Ford makes the long haul and enters Grasso’s Garage with an aesthetically pleasing and proven F-150 Lobo edition pickup truck that is ready for all consumers.

With a 600-mile range on a full tank, our F-150 Lobo tester offered an upgraded 5.0-liter Coyote V-8 engine packed with 400 horsepower and 410 pound-feet of torque. Paired with a 10-...Read more

Damage from a week's worth of high surf and El Niño-related storms brought many warnings from officials. Beaches were closed. Homes were evacuated and red-tagged.

But one alert was targeted to a specific audience: owners of electric vehicles that were submerged by the flooding.

"If you notice smoke, hissing, popping or unusual heat, move ...Read more

Thank goodness for BMW, which still builds cars for people who enjoy driving rather than merely enduring it. The 2026 BMW M2 CS is a compact, two-door sports coupe for those who adore BMW’s gloriously primitive idea of self-propelled progress: more power, less weight, and the lunatic notion that driving ought to be fun.

Making a car fast is ...Read more

A Ford supplier in Sterling Heights, Michigan, filed a notice with the state that it's permanently laying off more than 150 people because some of the business is going to India, according to a source familiar with the automaker's plans.

Kern J.G. Enterprise Inc. filed the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, citing "unforeseeable ...Read more

Legacy carmakers won’t likely be able to match Chinese rivals on price and may already have missed first-mover advantage on electric and software-developed vehicles, according to a report by Mobility Global Inc.’s automotive analysts.

The paper, which the research firm released Tuesday, projects established automakers will retain the upper...Read more

Los Angeles is getting a new all-electric ride hailing service as Vietnam’s Green SM launches in the city.

Its cyan-colored vehicles will compete with Ubers, Lyfts and autonomous taxis to shuttle customers across busy streets and freeways. The vehicles arrive amid a surge in transportation options as several robotaxi companies ramp up ...Read more

Federal safety regulators are investigating reports of continued problems with grille parts flying off a top-selling General Motors Co. pickup truck.

At issue are some GMC Sierras from model years 2022-24. GM last year recalled grille deflectors on Sierra 1500 models with chrome grilles following complaints of the part falling off while driving...Read more

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain claimed reelection early Friday evening with his United UAW slate of candidates poised to sweep the International Executive Board positions in the Detroit-based union's second-ever direct election of leaders, according to preliminary results.

Fain led against five other challengers, including Vice ...Read more

GAYDON, England — Jaguar has spent years talking about reinvention. Now it has produced something considerably more useful than another corporate promise: a 1,015-horsepower electric grand tourer with the proportions of a proper Jaguar. The Jaguar Type 01 is low, long and unapologetically expensive. It has a 24-inch screen, 23-inch wheels, ...Read more

Federal safety officials say the tire pressure monitoring systems on more than 16,000 Ram trucks could have been damaged during assembly, prompting a recall.

The recall covers model year 2026 Ram trucks produced by Stellantis NV, which began notifying dealers of the issue this week.

Sensors notify drivers when tire pressure drops significantly...Read more

Nowadays, the large array of SUVs available to consumers can be overwhelming. Manufacturers have models in every fleet vying for a slice of this burgeoning market.

In Grasso’s Garage this week we consider an all-electric powerhouse that is here to prove a point: that the 2026 Porsche Macan Turbo Electric does it better than the rest. Porsche ...Read more

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama — The second-generation, 2027 Volkswagen Atlas is big. How big? My 6-foot-5-inch frame and 6-foot-7-inch Atlas Product Manager Jim Burch both fit easily in the third row.

Together.

We make things big in America. Big people, big attractions, big cars. For years, Volkswagen sent too-small, too-expensive German-made vehicles...Read more

More than 265,000 Ram cargo vans have been recalled over a defect with the vehicles' steering system.

At issue are the electric power steering systems in ProMaster vans from model years 2022-26. Federal regulators say water can seep into the steering systems, damaging the vehicles' electrical wiring and potentially causing permanent loss of ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. on Thursday notified salaried employees of changes to its paid-time off policy starting in 2027, including the elimination of a program to purchase vacation time and changes to vacation milestones that the automaker said would increase paid days off for some employees.

The changes are a part of human resources-related updates the...Read more

Canadian autoworkers union Unifor has scheduled a strike authorization vote for employees at the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram.

Negotiations between the Toronto-based labor union and Stellantis NV have been at an impasse for almost a month after the transatlantic automaker disclosed it has a tentative agreement to sell its idled ...Read more

Drivers on Detroit roads are about to become acquainted with a phenomenon that's become commonplace in other cities across the South and the West Coast: cars traveling without anyone behind the wheel.

Waymo LLC’s rideshare service began full autonomous testing in Detroit this week without a human specialist at the wheel as the rideshare ...Read more

DETROIT — From robot-heavy factories to using artificial intelligence to design cars, automakers are speeding to catch up with China's lightning-fast development of low-price vehicles as the manufacturing giant's vehicle production grows rapidly and globally.

Experts at the Automotive News Congress in Detroit last week warned of China's ...Read more

The auto industry is weathering the economic headwinds of inflation and high gas prices, but the best performance is coming from outside Detroit.

Foreign brands with more hybrid-heavy lineups made gains, according to sales reports from across the U.S. auto sector detailed this week. Meanwhile, each of the Detroit Three automakers saw sales ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. sales totaled 509,764 in the third quarter, a year-over-year decrease of 6.6% and a continuation of declines from the first half of 2026.

The Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker again projected confidence despite the decrease, noting that total vehicle sales volume was "essentially unchanged" for the quarter when adjusting for the...Read more

Subaru has spent 50 years selling cars to people who own at least one kayak and a dog that sheds more than the national debt accrues interest.

Now, Subaru has built those people another electric car, and the results are fairly good. The 2026 Subaru Trailseeker shares the Solterra’s Toyota-derived underpinnings, but stretches them into ...Read more