American Honda just had a record-setting month, with sales across Honda and Acura brands up 12.8%, and Honda’s sedans specifically up 35.7%. Overall, sales for both makes reached 124,553 units, and you have to go back to 2019 to find a better-performing July for the company.
Some of Aston Martin’s creditors have reportedly threatened legal action against the automaker after discovering that part of the company’s new debt financing scheme led by BlackRock subsidiary HPS is contingent upon the brand licensing its name out.
View Price on AmazonVolvo will lean on local production of its XC60 SUV to significantly boost production output at its Charleston, South Carolina plant. The automaker currently builds 30,000 vehicles annually there, and the XC60 is expected to raise that number by another 20,000.
Meanwhile, although Volvo’s global sales sunk another 4% through May and July, U.S. performance surged with the third consecutive month of double-digit increase.
We sadly will miss out on the reborn Audi A2 just like we did the original, which is especially unfortunate because the automaker says it’s the most efficient vehicle it has ever produced, achieving approximately 28.7 miles per gallon in preliminary testing. It’s worth stipulating that this is under the WLTP criteria, which certainly tends to be more forgiving than the EPA’s, but with an extremely low drag coefficient and other range-extending innovations, it still sounds very promising.
Tesla has enjoyed strong uptake in certain European markets, and deep plunges in others, per new data. July registrations for its EVs climbed in France (86%) and Denmark (52%), while sinking in Norway (97%), Spain (81%), Italy (77%), Portugal (69%), and Sweden (60%).
Source: thedrive.com
