Ford will keep building the petrol-powered V8 Mustang as long as there’s demand for it – or until US environmental lawmakers rule it out of existence. That’s the word from the carmaker’s executive chairman William Clay Ford Junior at the launch at the Detroit motor show of the seventh-generation muscle car. Ford Jnr, great-grandson of company founder Henry, told media at … [Read more...] about Mustang V8: ‘You want it, we’ll keep building it’, says Ford boss
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Dune buggy hits the beach – and it’s not from Volkswagen stable
The Volkswagen dune buggy is back, although Volkswagen itself has nothing to do with the revival of this particular model. The newcomer is called the Meyers Manx 2.0, after the two-seater dune buggy that American Bruce Meyers unleashed on the world almost 60 years ago. But whereas Meyers’ buggy was based on a VW Beetle chassis and powered by an air-cooled, four-cylinder … [Read more...] about Dune buggy hits the beach – and it’s not from Volkswagen stable
Jeep and Ram plead guilty in US for cheating on diesel emissions
The US division of car giant Stellantis NV has pleaded guilty and been fined US$300 million (NZ$476m) for cheating on government emissions testing for diesel versions of Jeep SUVs and Ram pick-up trucks. Federal prosecutors accused company officials of conspiring to deceive consumers about the fuel efficiency of more than 100,000 diesel Jeep Grand Cherokee SUVs and Ram 1500 … [Read more...] about Jeep and Ram plead guilty in US for cheating on diesel emissions
Toyota gives Subaru’s Eyesight safety system another name …
Hang on a sec! Seems there’s no place for Subaru’s trademark Eyesight safety system in the Solterra, the Japanese company’s first battery-electric vehicle (BEV). The only thing the people from Subaru NZ will say about Eyesight’s absence from the list of safety items in Solterra is that they can’t say anything about Eyesight’s absence from the list of safety items in … [Read more...] about Toyota gives Subaru’s Eyesight safety system another name …
590 Porsches among vehicles at the bottom of ocean
Here is the list of vehicles that sank with the ship the Felicity Ace off the coast of Portugal in February. Read it and weep. The ship was carrying thousands of new and privately owned used vehicles from Germany to the United States when it caught fire. The 20-strong crew battled for days to contain the blaze before they had to abandon the ship to a watery grave. None of … [Read more...] about 590 Porsches among vehicles at the bottom of ocean