By Paul Borden
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 31, 2019) In a trend that we would very much like to see continue, Lincoln apparently is abandoning its “alphabet soup” approach to automotive nomenclature with only two such models, the MKZ and MKZ Hybrid, remaining in its present day lineup.

With the 2019 Nautilus taking over as the company’s entrant in the midsize segment, each of Lincoln’s crossovers/SUVs now has a full name and not a three-letter combination starting with “MK.” Its former incarnation as the MKX is no longer.

(December 23, 2019) IRVINE, Calif. — A three-man team from Ride, powered by Kelley Blue Book, successfully finished a cross-country drive mimicking the famed non-stop coast-to-coast "Cannonball Run Challenge." Unlike the dozens of other attempts during the past century, which have primarily used combustion engines, the team drove coast-to-coast in a pure-electric Audi e-tron crossover covered the 3,025-mile trek in just more than 60 hours.

(December 21, 2019) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The car shopping experts at Edmunds forecast that 4,340,488 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in the fourth quarter of this year. This reflects a 0.3% increase in sales from the third quarter but a 0.8% decrease from Q4 of 2018.

Edmunds analysts estimate 17,145,333 new vehicles will be sold in total in 2019, marking the fifth year in a row that new vehicle sales will top 17 million.

(December 19, 2019) DETROIT — Santa Claus is coming to town and beginning Dec. 24, children whose families have Chevrolet vehicles equipped with an active OnStar plan can find out the location of his sleigh with a simple push of the blue OnStar button.

Chevy and OnStar, in collaboration with the North America Aerospace Defense Command, will provide real-time updates during St. Nick’s annual flight using NORAD’s official Santa-location data. NORAD uses the North Warning System radar chain and geosynchronous satellites with infrared sensors to follow Santa on his journey around the globe.