The Best Auto News in the United States of America Top US Car News Top Car news and new auto information updated for your convenience. Home Top Automotive NewsMercedes-AMG E53 WagonYes, a plug-in hybrid AMG wagon that would be the perfect family daily driver. I loved this one. Connie Peters, TTAC CreatorQuestion of the Day? What Piece of Technology Needs to Go?It used to be popular to say that today’s cars are nothing more than computers on wheels. However, it’s safe to say that’s an understatement. But with the advances in technology have come some homogenization (i.e. all cars are the same) and some excess (i.e. do we really need this). Michael StrongGM Pockets $20B as Trump Guts CAFE Through 2031The Trump administration just released finalized a new set of federal emissions rules covering passenger cars and light trucks, unwinding the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets set in 2024. The relaxed rules cover new vehicles through the 2031 model year, and GM stands to be the single biggest beneficiary. TTAC News StaffPlans for My Current Cars and What Model I’m Looking to AddI wanted to share the cars I personally own. What if any work there is to do on them in future videos that maybe coming to the channel as well as the car/cars I am looking to add in short order. Tony's Fords and Mustangs | TTAC CreatorBad Weather Forecast Forces Tesla Roadster Reveal Back Two WeeksThe Roadster that Tesla has been promising fans for the better part of a decade will have to keep waiting. The company said Monday it made the "difficult decision" to bump its reveal from Oct. 1 to Oct. 15, citing severe weather in the forecast. TTAC News StaffVolkswagen Replacing ID.4 With All-Electric TiguanVolkswagen has announced that it will be launching an all-electric version of the Tiguan SUV as a replacement for the ID.4. Matt PoskyFord Hires Nate Bargatze as New Service PitchmanFord has spent years renting celebrities to sell its wares, and its latest hire is a comedian whose main qualification is that he can't work on his own car. Nate Bargatze is the face of a new ad campaign built to lure customers back to the dealership service bay, and the pitch is aimed squarely […] TTAC News StaffQuestion of the Day: Should Fuel Economy Mandates be Tough or Evolutionary?Today, the Trump administration lowered the corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) from 50.4 mpg to 34.9 mpg by 2031. This applies to passenger cars and light duty trucks. The CAFE at the end of 2024 was 30.1 mpg. Michael StrongTesla's Semi Has the Range. The Chargers Are the ProblemTesla finally has a 500-mile electric truck rolling off a real production line, and the thing works. The problem is that a truck rated for 500 miles per charge still needs somewhere to plug in, and the network that would make cross-country electric freight possible barely exists. Tesla's own website shows two public megawatt chargers […] TTAC News StaffRare Rides Icons: The Ford Taurus, Modernizing Family Transportation (Part VI)We resume our Ford Taurus coverage today and wade into the multi-faceted arrangements that were trim levels and options at its launch in 1986. Ford didn’t have it all figured out right away, and there were small changes made here and there throughout. So while the brochures might have specified this or that feature or […] Corey Lewis
