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Hyundai’s EVs Already Fake Engine Sounds, And Now They Might Vibrate Too
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/68688-DSC5053-copy-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/68688-DSC5053-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/68688-DSC5053-copy-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/68688-DSC5053-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/68688-DSC5053-copy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/68688-DSC5053-copy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Hyundai wants to make its EVs even more engaging to drive every day.</li><li>Future EVs will use the company’s new IMA architecture as their base.</li><li>Upcoming models could gain richer ICE-inspired sounds and vibrations.</li></ul></div></div><p>A few years ago, with serious doubt hanging over whether any carmaker could build an <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/electric-vehicles/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/electric-vehicles/">EV</a> that put driver engagement first, Hyundai dropped the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai-ioniq-5/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai-ioniq-5/">Ioniq 5 N</a>. It came with an ICE-inspired soundtrack and fake gears, and it kicked off a trend that Porsche, Mercedes-AMG, and BMW M have since chased down and copied. What looked like a gimmick turned out to be the template.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>As we recently discovered while testing the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai-ioniq-6/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai-ioniq-6/">Ioniq 6</a>, these fun features have been made even more realistic, and <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai/">Hyundai</a> believes it can improve them further. According to Hyundai’s global R&D boss, Manfred Harrer, the car manufacturer still considers itself a leader in this technology.</p><p><strong>Review: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/hyundai-ioniq-6-n-review/" type="post" id="3420161">More Porsche Than Hyundai, The Ioniq 6 N Is A Masterstroke </a></strong></p><p>“In the next generation of these cars, I want to make it even more realistic,” <a href="https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/electric-cars/hyundai-developing-even-more-realistic-electric-n-cars" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">he told </a>Autocar. “I want to enhance it further.” According to Harrer, they could further develop the sounds of a backfiring exhaust and add “vibration in the car,” confident that this could usher in the “next level” of engagement.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="f25825bd-1260-4574-84ce-2b26e315fad8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="89c65a14-4682-4807-a4bb-5436c5361bee" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("89c65a14-4682-4807-a4bb-5436c5361bee"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("f25825bd-1260-4574-84ce-2b26e315fad8"); } }); </script></div><p>“There are so many ideas how you can advance it further, but this is all about experience,” he added. “A lot of people say it’s fake, but people like it so there is some beauty – and why not play around with it? We are not the serious Porsche guys. We are fun to drive. We made a great movement and over the years we will enhance it – and the next platform gets this. The demos are already running.”</p><p><strong>A New EV Platform Is Coming</strong></p><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section><p>While there is still some life left in <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai-n/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hyundai-n/">Hyundai’s combustion-powered N cars</a>, with the next-generation i20 N to become a 1.6-liter turbo hybrid and the next i30 N likely receiving a 2.5-liter turbo hybrid, Hyundai’s new IMA architecture will underpin its new range of EVs and their subsequent N-branded versions.</p><p>Hyundai has been developing the Integrated Modular Architecture for several years and could launch it in 2028 in the second-gen Ioniq 5. It will retain 800-volt technology, but improvements will be made to charging times and to boost efficiency and thermal management. Harrer referred to it as a “huge evolution” rather than a “revolution,” unlike the current E-GMP architecture.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section></body></html></p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div>
2026 Nissan Frontier Celebrates America with Free Patriotic Badge
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BMW Tells Owners It’s Okay If Your i3 Or i4 Says It Needs A New Battery
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546575_highRes_the-new-bmw-m440i-xd-copy-1-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546575_highRes_the-new-bmw-m440i-xd-copy-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546575_highRes_the-new-bmw-m440i-xd-copy-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546575_highRes_the-new-bmw-m440i-xd-copy-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546575_highRes_the-new-bmw-m440i-xd-copy-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546575_highRes_the-new-bmw-m440i-xd-copy-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>A software update is throwing a fake battery warning at owners.</li><li>The alert tells drivers to replace the battery.</li><li>BMW says ignore it because nothing is actually wrong here.</li></ul></div></div><p>BMW is telling owners of the i3 and i4 to ignore a warning that says their <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/batteries/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/batteries/">battery </a>needs replacing. The company traces the message to a recent over-the-air software update that misfired.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>Over the past few days, it appears that thousands of BMW <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/electric-vehicles/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/electric-vehicles/">EVs</a> worldwide started throwing the same alert: “Replace battery: You can continue driving. Have the problem checked by your service center.” Telling someone to keep driving and also replace the battery is the sort of contradiction that gets dealerships a lot of phone calls.</p><p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2025/11/bmws-electric-m-is-getting-better-with-age/" type="post" id="3315834">BMW’s New i4 M60 Is Half A Second Faster Than An M3</a></strong></p><p>BMW has sold tens of thousands of <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/bmw-i4/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/bmw-i4/">i4s</a> globally, and a large share of them appear to be caught up in this. <a href="https://www.cars.com/articles/a-bmw-update-triggered-mass-low-voltage-battery-replacement-warnings-in-i3s-and-i4s-526443/" type="link" id="https://www.cars.com/articles/a-bmw-update-triggered-mass-low-voltage-battery-replacement-warnings-in-i3s-and-i4s-526443/">Cars.com</a> reports the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/bmw-i3/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/bmw-i3/">i3</a> is affected too, which raises a question, because the original i3 hatchback most people picture never supported OTA updates for critical electrical systems. The more likely candidate is <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2021/12/new-bmw-i3-revealed-as-an-electric-3-series-sedan-for-china/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/2021/12/new-bmw-i3-revealed-as-an-electric-3-series-sedan-for-china/">the i3 sold in China</a>, an electric version of the current long-wheelbase 3-Series sedan. We’ve asked BMW to clarify which car is involved.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="f25825bd-1260-4574-84ce-2b26e315fad8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="89c65a14-4682-4807-a4bb-5436c5361bee" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("89c65a14-4682-4807-a4bb-5436c5361bee"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("f25825bd-1260-4574-84ce-2b26e315fad8"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-scaled.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-scaled.webp 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-400x267.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-1024x683.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-1536x1025.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-2048x1366.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-400x267.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" BMW Tells Owners It’s Okay If Your i3 Or i4 Says It Needs A New Battery" width="2560" height="1708" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/P90546686_highRes_the-new-bmw-i4-e-dri-1024x683.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><p>It’s reported that owners quickly began reaching out to dealerships when the warning messages appeared. Fortunately, BMW quickly determined it was caused by a software update pushed out to owners and has started alerting some to the issue through the My BMW app.</p><p><strong>BMW Responds</strong></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2.webp 1920w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-400x217.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-768x416.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-1024x555.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-300x163.webp 300w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2.jpg 1920w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-400x217.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-768x416.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-1024x555.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-300x163.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" BMW Tells Owners It’s Okay If Your i3 Or i4 Says It Needs A New Battery" width="1920" height="1040" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/2022-BMW-i4-2-1024x555.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><p>“Due to the presence of an incorrect date in a system, a check control message is falsely appearing in some EVs,” the company confirmed. “The message advises the customer it is possible to continue driving the vehicle, but the battery would need to be replaced. This situation is temporary and no immediate action is required by those customers arising from this issue — replacing the battery is not necessary.”</p><p>BMW has also clarified that the message doesn’t actually refer to the high-voltage battery pack, as some owners had feared, but rather to the 12-volt battery. If a real issue appears with the battery pack, owners likely wouldn’t be told they can continue driving.</p><p>BMW is also working on a “high priority” software fix and says the warning message will automatically disappear once the update is rolled out. In some markets, dealers have already begun informing customers about the issue.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty.webp 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-400x288.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-1024x737.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-768x553.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-1536x1106.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-2048x1474.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty.jpg 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-400x288.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-1024x737.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-768x553.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-1536x1106.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-2048x1474.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" BMW Tells Owners It’s Okay If Your i3 Or i4 Says It Needs A New Battery" width="2560" height="1843" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i4-Battery-warranty-1024x737.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>Ryan Smith/BMW i4 Owners & Enthusiasts Facebook</figcaption></figure></a><p></p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div></body></html></p>
Mitsubishi Teases the Return of an Iconic Feature on the New Montero
<p>The Montero—or Pajero, depending on where you live—will debut in Asia later this year and launch in North America closer to 2030.</p>
Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i3-Half-Cover-copyerdx-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i3-Half-Cover-copyerdx-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i3-Half-Cover-copyerdx-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i3-Half-Cover-copyerdx-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i3-Half-Cover-copyerdx-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/BMW-i3-Half-Cover-copyerdx-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Real-world tests show external canopies drop cabin heat by 18°F (10°C).</li><li>Classic interior accordion shades only drop ambient air temps by 7°F (4°C).</li><li>A darker paint choice adds another 9°F (5°C) to internal cabin temps.</li></ul></div></div><p>Right now, the Northern Hemisphere is deep into summer, and across Europe, the heat has climbed high enough that opening the door of a parked car <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/mazda-heated-seat-lawsuit/">feels like opening an oven</a>. Europe’s largest motoring association, Germany’s ADAC, wanted to know which accessories actually keep that greenhouse effect in check, so it ran a real-world test and published the numbers.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>The <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/study/">work </a>dates to 2021, carried out at the <a href="https://www.adac.de/">ADAC </a>Technical Center in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. Engineers left vehicles baking in the midday sun and measured how aftermarket sun protection, tinted glass, and the factory paint each changed the outcome.</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/aaa-ev-hybrid-cold-weather-test/">EVs Might Hate The Cold, But Hybrids Hate The Heat</a></strong></p><p>The unprotected car set the grim baseline. Thirty minutes in the sun pushed its cabin to 50°C (122°F), and after 90 minutes, it hit a brutal 60°C (140°F). Worse still, the dashboard, steering wheel, and gearknob, all sitting in direct sun, can climb past 70°C (158°F) on the surface, which is hot enough to burn your skin.</p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-scaled.png" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/GRFDV-scaled.webp 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/GRFDV-400x271.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/GRFDV-1024x693.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/GRFDV-768x520.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/GRFDV-1536x1039.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/GRFDV-2048x1386.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-scaled.png 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-400x271.png 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-1024x693.png 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-768x520.png 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-1536x1039.png 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-2048x1386.png 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel" width="2560" height="1732" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GRFDV-1024x693.png" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>Source: ADAC eV</figcaption></figure></a><p><strong>The Half Cover Wins</strong></p><p>The most effective solution among the ones tested was the traditional <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/accessories/">half cover</a> that drapes over every glass surface and the roof from the outside. With that canopy in place, the cabin held at a far more livable 43°C (109.4°F), a full 10°C (18°F) cooler than the bare car and proof that the simplest answer is sometimes the best one.</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/04/ford-fire-recalls/">A Sun Visor Set A Ford Ranger On Fire, And Now 140,000 Are Recalled</a></strong></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1.webp 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-2048x1152.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1.jpg 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel" width="2500" height="1406" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Tesla-Sunshades-1-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><h4 class="wp-block-heading">Tesla</h4><p>Drivers who can’t be bothered to wrestle with a larger cover have a strong fallback in a reflective film mounted on the outside of the windshield. By blocking solar radiation before it ever passes through the glass, the windshield cover kept the internal air temperature at 45°C (113°F), representing an 8°C (14°F) improvement and only a step behind the full canopy.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade.webp 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-2048x1153.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade.jpg 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-2048x1153.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel" width="2500" height="1407" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-60-Sunshade-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><h4 class="wp-block-heading">Mazda</h4><p>Interestingly, the more common internal accordion-style reflective sunshade ranked third. It managed to drop the cabin temperature to 49°C (120.2°F), a modest reduction of 4°C (7.2°F) over the baseline. Placing a simple white cloth or towel over the dashboard was the least effective cooling method, yielding an internal temperature of 50°C (122°F). </p><p><strong>Where Interior Shades Actually Pay Off</strong></p><p>The interior shades earn their keep elsewhere, though, because even when they barely touch the air temperature, they transform the surfaces your hands actually land on. A <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/01/this-steering-wheel-folds-and-retracts-when-you-go-autonomous/">steering wheel shielded</a> from direct light can come down by as much as 26°C (46.8°F), the difference between a car you can drive immediately and one that scalds your palms.</p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-scaled.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-scaled.webp 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-2048x1152.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel" width="2560" height="1440" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2019-Citroen-C5-Aircross-3-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>Rear-window tinting brought a significant reduction on rear surface temperatures.</figcaption></figure></a><p>The study also weighed the impact of factory and <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/tuning/">aftermarket</a> window tinting alike. While rear glass tinting lowers the front cabin’s ambient air temperature by only about 2°C (3.6°F), its effect on rear surface temperatures is enormous. In the test, the rear bench seat of an untinted vehicle reached 57°C (134.6°F), whereas the tinted car held that surface to 48°C (118.4°F).</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10"); } }); </script></div><p><strong>What About Car Color?</strong></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy.webp 2166w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-400x243.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-1024x623.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-768x467.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-1536x934.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-2048x1245.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy.jpg 2166w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-400x243.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-768x467.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-1536x934.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-2048x1245.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel" width="2166" height="1317" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/DG027_002CH-copy-1024x623.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><p>Finally, the paint <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/wraps">color</a> itself plays a measurable role in how much heat a car soaks up. The ADAC team tested identical black and white vehicles and found that the body panels of the black car reached a blistering 65°C (149°F), while the white one stayed at 44°C (111.2°F). That difference carried into the cabin, leaving a 5°C (9°F) gap between the two, with the black car recording 53°C (127.4°F) against the white car’s 48°C (118.4°F).</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/2026-color-study/">Automakers Keep Adding Colors, Yet Eight In Ten New Cars Are Grayscale</a></strong></p><p>Ultimately, experts recommend pairing a high-quality windshield shade with rear tinting and always taking a few moments to thoroughly ventilate the vehicle before turning on the air conditioning so you get rid of the hot air.</p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/grtvf-.png" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/grtvf-.webp 1200w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/grtvf--400x245.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/grtvf--1024x628.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/grtvf--768x471.webp 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/grtvf-.png 1200w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/grtvf--400x245.png 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/grtvf--1024x628.png 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/grtvf--768x471.png 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Your Windshield Sunshade Barely Cools The Air, But It Saves Your Steering Wheel" width="1200" height="736" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/grtvf--1024x628.png" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>Subaru</figcaption></figure></a></body></html></p>
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Subaru Is Raising Extended Warranty Prices, And Is Partly Blaming Your State
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026_Subaru_WRX_Series.Yellow__7_-copy-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026_Subaru_WRX_Series.Yellow__7_-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026_Subaru_WRX_Series.Yellow__7_-copy-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026_Subaru_WRX_Series.Yellow__7_-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026_Subaru_WRX_Series.Yellow__7_-copy-1536x865.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2026_Subaru_WRX_Series.Yellow__7_-copy-2048x1153.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>The increase takes effect for new coverage starting in August. </li><li>Four models absorb the steepest jump, a flat 182 dollars.</li><li>Coverage still stretches as long as ten years or 100,000 miles.</li></ul></div></div><p>If you’re in the market for a new Subaru and are interested in an extended warranty, you’ll soon be paying a whole lot more. A dealer bulletin reveals that the Subaru Added Security warranty will become more expensive as of August 1.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru/">Subaru </a>lays the blame on two things. There’s “significantly higher labor and parts costs,” and then there’s the matter of many US states “mandating repair claim reimbursement well above SOA warranty guidelines,” which forces the automaker to charge more to keep the math working.</p><p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/subaru-may-2026-sales/" type="post" id="3440894">WRX Sales Soar 148% After Subaru Stops Charging Too Much</a></strong></p><p>Two versions of the warranty exist: the Classic Plan and the Gold Plus Plan. The first adds coverage between 7 years / 70,000 miles and 10 years / 100,000 miles for a vehicle’s engine, transmission, and all-wheel-drive system. Gold Plus extends that to brakes, electrical systems, suspension, air conditioning, and steering, reports <a href="https://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-news/subaru-is-hiking-extended-warranty-prices-up-to-16" type="link" id="https://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-news/subaru-is-hiking-extended-warranty-prices-up-to-16" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener nofollow">CarsDirect</a>.</p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><p><strong>Price Changes Vary Depending On The Model</strong></p><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section><p>What you pay depends entirely on what you drive. Starting August 1, the BRZ, Impreza, <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru-forester/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru-forester/">Forester</a>, and <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru-outback/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru-outback/">Outback</a> see a jump of at least $88, an 8.3 percent average bump. The Uncharted, Solterra, and <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru-trailseeker/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/subaru-trailseeker/">Trailseeker</a> climb 9.3 percent, or $50. The steepest hit lands on the Ascent, WRX, Crosstrek <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hybrids/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hybrids/">Hybrid</a>, and Forester Hybrid, where the increase reaches 16 percent, or $182.</p><p>In an era when the average price for a new car in the US still hovers near the $50,000 mark, every added cost of ownership could dampen sales or strain household budgets. In addition, price hikes may encourage more shoppers to opt for a used car. However, even used car prices are higher than in the past, in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which constrained global auto production, and the ensuing semiconductor shortage, leading to further tightened supply.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section></body></html></p>
‘What does improve safety is people,’ Chemical Safety Board member says
Washington — Despite once again facing elimination under the Trump administration’s most recent budget request, the Chemical Safety Board is continuing its work – including collaborating with industry and worker groups. Speaking during a June 18 public business meeting, board member Sylvia Johnson highlighted recent CSB contributions to conferences and safety workgroups, including those involving […]The post ‘What does improve safety is people,’ Chemical Safety Board member says appeared f
DOL workers’ comp office asks for information on latest hearing test methods
Washington — The Department of Labor Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs wants to learn more about advances in hearing tests as it considers updating the quality standards in its regulations. In a notice published June 23, OWCP says any updates to the standards would “better reflect current medical technology and practice, particularly the potential use […]The post DOL workers’ comp office asks for information on latest hearing test methods appeared first on Safety+Health Magazine.
NIOSH partners with manufacturer to develop silica dust filtration tool
Washington — A newly available silica dust filtration system can reduce up to 93% of respirable crystalline silica at mine sites, NIOSH claims. Developed in a partnership between the agency and Benetech Inc., a manufacturer of safe bulk material handling solutions, the Dustinator can be retrofitted onto bins, tanks and conveyor systems to reduce airborne […]The post NIOSH partners with manufacturer to develop silica dust filtration tool appeared first on Safety+Health Magazine.
This Kobalt Moulding Tool has Wrench Slots and a Bottle Opener
<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="600" height="455" src="https://i0.wp.com/toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Kobalt-Moulding-Pry-Bar-Tool-Used-on-Wall.jpg?resize=600%2C455&ssl=1" alt="Kobalt Moulding Pry Bar Tool Used on Wall" class="wp-image-145278"/></figure><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lowe’s has been promoting a deal on this Kobalt moulding pry bar multi-tool, and I’ve been hung up on its features list.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">This moulding removal tool has hex nut cutouts in 1/2″, 5/8″, and 3/4″ sizes?</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">It also has a “bottle cap opener”?</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img data-recalc-dims="1" decoding="async" width="600" height="600" src="https://i0.wp.com/toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Kobalt-Moulding-Pry-Bar.jpg?resize=600%2C600&ssl=1" alt="Kobalt Moulding Pry Bar" class="wp-image-145279"/></figure><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lowe’s says you can use this to “remove tile, flooring, and other materials,” with “no shim or board spacer needed.”</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">You can use it with a hammer, and “twisting action works best.”</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">So what are the hex wrench cut-outs for?</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">Where in baseboard removal applications do you need to access 3/4″ hex nuts?</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">I’m all for multi-functional tools, but is this really the best tool to add a couple of hex wrench cutouts too? A bottle opener?</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">At least the price is lowish for the Kobalt – $15 as a deal of the day at Lowe’s.</p><p class="wp-block-paragraph">I went with the tried-and-true Zenith that’s available at Amazon, Home Depot, and elsewhere.</p><div class="wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-7d812b4c wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-button blockbuybutton blockdealbutton"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button" href="https://toolguyd.com/go/lowes/pd/Kobalt-11-in-Metal-Moulding-Pry-Bar/5013726405" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Buy it at Lowe’s</a></div><div class="wp-block-button blockbuybutton blockdealbutton"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button" href="https://www.amazon.com/Multi-Tool-Baseboard-Flooring-Remodeling-ZN700002/dp/B01572REP4/?tag=toolguyd-20" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Buy the Zenith at Amazon</a></div><div class="wp-block-button blockbuybutton blockdealbutton"><a class="wp-block-button__link has-normal-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button" href="https://toolguyd.com/go/home-depot/p/Zenith-Trim-Puller-Multi-Tool-for-Baseboard-Molding-Siding-and-Flooring-Removal-Remodeling-ZN700002/206509569" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Buy the Zenith at Home Depot</a></div></div><div class='yarpp yarpp-related yarpp-related-rss yarpp-template-thumbnails'><!-- YARPP Thumbnails --><h3>Related Posts:</h3><div class="yarpp-thumbnails-horizontal"><a class='yarpp-thumbnail' rel='norewrite' href='https://toolguyd.com/stanley-fubar-tool-cold-storage-trailer/' title='Stanley Fubar Tool Spotted in Cold Storage Movie Trailer'><img width="120" height="120" src="https://i0.wp.com/toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cold-Storage-Trailer-Thumbnail-with-Stanley-FatMax-Fubar-Pry-Bar.jpg?resize=120%2C120&ssl=1" class="attachment-yarpp-thumbnail size-yarpp-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Cold Storage Trailer Thumbnail with Stanley FatMax Fubar Pry Bar" data-pin-nopin="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><span class="yarpp-thumbnail-title">Stanley Fubar Tool Spotted in Cold Storage Movie Trailer</span></a><a class='yarpp-thumbnail' rel='norewrite' href='https://toolguyd.com/milwaukee-longer-pry-bar-sizes-2023/' title='Milwaukee Adds New Longer Pry Bar Sizes'><img width="120" height="120" src="https://i0.wp.com/toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Milwaukee-Tool-Pry-Bars-Longer-Size-in-Use-on-Car.jpg?resize=120%2C120&ssl=1" class="attachment-yarpp-thumbnail size-yarpp-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Milwaukee Tool Pry Bars Longer Size in Use on Car" data-pin-nopin="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><span class="yarpp-thumbnail-title">Milwaukee Adds New Longer Pry Bar Sizes</span></a><a class='yarpp-thumbnail' rel='norewrite' href='https://toolguyd.com/tekton-order-mini-pry-bars-stubby-screwdriver/' title='My Latest Tekton Order – Mini Pry Bars and a Stubby Screwdriver'><img width="120" height="120" src="https://i0.wp.com/toolguyd.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Tekton-Mini-Pry-Bar-Hero.jpg?resize=120%2C120&ssl=1" class="attachment-yarpp-thumbnail size-yarpp-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Tekton Mini Pry Bar Hero" data-pin-nopin="true" decoding="async" loading="lazy" /><span class="yarpp-thumbnail-title">My Latest Tekton Order – Mini Pry Bars and a Stubby Screwdriver</span></a></div></div>
Ford Fired A Worker Making $200,000 Over A $1.95 Cookie He Didn’t Steal
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A2982-copy-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A2982-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A2982-copy-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A2982-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A2982-copy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A2982-copy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Ford insisted the Kentucky worker prove he paid at the factory snack kiosk.</li><li>Kurt Kromm was called into the office and let go over a $1.95 cookie.</li><li>A bank statement proved he paid, and he later landed a better-paying job.</li></ul></div></div><p>A $1.95 cookie is not the sort of thing that usually ends a long career. But, according to Kurt Kromm, it ended his.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>Kromm, who says he spent 11 years working at Ford’s <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/trucks/">truck factory</a> in Louisville, Kentucky, says the company terminated him over an allegation that he did not pay for a chocolate chip cookie at the canteen, according to <a href="https://phoebewallhoward.substack.com/p/ford-worker-fired-over-alleged-cookie?shem=dsdf%2Csharefoc%2Cagadiscoversdl%2C%2Csh%2Fx%2Fdiscover%2Fm1%2F4">Shifting Gears</a>. The plant builds the Super Duty, the Expedition, and the Lincoln Navigator, employs more than 8,000 workers, and generated $25 billion in revenue in 2023.</p><p>At 60, he says he averaged 60 hours a week in 2025, which made the accusation harder to fathom. “I earned over $200,000 last year. Why would I steal? I spent $1,200 last year in the canteen mainly on Diet Cokes,” said Kromm, who is diabetic. The cookie was a Grandma’s Chocolate Chip Cookie, bought after he felt light-headed from low blood sugar.</p><p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/02/ford-kentucky-battery-plant/" type="post" id="3372476">Kentucky Workers Are Furious After Ford’s EV Factory Reversal</a></strong></p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><p>The incident happened at around 3:30 a.m. on May 9 while Kromm was working a 12-hour shift from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m. He went to one of the factory’s payment kiosks and bought the $1.95 cookie. After he swiped his debit card, the machine said it had failed to process the transaction, so he moved to another kiosk and paid there. The kiosk video later showed a red screen instead of the green check mark that confirms payment, which Kromm says is exactly why he switched machines.</p><p><strong>Fired A Week Later</strong></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-scaled.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-scaled.webp 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-400x191.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-1024x488.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-768x366.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-1536x732.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-2048x976.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-400x191.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-1024x488.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-768x366.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-1536x732.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-2048x976.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Ford Fired A Worker Making $200,000 Over A $1.95 Cookie He Didn’t Steal" width="2560" height="1219" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/expedition-kentucky-truck-S5A0300-1024x488.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><p>Seven days later, Kromm was called into a supervisor’s office and told he was being fired for nonpayment, with Ford citing security camera footage it said caught him not paying. He was escorted out immediately, barred from taking his tools, and his personal laptop was retrieved from his desk so it wouldn’t be left behind. According to Kromm, the UAW bargainer urged him to apologize, saying workers who do, get back sooner. He refused, certain he had paid, and claimed he was told Ford’s zero-tolerance theft policy had already cost five workers their jobs.</p><p>“I’m thinking, this is the way my career at <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/ford/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/ford/">Ford</a> Motor is going to end? There’s no way I’m coming back. First you tell me I’m a thief and then you tell me I’m a liar for saying I didn’t steal. They were so confident I’d stolen. And then I look in my checking account statement and the $1.95 is frickin’ there,” he told Shifting Gears.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><p><strong>Ford Backtracks</strong></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1.webp 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-400x237.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-1024x607.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-768x455.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-1536x910.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-2048x1213.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1.jpg 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-400x237.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-1024x607.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-768x455.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-1536x910.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-2048x1213.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Ford Fired A Worker Making $200,000 Over A $1.95 Cookie He Didn’t Steal" width="2500" height="1481" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/2025-Ford-F-350-619-1-1024x607.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a><p>Kromm told Shifting Gears he sent screenshots to Ford and his UAW representative showing a debit card transaction for the cookie purchase. Two weeks later, the union got back to him, stating that Ford was requiring the bank statements to be notarized. </p><p>According to Kromm, the union told him that the payment kiosk operator, Aramark, had confirmed to Ford on June 12 that he had paid for the cookie during his shift, and a few days later, Kromm was told he could return to work.</p><p>It was too little, too late. Kromm had already found work elsewhere with a raise, going from $48 an hour at Ford to $52.51 plus a $10-per-hour bonus, starting the day after Memorial Day and closer to home. He has since received more than $28,000 in checks for five weeks of lost wages while his termination was under review, short of the $33,000 the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/uaw/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/uaw/">UAW</a> told him he would get.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("b25ecba7-3bbb-4ea7-a3a8-dbea91695c07"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("e46c436a-adeb-4b5e-a2c7-56bc36561c10"); } }); </script></div><p>Carscoops reached out to Ford asking for additional details about the case. Last week, Ford told Shifting Gears that it would not discuss individual cases, but acknowledged “there are times when we look into things and realize it could have been handled differently.”</p><p>Spokeswoman Jessica Enoch added, “We value our employees and want to be as fair as possible.” Aramark’s Chris Collom said the company “fully cooperate[s] with investigations of this nature” while staying focused on snack options for its customers. </p><p><strong>The Machines Glitch</strong></p><p>Coworker Victoria Thomas, a 34-year Ford electrician, said the kiosk glitches are well known and have happened to her. She said, “I have friends who were terminated because they bought a $2 drink. Kurt was the only one who had documentation and he fought it.<strong>“</strong><br></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2.webp 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-2048x1152.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2.jpg 2560w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Ford Fired A Worker Making $200,000 Over A $1.95 Cookie He Didn’t Steal" width="2560" height="1440" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ford-Kentucky-plant-2-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a></body></html></p>
Mazda Says The SUV Boom Still Isn’t Over. Sorry Sedan Fans
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-6e-26-copy-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-6e-26-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-6e-26-copy-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-6e-26-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-6e-26-copy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mazda-CX-6e-26-copy-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Mazda predicts that global demand for SUVs will continue to climb.</li><li>Small crossovers in Europe and China are driving the next boom.</li><li>In Australia, CX-6e pre-orders are already outpacing the 6e sedan.</li></ul></div></div><p>Anyone betting that the SUV craze has finally crested should think again, because <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/mazda/">Mazda</a> sees the curve still pointing upward. The company expects SUV sales to keep climbing worldwide, and the prediction carries some weight given its source: the man running the Mazda6e sedan program, who has every reason to talk up cars rather than the crossovers eating their lunch.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>Hiroshi Ozawa is the General Manager of the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/Changan">Changan</a> Mazda Automobile Technical Development Center, responsible for the fully electric 6e and CX-6e models. When asked by Australian media <a href="https://www.carsales.com.au/editorial/details/mazda-says-the-suv-boom-still-hasnt-peaked-152356/">CarSales</a> if the market was approaching peak SUV, he said:</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/mazda-mx5-japan-update/">Mazda Muffled The 2027 MX-5 To Pass Japan’s Noise Law, Then Faked The Sound Back In</a></strong></p><p>“Globally, I believe that the SUV will still grow. That’s our projection. The small SUV… that segment is the fastest-growing SUV.” Those remarks hint at Mazda’s next goal, a <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/the-micro-mazda-suv-america-forgot-about-is-getting-a-2027-reboot/">successor to the aging CX-3</a> positioned below the CX-30 in global markets.</p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><p>Ozawa revealed that demand for small SUVs is being driven by <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/europe/">Europe</a>, with China also contributing to the segment’s growth.</p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1.webp 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-1536x864.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-2048x1153.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1.jpg 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-2048x1153.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Mazda Says The SUV Boom Still Isn’t Over. Sorry Sedan Fans" width="2500" height="1407" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Mazda6e-and-Mazda-CX-6e-1-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>The Mazda6e (above) and the Mazda CX-6e below developed with the help of Changan.</figcaption></figure></a><p>Mazda’s own order books back the forecast, at least where it counts. In Australia, the 6e sedan pulled 700 pre-orders while the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/04/mazda-cx-6e-australia/">mechanically related CX-6e</a> cleared more than 1,000, so even within the same showroom and the same platform, buyers gravitated toward the taller body.</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/mazda-cx5-japan-orders/">Mazda Expected 2,000 CX-5 Orders A Month, Buyers Placed 10,000</a></strong></p><p>Mazda <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/Australia">Australia</a> managing director Vinesh Bhindi said buyers Down Under “love midsize SUVs,” and the numbers leave little room for argument even as passenger cars stage a modest comeback. Per CarSales, SUVs make up almost 63 percent of new vehicle sales in Australia so far this year, which explains why the crossover keeps winning the moment a customer has to choose.</p><p>Globally, <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/mazda-cx40-trademark/">Mazda’s lineup is dominated by SUVs</a>. The CX-3, CX-30, CX-50, and CX-5 are joined by CX-60, CX-70, CX-80, and CX-90 quartet. As for cars, the only ones left are the soon-to-be-discontinued Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda6e, and MX-5.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy.webp 1208w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-768x432.webp 768w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy.jpg 1208w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-768x432.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Mazda Says The SUV Boom Still Isn’t Over. Sorry Sedan Fans" width="1208" height="680" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cx-5-index-sec-5-img04-copy-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>Mazda CX-5</figcaption></figure></a></body></html></p>
20,000 Delphi Retirees Lost Up To 70% Of Their Benefits In GM’s Bankruptcy. Trump Wants To Make It Right
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GM-Production-trump-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GM-Production-trump-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GM-Production-trump-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GM-Production-trump-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GM-Production-trump-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/GM-Production-trump-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Employees at the former parts supplier still await compensation years later.</li><li>President Trump included the $1 billion request in a budget letter.</li><li>The approaching midterm elections may have influenced Trump’s decision.</li></ul></div></div><p>If President <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/donald-trump/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/donald-trump/">Donald Trump</a> gets his way, non-union retirees from Delphi Corp. could split a $1 billion pool nearly two decades after the Obama administration pulled GM back from the edge of bankruptcy. The money would land with workers who have spent the better part of twenty years waiting for it, and the request arrives folded into a budget letter that has very little to do with cars.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>Delphi Corp. was once a massive automotive parts supplier established by GM in Michigan. When the Obama administration oversaw bankruptcy proceedings at <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/gm/">GM</a> during the global financial crisis, union retirees at Delphi held onto their support. More than 20,000 non-union retirees were not so lucky, watching their benefits shrink by an average of 30 to 70 percent. They have been fighting to get paid ever since.</p><p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/trump-gm-ford-right-to-repair/" type="post" id="3444416">Trump Says Ford And GM Want A Bill To Restrict Your ‘Right To Repair’ Your Own Car</a></strong></p><p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/donald-trump/">President Trump</a> wants to come to their rescue. In a recent Office of Management and Budget letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson, he requested an $87.6 billion supplemental budget. Most of that is earmarked for ongoing military operations in Iran, though one line asks for $1 billion “to increase the benefit levels for participants of certain pension plans that were sponsored by Delphi Corporation and terminated as a result of General Motors’ bankruptcy.”</p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><p><strong>Buying Votes?</strong></p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Trump-1.webp 1920w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Trump-1-400x225.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Trump-1-1024x576.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Trump-1-768x432.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Trump-1-1536x864.webp 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1.jpg 1920w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" 20,000 Delphi Retirees Lost Up To 70% Of Their Benefits In GM’s Bankruptcy. Trump Wants To Make It Right" width="1920" height="1080" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Trump-1-1024x576.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>White House</figcaption></figure></a><p>The timing of the push is telling. The midterm elections are just months away, and it’s possible the Trump administration could lose control of one or both chambers of Congress. Knowing that compensating former Delphi employees could be a big issue in the Midwest, the administration likely sees this as a good opportunity to curry favor with voters.</p><p>The matter has already spent considerable time in the courts, reports the <a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/25/trump-congress-restore-pensions-salaried-delphi-retirees/90694912007/">Detroit Free Press</a>. One earlier case argued that the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, which insures some private pension funds, lacked the authority to take over the salaried retirees’ plan and reduce their benefits. The US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit disagreed, as did the US Supreme Court in 2022.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19.webp 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-400x307.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-1024x786.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-768x589.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-1536x1178.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-2048x1571.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19.jpg 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-400x307.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-1024x786.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-768x589.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-1536x1178.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-2048x1571.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" 20,000 Delphi Retirees Lost Up To 70% Of Their Benefits In GM’s Bankruptcy. Trump Wants To Make It Right" width="2500" height="1918" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/GM-Specialty-Vehicles-UK-227-19-1024x786.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture></figure></a></body></html></p>
Ryobi ZR3 80V HP Brushless Zero-Turn Mower Review: Worth It?
<p><img width="800" height="600" src="https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-800x600.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-800x600.jpg 800w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-770x578.jpg 770w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-650x488.jpg 650w, https://www.protoolreviews.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Ryobi-80V-42-Inch-Zero-Turn-Mower-ZR3-2-scaled.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" />Ryobi has spent the better part of the last decade building one of the largest battery-powered outdoor power equipment ecosystems […]</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.protoolreviews.com/ryobi-zr3-80v-hp-brushless-zero-turn-mower-review/">Ryobi ZR3 80V HP Brushless Zero-Turn Mower Review: Worth It?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.protoolreviews.com">Pro Tool Reviews</a>.</p>
No New Ferrari Offers A Manual V12, But This Reborn 550 Targa Does
<div><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/aperta-header-copy-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/aperta-header-copy-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/aperta-header-copy-400x225.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/aperta-header-copy-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/aperta-header-copy-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/aperta-header-copy.jpg 1848w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>The new Veloce12 Aperta keeps its naturally aspirated 5.5-liter V12.</li><li>Touring Superleggera already sells Coupe and Barchetta versions.</li><li>A six-speed manual pairs with TracTive suspension for the V12.</li></ul></div></div><p>Touring Superleggera has built some remarkable cars over the years, but this Ferrari-based commission, <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/touring-superleggera-ferrari-550-aperta/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/05/touring-superleggera-ferrari-550-aperta/">the Veloce12 Aperta</a>, might be the finest thing it has ever turned out. We don’t know how much it’ll cost, but production will be strictly limited, and it’ll no doubt only end up in the most remarkable of car collections.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p><strong>Read: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2024/08/touring-superleggeras-veloce12-is-the-perfect-ferrari-550-maranello-restomod/" type="post" id="3059035">The Veloce12 Is A Breathtaking Evolution Of The 1990s Ferrari 550</a></strong></p><p>Underneath it all sits the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/ferrari/" type="link" id="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/ferrari/">Ferrari 550</a>, one of the great front-engined grand tourers of its era. Every square inch of the car’s exterior has been updated or overhauled, starting with the front, which retains similarities to the original from the late 1990s, but is now a touch more aggressive and modern.</p><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section><p>Among the key changes are a new blacked-out grille, a carbon-fiber splitter, and additional air intakes. The central hood scoop has also been refined, and new headlights have been fitted. It’s a similar story along the sides, where there are fresh door skins and quarter panels. It’s at the back where the car really makes its statement.</p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><p>The 550’s original fixed roof has been removed in favor of a Porsche 911-inspired targa top, with two removable panels that can be stowed in the trunk. <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/touring-superleggera/">Touring Superleggera</a> has also added a new rear window with a leather-trimmed storage area beneath it. As good as the car looks from the front, we think the rear is even more attractive, thanks to those sexy new LED taillights.</p><p><strong>No Modern Ferrari Looks This Good</strong></p><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section><p>This is actually the third version of the Veloce12 to surface over the past two years. In August 2024, <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2021/06/touring-unveils-its-first-mid-engine-vehicle-the-ferrari-powered-arese-rh95/">Touring Superleggera</a> revealed its original 550-based Veloce12 Coupe, then followed it last year with the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2025/08/this-handbuilt-ferrari-restomod-is-pure-automotive-fantasy-on-wheels/">Veloce12 Barchetta</a>.</p><p>Just like those two, the Aperta keeps the original 5.5-liter naturally aspirated V12, making around 500 hp. Drive goes to the rear wheels through a six-speed manual transmission, and the sprint to 62 mph (100 km/h) takes 4.4 seconds. </p><p>Backing the engine are upgraded Brembo brakes and adaptive TracTive suspension. Inside, the cabin has been retrimmed in plush leather set against generous swaths of exposed aluminum.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section><h4 class="wp-block-heading">Photos Touring Superleggera</h4></body></html></p>
Data centers are ready to negotiate flexibility for speed
<figure><div><img src="https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/rUIBLmfzt86yla7cOvKzdmRRbpyrcV5ov5d31wj9CRg/g:ce/rs:fill:1600:900:1/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9HZXR0eUltYWdlcy0yMjA4NTQyMjEwLmpwZw==.webp"/></div></figure><p>Hyperscalers want their data centers online and utilities want to provide interconnections, but experts say both are still looking for common operating guidelines.</p>
Rail projects gain steam across the US
<figure><div><img src="https://imgproxy.divecdn.com/OFPUnEiLAWxAKo2MN2KV04eVKhu33t3o8v6v6GL3oIQ/g:ce/rs:fill:1600:900:1/Z3M6Ly9kaXZlc2l0ZS1zdG9yYWdlL2RpdmVpbWFnZS9HZXR0eUltYWdlcy0yMjQxNjg3MjQzLTIuanBn.webp"/></div></figure><p>Contractors are taking advantage of multibillion-dollar train and transit contracts, even as funding challenges create hurdles for project execution.</p>
Mitsubishi’s New Pajero Reboots The Gauge Pod That Defined The Original
<div><img width="1024" height="683" src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-main-1024x683.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="margin-bottom: 15px;" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-main-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-main-400x267.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-main-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-main.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></div><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"><html><body><div class="wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex"><div class="wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow" style="flex-basis:100%"><ul class="wp-block-list"><li>Mitsubishi promises authentic off-road performance for the new Pajero.</li><li>A digital Multi Meter brings back the classic triple-gauge pod look.</li><li>It’s expected to reach North America wearing the Montero name.<br></li></ul></div></div><p>The <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/teaser/">teaser</a> campaign for the long-awaited Mitsubishi Pajero, offered as the Montero in some markets, including North America, is picking up pace ahead of an autumn reveal. Mitsubishi has already shown the flagship cross-country SUV’s lighting signature. Now it turns to the interior, with a high-tech reinterpretation of the triple gauge pod that defined earlier Pajeros, this time with the off-road mission front and center.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f"); } }); </script></div><p>According to Mitsubishi, the new <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/Mitsubishi-Pajero">Pajero</a> “is engineered to deliver authentic off-road performance that enables safe, secure and comfortable driving across various weather and road conditions.”</p><p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/mitsubishi-montero-pajero-return/">Mitsubishi Showed US Dealers The New Pajero That’s Returning As The Montero</a></strong></p><p>That mission shows up first on the instrument panel. A digital Multi Meter display reads out altitude, roll and pitch angles, compass heading, ambient temperature, and torque distribution in real time. The round dials echo the analogue gauges of the second- and third-generation Pajero, back when an inclinometer counted as standard kit for the terrain these trucks were sent to cross.</p><div class="ad-placement extra__ad_tbl"><div id="ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform === "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("ea4d4b5a-f8e5-4d5d-9d9a-53a3b956b6cd"); } else{ adpushup.triggerAd("44c0a4dc-e25b-4ba5-ac64-2c510461b92a"); } }); </script></div><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2.webp 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-400x267.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-1024x683.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-2048x1366.webp 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2.jpg 2500w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-400x267.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-2048x1366.jpg 2048w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Mitsubishi’s New Pajero Reboots The Gauge Pod That Defined The Original" width="2500" height="1667" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mitsubishi-Pajero-Dials-Teaser-2-1024x683.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>The digital Multi Meter of the new Pajero is a nod to the analog dials of its predecessors.</figcaption></figure></a><p>On the styling front, T-shaped LEDs frame the triple diamond emblem. Earlier teasers and <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/Mitsubishi-Scoops">spy shots</a> point to traditional off-roader proportions, with a boxy nose, squared-off wheel arches, a sculpted hood and fenders, thick C-pillars, and an upright tail.</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/mitsubishi-pajero-revival-ralliart/">The New Pajero Could Revive Ralliart, But Mitsubishi Won’t Commit Yet</a></strong></p><p>Mitsubishi has confirmed the SUV will ride on the ladder-frame architecture of the <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/Mitsubishi-Triton">Triton</a> pickup, as the Pajero Sport once did. The company promised “model-specific development of the cabin and front and rear suspension,” allowing the new Pajero to pair “outstanding off-road capability” with a “refined and comfortable ride.”</p><a href="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image-block"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5.webp 1920w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-400x267.webp 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-1024x683.webp 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-768x512.webp 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/webp/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-1536x1024.webp 1536w" sizes="(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px"></source><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="lazy " src="" srcset="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5.jpg 1920w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-400x267.jpg 400w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-768x512.jpg 768w, https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-1536x1024.jpg 1536w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 1000px, (max-width: 300px) 600px, (max-width: 200px) 200px" alt=" Mitsubishi’s New Pajero Reboots The Gauge Pod That Defined The Original" width="1920" height="1280" data-src="https://www.carscoops.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2027-Mitsubishi-Pajero-Montero-5-1024x683.jpg" data-type="inarticle-image"></picture><figcaption>An earlier spy shot of the Mitsubishi Pajero/Montero | Photo Credit: Baldauf</figcaption></figure></a><p>The powertrain will most likely be <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/tag/hybrids">electrified</a>, with the Pajero counting as one of Mitsubishi’s five self-charging hybrids or five plug-in hybrids due over the next six years.</p><p><strong>More: <a href="https://www.carscoops.com/2026/06/mitsubishi-13-model-plan/">Mitsubishi’s Building A Kei-Sized Pajero, And A Nissan Pickup For America</a></strong></p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><p>The automaker will keep dripping out details on a dedicated teaser website. Beyond the flagship SUV, the future Pajero family will add a rugged kei car and another compact SUV.</p><p>The official debut is scheduled for autumn 2026, five years after the previous generation went out of production. The SUV is also expected to reach North America, reviving the Montero nameplate, though it isn’t expected to arrive here before 2030.</p><div class="ad-placement"><div id="9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="306"></div><div id="bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c" class="_ap_apex_ad" max-height="600"></div><script> var adpushup = window.adpushup = window.adpushup || {que:[]}; adpushup.que.push(function() { if (adpushup.config.platform !== "DESKTOP"){ adpushup.triggerAd("bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c"); } else { adpushup.triggerAd("9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751"); } }); </script></div><section class="type:slideshow"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"><img class="lazy " data-src="" width="150" height="150" alt="\" src="" data-type="inarticle-image"></section><h4 class="wp-block-heading">Mitsubishi</h4></body></html></p>
Heat protections for workers: a regulatory update
<p>An overview of important developments at the federal and state level.</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com/heat-protections-for-workers-a-regulatory-update/">Heat protections for workers: a regulatory update</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com">Safety+Health Magazine</a>.</p>