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Truck dealers are banking on a rebound in Class 8 truck demand for 2026 and 2027, with the American Truck Dealers (ATD) lifting its sales forecasts to 227,000 units for 2026—a 7.5% increase from its earlier projection of 210,000—and 250,000…
Mercedes-AMG Team Verstappen Racing will line up fourth on the grid for the 78th running of the CrowdStrike 24 Hours of Spa after Jules Gounon (AND) delivered a 2:19.735 in the new Superpole shootout to lock in the Mercedes-AMG GT3…
Bristle Motor Speedway’s half-mile oval has been resurfaced more times than most fans can track, toggling between asphalt, concrete, and dirt over the past six decades to solve problems created by the previous surface. Opened in 1961 as Bristol International…
Hyundai has just unveiled the eighth-generation Elantra sedan—known as the Avante in South Korea—at the Busan Mobility Show, and it’s a design departure so bold it makes most mainstream compact sedans look instantly dated. The new Elantra ditches evolutionary styling…
California’s gasoline excise tax will rise to 63.4 cents per gallon on July 1, marking the highest state-level gas tax in the nation. The increase—2.2 cents per gallon—comes as part of an automatic annual adjustment under Senate Bill 1, a…
Volkswagen AG is preparing a sweeping restructuring plan under CEO Oliver Blume that could eliminate up to 100,000 jobs and shutter four German factories as part of a bid to slash €11 billion in overhead costs by 2030. The proposal,…
Saia Inc., a Georgia-based less-than-truckload (LTL) carrier, has opened two new terminals in the Midwest—Duluth, Minn., and Columbia, Mo.—bringing its total network to 218 terminals. These additions mark the fourth and fifth service center expansions since the start of 2026,…
The U.S. merchandise trade deficit widened sharply in May, surging 27.4% from April to $105.8 billion—the largest shortfall in more than a year, according to Commerce Department data released June 26. The figure, unadjusted for inflation, far exceeded the median…
Shandong Dawn Polymer Materials Co. is investing RMB500 million (€64 million) to expand EPDM rubber production through a 25 kilotonne per annum project at its majority-owned subsidiary Ningbo SK Synthetic Rubber Co. The investment aims to strengthen competitiveness and ease…
The US new-car market is still punishing wallets in 2026. Despite a growing roster of sub-$25,000 models and forecasts of cheaper cars ahead, average transaction prices for subcompact and compact SUVs hit record highs in May 2026, according to Kelley…