Alisa Priddle

2 weeks ago | motortrend.com | Alisa Priddle

General Motors has already increased full-size truck production at one of its U.S. plants and there are more production shifts to come as the automaker works to mitigate the cost of tariffs on imported vehicles and parts. GM added an additional 50,000 full-size trucks a year at its Ford Wayne, Indiana, plant, that was already operating on three shifts.

2 weeks ago | motortrend.com | Alisa Priddle

Mercedes-Benz has confirmed it will start making a core model at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, starting in 2027. The new car, “tailored to U.S. customer preferences,” is expected to be a C-Class or larger E-Class, a car that was named the 2025 MotorTrend Car of the Year, but that's not official yet. So, Which Benz Could 'Bama Get?

2 weeks ago | motortrend.com | Alisa Priddle

Tulips are coming up from the soil in the cooler parts of Michigan. Winter must be coming to an end. So how did our yearlong review 2025 Lincoln Nautilus Black Label survive its first winter as part of the Detroit-based MotorTrend Garage? Surprisingly well, it turns out—even with the deck stacked against it. Our five-passenger Nautilus didn’t have to experience as much snow and cold as past long-termers endured. Mother Nature calls the shots, we just react.

3 weeks ago | usatoday.com | Alisa Priddle

It will take a couple of years, but Volkswagen has plans to get some hybrids into the hands of North American customers. It isn’t that the German automaker doesn’t have them — it has regular and plug-in hybrids for sale in Europe. But the company, like many others, miscalculated the speed with which American customers would adopt electric vehicles, betting they would go all-in on full battery electric cars, trucks and SUVs with greater speed.

3 weeks ago | pjstar.com | Alisa Priddle

It will take a couple of years, but Volkswagen has plans to get some hybrids into the hands of North American customers. It isn’t that the German automaker doesn’t have them — it has regular and plug-in hybrids for sale in Europe. But the company, like many others, miscalculated the speed with which American customers would adopt electric vehicles, betting they would go all-in on full battery electric cars, trucks and SUVs with greater speed.