Category: Automobile

House bill 15 was advanced to the Senate and could become law this month, but are 15-year-olds mature enough to get a license? https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ by Chris Chilton March 16, 2025 at 09:20 Kentucky lawmakers are on the verge of allowing 15-year olds to get a driver’s license. Teenagers would need to be accompanied by a…

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Toyota is no longer alone in the world of affordable hybrid hatches. For years the Japanese manufacturer boasted hybrid power as a USP of its Yaris and Corolla nameplates, but that all changed last year with the introduction of three new rivals in Australia – the mild-hybrid Hyundai i30 N Line, the Suzuki Swift Hybrid…

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Class action lawsuit alleges Hyundai NEXO hydrogen fuel cell SUVs come with false advertising. March 15, 2025 — A Hyundai NEXO class action lawsuit alleges the entire idea for the hydrogen fuel cell vehicle in California has been a disaster. The Hyundai NEXO is a hydrogen fuel cell SUV sold only in California, and the…

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The BMW Group is a manufacturing juggernaut operating 33 factories producing cars and engines worldwide. If we’re talking strictly about vehicle assembly, Plant Spartanburg was the most prolific site in 2024. It produced 396,117 SUVs, as small as the X3 and as large as the X7 and XM. The “Home of the X” was also…

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In-car sleeping is an advertised feature of Xpeng’s G6, not just a theoretical possibility Have you ever noticed that there are regional market trends for seat adjustment mechanisms? I never had, until a wise colleague some years ago pointed one out. “Japanese and Korean cars very often have lever-style adjusters for seat recline,” he said,…

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A dramatic, rainy Australian Grand Prix has seen Lando Norris beat Max Verstappen to the top step of the podium, amid carnage on track and a tricky day for the local heroes. McLaren’s Lando Norris has won an action-packed 2025 Formula One Australian Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen, after a costly…

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Passion is essential to creativity. If you’re not into what you’re doing, why would anyone else be interested? That enthusiasm has to start with the you. Otherwise, you might as well “create” coldly and clinically by committee. If other people happen to love what you make, even better. The man who commissioned the build of…

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This is a Flathead V8 based on the original Ford design from 1932, but built by the French for use in military trucks right the way through until the early 1990s. This engine was completed in March of 1991, making it one of the last new examples of the engine ever made. The historic significance…

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La satisfacción del cliente con la experiencia de servicio del concesionario se mantiene alta por segundo año consecutivo. Sin embargo, los largos tiempos de espera para las citas, las deficiencias de comunicación y las deficiencias en la correcta reparación de los vehículos limitan el progreso del sector. Según el Estudio del Índice de Servicio al…

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Some people stress about naming a pet, vacillating between Steve and Spot and Bark Twain. Naming a child is even more fraught because parents generally don’t want their offspring to carry a burdensome name, one that lends itself to taunt-prone nicknames, or initials that spell something heinous (use your imagination on that one).  Naming a…

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