Peter Valdes-Dapena

Feb 2, 2025 | autos.yahoo.com | Peter Valdes-Dapena

Aston Martin Boss Wants to Improve the Current DBX Aston MartinAston Martin can make different DBX models to satisfy different customers without creating entirely new models, new CEO Adrian Hallmark told journalists on Friday. The premium British brand plans to have just one all-electric model in its lineup by 2030 but several by 2035, the automaker says.

Jan 14, 2025 | hagerty.com | Bryan Gerould |Peter Valdes-Dapena

My father left Cuba to live in the United States in 1941, and I was born 23 years later. Sixty years after that, I got off an airplane at José Martí International Airport in Havana for the first time in my life. A beautiful red Chrysler convertible picked me up from baggage claim. The long, low car with tall chrome-edged fins had been a Christmas gift from a Havana Chrysler representative to his wife in 1957.

Aug 9, 2024 | local3news.com | Peter Valdes-Dapena

More than a year after Hyundai and Kia released new anti-theft software updates, thefts of vehicles with the new software are falling — even as thefts overall remain astoundingly high, according to a new analysis of insurance claim data. The automakers released the updates starting last February, after a tenfold increase in thefts of certain Hyundai and Kia models in just the past three years — sparked by a series of social media posts that showed people how to steal the vehicles.

Aug 7, 2024 | wesh.com | Peter Valdes-Dapena

More than a year after Hyundai and Kia released new anti-theft software updates, thefts of vehicles with the new software are falling— even as thefts overall remain astoundingly high, according to a new analysis of insurance claim data. The automakers released the updates starting last February, after a tenfold increase in thefts of certain Hyundai and Kia models in just the past three years — sparked by a series of social media posts that showed people how to steal the vehicles.

Aug 7, 2024 | wlwt.com | Peter Valdes-Dapena

More than a year after Hyundai and Kia released new anti-theft software updates, thefts of vehicles with the new software are falling— even as thefts overall remain astoundingly high, according to a new analysis of insurance claim data. The automakers released the updates starting last February, after a tenfold increase in thefts of certain Hyundai and Kia models in just the past three years — sparked by a series of social media posts that showed people how to steal the vehicles.