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Ford Maverick Hybrid Goes AWD for 2025

Ford Maverick Hybrid Goes AWD for 2025

It may be the smallest pickup in Ford’s North American line-up but the Maverick has been a big success since its launch three years ago. And Ford hopes to keep the momentum going with the 2025 update of the compact truck by adding an all-wheel-drive version of the Maverick hybrid, as well as an assortment of new tech features.

Recaro Automotive Files For Bankruptcy, BBS Files For Insolvency For the Fifth Time

Recaro Automotive Files For Bankruptcy, BBS Files For Insolvency For the Fifth Time

Changing market trends are forcing automakers to navigate rough waters as they adjust to the changing climate in EV adoption and lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it can be easy to forget that automotive suppliers have also been feeling the heat with some of them being forced to file for bankruptcy. Recaro Automotive and BBS are the two latest suppliers to be forced to enter these proceedings for varying reasons.

CFO Warns Stellantis Could Sell Off Maserati

CFO Warns Stellantis Could Sell Off Maserati

As it looks to potentially consolidate a list of 14 automotive brands, Stellantis could sell off its most exclusive, Maserati, due to weak sales, a senior official warned. That’s on top of several other brands which, Headlight.News reported last week, may be shuttered entirely.

Instant Karma: EV Maker Set to Unveil Two New Models at Pebble Beach

Instant Karma: EV Maker Set to Unveil Two New Models at Pebble Beach

While Fisker Inc. may be heading to the junkyard in the sky, there’s new life to founder Henrik Fisker’s earlier automotive start-up. Now owned by the Chinese and renamed Karma Automotive, it will show there can be life after death by unveiling two new models at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance next month. And they are meant to channel the ghosts of several other one-time automotive greats, including luxury brands Pierce-Arrow and Duesenberg.

What Brands Will Fall to the Stellantis Axe?

What Brands Will Fall to the Stellantis Axe?

Could Stellantis abandon one or more of its 14 automotive brands? In light of the automaker’s weak second-quarter earnings, that is a distinct possibility, warned CEO Carlos Tavares. But which of those marques are the most endangered? Headlight.News takes a closer look and a few seem ripe for the chopping block.

New Mobile Auto Repair Service Software for Dealers Kicks Off

New Mobile Auto Repair Service Software for Dealers Kicks Off

If anyone thought Tesla’s mobile vehicle service fleet was a great idea, don’t worry, you’re not alone. In fact, some of the team who helped develop it decided it was good enough to tweak it and pitch it to auto dealers. And many also agreed and now San Francisco-based Curbee is in business. Find out more at Headlight.News.