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January 2024

Porsche has 75,000 sales in 75th year in U.S.

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(January 16, 2024) ATLANTA —Porsche Cars North America has announced that 2023 retail deliveries in the United States totaled 75,415 cars — a new record — and a 7.6 percent increase versus the previous record set in 2022.

World’s most coveted supercars headed to Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale

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Sammy Hagar’s 2015 Ferrari
LaFerrari one of featured vehicles

(January 15, 2024) SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Barrett-Jackson will offer some of the world’s most coveted supercars during the 2024 Scottsdale Auction, held Jan. 20-28. Each of these supercars are masterpieces of automotive engineering, design and performance including Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sammy Hagar’s 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari, one of the fastest production vehicles in the world, a 2018 Bugatti Chiron  and a highly desirable 2015 Porsche 918 Spyder with only 1,534 actual miles.

Hyundai unveils 'NPX1' concept model at Tokyo Auto Salon

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‘NPX1’ is first N Performance Parts
concept model based on IONIQ 5 N

(January 15, 2024) SEOUL —  Hyundai has unveiled the ‘IONIQ 5 N NPX1,’ a concept model equipped with prototype N Performance Parts, at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2024. Hyundai plans to enhance the high-performance electric vehicle (EV) ownership experience with N Performance Parts, which originally began in 2019 and continues to develop high quality tuning parts for customers.

Detroit auto show will return to original January slot in 2025

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(January 12, 2024) For decades the North American International Detroit Auto Show was held in January. Now the Detroit Auto Dealers Association, which produces the show, said in a statement that the show will run Jan. 10-20 after two years of summer shows in September. The annual Charity Preview will be Jan. 10, and public days for the show will be Jan. 11-20. The show was held in September the past two years after a COVID-19 pandemic-induced pause.

Parts of your future Ford could be made from olives

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(January 12, 2024) Every year, pruning olive trees creates 7 million tons of waste. Ford engineers in Cologne launched an innovative research project to explore how that food waste could be re-purposed to create auto part prototypes. They found the parts to be durable, and believe research like this could enable lighter weight parts that reduce the amount of plastic used in vehicle parts, reduce the carbon footprint of auto parts and bring the company closer to its goal of using more recycled and renewable content in its vehicles.

Hertz to sell 20,000 EVs in shift back to gasoline-powered cars

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Hertz cites weak demand, high
cost of maintenance for EVs

(January 11, 2024) Hertz Global Holdings Inc. plans to sell a third of its U.S. electric vehicle fleet and reinvest in gas-powered cars due to weak demand for the battery-powered options. The sales of 20,000 EVs began last month and will continue over the course of 2024, the rental giant said Thursday in a regulatory filing. Hertz expects to record a non-cash charge in its fourth-quarter results of $245 million related to incremental net depreciation expense. This according to Bloomberg news service.

Remains of a 1954 Ford

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The grille of this 1954 Ford F-100 indicates that the truck carried a revised six-cylinder engine making 115 horsepower. This second-generation F-Series pickup featured a new hood badge with a lightning bolt/gear-wheel motif. Ford started building the F-series pickups in 1948. The second generation was built from 1953 through 1956. (Photo by Jim Meachen)