Ferrari Dino owned by Led Zeppelin’s Peter Grant up for sale
A 1973 Ferrari 246 Dino GTS once owned by Led Zeppelin manager Peter Grant will be among the featured lots at a Car & Classic online auction this week. Named after Enzo Ferrari's son, who died at a young age, the Dino was Ferrari's entry-level mode...
Ineos Fusilier revealed with all-electric and range-extended powertrains
Ineos Automotive on Friday announced the follow-up to its Grenadier off-roader. Called the Ineos Fusilier, this new model is a smaller SUV that will be offered with both all-electric and range-extended electric powertrains, Ineos confirmed in a press r...
Report: Hyundai’s Genesis is backpedaling on all-EV plan, to hybrids
Hyundai's Genesis luxury brand is diluting a plan to go all-electric, according to a recent report from the Korean Economic Daily. In its 2021 "blueprints for electrification," Genesis laid out that all new vehicles for the brand from 2025 on would be ...
Ford cuts Mach-E EV prices by thousands as sales plunge
Ford cut Mustang Mach-E prices by up to $8,100 after sales of the electric SUV reportedly fell by more than 50% in January. The automaker has lowered prices on multiple 2023 Mustang Mach-E models, reducing the base price by $3,100 to $41,695 with the m...
Sono Motors revives with solar bus kit, not Sion solar EV
Germany's Sono Motors has emerged from bankruptcy, but isn't discussing the fate of its Sion solar-assisted EV. A press release announcing a plan to bring Sono out of bankruptcy did not mention the Sion, a small hatchback designed to use every body pan...
Stellantis explores 2-speed transmission for off-road EVs
Stellantis is designing a two-speed transmission for use in electric off-roaders, a newly surfaced patent filing shows. Most EVs (the Porsche Taycan being a notable exception) use single-speed transmissions, as the instantly available torque of electri...
Deep dive: Bugatti Mistral roadster’s aero
The Bugatti Mistral is the Chiron roadster the automaker didn't plan to make. As explained by Bugatti, removing the roof required a rethink of the standard Chiron's aerodynamic features. The goal was to a design a roadster that could achieve a top spee...
Report: Electric Kia Stinger successor called EV8 in production plan
An electric successor to the sporty Kia Stinger looks due to launch in 2026 under the name EV8, according to source material revealed via Korean Car Blog. A proper enthusiast's car sporting a rear-wheel drive platform and sleek hatchback styling, the S...
Scarbo SV Rover arrives as 1,000-hp off-road throwback for $1.5M
California-based Scarbo Vintage—the company behind Ken Block's Hoonipigasus Pikes Peak race car—is back with a road-legal off-road race truck. Called the SV Rover, the truck made its public debut at the F.A.T. International Ice Race in Aspe...
Safety experts: EVs are too heavy for US guardrails
EVs tend to weigh more than comparable internal-combustion models, which may require a rethink of highway guardrail designs, according to a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) study. For it, researchers conducted what they claim are the first-ever...