A cyber outage at retail technology and software provider CDK entered its second consecutive day on Thursday, impacting automobile dealers in Canada and the U.S., the affected companies said on Thursday. CDK briefly shut down all its systems on Wednesday, saying it was investigating a second breach that happened in the evening. CBC News reached out to the company … Read more
Photo: Mazda Well folks, the cheapest convertible that you can buy is the legendary Mazda MX-5 Miata at a paltry $30,170 including $1,185 destination. Lauded by many as the purest driving experience you can have in a new car, sadly I cannot weigh in with my perspective since I am too tall to drive one. … Read more
We miss the Honda Fit. We really do. It was an inexpensive subcompact, sure, but it was also so much better than it had any right to be, and it more or less made the competition irrelevant. There were less-expensive alternatives, but they just didn’t havethe level of charm, practicality and refinement of the Fit. … Read more
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Photo: Hyundai When you’re shopping for a new car, price and practicality are important, but so is fuel economy. The Environmental Protection Agency provides fuel economy ratings for almost every vehicle currently on sale, but how does that translate to real life? Our friends over at Consumer Reports independently test new cars to see what … Read more
Elon’s NVIDIA deal could spell big trouble for Tesla, Ford’s Explorer EV enters production, and BYD expands into the Bahamas (along with 10 other developing markets). All this and more on today’s Quick Charge! Source Links Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is now available on Apple … Read more
Truck buyers looking for electric options to add to your fleet take note: 2023 MY Ford F-150 Lightning pickups are now more than $200 cheaper to lease per month than their gas-powered siblings. Despite carrying a higher initial price tag, Cars Direct found that a recent boost in 2023 Ford F-150 Lightning incentives rolled out … Read more
Stephen Edelstein/Digital Trends With its Mustang Mach-E, Ford promised an electric SUV imbued with the spirit of the iconic Mustang performance car. Now well into its production run, the Mach-E is living up to its Mustang billing in that, like the traditional internal-combustion Mustang coupe and convertible, Ford wants to grow the herd of Mach-E … Read more
Ford CEO Jim Farley wants the industry to stop viewing hybrid vehicles as only an interim solution to be used until drivers are comfortable going fully electric. “We should stop talking about it as transitional technology,” Farley said of hybrids at a Bernstein analyst conference on Thursday. Plug-in hybrids, which include a small battery that … Read more
From broken seatbelts to faulty airbags and dysfunctional pedals, it sometimes seems like there’s a story about a major vehicle recall every other day. On Wednesday, Nissan sent out a “do not drive” warning to owners of its 2002-2006 Nissan Sentra, its 2002-2004 Nissan Pathfinder and its 2002-2003 Infiniti QX4 models, a recall that a spokesperson … Read more
Photo: Mazda Scott’s teenage daughter will be driving soon and she will take his Volvo, which means he can finally get a manual transmission car after years of automatics. He has a modest budget, but is open to options that are sporty with reasonable mpgs. What car should he buy? – Tom McParland Read More … Read more
