Toyota is once again king of the world when it comes to new vehicle sales, and one of the reasons why it’s the company’s best-selling vehicle of all time: the Corolla. Once simple, affordable transportation, today’s Corolla comes in multiple variations, including a hybrid. We spent a week with the 2026 Toyota Corolla Hybrid SE with all-wheel drive (AWD) and we have thoughts. Check out the review at Headlight.News.
A worker at the Ford F-150 plant who heckled Pres. Donald Trump during a tour last week is back on the job despite the president telling him he would be “fired.” And TJ Sabula comes away from the widely covered incident with at least $800,000 raised through two GoFundMe campaigns.
On this week’s Headlight News podcast, we cover the big hit to Stellantis’ earnings, Toyota’s changes at the top as well as its new EV, plus the decline of new car sales last month. We also review the 2026 Honda Prelude and more. Give us a listen!
Electric vehicle sales continue to slide, but the need to charge the millions of EVs currently on the road — and the thousands more to come — still needs to be met, and new report reveals that public DC fast-charging port installations grew 30% last year. Get the details at Headlight.News.
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.
Ford CEO Jim Farley’s recent positive comments about China’s growing EV fleet may have been the catalyst for talks with some Chinese automakers about potential production partnerships. Headlight.News has details.
The severe winter weather blanketing the U.S from Texas to Maine failed to slow new vehicle sales in January, with Asian automakers, in particular, reporting gains for the month. More from Headlight.News.
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.