Новости за 24.11.2020

Tesla, as of this writing, is worth $514 billion, less than Berkshire Hathaway but only a little less. That’s over 20 times as much as Tesla’s revenue in 2019, which people smarter than me will tell you is a somewhat unusual situation. It also makes the CEO, Elon Musk, the world’s second-richest person.

Kia’s been on a roll lately, producing strong products and pulling down record sales numbers. ​It has not, however, been setting sales records with its minivan, the Sedona. Maybe a new name and new styling is the answer. ​The Korean Car Blog​ and ​Motor1​ report that a new Carnival minivan will replace the…

Because many Americans have not altered their travel plans for Thanksgiving, creating what could be ideal conditions to further entrench the pandemic, I feel I should remind you to avoid dealerships at all costs this weekend. Seriously, you aren’t missing out on anything.

The 2021 Suzuki Jimny has officially sold out in Mexico, and it took just 72 hours. That outcome was more or less expected, considering Suzuki Motors of Mexico will import just 1,000 of the trucks into that market for now. The Jimnys will start reaching owners very early next year, beginning January 15, 2021.

Mercedes-Benz has been the exclusive provider of safety cars for Formula One since 1996. That arrangement looks like it will change beginning next year, as Aston Martin is rumored to join the German automaker and split duties over course of the 2021 calendar, kicking off a new era in the fascinating, but rarely…

The “merger of equals” has returned, the most terrifying words you can say about Chrysler. Years after the littlest of the Big Three made it out of Daimler’s purgatory, Stellantis has used the same language to describe its merger. All that and more in The Morning Shift for November 24, 2020.

We’ve been accused of being overly obsessed with winter tires on this site. We just want you to be safe, how dare we? (Imagine me saying this with as much motherly Catholic guilt as possible.) I will admit with a dash of shame, however, that last year we had such a warm winter in Detroit that I didn’t bother to put…

With its arrest-me-red paint and wide whitewall tires, today’s Nice Price or No Dice Mercedes 560SEC certainly stands out. Also extremely noticeable is the peeling clearcoat layer over generally flat appearing paint. Let’s find out if its price tag is just as noteworthy.

The Passat nameplate has been a feature of Volkswagen showrooms in the U.S. for three decades now. Through the years, buyers have had such wonderful choices as wagons, diesel models and even the unconventional W8 engine. Now, the crossover and SUV world domination has taken another victim: Volkswagen will stop selling…

GM said today it would be moving on from the Trump administration. Also today: GM said it would comply with a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration decision forcing GM to recall 5.9 million SUVs and trucks with Takata airbags in the U.S., costing GM an estimated $1.2 billion. Were these events related?…

Move aside Changli, there’s a new contender for cheapest EV around these parts. Okay, maybe that’s a stretch. This 2011 Nissan Leaf isn’t a brand new vehicle, but it can zip from zero to 60 in just 9.9 seconds and continue on to a top speed of 93 miles an hour. Those are breakneck speeds to Jason and his Chinese…

Some days, starting my 1997 BMW 318ti is less “sheer driving pleasure” and more “dammit, now what?” I used to get frustrated about running into one (or more) of the failings in my hatch, but I’ve made peace with the fact that things are bound to break in my beater Bimmer and that taking the time to fix these small…

I’ve owned my 1979 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle for almost three years, but I’ve only ever driven it a total of five miles. For far too long, the Jeep sat in my driveway bothering my neighbors’ blight-sensitive eyes, but this weekend, that changed. Here’s how I got my glorious Golden Eagle back up and running, and what…