Latest Updates Around The World
RennSport fans rejoice. You may soon have another high-performance Audi option for sale at your local dealer. Spy photographers continue to gather evidence of a new super-sporty sedan. Audi seems eager to add an M5 four-door fighter to its ranks, which means we could soon see the return of the RS6 in super sedan guise. […]
Porsche’s next electric vehicle will be launched in less than 24 hours. It’s the Cayenne Electric, which the automaker will offer alongside its current-generation gas-powered model. While Porsche will fully unveil the new electric SUV tomorrow morning, the company was keen to tease it. We know it will ride on the Volkswagen Group’s Premium Platform […]
Porsche has come to grips with the reality that the introduction of electric vehicles is not happening as quickly as expected a few years ago. In early 2022, outgoing CEO Oliver Blume predicted that as much as 80 percent of new car sales would be fully electric. That ambitious goal is no longer in effect […]
Essentially a Golf in SUV format, the T-Roc is a big deal for Volkswagen. During the first ten months of the year, this is the fourth best-selling model in Europe. Sales data from Dataforce shows that the compact crossover has collected 170,931 units through October. It’s an impressive feat considering the volume comes solely from […]
In an earlier op-ed I lamented how draconian regulations are stifling fun cars in Europe. In just a few years we’ve had to say goodbye to the Subaru BRZ, Toyota GR86, Honda Civic Type R, Porsche Boxster/Cayman and the Miata’s 2.0-liter engine. Looking at the glass half full, there are still some mainstream performance cars […]
The late Ferdinand Piëch may have ruled with an iron fist, but he made sure things got done. During his tenure as CEO of the Volkswagen Group from 1993 to 2002, some of the company’s most ambitious engineering projects were approved, culminating in the development of the Bugatti Veyron. He left behind a complicated legacy, […]
Sales of Audi’s flagship took a nosedive last year, with deliveries of the A8 falling 26.3 percent to just 14,955 cars. It’s not hard to see why. The current generation is showing its age and has been around since 2017. Additionally, demand for full-size luxury sedans has steadily declined as SUVs dominate the market. The […]
