June 2019

2019 Ford Ranger Lariat FX4 — Ford brings back the midsize pickup

By Jim Prueter
MotorwayAmerica.com

(June 2, 2019) It’s been seven years since Ford last sold its midsize Ranger pickup. It was discontinued following the 2011 model year due to slow sales over the previous decade. Dodge/Ram did the same with Dakota, and then, a year later, GM pulled the plug on the Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Canyon. Those moves effectively ceded the midsized truck segment to just two players: Toyota Tacoma and Nissan Frontier.

New all-electric Mini introduced as an airport tug

(June 1, 2019) MUNICH, Germany — Noiseless, emissions-free but very powerful: the Mini Electric will soon enrich the experience of locally emissions-free mobility with the addition of unique driving fun and the individual flair that is so typical of the British premium brand. The recent “testing program” for the first purely electrically powered Mini was equally unconventional: on a foray to Frankfurt airport, a close-to-series prototype of the new model demonstrated just what electromobility in the style of Mini is capable of setting in motion.