according to design director Thierry Métroz, who said the Stellantis-owned French brand's "dream is to be the Louis Vuitton of the automotive industry".
Speaking to Autocar at the Brussels motor

The first car events of the new year, the Dacia Spring, spare wheels, how to pronounce Hyundai and moreOn this week's My Week In Cars podcast join our hosts Matt Prior and Steve Cropley as they talk about Brooklands Museum and Bicester Motion's first events of 2025.
Steve has a nose around a Dacia Spring, we advise a listener which cars come with spare wheels, and Prior gets annoyed with a Hyundai advert.
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Entire Bigster range comes in below £30k as firm aims to steal a big chunk of Europe's biggest car segmentThe new Dacia Bigster SUV is available to pre-order now for less money than a Volkswagen Golf. 
The Romanian firm's largest model yet starts at just £24,995 - nearly £3000 less than the cheapest Golf and far below the list price of many of its closest rivals.
The Nissan Qashqai, for example, starts at £30,135, the Ford Kuga at £33,395 and the Skod

New Vantage Roadster will dispatch 0-62mph in 3.5sec
New model is one of the most powerful drop-top sports cars on sale, thanks to Mercedes-AMG-derived engineThe new Aston Martin Vantage Roadster is one of the most powerful drop-top sports cars on sale following an extensive, performance-focused upgrade.
With 656bhp and 590lb ft from a reworked version of the existing twin-turbocharged 4.0-litre V8, the new Roadster packs substantially more power than its 505bhp predecessor and has been set up t

A lot of car dealerships/dealership groups have their own YouTube channel.Some are good, some are bad, some are in the middle.Do you have one that you enjoy watching? I don't, personally, but that's in part because I am not a huge consumer of video content. I also am not in the car-shopping market at present.But you guys might have a channel in mind -- one that you watch for fun (even while you're supposed to be working) even when you aren't shopping for a car.So if that's the case, go ahead and

The 2025 Detroit Auto Show media days were quite dead. That doesn't mean the consumer days for the show are dead -- I don't have numbers and I am typing this 200+ miles from Cobo Hall Huntington Place in Detroit, so I can't see for myself, but I suspect the show is doing just fine. I've said it too many times on this site -- no matter what happens to media days, consumer days will always exist, and likely always be a big draw, as long we can buy our own cars and aren't sentenced to a life of aut

Stellantis has reportedly informed suppliers that it has suspended the C6X development program. The codenamed project was assumed to yield a production version of the Chrysler Airflow concept. While Chrysler CEO Christine Feuell recently confirmed that the brand would be launching several new vehicles in the near future, expanding its modest lineup, learning that one of them may have been cancelled is somewhat disconcerting.When Stellantis took ownership of the former Chrysler brands as part of

Stellantis recently had to delay the launches of new EVs from Jeep and Dodge due to software problems. The automaker appears to have squashed whatever bugs it found, however, as the first shipment of Dodge Charger Daytonas and Jeep Wagoneer S EVs are on their way to dealers' lots, though the earliest arrivals will be from Dodge.Dodge CEO Matt McAlear and Bob Broderdorf, head of Jeep, confirmed the development, though the Wagoneer S is taking longer to arrive due to having to clear and ship from

EVs that can break the 300-mile barrier are growing in number. As are number of cars that will crack 400 miles.Back when electric cars entered the mainstream car market, there were a few major talking points: their credentials as zero-emission transport, their prices and, perhaps most importantly, their range. 
EVs have come a long way in a short space of time. Thanks to a decade and a half of battery and motor development, some of the longest-range electric cars can now match their petrol

The revised Audi Q3 has been floating around in spy shots and churning through the rumor mills for a while now, well, at least for people who care about subcompact SUVs. Audi only recently confirmed the new vehicle, however, stating that the updated Q3 will come this year. Note that the images used in this article are of a 2022 model-year SUV after its last refresh, not the 2025 update. The third-gen SUV will join a new A7 and new plug-in hybrid models landing in 2025. Audi didn’t share an

With all the talk about automakers backstepping on aggressive EV plans, it’d be easy to assume the market is tanking and that we’ll all be driving our V8-powered family haulers off into the sunset. However, despite all the noise, EV sales grew by a few million units in 2024, faster than the year before. I’ve been guilty of naysaying when it comes to electric vehicle sales, even as someone who studies and writes about the industry, so it’s not surprising to see that the pu

St Helena is home to just over 5000 people
Mid-Atlantic island of St Helena aims to become first all-electric territoryA British Overseas Territory is aiming to be the first territory in the world to switch entirely to EVs.
St Helena, an extremely remote volcanic island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is home to just over 5000 people, many of whom run decaying Ford Fiestas, Ford Transits and Land Rover Defenders. But the local government wants to wean itself from these older, more polluting

Leapmotor International CEO Tianshu Xin forecasts a 'tipping point' for EVs in 2028
Boss of UK-bound Chinese brand says limited electric car sales are due not to lack of demand but lack of variety
Stellantis's new Chinese EV brand Leapmotor believes the addition of a range-extender (REx) powertrain to its C10 SUV will be an important factor in both its growth and the adoption of EVs in Europe.
Leapmotor International is a joint venture set up to sell Leapmotor cars in Eu

The Golf has sold in so many forms that choosing a used one can be confusing - we pick out some gems.The Volkswagen Golf is, undeniably, a legend. In its 50 years with us it's racked up 37 millions of sales, across hundreds of models – and that means there's a Golf for everyone.
Here we round up some of the best (and indeed strangest) we've ever seen, from the game-changing original right the way through to today's 100mpg hybrid.
Read on for our guide to the Golf.
Mk1 GolfPr

Mercedes is raising the maximum speed of its Drive Pilot L3 system to 59mph
Useable self-driving features remain a top development concern among car makersWhat price to hand over the driving to your car?
With useful vehicular autonomy remaining tantalisingly out of reach, mainly due to cost issues, the topic was hotly debated among car makers and automotive suppliers at the recent CES tech show in Las Vegas.
The desire to make the jump from level-two driver assistance to level thr

We've now seen the next Tesla Model Y.What do you think?Yes, some of you have had your say in the comments on the original post, but you get another shot now.There's not much else to say, this one is pretty straightforward.Let us know what you think about the facelifted Tesla, please.You know what to do. Sound off below.[Image: Tesla]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 our&

The Italian tripartite of Tonale, Stelvio, and Giulia will get a flamboyantly named special edition package for the 2025 model year.
Called the Intensa Special Series, these machines first showed their faces at this year’s Brussels Motor Show in Belgium. No powertrain or chassis modifications are mentioned, suggesting the Intensa packages are relying on their looks in order to make the grade. Hey, it’s Italian.The Tonale crossover, which is Alfa’s best-selling nameplate, equips

Today we bring you a relative rarity -- this 1995 Mitsubishi 3000GT. It has 151,000 miles on it and an automatic transmission. It also has leather, Infinity audio, and subwoofers. It's had the same owner since 1998 and has been garaged for five years.It hasn't been driven in quite some time, though the seller says it will start with a new battery hooked up.It needs some paint work and clean-up and the sunroof needs to be fixed. At least the radio, power windows, and power locks work.If you're in

An advocate of New York City’s controversial congestion pricing plan and proponent of using public transportation to reduce vehicle ownership was reportedly attacked in a Manhattan subway station last week.“Today at around 3:30 PM, I entered the subway station at 23rd Street and 5th Avenue,” Layla Law-Gisiko stated via social media on January 5th. “At the bottom of the first flight of stairs, an individual with a shopping cart began screaming at me and spat in my hair.&r

Spy shots of the updated Tesla Model Y have been floating around for a little while now, but we don’t have to rely on leaks any longer. Tesla debuted the new EV in China last week, showing off significant styling updates, new tech, and a revised interior.Pricing for the new Model Y starts at just under $36,000 at today’s conversion rates, a more than five-percent bump over the previous vehicle. Tesla opted to launch locally in China ahead of a global debut, but we don’t know wh

This publication began covering the development of what became the MV-1 taxi/livery vehicle back in 2009, and that tale had plenty of interesting plot twists well into the following decade. About 2,000 MV-1s were built, so I figured I'd find one in a junkyard at some point. That day has come, with this 2015 model in a Denver self-service boneyard.
What made the MV-1 interesting was that it was the first mass-produced vehicle designed from the outset to be accessible to passengers with wheelchair

Concept is 150mm longer and 39mm lower than the current C5 Aircross
Forward-looking concept prioritises interior space and aerodynamic efficiencyThe boldly styled concept for the next generation Citroën C5 Aircross is 95% ready for showrooms, and will usher in a raft of distinctive new design cues for the French brand's electric era.
Citroën's largest car will enter its second generation next year, retaining its characteristic two-box silhouette but being heavily redesigned as it moves

New Twingo uses same platform as the reborn 5 but is 170mm shorter
French firm says there must be an organic business case for importing new electric city carRenault is gauging the viability of launching the new Twingo in the UK but will not "force" the retro city car into the market just to boost its EV sales mix. 
The fourth-generation, electric-only Twingo is due on sale next year with a starting price in Europe of sub-€20,000 (£16,700), but there is a chance that, like i

M Concept is designed to test new 2.0-litre turbo four to the point of failure
New GR Yaris M Concept has prototype 2.0-litre turbo four-pot mounted amidshipsToyota has shown off a mid-engined version of the GR Yaris, hinting at a radical new development of its acclaimed hot hatch – or a future mid-engined sports car.
Named the GR Yaris M Concept, it swaps the GR Yaris's front-mounted 1.6-litre turbo triple for a new 2.0-litre turbo four mounted behind its rear seats.
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