Ford Mach-E Launch Event at the LA Auto Show – November 2019
Today congress is expected to review a controversial new tax credit plan designed to convert 50% of drivers from internal combustion to electric propulsion by 2030.
Massive discounts could be on the way for electric vehicles purchased in the United States. Car buyers planning to buy an electric vehicle who earn less than $400,000 should not complete a transaction until the proposed electric vehicle tax credit is finalized. The savings could be substantial and will make it even more complicated to decide which electric vehicle to buy. The bill is expected to be reviewed today and would provide up to $12,500 off a new electric vehicle. Below is a breakdown of what the current proposal includes and which car buyers would qualify for the incentive:
up to $1,500 available every 3 years per individual
up to $8,000
Proposed tax credits for drivers earning $400,000 or less on luxury electric vehicles up to $74,000.
This is written by Ford/UAW lobbyists, as they make their electric car in Mexico. Not obvious how this serves American taxpayers. https://t.co/FUUXARHlby
Driverbase just received an update that the 2021 New York Auto show has been cancelled two weeks before the event was scheduled to restart following last years cancellation. Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the show would resume but here is the latest update from event organizers:
From: New York Auto Show <news@autoshowny.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 1:13 PM
Subject: 2021 New York Auto Show Cancelled
INCREASED DELTA-VARIANT MEASURES FORCE EVENT’S HAND
Statement from Mark Schienberg
President, New York Auto Show
It is with great disappointment that the upcoming 2021 New York International Automobile Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center has been cancelled due to the growing incidences of the Covid-19 Delta variant and the increased measures announced recently by State and local officials to stop its spread.
We are enormously appreciative of the automobile industry’s tremendous response and commitment in participating in an August New York Auto Show, and especially for the overwhelming involvement in the new EV Test Fest, complete with an entire floor dedicated to electric vehicles and four indoor EV test tracks.
Eight years ago, New York decided to introduce show attendees to electric vehicles by organizing its first EV test drive. Large scale adoption of EVs back in 2013 was questionable, but the program was a success and helped pave the way for future events. Auto shows have always been an opportunity to showcase an industry on the move and the New York Show is proud to be part of that heritage.
As custodians of the 121-year-old New York Auto Show, we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone including attendees, exhibitors, and the thousands of men and women who put the Show together. Over the past few weeks, and especially within the last few days, circumstances have changed making it more difficult to create an event at the high standard that we and our clients expect.
At the onset of planning for the August Show, we were increasingly excited at the prospect of hosting the event as the number of vaccinations in New York continued to climb and mask-wearing reduced the spread in the City. All signs were positive, and the Show was coming together stronger than ever, but today is a different story.
Each year, attendees rely on auto shows to help make important buying decisions, spending an average of almost five hours at the exhibition, with nearly 72% of those visitors indicating that they are in the market to purchase a vehicle over the next 12 months. We fully appreciate and acknowledge how important auto shows are to the automakers, retail new car and truck dealers and the public alike, and we strongly believe in the future of these valuable marketing events.
The Covid pandemic has challenged our City, the country and the entire world, but just like the automobile industry, we know that the New York Auto Show will rebound and be bigger and better than before.
We firmly believe that will be the case when the Show returns to its regular spring schedule in April 2022.
Stay safe.
New York International Auto Show | 18-10 Whitestone Expressway, Whitestone, NY 11357
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Ford goes mach? Mach-E. Mustang style. You have to see it for yourself. Nothing more to add. #spoiler alert.
Volkswagen Atlas
The new SUV is replacing the outgoing Touareg. You can also race your best friend head to head on the pair of GTIs on the simulator. Keep an eye out there may be a Space Vizzion concept that can open and close the doors for you. Be quick it shows up and then disappears on its own. Expect Volkswagen Group to go hard and heavy into the electric car market. You can find the Audi and Porsche offerings here this week too.
Land Rover Defender
Two doors or four? Land Rover goes throw back on the all new Defenders. After checking these trucks out turn around and go back to see what Alfa has on display.
Subaru Series White WRX, STI, and BRZ
Whats better than two of something? Three. Well technically only two of the three are white edition. The BRZ sits next to the STI and WRX to round out Subaru’s sport car manual segment. These cars are hiding just outside of the US National Parks exhibit where you can find the 2020 Forester SUV.
BMW M2 Clubsport
One of a hand full of 3 pedal cars on the floor. Make your way over to BMW to see and touch the all new M2 ClubSport. Don’t forget to check out the Alpina B7, X5M, M4 and the rest of the BMW fleet. After you are done take a quick walk over to the next booth to lay eyes on the Mini John Copper Works GP.
Honda CR-V Hybrid
Honda goes greener. The ever popular compact SUV gets a hybrid. Borrowing its power plant from the hybrid Accord with total power output of 212hp. Sales start spring 2020. Expect 40mpg. Class leading for small SUVs. If SUVs aren’t your thing wander over to Honda’s luxury brand Acura and sign up for a ride in the NSX, try their GT3 NSX simulator, or check out the beautiful red A-Spec PMC TLX amongst others.
Porsche Taycan Electric
Porsche has three of its all new electric cars on display at Petree Hall (hang a right when coming up the escalators before entering the west main floor). You will also find the Cayman GT4, 992 4S, Chopard RSR 911, their ABB Formula E car, and the reaming fleet of SUVs and sedans.
Mazda CX-30
Zoom Zoom. Slotting in between the larger CX5, and the smaller CX3, the CX-30 fills that goldilocks just right segment. You’ll also find a Miata RF with 3 pedals. If you haven’t figured it out yet we are on a scavenger hunt for the long lost art of rowing your own gears.
Audi RS6 Avant
Now available for the first time in the United States. Audi’s biggest and fastest wagon at 591hp does zero to sixty in under 4 seconds. Welcome to the long awaited family ‘grocery getter’. Check out the rest of the RS cars on hand in the South Hall.
Toyota TRD Pro Tundra, Tacoma, and 4runner
Spend some time over at Toyota. They are buried in the back corner. You’ll find green Tundras, 4runners, and Tacomas climbing rocks. While there wander over to see the first ever hybrid Corolla. Toyota also is showcasing the Mirai fuel cell concept. The US Ski team has a 360 degree camera setup and you are free to jump and get a group 3d pose there.
Driverbase will participate in the 2019 Los Angeles Auto Show as a member of the press. The Driverbase team will cover all major vehicle unveilings, conduct data collection and host interviews with manufacturers.
Subaru took most of the expected top positions at this year’s New England Forest Rally, but the usual reigning champions faced increased competition compared to previous years from some unexpected underdogs.
Two of those underdogs were amateurs Dan Downey and Tom Peplinski. The New Hampshire pair took top spot in their O2WD regional class with a time of 1:43:59.0. For Downey and Peplinski, the win was a pleasant surprise after a particularly difficult – and hot – race.
“Everything kind of went perfectly. Usually I have some kind of mechanical fault with the car from the rough terrain, but Tom and I actually managed to win our class this year, so that’s great, that’s pretty awesome,” Downey said of the win.
“We knew there were some guys that were kind of close to our times but we really were more concerned with finishing,” co-driver Peplinski said in a separate interview.
For Downey and Peplinski, the road to victory wasn’t a traditional one. At most major rallies, the best overall times are generally achieved by larger teams with big sponsors, and by drivers who dedicate much of their lives to racing professionally and perfecting their skills. For amateur racers like Downey and Peplinski, just finishing a race is often considered an achievement. Factor in that the pair were racing in Downey’s 1987 BMW 325is, as well as the fact that it was Peplinski’s first time ever co-driving, and the win seems even more impressive.
“Some of the regional competitors are just local guys like myself that don’t have a huge corporate sponsor or anything…[For me] it’s all been private tier, amateur, out of my own pocket racing. Just build your own car and go racing on the weekends and see how you do,” Downey said.
It may have been Peplinski’s first time participating in a big-scale competition, but his familiarity with the sport’s lingo can be traced back to his day job as a rally instructor at Team O’Neil Rally School in Dalton, NH. The school, founded in 1997 by driving enthusiast Tim O’Neil, teaches its students basic to advanced racing skills. Downey – who has also been an instructor at the school since 2017 – and Peplinski credit their time at Team O’Neil for their comfort on the course, as well as the easy rapport they have as a team.
“I’ve done co-driving at the school so I had a really good idea of how the notes work. It’s more like a code than words. Everything is shorthand. So me being there for six years, I’ve got a pretty good familiarization with it.” Peplinski said.
Downey added: “As you teach something to somebody else, you learn more in depth about it yourself. You learn about what you’re doing by seeing what someone else is doing and helping them change it.”
Pelinski agreed to be Downey’s co-driver for the New England Forest Rally when Downey’s usual co-driver was unavailable. In the days leading up to the final event, the two did the usual pre-race overview of the course where Pelinski had his first opportunity to see the roads they’d be driving on at top speed.
“Just seeing all the courses, it looked pretty aggressive. We were in Dan’s street car so everything was really bumpy. I was really nervous about that,” Peplinski said.
To the average person, the course – which runs through 115 miles of New England wilderness – can seem harsh and unforgiving. To trained teams it means that working together as a cohesive pair is crucial for both safety and success. Vehicle breakdowns are common, whether it be from rough terrain, extreme weather, or high speeds, and it’s essential for co-drivers to relay information to their partners about the road that lies ahead.
“I’m reading to Dan whatever he needs to hear. Some people can hear two corners ahead, some people can do one, some people just want to know what’s coming up next. It depends on their experience and their skill. If I were co-driver for someone else, my timing would be different than what it was for Dan,” Peplinski said.
Once they hit the course, it didn’t take long for Downey and Peplinski to find their rhythm.
“After a stage and a half we started to click and be where we needed to be,” Peplinski said.
Adding to the intense atmosphere, this year’s racing conditions were unusually hot, with temperatures nearing 95 degrees. Despite the intense heat, Downey’s car performed with minimal issues. According to Peplinski and Downey, the real test was for the drivers themselves.
“You’re basically in these sweatsuits, these fire-retardant race suits, that are not light. I have a lightweight one and it still weighs a lot. It’s sitting on you and it’s 90 degrees. There’s no air conditioning in a rally car. Not in Dan’s anyway,” Peplinski said.
Downey added: “It’s an endurance event for sure, to make it through the whole day like that.”
With such a big win under their belt, Peplinski and Downey proved that they’re a pair to watch.
“It was a lot of fun. It was also a lot of work though. I hadn’t realized how much work it was,” Peplinski said.
He added: “It’s funny, I was in the whole race and I don’t really remember much of the stages because I was reading [the race notes], telling Dan a story of the road while he was driving.”
Driverbase tracks all the cars, trucks and suvs for sale so you don’t have to.
The Driverbase team covered all major vehicle unveilings, conducted data collection and hosted interviews with manufacturers participating at the NYIAS. Check out hundreds of high resolution car, truck and suv images below (with no ads or galleries to click through). Enjoy!
Driverbase just received an update that the 2021 New York Auto show has been cancelled two weeks before the event was scheduled to restart following last years cancellation. Governor Andrew Cuomo recently announced the show would resume but here is the latest update from event organizers:
From: New York Auto Show <news@autoshowny.com>
Date: Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 1:13 PM
Subject: 2021 New York Auto Show Cancelled
INCREASED DELTA-VARIANT MEASURES FORCE EVENT’S HAND
Statement from Mark Schienberg
President, New York Auto Show
It is with great disappointment that the upcoming 2021 New York International Automobile Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center has been cancelled due to the growing incidences of the Covid-19 Delta variant and the increased measures announced recently by State and local officials to stop its spread.
We are enormously appreciative of the automobile industry’s tremendous response and commitment in participating in an August New York Auto Show, and especially for the overwhelming involvement in the new EV Test Fest, complete with an entire floor dedicated to electric vehicles and four indoor EV test tracks.
Eight years ago, New York decided to introduce show attendees to electric vehicles by organizing its first EV test drive. Large scale adoption of EVs back in 2013 was questionable, but the program was a success and helped pave the way for future events. Auto shows have always been an opportunity to showcase an industry on the move and the New York Show is proud to be part of that heritage.
As custodians of the 121-year-old New York Auto Show, we are committed to providing a safe environment for everyone including attendees, exhibitors, and the thousands of men and women who put the Show together. Over the past few weeks, and especially within the last few days, circumstances have changed making it more difficult to create an event at the high standard that we and our clients expect.
At the onset of planning for the August Show, we were increasingly excited at the prospect of hosting the event as the number of vaccinations in New York continued to climb and mask-wearing reduced the spread in the City. All signs were positive, and the Show was coming together stronger than ever, but today is a different story.
Each year, attendees rely on auto shows to help make important buying decisions, spending an average of almost five hours at the exhibition, with nearly 72% of those visitors indicating that they are in the market to purchase a vehicle over the next 12 months. We fully appreciate and acknowledge how important auto shows are to the automakers, retail new car and truck dealers and the public alike, and we strongly believe in the future of these valuable marketing events.
The Covid pandemic has challenged our City, the country and the entire world, but just like the automobile industry, we know that the New York Auto Show will rebound and be bigger and better than before.
We firmly believe that will be the case when the Show returns to its regular spring schedule in April 2022.
Stay safe.
New York International Auto Show | 18-10 Whitestone Expressway, Whitestone, NY 11357
