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Test Vehicle’s MSRP: $90,070 (Base -Trim): $58,605
Seating Capacity: 6 or 7 passenger seating
Standard Safety Features: air bags; ABS; 360-degree camera; an electronic blind spot system; a lane keeping assist system and road edge detection; post collision braking; auto high beams; a brake hold feature; hill start assist; hill descent control; and a tire pressure monitoring system
Test Vehicle’s MSRP: $129,690 (Base -Trim): $102,190
Seating Capacity: 7 or 8 passenger seating
Standard Safety Features: air bags; ABS; 360-degree camera; an electronic blind spot system; a lane keeping assist system and road edge detection; post collision braking; auto high beams; a tire pressure monitoring system; trailer tow reverse guidance; a brake hold feature; hill start assist; hill descent control; and 18-inch spare tire
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| Dejuan Ross, Lexus U.S. general manager, is posing with the all-new GX. (Photo Credit: Toyota) |
Like Lexus, Acura
and Infiniti were also launching their luxury nameplates. This was an opportunity for Toyota, Honda and Nissan to move their brands upmarket with the hopes of rivaling the American and European legacy makes.
Decades
later, Lexus has done just that. In fact, it has pulled ahead of both Acura and
Infiniti, whom both currently lag a flagship coupe and sedan in their portfolio.
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| Michael Martinez is an automotive news reporter. (Photo Credit: LinkedIn) |
This year could be dubbed as the year of the workers. Everyone from the railroad laborers to Kaiser Permanente healthcare employees to UPS workforce have stood up to their employers, demanding that they be fairly compensated, after years of sacrificing, as the companies they have worked for racked up record profits.
The automotive industry also joined the fight this fall. Since 2009, assemblers have made major sacrifices, saving 'The Detroit Three,' General Motors, Ford and Chrysler during the Great Recession. Automotive News reporter Michael Martinez talks to Auto Trends with JeffCars.com about the United Auto Workers (UAW) historic contract negotiations. Martinez, who is based in Detroit, has been covering the UAW extensively for the past 10 years. In an eye-opening conversation, we'll examine the pros, cons and more of the historic UAW Stand Up Strike.
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| Breana Noble is an automotive and business reporter for The Detroit News. (Photo Credit: Linkedin) |
During the in-depth discussion, we'll cover everything from both President Biden and President Trump visits to Michigan this week to how UAW's Shawn Fain leadership style and strike strategy differs from previous leaders, since its founding in 1935, to why Ford is pausing construction of one of its EV plants in Michigan to the strikes potential impact on car transaction prices.
Noble's breadth and depth of knowledge about the Detroit-based automakers will give listeners insight, as to how all three automakers have found themselves using a variety of unconventional communication means in their frustrated attempt to negotiate with the UAW.
As we celebrate Black History Month, Auto Trends with
Jeffcars.com, a multicultural syndicated automotive program, shines
the high beams on Emeline King, Ford Motor Company’s first Black
female car designer. King, who was hired in 1983, was one of the
first Black female car designers in the auto industry. Marietta
Kearney Ellis, who was hired one-year earlier by General Motors, was
the first in the industry.
Currently, there are
approximately 30 Black car designers globally. Black car designers barely
make up a fraction of this exclusive club of creative innovators. In fact, one
has a better chance of being drafted at .03%, according to sports
sources into the NBA, than becoming an automotive car
designer.
Lincoln is currently celebrating its 100-year anniversary as an iconic luxury brand. While the luxury brand segment remains hyper competitive, as such newcomers as Genesis, Lucid Motors and Tesla make waves, catching the eye of consumers, JeffCars.com goes one-on-one with Earl Lucus. Lucas has been instrumental in using his God given talent and leadership skills, crafting stylish designs to keep the brand relevant, as the auto industry slowly shifts toward electrified vehicles.
Driver's Air Bag Inflator May Explode
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants, resulting in serious injury or death.
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