Tim McKenzie
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French Automaker Citroen Has Launched a Stylish New C3 in India
27 Jul 2022, 15:20 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The French automaker re-enters the four largest car market in the world with eyes on taking its fair share with the uniquely designed C3. The new C3 is categorized as a hatch by Citroen, but it is hardly a hatchback-type vehicle as we know the t...
Some 1,200 Cars, Bikes and More Flock to Harrisburg to Be Sold
27 Jul 2022, 11:43 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / At this year's Harrisburg auction, over 1,200 vehicles will hit the Mecum blocks in addition to over 300 lots of Road Art, including consisting of antique signage. The auction is offering seven vehicle collections, ranging from classics and cu...
Mercedes AMG Will Add Horsepower to Your Office With New Chair
27 Jul 2022, 06:47 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / From the high-performance subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz, AMG, is producing a high-performance office chair that exudes the look and feel of the bucket seats in AMG model cars. In a world where all the automotive chatter seemingly involves su...
Germany To Lower EV Car Subsidies for Buyers Next Year; Then Nix Completely
27 Jul 2022, 06:08 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Europe's largest economy, home to automakers Volkswagen, Porsche, BWM, and Mercedes, no longer believes it is 'necessary' to offer incentives to buyers of electric vehicles. Beginning in 2023, buyers of electric vehicles priced be...
General Motors' Profit Hammered in 2nd Quarter, Optimistic About Annual Sales Forecast
26 Jul 2022, 16:19 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Detroit automaker posted a profit of $1.67 billion (1.64 billion euros) over the April through June period compared with 2.79 billion (2.75 billion euros) over the same period last year. A portion of the fall in profits can be attributed t...
Faraday Future Needs More Cash To Launch FF 91 SUV-Its First Luxury Electric Vehicle
26 Jul 2022, 12:50 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The American start-up technology company focused on the development of electric vehicles has struggled mightily to manage cash to keep its development and production goals on track. As recently as last month, the company claimed to have enough c...
Russian Oligarch's Cloudbreak Super Yacht Spotted in Pattaya After Visiting Koh Samui
26 Jul 2022, 07:54 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / After arriving and spending the week anchored near Koh Samui off the coast of Surat Thani, Thailand, 54-year-old Russian billionaire Alexander Svetakov's yacht Cloudbreak moved further into the Bay of Thailand, and anchored off the coast of S...
$2.5 Billion Loan From U.S. Government Energizing GM Battery Venture
26 Jul 2022, 06:09 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The conditional loan will be provided to the joint venture Ultium Cells LLC, the company GM formed with LG Energy Solution of South Korea, for the construction of new lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facilities. The government will fund t...
Federal Aviation Administration Issues Safety Directive for Some Boeing 777 Planes
26 Jul 2022, 05:40 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has uncovered a safety issue with more Boeing 777 aircraft and issued an airworthiness directive to address the 'unsafe condition.' In the directive released today, the FAA outlined in an emai...
Shanghai Shutdown Forces Toyota To Cancel Some Harrier Orders
25 Jul 2022, 15:56 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / For the second time this month Toyota has been forced to cancel firm customer orders for one of its models because of parts shortages in turn caused by the Covid-19 shutdown of Shanghai, China earlier this year. The Harrier model cancellati...
Half of GM's North American Factories Will Be Producing EVs by 2026, All by 2035
25 Jul 2022, 11:44 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The next wave of electric vehicles from the legacy U.S. automaker will be powered by their Ultium batteries and will be built in transformed factories in the upper Midwest and Mexico. The plan involves the introduction of three mass-market EVs n...
Chase Elliot Awarded Victory at Pocono as Top Two Drivers Disqualified
25 Jul 2022, 08:51 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The No.11 and No.18 Toyota cars driven by race winner Denny Hamlin and runner-up Kyle Busch were disqualified due to failing a post-race inspection. As a result of the disqualifications, Chase Elliot, the current Cup Series points leader in his ...
There Will Be No Sweep of NHRA Western Swing As First Timers Win at Sonoma
25 Jul 2022, 08:11 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The favorites going into Sunday's 2022 Denso Nationals at Sonoma Raceway were the familiar names of Robert Hight, Leah Pruett, Erica Enders, and Steve Johnson. However, as dusk settled on the track in the wine country foothills, four first-tim...
Critical Driving Mistake by Leclerc Makes Upcoming GPs Really Hot
25 Jul 2022, 07:53 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Heading to Hungary for the next race on the Formula 1 calendar, Ferrari's Charles Leclerc will be thinking about a costly error that wiped him out of yesterday's French Grand Prix on a steaming hot afternoon. His crash on Lap 18 allowe...
Wine Country Weather, Sea Level Sonoma Nationals Qualifying Under the Lights
24 Jul 2022, 08:32 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The expectations as teams headed west from last weekend's Denver races were very high, as sea level conditions would provide a boost in horsepower and open up the field to challenge the top drivers. The world-class facilities at the track a...
Boeing 737 MAX Is "ReBooted" After Airshow Sales-Company Says
23 Jul 2022, 07:44 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / Qatar Airways Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker signed a deal to purchase 25 737 MAX 10 jetliners in a deal that had initially been struck earlier in the year but had lapsed. Reuters had reported on Wednesday that the Gulf carrier may revive the ...
Are We Underestimating Elon Musk's Diplomatic Abilities?....Quite Possibly
23 Jul 2022, 06:05 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The business world has long pursued doing business in China based on the knowledge that Chinese consumers gravitate towards American brand name consumer goods, particularly when it comes to sports shoes and casual clothing. The same ideology app...
Northern California Wine Country Goes Full Drag(Racing) With NHRA Sonoma Weekend
23 Jul 2022, 06:00 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / This weekend's Denso NHRA Sonoma Nationals in Sonoma, California, will be a huge test for teams to adjust to the radically different conditions. Last weekend's first race of one of motor racing's most iconic trifectas, the NHRA We...
Ferrari's Sainz Tops Friday's French Grand Prix Practice
23 Jul 2022, 05:56 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The Spaniard Ferrari driver set the pace on the opening day at the 15-turn 5.842 km circuit of Paul Ricard for the Lenovo Grand Prix DE France 2022, posting a 1:32.527, just 0.101 faster than teammate Charles Leclerc. A lack of front end grip go...
The Legacy of the Porsche Gran Turismo Sport Continues With a Modern Era GTS
22 Jul 2022, 21:00 UTC · By: Tim McKenzie / The three-letter designation GTS (Gran Turismo Sport) was adopted into Porsche lore when a 904 Carrera GTS won the legendary Targa Florio back in 1964. The present-day GTS models were born not from a motor racing bloodline but rather from the Porsc...