Hybrid trucks and an expanded trim lineup contributed to Ford Motor Co.'s U.S. sales increasing 6% year-over-year in 2025, but keeping up the pace could come with challenges as fallout from an aluminum shortage continues, production of the Escape crossover has ended and analysts forecast market declines.

Ford sold 2.2 million vehicles last year...Read more

A Senate committee has postponed a hearing that was calling each of the Detroit Three automakers' CEOs for joint testimony for the first time since late 2008 amid the global financial meltdown.

The delay from Jan. 14 comes after Ford Motor Co. objected to sending its top brass to Capitol Hill in a standoff with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, ...Read more

Growth in global sales of electric vehicles is expected to slow this year as China winds down some subsidies, Europe wavers on its phase-out of combustion engines, and U.S. producers and policymakers make a U-turn from the segment.

BloombergNEF expects drivers to buy 24.3 million passenger EVs this year, an increase of only 12% on 2025 and ...Read more

WASHINGTON — In his first year back in the White House, President Donald Trump made good on campaign promises related to the auto industry.

He slashed emissions regulations, ended federal support for electric vehicles and rained tariffs down upon trade-reliant automakers and suppliers in a bid to reshore manufacturing capacity. The Republican...Read more

Stellantis NV's U.S. sales improved by 4% in the fourth quarter, their second-consecutive quarterly increase, yet the struggling automaker's full-year sales numbers still fell below their 2024 levels.

The vehicle sales figures released Monday show at least some signs of recovery as the maker of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram embarks on a ...Read more

General Motors Co. on Monday reported that it sold more vehicles in the United States than any other automaker in 2025, outpacing its longtime top competitor Toyota Motor Corp. and slightly growing its market share.

GM sold about 2.85 million vehicles in 2025, a 5.5% increase compared to 2024 despite the chaos of tariffs and sweeping changes in...Read more

Ram is reviving its Hemi V-8-powered TRX off-roading pickup amid looser federal emissions regulations and as parent company Stellantis NV charts a sales turnaround in the truck-loving United States.

The automaker said Thursday that the 2027 Ram 1500 SRT TRX will be available in the second half of this year and cost $102,590 including ...Read more

Tesla Inc. ceded the title of world’s top seller of electric cars to China’s BYD Co., squandering a lead the Elon Musk-led company built as it popularized plug-in vehicles over the past decade.

The U.S. automaker reported a 16% decline in fourth quarter deliveries, trailing analyst estimates. For the year, Tesla sales slid almost 9%, its ...Read more

Ford Motor Co. ended a record-breaking recall year with 152 notices to consumers in 2025 concerning safety issues or product defects requiring repair. But executives say quality costs are improving.

The Dearborn, Michigan, automaker nearly doubled the record previously set by General Motors Co. of 77 recalls in 2014, according to the National ...Read more

The 2026 Mercedes-Maybach SL680 Monogram Series is what happens when Mercedes decides that the real problem with excessive luxury is that it hasn’t yet been ironic enough.

Maybach has been the department responsible for building vehicles best understood from the back seat. They are long, quiet, upholstered like the lobby of a very expensive ...Read more

Tesla Inc. ceded the title of world’s top seller of electric cars to China’s BYD Co., squandering a lead the Elon Musk-led company built as it popularized plug-in vehicles over the past decade.

Deliveries for the Austin, Texas-based automaker fell 8.6% in 2025, marking the second consecutive annual decline. Fourth-quarter sales tumbled 16% ...Read more

We’re entering 2026 with a bang in our reviews.

Grasso’s Garage welcomes back Aston Martin with its brand-familiar Vantage Roadster, the two-seater dream machine packed with style, design and plenty of power. The Vantage Roadster boasts a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 engine producing 656 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque. The eight-speed ...Read more

In an echoing studio in Long Beach, California, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made.

Slate Auto has assembled a team of EV engineers from Tesla, Rivian and elsewhere to develop America's least-expensive EV truck. In the warehouse space near construction supply shops and a Western-themed bar, ...Read more

The year 2025 was a pathbreaking one for the auto industry.

That was not wholly unexpected following the triumph of now-President Donald Trump in the 2024 election. But the speed and scale of changes were perhaps unlike anything Michigan's signature sector has seen in a generation.

Tariffs meant to onshore production prompted big domestic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A standoff has developed between U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and the Detroit Three automakers over executives' attendance at a planned hearing next month on vehicle affordability.

The Texas Republican last month invited the heads of Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co. and Chrysler parent company Stellantis NV to testify Jan. 14 in front of...Read more

Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram dealers were in open revolt against parent company Stellantis NV for much of last year.

Poor corporate decision-making had tanked sales, the retailers said, while a mishmash of overpriced vehicles piled up on their lots and their profits plummeted to Great Recession-era lows. They sent sharply worded letters and ...Read more

BRASELTON, Ga. — The bad news is the manual transmission is an endangered species these days as emissions regulations and electric vehicles have shrunk the options for American enthusiasts. The good news? Americans looooove to row the gearbox compared to their foreign peers (40% of VW GTI sales have been manual, just 5% in Europe), and so ...Read more

Stacking up in Grasso’s Garage recently has been a slew of EV SUVs. From the EV9 by KIA and the newly redesigned fleet from Audi, EV’s are everywhere. As someone who is certain that vehicles should be hybrid’s and not fully electric, the Honda Prologues enters Grasso’s Garage and is changing my mind quickly.

The 2025 Honda Prologue ...Read more

It’s noon, and I’m sitting in Jackson, Tennessee, a waypoint on Interstate 40 an hour east of Memphis. My husband calls and wants to know if I’ll be home in Indianapolis for dinner. I look at the Volkswagen GTI while knowing there are hours of challenging roads ahead.

“Yeah, I’ll be there,” I said. I threw my bags under the hatch, ...Read more

For many people, automobiles serve a purely utilitarian purpose. They are a means of transportation, a necessity, and little more than a recurring expense. Yet for most of us, they are far more than that. In their design, one glimpses human aspiration; in their performance, a promise of escape. Behind the wheel, anxieties are momentarily left ...Read more