While Kia’s tried to separate its Carnival from the minivan pack by calling it a multi-purpose vehicle, the new 2025 version features a new hybrid powertrain — just like all the other minivans. Check out more on the new Carnival at Headlight.News.
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For $4 Million You Can Get The New, 1,800-HP Bugatti Tourbillion
With the EV market cooling, hybrids are the hot ticket – and even hypercar brand Bugatti is getting into the game. For just $4 million you can drive off with the new, 1,800-horsepower Bugatti Tourbillion, the first new product from the French automaker since it was taken over by Croatia’s Rimac.
Road Test: 2024 Toyota Sequoia – A Good SUV Struggling To Standout
A good full-size SUV in a market filled with great ones.
Ferrari’s First Ever EV Model Will Come With Alleged $535,000 Price Tag
Ferrari is preparing to enter the EV wars but its inaugural model will command a hefty price tag with a new report revealing that it will start at over $500,000.
2025 BMW X3 Gets Sportier Styling, More Technology, and Improved Performance
BMW unveils the 2025 X3 SUV. German car giant doubles down on giving the SUV more technology and performance to help give it an edge.
Flexibility is Key, Stellantis CEO Tavares Tells Investors – Though “Arrogance” Almost Knocked it Down
Stellantis faces challenges and has lost ground in the U.S. CEO Carlos Tavares acknowledged during Thursday’s “Investors Day” conference, putting some of the blame on his own shoulders. But the carmaker’s flexible strategy and new products offer hope for the future and protect the company’s profitability, he promised analysts and shareholders.
First Look: BMW 2-Series Coupe Gets Updated for 2025
The BMW 2-Series has earned a special place in the heart of BMW loyalists as the spiritual successor to the iconic 2002 model. First introduced at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, the coupe got a major makeover seven years later -- and will get a notable mid-cycle update...
Trump Loads Campaign Appearance With False EV Claims
In years past, Donald Trump has declared he is “all for” EVs, but you’d have a hard time believing it based on the claims made during a weekend campaign rally. Declaring battery power a “hoax,” the presumptive GOP nominee for president insisted there are “no chargers,” and that EVs are so heavy they’d destroy every bridge in the country. He also warned during a stop in Las Vegas that electric boats can’t float, among other problems.
BMW Slashes XM Pricing to Try and Reinvigorate Sales According to Report
BMW reportedly forced to slash prices as slow-selling XM performance SUV remains glued to dealer lots
May Car Sales – Who Gets The Most Speeding Tickets – Ford’s Big News – Toyota Crown Signia Review – This Week in Automotive History Top This Week’s Headlight.News Podcast
Headlight News for the Week of 6-10-24 – May Auto Sales – Who Gets The Most Speeding Tickets – Ford’s Big News – Toyota Crown Signia Review – and This Week in Automotive History
From Ruin Porn to Automotive Technology Hub: Michigan Central Station Reborn
It didn’t take long for the old depot to fall into ruin after the last Amtrak train departed on January 6, 1988, becoming the iconic symbol of Detroit’s decline. But later today, a sold-out ceremony will mark its rebirth as part of a nearly $1 billion project launched by Ford Motor Co. Michigan Central Station has become the centerpiece of a new campus focused on the development of advanced automotive technologies.
First Drive: 2025 Toyota Crown Signia – Wagon, SUV or Something Entirely New?
Station wagon or SUV? The 2025 Toyota Crown Signia is a bit of both. Offered only in hybrid, all-wheel-drive form, it’s the second model to wear the Crown badge as part of a new Toyota sub-brand. The Signia is just rolling into U.S. showrooms and Headlight.News offers this first drive review.