Jack Walsworth

A report named Lithia as the unidentified bidder in a failed deal to buy Pendragon, one of the UK's largest auto retailers.

According to Sky News, Lithia Motors was the "large international corporate" that Pendragon cited in an August regulatory filing revealing buyout discussions between the parties had been terminated.

The move by the UK's largest publicly traded auto retailer caps a multiyear divestiture effort and marks a new beginning for the buyer.

While the SUV is seen as critical to the brand globally going forward, it should also get sales in the Americas region back on track.

By the end of 2026, all of McLaren's vehicles will be hybridized. The Artura plug-in hybrid, the first vehicle built on the McLaren Carbon Lightweight Architecture, is key in the automaker's transition.

The latest Bentayga Hybrid is powered by a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 engine paired with an electric motor for a total of 443 hp and 700 newton meters of torque

As with prior LTs, the company focused on two engineering goals with the 765LT: more performance and less weight.

McLaren will wait until the middle of this decade to launch its next Ultimate Series model.

McLaren Automotive will be getting a critical product boost in 2021: the Artura plug-in hybrid. While the Artura is not McLaren's first hybrid, the model is considered the key cog in the automaker's transition to a 100 percent electrified portfolio.

The pivotal model for McLaren's transition to a 100 percent electrified portfolio has been named Artura.

The departure occurs in what has been a tumultuous year for Aston Martin, which has struggled financially since going public in 2018.

With its first redesign, the Rolls-Royce Ghost touts a list of new benefits: It rides on the automaker's aluminum architecture, features all-wheel drive and all-wheel steering and it is styled in the brand's "Post-Opulent" design language.

McLaren's upcoming plug-in hybrid, perhaps the pivotal supercar in the brand's transition to a 100 percent electrified portfolio, will feature the British exotic's first V-6 engine.

Following two of the best global sales results in the automaker's history, Mike Flewitt acknowledges that 2020 will look much different.

With the redesign, the second-generation Ghost makes the jump onto the British ultraluxury brand's aluminum architecture.