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5 days ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
In a chaotic year for America’s car industry, a new threat is emerging that could shut down factories nationwide: a shortage of magnets. Reuters reports that industry executives recently warned the White House that its trade disputes with China could “force the closure of car factories within weeks.”The U.S. and China have been locked in an escalating trade dispute since President Donald Trump enacted aggressive tariffs against many countries in early April.
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5 days ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
The third-generation Dodge Durango first rolled off an assembly line in late 2010, when Barack Obama was president, “TikTok” was a Kesha song, and “Game of Thrones” had yet to make its debut on HBO. It’s outlasted them all. Dodge will once again sell the family SUV with a muscle car’s attitude for the 2026 model year. We change less as we age (ask me how I know). Updates for the new model year will be confined to options packages.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
Volvo has paused its only U.S. assembly plant, in South Carolina, due to a parts shortage. The factory builds the company’s flagship EX90 electric SUV, as well as the Polestar 3, an SUV sold by all-electric automaker and Volvo affiliate Polestar.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
As news of hefty new tariffs rocked the auto industry in April, Hyundai pledged to keep prices steady until June 2. June 2 arrives in three days. A new report says the company is mulling an across-the-board price hike to compensate for tariff costs.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
Late Wednesday, a federal trade court found some of President Trump’s sweeping tariffs illegal. A day later, an appeals court granted a temporary stay pausing that ruling while it hears arguments over whether the case was correctly decided. The dueling decisions have left confusion over what, exactly, is currently subject to tariffs. Even the people who make and import car parts aren’t entirely sure which car parts are currently subject to tariffs.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
Everyone has known it was coming for a long time, but Dodge this week revealed the 4-door version of its new Charger Daytona muscle car. Dodge sells the Charger in many forms now, so it will take a moment to clarify what you can buy now and what you can expect later. [Deep breath]Dodge initially planned the Charger as the world’s first “electric muscle car” and began selling it as a 2-door coupe. Dealers stock electric models under the name Charger Daytona. The brand later promised a 4-door version.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
New cars are mobile devices as much as they are mobility. Most automakers now offer whole suites of connection services that let you use a smartphone to lock and unlock your car, start it remotely, monitor its maintenance needs, and even track it if stolen. Until they don’t, that is. Acura will soon shut down its AcuraLink connection service for many cars.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
The 2025 Toyota GR Corolla is a little like a house cat that can take down a moose. It’s a 3-foot-tall third grader who can keep up with Usain Bolt in the 100-meter dash. It’s Spider-Man — a skinny high school kid with unexpected Hulk-like strength. Some animal behaviorists theorize that certain sheep guard dogs — Komodors, the ones that look like 200-pound string mops — protect sheep from wolves because they believe the sheep are their dog pack.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
Tariffs dominate the news for car shoppers, but a trade war has many fronts. The U.S. and China have each made strategic moves in their burgeoning trade war that have nothing to do with tariffs but could interrupt your car shopping. The New York Times reports, “Last week, Ford Motor temporarily closed a factory in Chicago that makes Ford Explorer sport utility vehicles after one of its suppliers ran out of” small magnets that originate in China. The factory has since restarted, the Times explains.
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1 week ago | 
kbb.com | Sean Tucker
Volkswagen will not raise prices on new cars in June, the company announced. Hefty tariffs on new cars and the parts used to build them have made both importing cars and building them in the U.S. significantly more expensive this spring. But Volkswagen announced yesterday that it “will continue to hold vehicle pricing at current MSRPs through the month of June.
