Toyota has issued a major recall of its twin-turbocharged V-6 engines powering the 2022 and 2023 Tundra pickup trucks and Lexus LX SUVs. Engines produced between late 2021 and early 2023 might have machining debris left in the engine; causing engine knocks or, worse cases, a spun bearing and complete engine stall. At first, Toyota was unsure how many engines were contaminated, but now, months later, the solution is to replace more than 100,000 engines.

Toyota Issues Massive Engine Recall

BMW's i4 electric car gets new lighting treatments. Range is up on the single-motor model, but down on the dual-motor model. Prices have, naturally, increased—but in the hundreds of dollars, not thousands. The 2025 BMW i4 is on sale now with mildly updated exterior styling and interior trim, and...

2025 BMW i4 starts at $58,475, some models get range boost

EDMONTON, AB, July 30, 2024 /CNW/ - AutoCanada Inc. ("AutoCanada" or the "Company") (TSX: ACQ), a multi-location North American automobile dealership group, announced that it will release its financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2024 on Tuesday, August 13, 2024 after markets close. Th. EDMONTON, AB, July 30,...

AUTOCANADA ANNOUNCES CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST DETAILS FOR Q2 2024 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Automakers will often team up with non- automotive companies for things like special edition cars, merch, etc. Sometimes the partnerships make sense. Remember Subaru’s L.L. Bean editions or Ford’s Eddie Bauer Explorers and Expeditions? Other times they come across as trying too hard—take Cadillac’s Bulgari partnership.

What Was The Most Pointless Automotive Partnership?

Recaro, a German brand best known for supplying seats to sports car manufacturers and racing teams, has filed for bankruptcy. The company declared bankruptcy in a German court on July 29, 2024, and officials appointed a Stuttgart-based lawyer named Holger Blümle to oversee the process. Note that not every company named Recaro is bankrupt; it's just Recaro Automotive Seating, which makes car seats. Recaro Holding, which designs and manufactures airplane seats and gaming chairs, is not involved in the bankruptcy process.

Car seat manufacturer Recaro files for bankruptcy

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The cheapest SUV available isn't built by Nissan or Kia. The 2024 Hyundai Venue is actually the most affordable SUV. 
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The Cheapest SUV You Can Buy Isn’t From Kia or Nissan

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The Infiniti QX80 grew only slightly on the outside with its all-new generation introduced for 2025, but according to the specs, cargo capacity has significantly ballooned. Overall capacity is up by about 6 cubic-feet, while the space behind the raised third row is up by an even more noteworthy 5.4 cubic-feet to an above-average 22.0 cubic-feet. It's more noteworthy because when you're talking about a space that is already small and compromised, even a little can mean a lot.

Infiniti QX80 Luggage Test: How much fits behind the third row?

The Gemera was upgraded with the Jesko’s twin-turbo V8 part way through its development. Customers have to cough up an extra $400,000 for the V8 but get an extra 900 hp and almost 700 lb-ft of additional torque. Christian von Koenigsegg says the carmaker isn’t giving up on the...

Koenigsegg Pulls 3-Cylinder Engine Option From Gemera, Keeps Twin-Turbo V8

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

The Honda Odyssey gets another facelift after its last revamp in 2021. While sedans are exiting the market left and right, the long-standing players in the minivan market continue to duke it out for their slice of the family hauling market each year. The 2025 Honda Odyssey gets some updates aiming to keep it competitive in the segment, including some fresh styling as well as some noteworthy tech updates. In line with some of its crossovers, Honda also saw fit to drop its base model from the lineup, making the Odyssey EX-L the new entry point (rather than the EX, as it was in 2024) with a higher $43,315 price tag.

2025 Honda Odyssey Gets a Fresh Face and Updated Tech, But What About a Hybrid?

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Reliability is one of the key attributes that consumers look at when buying a car. The assurance that your vehicle will not let you down and will run every time will always be a paramount concern. Just look at the popularity of Toyota and Lexus over the years. These two Japanese automakers have always been at the top of lists when ranking car brands by reliability.

The Most Reliable New Six-Cylinder SUV You Can Buy Today

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Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

Ten years ago, we drove a Ferrari F355 more than 5,000 miles across the country, from California to Newfoundland, Canada. In a word, sensational. Despite flaws so expensive and complicated that owners advise everyone to stay away from them, the F355 casts such a lusty spell between service visits that owners' warnings go unheeded. UK company Evoluto Automobili has turned its attention to not only rectifying those flaws, it's given the F355 more modern outerwear with the help of Ian Callum's design consultancy.

Ferrari 355 by Evoluto fixes the icon's flaws to create 'peak analog'

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Most of the vehicles you'll find in the Ewe Pullets of the land will be ordinary cars and trucks, but unexpected surprises can show up in the mix. I've documented ice cream trucks, TV stars, art cars, military staff vehicles and even a tank over my years of exploring automotive history in junkyards. Today's Junkyard Gem is an icon of the American crunchy-snacks industry, found in a boneyard near Monterey, California.

Junkyard Gem: 1984 Grumman Olson Kurbside Krew Kab, Frito-Lay Edition

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MOD Pizza has over 500 locations across the country with 22 restaurants in Illinois. The Washington-based chain offers fast-casual fare known for its customized, artisan-style pizzas. Customers can choose from over 40 toppings and 8 sauces to create their own masterpiece.

Bankruptcy Looms for Major Pizza Chain With Chicago Suburban Locations

Ford Mustang Mach-E GT's Performance Upgrade can be purchased via the FordPass app for $995. Software upgrade reduces 0-60 time by 0.5 seconds to 3.3 seconds. Mustang Mach-E GT Performance Upgrade receives an extra 100 lb-ft of torque. Ford hints at additional software-based upgrades for its vehicles. The Ford Mustang...

$995 Upgrade Gives Ford Mustang Mach-E GT Supercar Performance

The Jeep Compass enters a third model year with the updates that made it a much better vehicle, namely, the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder. Jeep made the second-best improvement the same year, lowering pricing in 2023, then did it again in 2024, taking four figures off MSRPs across the lineup. That decision got the entry-level Sport trim down to $27,495, where it stays for 2025. The Compass continues to shed trims, though, the Latitude Lux no more for the coming model year.

2025 Jeep Compass unchanged ahead of all-new 2026 Compass

Another automotive company is biting the dust. This time the victim is the stalwart seat maker Recaro Automotive. According to a report from Autobild, the company filed for bankruptcy in Germany this week. Reacaro is the biggest name in automotive seating and, in addition to being the most popular aftermarket...

Recaro Automotive Files for Bankruptcy After Over a Century of Business

At a time when EVs come in forms as incongruous as the GMC Hummer or Tesla Cybertruck, it’s refreshing to ride around in something as basic and charming as the Fiat 500e. It's basically a two-seater. It doesn’t hold much cargo and its range is paltry compared to most other EVs these days. It’s not fancy, but it is molto stylish and fun. It’s the way Europeans drive — pretend you’re motoring (literally) though sunny Italy. Most important, it’s cheap to operate and easy to use. Sadly, it's not that cheap to buy, but more on that later.

14 thoughts about the 2024 Fiat 500e, one pink, the other an Italian tomato

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Software issues at Volkswagen delaying the next-gen SSP platform

If any automaker is finding the bright side of the electric vehicle slowdown — outside of the Japanese, who've been skeptical since the beginning — it...

Software issues at Volkswagen delaying the next-gen SSP platform

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