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Six airbags are now standard in almost all cars in Europe, and eight is not uncommon. An additional airbag could soon be added. And one for the feet. ZF Lifetec has developed the Active Heel Airbag.

In the automotive sector, there is talk of a possible new alliance. After saying goodbye to Honda, Foxconn has not ruled out buying Renault's 36% stake in Nissan. However, the company, which is the world's largest producer of electrical and electronic components for OEMs, has made it clear that its…

The new Tesla Model Y of 2025, known as the Juniper project, can already be ordered in the UK, but only in the Launch Edition Long Range All-Wheel Drive version, with a price starting at £60,990, or on a 24 to 48 month PCP lease. However, the range will be…

In 2024, the most popular car on the old continent was the Dacia Sandero (268,101 units, +14%), followed by the Renault Clio (216,317 units, +7%) and the Volkswagen Golf (215,715 units, +17%). A total of 12.91 million new cars were registered in Europe (+0.9%), mainly due to the demand for hybrid…

Ferrari had record sales last year after shipping 13,752 vehicles, or 0.7% over 2023. More importantly, net revenue jumped 11.8% to €6.7 billion. The Prancing Horse is paying back the people who made it all possible. Italian employees are getting fat bonuses as a reward for a record-breaking 2024. During…

The BMW M8 coupe is headed out to pasture, but the people at G-Power are sending it out with a bang. The big two-door grand tourer already has 617 horsepower in Competition trim, but if that's still not enough, perhaps the 900-horsepower G8M Hurricane RR is more to your liking.…

Tesla's refreshed Model Y will begin rolling out to customers next month. Many folks are holding out on two hotly-anticipated trims—the Performance and seven-seater variants—which Tesla hasn't offered up for sale quite yet. Fret not, though, because Tesla execs have confirmed that both options are slated to launch later this…

Volkswagen updated the GTI and Golf R for 2025. Both cars have tweaked styling inside and out, and there's more power from the Golf R's turbocharged 2.0-liter engine. The result is a notable price bump, led by a hefty $1,435 increase for the Golf R.

The 2025 Crown Signia carries on a long-standing Toyota tradition of vehicles that refuse to be categorized. Like the Venza it replaces, the Crown Signia is a bit too tall to be a wagon, but too short to be an SUV. It rides like its Crown sedan sibling, but it’s…

Nobody said the new Corvette ZR1 was going to be cheap. The ZR1 coupe starts at $174,995 with destination, while the hardtop convertible costs $184,995. But those prices are for a base ZR1 before the seemingly endless amount of options Chevrolet shoehorned into its newly published online configurator.

China’s BYD has proven that it can wrestle with the big boys, despite it being established fewer than three decades ago. Last year, it out-produced Tesla and became the world’s largest all-electric car maker, thanks to a myriad of models and a very aggressive pricing strategy.