We knew this day would come, but that doesn’t make it any easier. Ford is ending decades of hot hatch tradition by pulling the plug on the Focus ST. The final car rolled off the assembly line at the Saarlouis plant in Germany on Friday, September 26. The Blue Oval still builds the regular Focus, … Read more
In a world dominated by technology and comfort, there are still companies looking to pay homage to real racing and legendary drivers like Ayrton Senna. During Monterey Car Week this year, hidden among the hypercars and avant-garde prototypes was a new custom-built British car with a Formula 1 pedigree: The Nichols N1A ICON 88. The name … Read more
It’s only been a couple of weeks since Nissan announced plans to shut down its Oppama plant in Japan, and now it’s revealing a similar decision for another site. Operations at the Ciudad Industrial del Valle de Cuernavaca industrial park in Mexico will end by March 2026. All vehicle production at CIVAC will be relocated … Read more
It took Porsche 54 years for Porsche build one million 911s; for the Macan, it took just 12. Last week, Porsche built its millionth Macan, a Frozen Blue Metallic Macan 4 Electric, which it delivered to a customer in Germany. Porsche began Macan production in its Leipzig, Germany, plant in late 2013, with deliveries beginning … Read more