Three months after the U.S. and Israel launched air strikes on Iran, fuel prices are hovering in the mid-$4.00-a-gallon range. And that’s hitting the average American motorist hard in the pocketbook. Tthose driving gas-powered vehicles can expect to pay an extra $706 a year for fuel should the war drag on and gas prices hold at current levels. Headlight.News has more.
At a time when the typical buyer now spending around $50,000 to drive off the dealer lot, millions of American motorists are being forced out of the new vehicle market. Budget buyers could soon find their choices even more limited, however, depending upon negotiations to update the U.S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement. How that shakes out may lead a number of U.S. and foreign-owned automakers to drop their most affordable models.
Excerpt: It’s easy to fall in love, or at least lust, with the immense acceleration offered by EVs. A slight bit of pressure on the go-pedal and you feel like you’ve been shot out of a cannon. After spending a week with the 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS, we found a new appreciation for a more moderate … departure? Check out our review at Headlight.News to find out what we mean.
Kia will follow sibling Korean brand Hyundai in launching a midsize pickup, one in what’s expected to be a family of body-on-frame trucks bound for the U.S. market by 2030. The Kia model will be offered with various powertrain options, including a hybrid and an extended-range EV package, reports Headlight.News.
Three years after sending the Chevrolet Camaro driving off into the sunset, General Motors appears ready to bring it back to life – but it could be a very different vehicle from the one muscle car fans are familiar with. More from Headlight.News.
Auto sales tumbled sharply during the first quarter and could dip further, industry insiders warn. There is a big exception, however. After roughly doubling in 2025, sales of hybrid models rose another 57% through March. Headlight.News has more.
Gas may be approaching $4-a-gallon nationwide but General Motors sees booming demand for its biggest pickups, the automaker set to run a key Michigan plant flat out in the coming months. But will sales continue to defy growing concerns about the economy? Headlight.News has more.
Corvette fans will have a new, high-performance option later this year with the return of the Grand Sport package featuring an all-new version of the small-block LS6 V-8. For those who want even more power, however, there’ll be a third Corvette hybrid option, the 721-hp Grand Sport X. More from Headlight.News.
Tesla has never been good at getting products to market as promised, but even by that standard, it’s taken seemingly forever to get the second generation Roadster into showrooms. Now, seven years after the debut of the prototype 2-seater, CEO Elon Musk says it will “probably” arrive next month. The question, at this point, is whether anyone cares. More from Headlight.News.
Honda revealed it’s canceling three battery-electric vehicles it planned to offer in the U.S. But it’s just the latest manufacturer pulling back on its EV program as sales plunge following the phaseout of federal tax credits last September. Headlight.News looks at other EV programs that have been cancelled or delayed.
With more and more of its electric pickups sitting unsold in factory and dealer lots, Tesla is again cutting prices. But will that be enough to build demand for the much-maligned Cybertruck? More from Headlight.News.
Few major automakers have been more reluctant to embrace the shift to EVs. So it was a surprise to learn that Toyota will bring three new all-electric models to market this year – even while giving the original bZ4X both a new name and an upgraded powertrain. That system is shared with the smaller 2026 Toyota C-HR, it turns out, and transforms it into a sporty, fun-to-drive – and reasonably affordable package. Here’s the Headlight,News review.