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Shocking Auto News: Group 1 Automotive Ditches Jaguar Land Rover UK Dealers – Shares Tumble

Shocking Auto News: Group 1 Automotive Ditches Jaguar Land Rover UK Dealers – Shares Tumble

Group 1’s Exit – Company’s View Group 1 Automotive (a Fortune 250 dealer group) said it is divesting its entire UK JLR franchise network. In a statement accompanying its Q3 results, Group 1 explained that “persistent economic headwinds” in the UK have made the market challenging am-online.com. CEO Daryl Kenningham noted that while the U.S. business was “outstanding” in Q3, “the U.K. market remains challenging, with softer industry volumes and continued BEV-related margin pressure” am-online.com. The company’s UK CEO, Mark Raban, told staff the move is aimed at aligning Group 1’s portfolio with its “long-term growth ambitions” – and stressed it is “not a reflection
29 October 2025
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NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Stock Shakes Off Chip Gloom – AI & Auto Hopes Fuel Rebound

NXP Semiconductors (NXPI) Stock Shakes Off Chip Gloom – AI & Auto Hopes Fuel Rebound

Stock Price & Recent Trading Activity NXP’s stock has seen choppy trading in recent days amid mixed signals from the semiconductor sector. Early last week, NXPI shares slid into the mid-$210s after peer Texas Instruments spooked the market with a dour outlook. TI reported soft demand for its chips and high customer inventories, sending its stock down ~7.5% and dragging NXP ~2–3% lower in sympathy ts2.tech. On October 22, NXP closed around $217.16 – a multi-week low – on heavy volume, as investors reacted to signs of an industry slowdown statmuse.com. This sector-wide selloff (which also hit names like Microchip
27 October 2025
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2025 Porsche 911 S/T: Legend Reborn – The Ultimate Analog 911 Driving Machine

Porsche Crashes: 96% Profit Plunge Triggers €1B Quarterly Loss – What’s Next?

Why Profits Cratered: Apart from tariffs, Porsche cited a sudden about-face on its EV strategy. In September the company scaled back its electrification plan, shelving plans for a proprietary battery factory and slowing EV projects. These moves triggered one-time charges and raised doubt about future growth. CEO Blume (soon to step down) had to admit that Porsche’s “shift to electric vehicles” is slowing, at a time when rivals are racing ahead reuters.com. At the same time, luxury buyers in China – a key market – are tightening their belts; CFO Breckner noted “general market conditions will not improve in the
24 October 2025
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Meet the 1,100-HP “AI” V12 Hypercar: Vittori’s Futuristic $1M Beast Unveiled

Meet the 1,100-HP “AI” V12 Hypercar: Vittori’s Futuristic $1M Beast Unveiled

The Big Reveal: Vittori’s Turbio Hypercar At a lavish Miami event in October 2025, Vittori presented its first car – codenamed Turbio – as a running concept. news.dupontregistry.com theevreport.com The startup calls it an “AI hypercar” and credits “future‑forward technology” in its development motor1.com newsbytesapp.com. Early media coverage was cautiously impressed: Motor1’s Jeff Perez noted the hypercar “packs a hybrid V-12 engine and a whopping 1,100 horsepower” and “doesn’t look half bad” motor1.com motor1.com. The EV Report similarly highlighted the 1,100-hp hybrid powertrain and Pininfarina collaboration theevreport.com theevreport.com. Despite built-in hype about AI, Vittori’s PR was somewhat coy, avoiding buzzwords
5 October 2025
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Bugatti Veyron Turns 20: How the Hypercar Icon Is Being Celebrated with Spectacular Festivals and Record-Breaking Auctions

Bugatti Veyron Turns 20: How the Hypercar Icon Is Being Celebrated with Spectacular Festivals and Record-Breaking Auctions

Origins – Piech’s “Impossible” Hypercar The Veyron traces its roots to one man’s audacious idea. In the late 1990s, VW Group chairman Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Piëch (grandson of Ferdinand Porsche) sketched on a train a vision for “a 736 kW [1,000 PS], 400 km/h road car” motor1.com drivencarguide.co.nz. His engineers thought he’d “lost the plot,” but Piëch had a history of defying convention. After VW bought Bugatti in 1998, he pushed several concept studies (EB118, EB218, EB 18/3 Chiron, and an in‑house EB 18/4 “Veyron” concept) toward a final production car motor1.com news.dupontregistry.com. The result was unveiled at the 2005 Frankfurt Motor Show
30 September 2025
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2025 Porsche 911 S/T: Legend Reborn – The Ultimate Analog 911 Driving Machine

2025 Porsche 911 S/T: Legend Reborn – The Ultimate Analog 911 Driving Machine

Key Facts about the 2025 Porsche 911 S/T Introduction: A New 911 Born from Porsche’s Past and Present Porsche has unleashed what many are hailing as the ultimate modern 911 – the 2025 Porsche 911 S/T – a car that marries cutting-edge GT engineering with the soul of a classic. Built in an extremely limited run of 1,963 units to honor 60 years of the 911, the S/T is a “greatest hits” edition of the current 992 generation machineswithsouls.com. It borrows the most exhilarating components from Porsche’s track-focused models but repackages them for pure road-driving pleasure, free from the constraints
19 September 2025
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Global EV Powertrain and Platform Developments (May–June 2025)

Global EV Powertrain and Platform Developments (May–June 2025)

Tesla reaffirmed plans for affordable next-generation EVs on a new platform, with production targeted for the first half of 2025. Toyota announced 9 new BEV models for Europe in 2025–2026 (6 Toyota and 3 Lexus) as part of its multi-pathway carbon-reduction strategy. Ford unveiled a low-cost EV platform led by a 500-member skunkworks team, with the first vehicle a mid-size electric pickup designed to match Chinese cost structures and a platform that will support up to 8 body styles. GM introduced a “layered” Ultium battery design reducing cell count in a pack by up to 75% and unveiled Lithium Manganese
30 June 2025
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June 2025 Tech Product Launches – Major Innovations in Electronics, AI, Automotive, and More

June 2025 Tech Product Launches – Major Innovations in Electronics, AI, Automotive, and More

Apple WWDC 2025 (June 9–13) introduced iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 26 Tahoe, watchOS 26, tvOS 26, visionOS 26, a unified Liquid Glass design, and on-device Apple Intelligence with Live Translation and Image Playground. Google I/O 2025 showcased Android 16, AI-powered features across services, Android XR, and NotebookLM as a standalone Android app powered by Gemini 2.0. Huawei announced the Pura 80 Ultra in June 2025 with a 1-inch main sensor, 3.7× and 9.4× periscope zoom, HarmonyOS 5.1, 120 Hz OLED, 5,700 mAh battery, and 100 W charging, priced up to ¥10,999 in China. OnePlus 13S debuted in June 2025
26 June 2025
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