Mercedes Benz

A blast in the new Mercedes-Benz A250 Sport shows things have changed dramatically with the third-generation car. The top right shows track position, but they didn't have Hampton Downs loaded. There's some great looking vehicles waiting to be auctioned off and here's the final part to Bernie's Top 75 Picks. This American classic made its debut in 1959 as a part of the Ford Motor Company's luxury Lincoln brand. Race settings, the motor emits a racy double declutching effect and raucous pops on overrun, respectively. The burbles and pops that can be heard at overrun are overwritten by the torrent of chortled air being pushed out of the complex plumbing that terminates in the quad exhausts. The other recent changes are the use of hybrid technology. Now all of them will use the electronically controlled diff previously reserved for the 510hp cars; AMG says it means it's "even easier to drive at the vehicle's limits" as a result. The countdown page anno...

$1 billion That's General Motors' estimate for the increase in its 2018 material costs. Automakers and suppliers are warily watching material costs climb. Reasons include higher oil costs, inflation and tighter supplies. But the industry also is absorbing the impact of tariffs — 25 percent on certain steel products and 10 percent on aluminum entering the U.S. GM's $1 billion estimate is double its earlier forecast. "The challenge has been greater than anticipated," CFO Chuck Stevens told analysts during GM's second-quarter earnings call. He described the materials market as "uncertain and volatile." ATTENTION COMMENTERS: Automotive News has monitored a significant increase in the number of personal attacks and abusive comments on our site. We encourage our readers to voice their opinions and argue their points. We expect disagreement. We do not expect our readers to turn on each other. We will be aggressively deleting all comments that personally att...