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Auto review: 2024 BMW X6 is still fun, even in less competitive form

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The 2024 BMW X6 xDrive40i: Still riding in its own (fast) lane?

Price: $87,545 as tested. Options highlights: Driving assistance adds $2,100; parking assistance adds $800; red paint, $650. More noted throughout.

Conventional wisdom: Car and Driver likes the "smooth ride with sporty handling, impressive performance, attractive cabin," but not ...Read more

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Auto review: Rolls Royce Spectre is EV luxury at its finest

Automotive / Automotive News /

Rolls Royce enters Grasso’s Garage for the first time in 2024 with its first EV: the Spectre. This 2-door luxury automobile boasts a full electric powertrain and an array of extras boosting the price tag over $500,000. With $52,000 in optional exterior aesthetic upgrades, our Spectre tester was wrapped in chartreuse while riding on 23-inch, 7-...Read more

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Q&A: Can high-demand California and the rest of the US install enough EV chargers by 2030?

Automotive / Automotive News /

SAN JOSE, Calif. — If America is going to switch to electric vehicles, it’s going to need a lot more charging stations along highways and in shopping malls, parking structures and apartment buildings.

To stem climate change, the Biden administration wants half of all new-vehicle sales to be EVs by 2030. California is pushing for 100% zero-...Read more

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GM issues Cadillac Lyriq recall for software issue affecting braking system

Automotive / Automotive News /

DETROIT — General Motors Co. is recalling more than 20,000 electric Cadillac Lyriq all-wheel drive SUVs for a software glitch that could cause the anti-lock braking system to falsely activate, increasing the risk of a crash, according to documents filed this month with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Both 2023 and 2024 ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Vw Gti

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

2024 VW GTI

It's the last call. The final hurrah. Call it what you will, it amounts to the same.

Right now -- this year -- is the last time you'll be able to buy a new Volkswagen GTI without an automatic transmission.

When the 2025 GTI comes out, it will come with an automatic only. For the first time ever. So if you prefer to shift ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Mini Clubman

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

There will soon be one less Mini -- and it's the one that's not as "mini" as the ones that will remain.

It's the Clubman version of the Mini Cooper -- which will be retired after the end of this model year.

But why is it being retired?

And is it worth considering one before they're gone?

What It Is

The Clubman is the largest Mini ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Chevy Camaro

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

It's a strange and sad thing when one of the most popular, best-known cars ever made is about to fade away.

Not because of anything it did, either.

That car -- in this case -- is the Chevy Camaro, which was one of the bestselling vehicles on the market back in the mid-to-late 1970s and through the entirety of the '80s.

Soon, it won't...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Infiniti QX60

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

Three years ago, a luxury-brand crossover like the Infiniti QX60 wasn't all that remarkable because there were lots of others a lot like it -- especially under the hood.

Fast-forward three years and the QX60 stands out because it's one of just two remaining luxury-brand crossovers in its class that still comes standard with a V6 ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Volvo S60

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

It's hard to sell what not enough people are aware is for sale -- and that may be part of the reason why Volvo's S60 sedan will soon no longer be for sale.

The Swedish luxury car brand recently announced that this model year will be the final year for this interesting alternative to better-known compact luxury sedans sold by ...Read more

Eric's Autos: 2024 Cadillac CT4

Automotive / Eric's Autos /

Most of GM has stopped making cars -- soon to include Chevrolet, which plans to stop making the Camaro after 2025 and has already announced the cancellation of the Malibu, which leaves Chevy (and Buick) with nothing other than crossovers and trucks and SUVs.

But there's still Cadillac -- and the CT4.

What It Is

The CT4 is a compact, luxury-...Read more

 

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