Toyota has a new CEO set to take charge on April 1 and, unlike the man he’ll succeed, Kenta Kon is a finance guy determined to deliver some big numbers for the world’s largest automaker. He intends to build up Toyota’s war chest – and one way he’ll do that is with a planned 30% increase in hybrid sales by 2028. More from Headlight.News.
It’s taken two years, but workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee are set to get a big payoff after voting to approve union representation. The question is whether they will approve their tentative new contract, reports Headlight.News.
Honda’s sixth-generation Prelude is just rolling into U.S. showrooms and one of its more intriguing features is the new S+ Shift which is designed to “simulate a performance transmission experience.” Expect to see the system start rolling out across the rest of the Honda line-up starting later this year.
Consumer Reports released its annual Top 10 Picks in New Cars, Trucks and SUVs and potential buyers might notice a theme running through them, all of the choices either a hybrid – or available as one – or an EV. Separately, the non-profit announced its first-ever “Safety Verdict,” ranking 29 automotive brands on a variety of factors. Who came out on top? Some surprises here, as well, reports Headlight.News.
Something “big” is coming next week, Toyota confirmed with the release of a second teaser image showing the interior of what will be an all-electric 3-row EV set to debut on February 10. Is this the long-rumored Highlander EV? More from Headlight.News.
After years of falling off the shopping list for millions of American motorists, the minivan market is showing sudden signs of resurgence. Could buyers be growing tired of the SUVs and CUVs that had become the hipper alternative for those seeking family-haulers? Headlight.News has more.
Stellantis is ordering workers to report back to their offices five days a week. It’s the latest automaker to abandon the work-at-home practices that were put in place nearly six years ago as COVID lockdowns shook up the working world.
It’s industry norm to make some changes midway through a vehicle’s lifecycle, though the updates are typically modest. Not so the “refresh” coming with the 2027 Mercedes-Benz S-Class. According to the automaker’s CEO, more than 2,700 components have been replaced, with updates to everything from its new “Digital Light” headlamps to its MB.OS supercomputer – and it even gets industry-first heated seatbelts. More from Headlight.News.
When Honda rolled out an all-new version of the Pilot a few years back it became the automaker’s largest and most powerful SUV ever. What is it doing for an encore as it rolls out a mid-cycle refresh with the 2026 Honda Pilot? Check out the Headlight.News review to find out.
A pilot program partnering Honda and DriveOhio aims to catch small problems on the state’s roads and repair them before they get big using crowdsourced information. Headlight.News has more on the prototype Honda Proactive Roadway Maintenance System.
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Kallenius rejected pressure from Howard Lutnick, the U.S. Treasury Secretary, to move his company’s headquarters to the United States. But it will increase U.S. production. Headlight.News has more.
In an era when broadcast television seems to be losing its grip, the Super Bowl remains an example of traditional “appointment TV,” something millions of Americans clear their calendars for. And automakers responded by investing millions of dollars to air lavishly produced commercials. That was especially true in the auto industry. Yet, the industry seems to be growing wary and there’ll be only a handful of brands staking a presence during the broadcast of Super Bowl LX, reports Headlight.News.