December 2024

Gas Buddy — 2025 to bring third straight yearly decline in gas prices



Americans are projected to spend
$12 billion less in '25 than in '24


(January 1, 2025) DALLAS) — GasBuddy has released its 2025 Fuel Price Outlook, forecasting a third consecutive year of lower gas and diesel prices. The outlook highlights key trends in gasoline and diesel prices utilizing specific inputs, potential impacts on production, supply and demand changes and a change in leadership in Washington.

911 GT3 — The first of its kind


A quarter-century reunion for Walter Röhrl

Porsche celebrated world
premiere of GT3 25 years ago


By Thomas Ammann
Christophorus Magazine

(December 30, 2024) Twenty-five years ago, Porsche celebrated the world premiere of the first GT3, a 911 like no other before it. The puristic sports car continues to inspire Porsche enthusiasts to this day, including a prominent original owner.

Spirit of Speed – The ultimate Arctic driving experience



(December 27, 2024)  Hundreds of needle-sharp, tungsten tipped studs bite through the ice, hunting out grip where your brain screams there should be none, headlights piercing the Arctic’s never-quite daylight; a flat-six’s mechanical howl sings through the snow-laden pines as you thread the needle round the sinuous turns of a forest stage.  This is an experience that only KALMAR’s Spirit of Speed can offer.

Looking for a luxury SUV without luxury price — Palisade is the ticket


Photos by Paul Borden

(December 26, 2024) Hyundai is not usually a brand you think of when the subject of luxury vehicles comes up but the top trims of the 2024 Hyundai Palisade may just change your thinking a bit. The interior of the 2024 Hyundai Palisade Calligraphy is not only roomy but features styling touches that give the cabin the look and feel of a vehicle priced thousands of dollars higher.

2025 Infiniti QX60 Luxe AWD — New engine diminishes appeal of QX60



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 24, 2024) The Infiniti QX60 is a mid-to-large luxury crossover with three-row, six or seven-passenger seating and all-wheel-drive. Since it was all-new for 2022 and has since received modest changes up to its current 2025 model. For 2025 there's a new Black Edition option ($1,900) available on the mid-level Luxe trim tested here, that adds 20-inch wheels, black roof rails, a black grille surround and identifying black exterior badging.

2025 Chevrolet Equinox — Best-selling Equinox receives a full redesign



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 22, 2024) Who knew that apart from  the Silverado pickup truck, the Equinox compact crossover/SUV is Chevrolet's best selling model? With more than 200,000 Equinox sold last year, its best sales year ever, It has remained virtually unchanged since its last redesign in 2017.

Pump prices bounce off lows rising 2 cents



(December 20, 2024) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After weeks of slowly marching lower, the national average for a gallon of gas reversed course, rising two cents since last week to $3.04, according to AAA.

Edmunds forecasts 16.2 million new vehicle sales in 2025



Analysts recap 2024, highlight trends
for automotive industry during 2025


(December 18, 2024) SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The car shopping experts from Edmunds forecast 15.98 million new vehicle sales in the U.S. for the 2024 calendar year, with 4,199,561 new vehicles expected to be sold in the fourth quarter of 2024. Edmunds experts anticipate a very slight rebound of the auto market in the new year, forecasting 16.2 million new vehicle sales in 2025. This tally would represent a 1.4% increase from 2024 and the highest annual new vehicle sales figure since 2019.

Santa brings Christmas cheer — Lowest Christmas gas prices since 2020



National average price of gas
predicted to be $2.95 a gallon


(December 17, 2024) DALLAS — For those hitting the road ahead of Christmas or getting last-minute gifts, Santa has delivered. Motorists will likely see a national average price of gas of $2.95 per gallon on Christmas, the lowest we’ve seen on Christmas Day since 2020, according to GasBuddy, a fuel savings platform.

2024 Ford F-150 Raptor R — Ford's ripping fast off-road king of the hill



By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(December 17, 2024) We first tested and drove the improbable and glorious factory built off-road king of the hill Ford F-150 Raptor R when it was newly introduced last year for the 2023 model year.  This year Ford sent us the visually refreshed modestly updated equipped 2024 Raptor R for testing and evaluation. Much of what the Raptor R for 2023 has remained the same and this review will update what's new for 2024.