Monthly Archives: December 2019

Startup Lordstown Motors has produced images and details of the Endurance, an all-electric pickup truck it is developing. Parent company Workhorse Group firm recently entered into an agreement to lease the inactive GM plant in Lordstown, Ohio.

Ford has announced the addition a Heritage Edition package for the 2020 Mustang Shelby GT350 and GT350R 2020. As its name suggests, the package is designed to pay tribute to the model’s past, particularly by evoking the 1965 GTG350.

General Motors is issuing a pair of recalls that together affect a little over 900,000 vehicles. One addresses a brake-related software problem, the other a risk of fire.

There is finally a binding agreement in place between the parties to the PSA-FCA merger. Many details remain to be ironed out over the next few months, but the automotive landscape has now been significantly been altered by the arrival of a very big new player.

The Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) has announced the finalists for its vehicles of the year awards for 2020. The category winners will be revealed at the Montreal auto show in January, with the big winners announced in Toronto in February.

Porsche has announced details for the 2020 Porsche Macan GTS version. While the styling has the same distinct signature as the regular edition of the SUV, there’s more power on offer from this version.

During Oscar Week next February, Cadillac will present in full the new curved OLED dashboard that will be used in its future models. The first to get it will be the 2021 Escalade SUV.

The 2020 Honda Ridgeline benefits from several improvements for the new model-year. Most significantly, this unique truck from the Japanese automaker gets a new 9-speed automatic transmission.

Mercedes-Benz presented the (online) world premiere of the second-generation 2021 GLA. The small SUV gets a bigger engine and more interior space thanks to a boxier shape; it’s expected on the market in the middle of 2020.

It hasn’t been around for very long, but Volkswagen is already giving its Atlas a refresh for the 2021 model-year. The SUV will get updates to its styling and equipment to line up more closely with the Cross Sport version that’s set to debut in March 2020.