Nothing is more inefficient than the government working at cross purposes. Just look at the Biden administration’s attempts to build charging stations for electric vehicles.

Since coming into office, President Joe Biden has insisted on micromanaging the auto industry to push consumers toward EVs as a means of fighting climate change. Put ...Read more

At Grasso’s Garage, Volvo, with its extensive range of appropriately priced luxury vehicles, consistently stands out, meeting nearly every consumer's desires and requirements. Yet, as Volvo has not delivered the XC40 to Grasso's Garage, there is a gap in the review lineup.

Genesis has astutely stepped in to fill this void, a move that ...Read more

ROCHESTER HILLS, Michigan — The Mazda CX-70 SUV is big. Big length at nearly 17 feet. Big weight of 4,863 pounds. Big 21-inch wheels. Big panoramic roof. Big as sibling CX-90 because CX-70 just means it has two rows compared to the 90’s three. Bigger than any other vehicle the Japanese brand has produced.

Yet CX-70 still thinks it’s a wee...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The old Chevy Nomad is the first clue that the No Kill Car Shelter isn’t your average garage. Step down Madison Street in the city's Port Richmond neighborhood and you’ll see it parked outside the shop — sheathed in midnight-black paint, hulking feet off the ground on oversize wheels, Frankensteined onto a shortened SUV ...Read more

The Tesla’s Cybertruck’s styling, which resembles a men’s metal prison urinal, gets too much attention, it’s the 2024 Chevrolet Silverado EV that actually deserves it.

One of five battery electric pickups now available, it competes in a class against the aforementioned Tesla, as well as the Rivian R1T, Ford F-150 Lightning, and GMC ...Read more

The United Auto Workers asked a federal court Wednesday to clarify its consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department, namely whether it could withhold or review confidential and privileged information being requested by its court-appointed monitor.

The filing in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan comes amid tension ...Read more

Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales rose less than 1% year-over-year in the second quarter, propelled by growth in sales of trucks as well as vehicles with alternative powertrains even as cyberattacks disrupted dealership operations at the tail end of the quarter.

Sales increased 0.8% to 536,050 in the April-to-June period, the Dearborn, Michigan, ...Read more

Stellantis NV is scaling back production and temporarily laying off workers at two major U.S. plants as it grapples with lower sales and bloated inventories.

At the Warren Truck Assembly Plant near Detroit, Stellantis is cutting production from two to one daily shift for July, resulting in a temporary layoff of roughly 1,600 workers, or about ...Read more

General Motors Co. saw a 0.6% increase in year-over-year sales in the second quarter with a record 21,930 deliveries of electric vehicles.

In its best quarter since the fourth quarter of 2020, GM's U.S. dealers sold 696,086 new vehicles from April through June compared with 691,978 vehicles a year ago. The automaker noted its retail sales, or ...Read more

Tesla Inc. is expected to report another quarter of weaker sales, and it’s running out of alibis.

Analysts surveyed by Bloomberg are estimating the carmaker will report on Tuesday that it handed over 439,302 electric vehicles in the second quarter, a 5.8% drop from a year ago. This would be a second consecutive quarterly decline, which Tesla ...Read more

Q: When I purchased my 2013 Malibu, a dead man’s pedal was listed on the invoice. What is a dead man’s pedal and can I assume that it is employed every time you take your foot off the accelerator? Is it important enough to be listed on the invoice and that every vehicle should have the feature?

J.A., Cetronia, Pennsylvania

A: I haven’t ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. will open an electric vehicle development center in Long Beach, California, next year in a bid to attract and retain the engineering and software talent it needs to develop future EVs.

The 250,000-square-foot center will house up to 450 employees. Ford declined to disclose the investment in the location. It's an outgrowth of the ...Read more

While manufacturers work on the elusive, $25,000 electric car, the internal combustion engine market has gotten a shot in the arm with new, more affordable, more content-rich $25,000 models.

The latest is from Volkswagen, which cut the price on its base, $23k Jetta compact sedan while bringing in more standard safety features. Reskinned for the...Read more

Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley took to LinkedIn on Friday to emphasize politics and policy won't be what turns the United States to electric vehicles — ensuring they are desirable and accessible will.

"The tipping point we’re working toward will come not from regulators who push us or from politicians who try to hold us back," Farley said in...Read more

When Bentley asks if Grasso’s Garage has any stables open for a weekend test, we always make room.

The 2024 Bentley Continental GT S comes with more than 95 different exterior color options; our test vehicle was painted in magnificent Magenta. On the inside, our tester offered the Porpoise main hide with a damson secondary hide and Piano ...Read more

CHARLEVOIX, Michigan — Rather than offering one midsize crossover, Toyota is offering a shelf-full of products for different tastes: Highlander, Grand Highlander three-row, electric Bz4x, Land Cruiser off-roader. If your taste leans to an upscale road tripper, the midsize Crown Signia fits like a favorite pair of jeans.

Roomy, good looking, ...Read more

Unless you follow the automotive industry, you’re probably not following all of the new start-up automakers springing up like crabgrass after heavy summer thunderstorms. And there are quite a few. Sure, you know Tesla, and maybe Polestar, Lucid or Rivian or Fisker. But there are others, like VinFast, Karma, Canoo and our subject today, Ineos ...Read more

Ram scored best in the J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Initial Quality Survey for the second time in four years, while Chevrolet and Hyundai rounded out the top three in the annual ranking.

Ram has been at or near the top of the survey results for four of the past five years. But another Stellantis NV brand, Dodge, came in last place this year, flipping ...Read more