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Volkswagen Weighs Closing Four German Plants and Cutting 100,000 Jobs in Its Biggest Gamble Yet
Volkswagen is reportedly considering the most severe restructuring in its 89-year history, and the scale of it is hard to overstate. People familiar with internal discussions say the automaker is weighing the closure of four German factories and the elimination of up to 100,000 jobs. If it moves forward, it would be the largest overhaul…
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Nissan’s Own Lender Wins $40 Million Judgment Against Its Manhattan Dealers
Nissan’s in-house lender just walked out of federal court with a $40.1 million judgment against a group of its own Manhattan dealerships, and the path to get there reads like a cautionary tale about picking a fight you can’t win. The dealers were the ones who threw the first punch, accusing Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.…
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Toyota Deepens RAV4 Production Cuts as Shortage Stretches Into 2027
Toyota just widened its production retreat again, and the RAV4 is once more caught in the crossfire. The automaker had previously warned that roughly 83,000 vehicles would be cut from its overseas production plan between June and November. That figure has now climbed to around 100,000 units, with the reduced schedule stretching all the way…
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VW, Porsche, and Honda All Stumbled the Same Week, And It’s Not a Coincidence
The global auto industry just lived through one of its roughest stretches in recent memory, and the through-line was impossible to miss: the legacy giants that once set the industry’s pace are now restructuring in public, slashing payrolls, shedding models, and rewriting strategies they staked their futures on only a few years ago. Why VW’s…
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The 2027 Hyundai Elantra Gets a Bigger Body, an Angrier Face, and an AI Co-Pilot
Hyundai just pulled the wraps off the eighth-generation Elantra in South Korea, where it’s sold as the Avante, and the headline is that the company apparently decided its compact sedan needed to look considerably more aggressive. Six years after the outgoing model debuted, the new car ditches the swoopy, origami-inspired look for something Hyundai is…
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Ford Recalls 741,000 Trucks and SUVs Over a Park-by-Wire Rollaway Risk
If you own a late-model F-150, Expedition, Navigator, Explorer, or Aviator, here’s something worth paying attention to: your vehicle might treat “Park” as more of a suggestion than a command. Ford is recalling 741,195 vehicles because a glitch in the park-by-wire system can allegedly let them roll away unexpectedly, which is exactly the kind of…
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Your Morning Drive: Polestar’s US Exit, Recall Season, and the Affordable Truck Wars
Grab the coffee and get caught up. Here’s what’s worth knowing in the car world before you start your day, distilled down so you can walk into work already up to speed without digging through four different sites. On the radar this morning: a whole brand getting effectively pushed out of the country, an automaker…
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Hyundai Recalls 96,310 Tucsons Over a Dashboard That Might Reboot Mid-Drive
There’s a specific kind of automotive anxiety reserved for the moment an instrument cluster goes dark at highway speed, and roughly 96,310 Hyundai Tucson owners just became eligible to experience it. Hyundai is recalling nearly 100,000 of its popular compact crossovers because the digital instrument panel may reboot on its own while the vehicle is…
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Trump Signs Memo Directing EPA to Ease Up on DIY Car Repairs
For years, the federal government’s approach to anyone who touches their own emissions equipment has ranged from cautious skepticism to active enforcement action against individual hobbyists. On Monday, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum that, at least on paper, directs the Environmental Protection Agency toward a different posture: leaving home mechanics and independent repair shops…
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UK Drivers Can Reportedly Be Fined $145 for Idling With the AC On During a Record Heatwave
As large parts of England and Wales bake under a record-breaking 104°F (40°C) heatwave, hot enough to break a national record that had stood since 1976, authorities in the UK are reportedly reminding drivers that running the air conditioning while parked with the engine on could result in a fine of up to £110, or…
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A Stolen Truck, Three Towns, and Five Crashes: Monroe County’s Chase Caught From Every Angle
The reason this particular chase stands out isn’t the stolen truck itself. It’s that nearly every leg of the pursuit ended up on someone’s phone, and the resulting clips don’t all agree on which moment was the most dangerous. What deputies have confirmed is the basic outline: a stolen white contractor’s pickup, a daytime pursuit…
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A Range Rover Owner Tried to Play Hero on the Beach, and the Tide Took His $160K SUV Anyway
There’s a special kind of secondhand pain in watching a six-figure SUV disappear beneath the waves, and a viral video circulating on social media delivers exactly that. Footage spreading across platforms shows a Range Rover SVR and a Ford Transit van both swallowed by the sea after a beach rescue attempt turned into a double…
