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Month: January 2025

Boosted by Givebacks — and Uncertainty About the New Year — Automakers Deliver Solid December Sales

Boosted by Givebacks — and Uncertainty About the New Year — Automakers Deliver Solid December Sales

The U.S. auto industry ended 2024 on a high note, manufacturers revealed Friday as they delivered uniformly solid sales numbers for December. That translated into the strongest full-year demand since the COVID pandemic struck in early 2020. Get the details at Headlight.News.

The Vehicles We Liked the Best in 2024

The Vehicles We Liked the Best in 2024

The editors at Headlight.News spend hundreds of hours behind the wheel, or wheels in this case, of new vehicles talking about everything from how fast they accelerate to what kind of safety tech they feature to just how pretty are they? From those hundreds of vehicles, we’ve curated a list of the vehicles we enjoyed the most in 2024. Check them out.

The Big Automotive Stories We Expect in 2025

The Big Automotive Stories We Expect in 2025

The new year is likely to be a big year when it comes to the auto industry, especially with a new president coming into office who has signaled plans to scrap EV sales incentives and enact hefty new tariffs on imported auto parts and fully assembled vehicles. We’ve...

A Week With: Kia’s 2025 Carnival and 2025 EV9 — Defying Expectations

A Week With: Kia’s 2025 Carnival and 2025 EV9 — Defying Expectations

The tagline “You’ve come a long way, baby” was once used for a less healthy product, but if you’ve climbed into just about any Kia in the last several years, you know it’s certainly applicable here. New products like the Carnival and EV9 continue to drive the automaker to new heights. Check out this comparison of two new Kia models at Headlight.News.

Tesla Sales Take First Full-Year Fall; Musk’s Politics Catch Some Blame

Tesla Sales Take First Full-Year Fall; Musk’s Politics Catch Some Blame

While EV sales growth has slowed down this past year, demand was still up by about 10% in 2024. And the numbers would have been even bigger were it not for Tesla. While still the market leader, it suffered a first-ever annual sales decline last year. A variety of factors were at play, including CEO Elon Musk’s increasingly polarizing politics. More from Headlight.News.

The Biggest Automotive Stories of 2024

The Biggest Automotive Stories of 2024

Oh, what a year it was. 2024 took saw a number of predictable stories top our coverage on Headlight.News, but the year also saw some surprising twists and turns —  like the planned merger between Honda and Nissan – that no one likely would, or could, have predicted 12 months ago. There was some good news for consumers, and some bad. Some automakers made out like bandits, while others are now struggling with an uncertain future. Here are the 2024 stories that our editorial team found most compelling.