If you look hard enough, you can find used Porsche Panameras for under $20,000. Sure, they’ll have a ton of miles and more than likely some mechanical issues. But you’ll be driving a Panamera! You’ll never see a new one for that cheap. Read More

DETROIT – Ford Motor is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings after the bell Thursday. Here's what Wall Street is expecting, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Adjusted earnings per share: 62 cents Automotive revenue: $40.37 billion In October, Ford confirmed its prior full-year guidance of adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of between $11.5 billion and $12.5 billion. Through the first three quarters of the year, its brought in $7.9 billion, led by its North American operations. related investing news If Ford meets or exceeds Wall Street's top- and bottom-line expectations, EPS would more than double the 26 cents it reported for the same period a year earlier. Revenue would be an increase of 14.5% from the fourth quarter of 2021. Read More

The refreshed 2024 Range Rover Velar luxury SUV features a revised dash with a streamlined touchscreen interface and a modest price bump of $1,200, Land Rover disclosed Wednesday. On sale now, the five-seat crossover SUV ranges in price from the base S for $62,775 to $86,070 for the top Dynamic HSE model. Read More

PATINA & PERFORMANCE When Jon Pratkanis, aka JP, officially introduced his next big venture with the opening of the Standard Speed Shop in mid-2021, he was looking to establish a space where he could continue building his unique style of automotive creations under a highly appropriate, stately name. This project is fueled by Jon’s integrity […] The post 1,000HP Boosted ’59 Chevy Apache from Standard Speed Shop appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

The McLaren 720S bowed out of production at the end of 2022 but a successor is coming. McLaren's president of the Americas region, Nicolas Brown, recently hinted that the successor will be a heavy update of the 720S and is already booked out through much of 2024. Read More

Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volkswagen Super Beetle is claimed to be one of about 300 ‘Sun Bug’ special editions. Let’s decide if its price gives us a sunny disposition. Read More

DETROIT – Ford Motor's new U.S. vehicle sales started 2023 on stronger footing than a year earlier, but were down 18.4% from December. January is historically one of the weakest months of the year, while December is one of the strongest. Still, the month-over-month decline is notable, as the worst for the automaker since a 28% drop between May and June of last year. Between December 2021 and January 2022, sales declined 17.4%. Read More

The 2023 Ford Mustang Mach-E will cost up to $5,900 less than the 2022 model, following last year's price increases on the popular electric crossover, Ford announced Monday. Read More

Having Fun with Custom Panels Words and Photos by Devan Ence We all strive to build a truck with its own attitude. A fast way to make that adjustment is by installing a set of John Rods Drop Beams. John put a lot of thought into modifying the original beams that came with these trucks […] The post Installing John Rods Drop Beams on a 1974 F-100 appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

Bugatti's one-off Chiron Profilée went under the hammer at an auction in Paris this week and ended up selling for double its pre-auction estimate. The final price paid, including the buyer's premium, was over $10 million, making it the most expensive new car ever to be sold at auction. Read More

It’s a strange time to be a supercar maker. You have to either throw all your money at developing an entirely new set of electric models, or you have to try and squeeze every last penny from your soon-to-be-illegal gas-powered models. Read More

Ferrari on Thursday reported full-year profits up 13% year over year and guided to an even stronger year in 2023 on what its CEO called "persistently high demand" for the company's high-priced sports cars. Here are the key numbers from the fourth-quarter earnings report: Earnings per share: Read More

Every Chrysler Pacifica plug-in hybrid minivan made since its inception in 2017 is being recalled for an engine power loss issue that can be remedied with a software update, the NHTSA disclosed Monday. The issue does not affect gas-only Chrysler Pacificas. Read More

Build It, Show It, Sell It… for Charity! Our 1985 Chevy C10 pickup truck restoration project is officially underway, and we have been busy! Over the last few weeks we have completely disassembled the original truck, ordered all the new LMC Truck body parts we needed, and had a long conversation with the amazing team […] The post SERGEANT SQUARE MISSION 22 CHARITY BUILD UPDATE appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

A modified Nissan Ariya electric crossover will journey from the magnetic North Pole to the South Pole in an attempt to prove the capabilities of EVs. The 16,777-mile, 10-month trip is expected to kick off in March, Nissan announced on Wednesday. Read More

Hitchhikers were once a familiar sight on roads around the world. That is until increased private car ownership, long haul buses and a spate of road-based serial killers made the practice seem no just impractical, but incredibly dangerous — especially for women. Read More

Amogy is a startup that is experimenting with ammonia as fuel for heavy duty transportation, like trucking and shipping. The startup is backed by Saudi Aramco. Read More

This week we faced winter in the redesigned 2023 Honda Pilot three-row SUV. It climbed to new heights, and topped our most read new car reviews. We also revisited everything from luxury crossover SUVs to a few compelling sport coupes that will only heat up with the weather. Here's what moved us. Read More

SEMA 2022 brought the automotive world together in Las Vegas once again. During the show TMI Products had their inaugural TRIM Awards. These awards were judged by an independent and expert panel of six judges to determine the absolute best of the best interiors at the show. The prestige behind the awards caught the eyes […] The post TMI Products Expands TRIM Awards with Nationwide Search appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

A true one-off Bugatti has set a record for the highest price paid for a new car at auction. The car is the Bugatti Chiron Profilée that the French performance marque revealed last month. Read More

The billionaires of our world often face tough choices, most importantly: What’s the most they can possibly spend on a new car? CNN reports that the Bugatti Chiron Profilée, the final pure internal-combustion car the brand will ever build, sold for $9.5 million in an RM Sotheby’s auction this week — the highest price ever paid for a brand-new car. Add in the auction fees, and the buyer shelled out a cool $10.7 million for this baby-blue coupe — well above the $4.5-to-$6-million pre-auction estimate. That number made me wonder what other coupes could have fit within this buyer’s budget. So, as I do, I made a spreadsheet. I found every single Toyota GR86 and Subaru BRZ listed as “new” on AutoTrader and added them up. Not every listing actually included a dollar amount — 72 had the dreaded “Contact Dealer For Price” — but 278 cars came with either an MSRP or a list price. Take a guess, right now, as to what the total asking price of those 278 cars is. Read More

Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Electric truck maker Rivian Automotive said it is laying off 6% of its workforce in a bid to conserve cash as it braces for a possible industry-wide price war. In an email to employees that was seen by CNBC, CEO RJ Scaringe said improving the company's operating efficiency must be a "core objective." The company is focusing on ramping up production of its R1 trucks and the EDV delivery vans it builds for Amazon, as well as on development of its upcoming smaller R2 vehicle platform. Read More

Toyota had a rough start with the launch of its first mass-produced electric vehicle. The vaunted leader in hybrids and efficient gas and motor powertrains dawdled on getting the 2023 Toyota bZ4X to market, trailing most other brands’ electric crossovers except for the Nissan Ariya. Read More

Marty Veltrop’s  Words by John Mata Jr. Photos by Solomon Lunger As an owner of an automotive restoration and customization shop, as well as a lifelong auto enthusiast, there aren’t many vehicles out there that Marty Veltrop can’t make a whole lot cooler. Marty owns and operates Osage Classic Cars in Jefferson City, Missouri, where […] The post VOODOO CHILD. Shelby-Powered Ford Bumpside Pickup appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

Volvo is committed to having a fully electric lineup by 2030, and that means the automaker will have some busy years ahead. It already offers two EVs in the form of the compact XC40 and C40 Recharge duo, and last November it unveiled the EX90 mid-size SUV as an electric alternative to the XC90. Read More

The host of 'America's Test Kitchen: The Next Generation' tells a story that starts with a tattoo and ends with a defeated walk back home to mom. Read More

One EV-related exchange-traded fund just had its best week in nearly a year, and also outperformed in January – soaring 20.66%. The Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF was up nearly 8% last week – its best week since March 2022, according to CNBC analysis. It also marked the fund's fourth straight weekly gain. That's a turnaround from its roughly-30% loss in 2022. EV makers in the ETF, such as Tesla , BYD and Lucid , led the gains this year, jumping 40%, 27% and 71% respectively in January. Lithium and EV battery producers, such as Albemarle and CATL , also did well, soaring 30% and 18% respectively. Lithium is a critical component of electric vehicle batteries. Automakers have been in the spotlight this month, with Tesla slashing prices to boost demand and Ford following suit . Analysts say Tesla's price cuts could spur an EV pricing war . Using FactSet, CNBC Pro screened the Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF for stocks that analysts say have potential upside of at least 10%, on average, and buy ratings from over 40% of analysts covering them. These 10 stocks turned up on the screen. EV makers Rivian , Lucid and Tesla made the list. Analysts give all three significant potential upside, according to Factset. Rivian shares are seen rising by 100% over the next 12 months on average, while Tesla has 13% upside, and Lucid has 18% potential upside, according to analysts. Lucid shares have already jumped over 70% so far this year. On Friday alone it surged 43% amid market speculation that Saudi's Public Investment Fund wanted to buy out the company. Bank of America in a Jan. 30 note said that Lucid "is one of the most attractive among the universe of start-up electric vehicle (EV) automakers... Read More

In a sign of the times, Volvo will fix a braking error across its 2023 model lineup with an over-the-air software update, the NHTSA disclosed Monday. In certain new Volvo vehicles, an error in the brake control module can shut down the antilock braking system, and stability and traction control systems. Read More

All Mark Leonard wanted out of his latest truck build was to be able to fit his family in one vehicle (including their dog Duke) while pulling their camper during road trips. Simple, right? The build of his 1970 Bumpside Ford F-250 was relatively straightforward without any disastrous detours to report, which was due to […] The post BUMPSIDE BATTLESHIP. 1970 Crew Cab Camper Puller appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

The Ford F-150 has the Raptor, and the Ram 1500 has the TRX, but when it comes to the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 there's still no high-performance option to be found. Some years back, Houston, Texas-based PaxPower stepped in to fill that void with its original Jackal. Read More

TuSimple develops self-driving software for trucking companies, but it might not be keeping those big-brained developments here in the good ol’ U.S. of A. Members of a U.S. Read More

Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General Motors DETROIT – When General Motors launched the GMC Hummer EV in 2021, the automaker touted it as a new benchmark for its vehicle development time, but the production and sales pace of the truck have been anything but that. The Detroit automaker only sold 854 of the vehicles in 2022. That's an average of 17 trucks per week, including some downtime at the production plant. It's a far cry from a traditional production ramp-up over several months, albeit it an all-new vehicle. Read More

We've nearly wrapped up coverage of 260 models for the 2023 model year, and the luxury class gets the last word this week. Sedans and SUVs from Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Tesla top the charts this week, while the soon-to-be-discontinued Jeep Cherokee trails the rear. Read More

MOTORTREND CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF HOT ROD WITH FIVE-CITY POWER TOUR EVENT, JUNE 12-16   –Continues 2023 HOT ROD 75th Celebration This Summer– LOS ANGELES — MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company, today announced the 2023 HOT ROD Power Tour in celebration of HOT ROD’s 75th anniversary. The HOT ROD Power Tour Driven By Continental Tire will be […] The post HOT ROD Power Tour CELEBRATES 75th anniversary appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

Shortly after Tesla revealed its second-generation Roadster in 2017, CEO Elon Musk teased that the car could be fitted with rocket thrusters to enhance performance. Read More

John just moved to New Jersey from New York City and had the quick realization that one car is not going to cut it for a suburban family. He has a modest budget but wants an SUV on the nicer side that can hold him over for a few years until he can splurge on something better. What car should he buy? Read More

As automakers scale up their electric vehicle production, they will also have to compete to control access to minerals critical for production, like lithium. Read More

The 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale small crossover will arrive with a $44,590 starting price, the Italian brand announced this week. The new entry-level model will bring the boutique brand's lineup to three models, and is meant to support the low-selling but enchanting performance variants of the Giulia sedan and the Stelvio compact crossover. Read More

LUXURYxDOMINANCE  Land Rovers have always been amazing vehicles, known for being able to traverse pretty much anything that gets in their way. Well, until they get in their own way, that is. Leaking suspensions, electrical gremlins, and blown head gaskets are par for the course when dealing with stock vintage Rovers, but they have so […] The post Custom Land Rover Defender 110 appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

The Porsche Taycan is about to come in for an update, as evidenced by camouflaged prototypes spotted in the wild. The fully electric Taycan first arrived as a sedan for the 2020 model year and spawned the Cross Turismo soft-roader and Sport Turismo wagon body styles for 2021 and 2022, respectively. Read More

“We all know racing games claim to be real,” former NASCAR driver Jason Jarrett once said in a commercial for the PlayStation game bearing his name. The TV ad for 2000's Jarrett & Labonte Stock Car Racing staged two Audi A4 touring cars side by side — one representing how cars get banged up in Jarrett’s game, and another demonstrating how they decidedly don’t in “other games” that shall not be named (read: Gran Turismo). As Jarrett, Justin Labonte and their nameless, goggled accomplices heave hell on their helpless German sedans, the announcer belabors the point for the folks at home: “Now this is real damage.” For years, marketers and critics pushed a philosophy that the most important aspect of any game involving cars was the player’s ability to destroy them. By the early 2000s, gaming hardware had finally matured to the point where conveying realistic, real-time wreckage was possible, and even holdouts like Gran Turismo eventually came around. But if you’ve been paying attention — as some of our commenters have — you may have noticed the degree of damage bestowed on licensed cars in racing games has largely regressed, not advanced, over the past decade. Read More

GM to invest $650 million in the lithium company Lithium Americas to support its EV business, which CEO Mary Barra says will have "a breakout year" in 2023. Read More

Something changed at this year’s F-100 Supernationals Truck Show, held in Sevierville, Tennessee, but it was so subtle that the 5,000-plus attendees and the drivers of the more than 500 registered vehicles probably didn’t notice.  Earlier this year, Danny Blackwell, Jeff Blackwell, and Steve Miller agreed to purchase the show from Charlie Cobble. This new […] The post F-100 Supernationals. New Show Owners Make Changes to Annual Truck Show appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

Nissan throughout the month of February will host an event at its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, showcasing its future endeavors, particularly in the area of sustainable mobility. Called Nissan Futures, the event will also see the display of a concept car that Nissan first presented in virtual form in 2021. Read More

If you’re a fan of Mercedes Benz and their coupe or wagon models, you may want to act fast if you’re keen on getting your hands on a new one. Those models won’t be long for this world if a report from Car & Driver is any indication. Read More

DETROIT — General Motors is set to report its fourth-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday. Here's what Wall Street is expecting, according to Refinitiv consensus estimates: Adjusted earnings per share: $1.69 Revenue: $40.65 billion GM in November tightened its projected range for 2022 adjusted earnings to between $13.5 billion and $14.5 billion, compared with previous guidance of between $13 billion and $15 billion. It also increased its cash flow guidance to between $10 billion and $11 billion, up from $7 billion to $9 billion. While investors will be watching the fourth-quarter results for signs of any waning consumer demand or profit dilution, the automaker's 2023 guidance is expected to be in the spotlight. Read More

The Hayes’ 1971 Nardo Super Cheyenne One of the most common threads between custom enthusiasts and their trucks is usually some type of past memory that gave them a fondness for the vehicle or platform they built. Doug Hayes of Wichita, Kansas, is no different. When Doug was just 11 years old, his father had […] The post 1971 Chevrolet C10 Super Cheyenne appeared first on Street Trucks. Read More

BMW has filed a patent application for grilles that include headlights and other lighting elements, Auto Express reported on Monday, citing information found in patent documents. Read More

Ferrari can do no wrong, Tesla’s suppliers are peeved at its price shenanigans and electric semis have a big problem. All that and more in this Thursday edition of The Morning Shift for February 2, 2023. Read More

It's been a game of two halves for Tesla over recent months. Just last week, the electric-vehicle maker's stock leaped by more than 30% following its earnings announcement . This year so far, Tesla shares are up by around 44%. These moves come on the back of a couple of developments: last week the company reported fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst projections; and earlier in January, it cut prices in the U.S. and Europe in a bid to boost demand. It follows a bleak 2022 when Tesla shares slumped over 35% in December and around 65% over the year. Here's what Wall Street analysts say about where they see the stock going next. Has Tesla bottomed? Morgan Stanley analysts led by Adam Jonas reiterated Tesla as a "top pick" with a $220 price target — or 23% potential upside — in a note on Jan. 26. However, he cautioned that "stability of the share price seems to be the least likely outcome here." The bank said Tesla could test "new lows" in the first half of the year, before exceeding its $220 price target within 12 months. Its bear case is a $70 price target, while its bull case is $390. "We see FY23 as a year where auto price inflation turns to deflation compounded by continued macro and geopolitical uncertainty," the analysts wrote. "With Tesla, there's also the ever present background risk of 'company specific' idiosyncratic and sentiment-related factors that can also swing this historically volatile name in both directions." Goldman Sachs in a Thursday note said that Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings pointed to further gains for the EV maker. "We continue to believe that the company is well positioned for long term growth given its leadership position both in terms of cost structure and as a full... Read More