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  • Subaru mostly keeps prices the same on 2025 Outback, Legacy

    Subaru mostly keeps prices the same on 2025 Outback, Legacy

    No news is hardly breaking news but Subaru keeping prices the same on the 2025 Outback crossover wagon and 2025 Legacy sedan as on the 2024 models is unusual enough to qualify as news. But there’s a but: the destination fee increased $100 from 2024 to 2025, Subaru disclosed Thursday. The 2025 Subaru Outback costs…

  • Half of 2024 EVs have lower 5-year ownership cost vs. ICE

    Half of 2024 EVs have lower 5-year ownership cost vs. ICE

    Many EVs have a lower five-year cost of ownership than comparable gasoline models, according an annual roundup from Vincentric, a source for ownership cost calculations for websites and automakers.  Vincentric’s analysis covers eight factors: depreciation, fees and taxes, financing, fuel cost, insurance, maintenance, opportunity cost and repairs. It assumes new vehicles are driven 15,000 annually…

  • Bugatti Bolide ready for production as testing concludes

    Bugatti Bolide ready for production as testing concludes

    Testing of the Bugatti Bolide is complete, paving the way for the start of production of the track-only hypercar. Bugatti said the first examples are expected to reach customers in the next few months. The lengthy testing process emphasized both quick lap times and accessibility, according to the automaker. Andy Wallace, a 24 Hours of…

  • 2025 Infiniti QX80 taken apart to get it above 100-story New York tower

    The redesigned 2025 Infiniti QX80 made its public debut at the Edge at Hudson Yards—a skyscraper viewing deck 100 stories above the streets of New York City’s Manhattan borough. Getting one of these big SUVs up there took some doing. As shown in a video released by Infiniti, the QX80 used for the reveal was disassembled…

  • Lamborghini Huracán STJ, 2025 Buick Enclave: This Week’s Top Photos

    Lamborghini Huracán STJ, 2025 Buick Enclave: This Week’s Top Photos

    The Lamborghini Huracán ends production this year after a run lasting a decade. The final version was revealed this week as the Huracán STJ, of which just 10 examples will be built. 2025 Lamborghini Temerario spy shots – Photo credit: Baldauf Lamborghini’s replacement for the Huracán was spotted this week testing in camouflaged form. Rumored…

  • Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cut, diesel hybrids, curbside EV chargers: Today’s Car News

    Fiat 500e review, F-150 Lightning price cut, diesel hybrids, curbside EV chargers: Today’s Car News

    Do EVs need a breakthrough in battery energy density before they make environmental sense? And which luxury EV is bringing back the appearance of an internal combustion grille? Will fake tailpipes come next? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending April 12, 2024. In…

  • 2025 Toyota 4Runner tops this week’s new car news and reviews

    Automakers seemed to launch their own spring auto shows this week, in the wake of a relatively quiet New York auto show at the end of March. Big debuts from Toyota, Buick, Acura, a sweet drive in the redesigned Porsche Taycan, and big updates from Ford topped this week’s new cars news and reviews at…

  • Ford patents sliding center console for reconfigurable interiors

    Ford patents sliding center console for reconfigurable interiors

    Ford engineers have designed a sliding center console that could be used by both passengers and any pets they may have on board. Cupholders are a common feature in center consoles, but this version also incorporates a holder for a pet’s water bowl. And it would be able to slide fore and aft to position…

  • Honda touts Ohio EV flexibility, could make hundreds per day

    Honda touts Ohio EV flexibility, could make hundreds per day

    Honda is well underway in a $700 million effort to retool three of its plants and create a new $3.5 billion battery plant for U.S. EV mass-production. But it’s also emphasizing how much flexibility it has in the shift to accommodate that production. As it confirmed Friday, it will be able to make hundreds of…

  • 2025 Toyota 4Runner, Lamborghini Temerario, Porsche Taycan Turbo GT: The Week In Reverse

    The 2025 Toyota 4Runner debuted, prototypes for the 2025 Lamborghini Temerario rolled onto public roads, and we drove the 2025 Porsche Taycan Turbo GT. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner debuted with a turbo-4 and available hybrid powertrain. Sales start later this year and buyers can…

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