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It seems like unlike sedans and coupes, the SUV and Crossover segments won’t slow down anytime soon. The latest survey shows that consumer loyalty for these two types of vehicles reached an all-time high in April. More than two-thirds of SUV and crossover owners who returned to the market in the first four months of 2017 purchased another new SUV or crossover. Consumer loyalty for SUVs and crossovers grew from 53 percent in 2012 to 66 percent in April 2017. Loyalty for all SUV and crossover body styles is now nearly 14 percentage points greater than the industry average -- 53 ...
At least 17 deaths and 180 injuries worldwide are now tied to the defect that prompted the largest ever auto safety recall and led Takata to file for bankruptcy protection last month. Honda Motor Co. on Monday confirmed an 11th U.S. death involving one of its vehicles tied to a faulty Takata Corp. airbag inflator. The Japanese automaker said the incident occurred in Florida in June 2016 when an individual was working on repairs on a 2001 Honda Accord and the airbag ruptured. Takata inflators can explode with excessive force, unleashing metal shrapnel inside cars and trucks.&nb...
Elon Musk showed off the first Tesla Model 3 vehicle on Twitter and Instagram over the weekend, sharing pictures of the shiny new four-door sedan parked in front of Tesla's production plant in Fremont, California. Tesla board member Ira Ehrenpreis was the first person to pony up the full deposit for a Model 3, and had rights to the first production unit. But he gifted it to the company's billionaire founder as a present on his 46th birthday, Musk said. Tesla is aiming to dramatically ramp up output of the eagerly awaited electric vehicle in the coming months. The first 30 c...
The Chinese company that owns Volvo called Geely has just acquired the startup behind the world's most promising flying car. Known for the impressive vertical takeoff and landing vehicle called the "Transition," Terrafugia is the company that's come the closest to making flying cars a reality. Now, thanks to Geely's deep pockets, it looks like we could soon be seeing winged Volvos soaring over the freeway. While there are other companies out there experimenting with futuristic hybrid vehicles, Terrafugia is arguably the first to make a truly convincing prototyp...
Another three large cars have been added to the Insurance Industry’s Auto Safety arm list of vehicles that have been given the highest rating for crash worthiness. The three receiving the Top Safety Pick Plus designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety are the Lincoln Continental, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and the Toyota Avalon. Tesla Model S, Ford Taurus and Chevrolet Impala didn't hit the top mark, they scoring "acceptable" on the small overlap front crash test and "poor" on the headlight test. To qualify for the top rating, ...
