Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrapup - Week Ending August 29, 2020
Aug 30, 2020
Record High New Car Prices As US Sales Fall; US NEWS Best New Car Deals; Going To The Dogs; Durango Hellcat Off Line At $80k; Recall App From NHTSA; Ford, RAM, Recalls; Self Parking Escape; Road Trip Revival; SD Car Show Wuhan'd; More UAW Problems; Paul Goldsmith Oldest NASCAR Placed In Hall of Fame; J.C. Whitney Gone ... Continue reading
Aug 24, 2020
The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading
Some New Vehicle Technologies Risk Failing While Others Become “Must Have,” J.D. Power Finds
Aug 21, 2020
Volvo Ranks Highest Overall for Tech Innovation; Hyundai Ranks Highest among Mass Market Brands 19 August 2020 New-vehicle buyers are being offered an increasing number of advanced technology features, some of which are hits while others are currently missing the mark. The J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Tech Experience Index (TX ... Continue reading
Aug 20, 2020
EVs Are The Only Vehicles Built On Wall Street The United States remains one of the leading markets for electric vehicles across the globe. Different players are making attempts to establish a strong market presence but Tesla appears to be winning the race. ... Continue reading
Private Vehicles, Primary Wuhan Virus Affected Back-to-School Transport, a Cars.com Survey Reveals
Aug 13, 2020
Cars.com shares new data revealing parents' decisions on safe back-to-school transportation this year. ... Continue reading
AAA Finds Active Driving Assistance Systems Do Less to Assist Drivers and More to Interfere
Aug 6, 2020
New automotive engineering research finds 73% of performance issues were related to lane centering ORLANDO, Fla. ... Continue reading
Jul 22, 2020
Porsche Ranks Highest Overall; Dodge Ranks Highest among Mass Market Brands; Vehicles that create joy for their owners often overcomes any negatives caused by problems they experience. This phenomenon is most effectively seen in the J.D. Power 2020 Automotive Performance, Execution and Layout (APEAL) Study,SM released ... Continue reading
OFFICIAL NHTSA RECALL DETAILS - July 20, 2020
Jul 20, 2020
The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles - Hyundai; Mercedes-Benz; Chrysler; Dodge; Audi; Kia, Mitsubishi, Setra; Keystone; Forest River; Altec, Jayco; if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out ... Continue reading
Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Wrap-up - July 12-18, 2020
Jul 19, 2020
This Happened Last Week:Ford Bronco Born, Jeep Fights Back; RAV4 Hybrid, 14 States Push ETrucks; Hyundai EV Sales; New Nissan Ariya Plugged In; Testa Descriptions Verboten in Germany; Lexus Owners Loyalest; STELLANTIS IS New Name; New Corvette Buyers Get Scale Model To Fondle Over; Honda America Discontinues Models; Di ... Continue reading
Jul 10, 2020
FCA US is voluntarily recalling an estimated 925,239 older-model vehicles in the U.S. to replace the air bag covers on their steering wheels. ... Continue reading
IIHS Says Convertibles Are As Safe As Hard Tops (But More Fun Says Me) +VIDEO
Jul 9, 2020
Despite the relatively flimsy appearance of their roof structures, late-model convertibles are no riskier than nonconvertibles, according to the analysis of crash and fatality rates. ... Continue reading
FCA US Reports Second-quarter 2020 Sales
Jul 1, 2020
FCA US LLC reported second-quarter sales of 367,086 vehicles – a 39 percent decline over the same period a year earlier – as the economic havoc caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in April was partially offset by the stronger than expected retail sales rebound in May and June. Fleet sales were impacted in the quarter a ... Continue reading
June 2020 US Retail Auto Sales Surprisingly Good
Jul 1, 2020
Automakers laud U.S. consumer 'resilience' despite COVID-19 hit to sales 4 MIN READ Detroit July 1, 2020; Reuters journalists Nick Carey and Ben Klayman reported that major automakers posted lower U.S. monthly or quarterly new vehicle sales on Wednesday due in large part to weak fleet orders, but said consumer demand r ... Continue reading
AHF 2020-Future Collectible Vehicle of the Year Award
Jun 23, 2020
Automotive Heritage Future Collectible Vehicle of the Year. Created originally by our late friend and colleague Mike Davis for the National Automotive History Collection at the Detroit Public Library, the award honors that vehicle – new or significantly redesigned for the designated calendar year, available in the U. ... Continue reading
The Auto Channel content library (since 1996) has grown to become the world’s most extensive and complete interactive archive of automotive centric news, articles, reviews and intense event coverage, presented to viewers as Text, Video and Images.