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The Toyota 2JZ family of 3.0-liter inline-six engines is famous for its robustness, and that lets tuners push the output to ludicrous levels. We don't generally see front-wheel-drive vehicles using this powerplant, but this heavily modified Toyota Starlet making over 1,000 horsepower proves it's possible, and the results can be fantastic.
Around 130 Tesla mechanics, from ten different repair facilities throughout Sweden, have been on strike since October 27. Tesla is refusing to sign the workers' collective wage agreement, despite such agreements being the backbone of Swedish labor. Since more than 90 percent of Swedish workers are part of various collective wage agreements, several different unions are standing in solidarity with the striking Tesla workers, including the state postal service, which is refusing to deliver license plates for new Teslas, according to Barron's.
Inflationary pressures have hit the hip pocket of many consumers but data out of Europe reveals that new car registrations jumped for the fifteenth consecutive month in October and demand for new cars shows no signs of slowing down.Data published by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reveals that new car registrations jumped by 14.6% to 855,484 units across the European Union last month. This follows a strong 12-month trend in growing demand and in the first 10 months of 2023, new car registrations across the region are up 16.7%, totaling almost nine million vehicles.Demand for new vehicles has proven to be particularly strong in Italy (+20.4%), Spain (+18.5%), France (+16.5%), and Germany (+13.5%), with Hungary being the sole country in the EU that didn’t see an increase in new car registrations during the January-October period.Read: Wealthy Nations In Europe Dominate EV AdoptionElectrified vehicles are proving to be particularly popular across the continent.
As the shortage of replacement car parts continues, there are fears that it is fuelling car crime – and that dealers, garages and body shops could unwittingly buy stolen used parts online.
Whenever the Sultan of Brunei is mentioned in the automotive world, there is a reverent expectation of it being something special.
What if, instead of seeking out a charger and plugging in for half an hour, you could swap out your depleted EV battery for a new one in just five minutes? That’s the question asked by Nio, a 7-year-old Chinese electric car company with a network of more than 1,300 battery-swap stations for doing exactly that. However, the vast majority of these stations are in China, with 100 in Shanghai alone, serving customers who mostly live in apartments and lack the space to install a charger at home. Customers buy the car but lease the battery, with the monthly fee granting them access to the swap station network. By contrast, there are currently only 27 so-called Power Swap Stations in Europe, across Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden, but more are supposedly in the pipeline. Nio plans to expand into the UK by the end of 2024, but, just like alternative Chinese auto brand BYD, the US is not currently on Nio’s roadmap.
As an avid Lego fan (and much to my wife's dismay, collector), it feels like Lego is pushing way too hard on the product licensing end. From Disney to Harry Potter, Adidas, and, of course, a ton of car brands, the Danish toy company has been cranking out kits for every customer demographic under the sun—and sometimes those products don't look too great. But just as I was thinking it's all a bit much, Lego redeems itself with a truly fantastic Land Rover Classic Defender 90 set.