If you want a Golf SportWagen, now’s the time to get yours. Volkswagen Canada has confirmed the 2019 model will be the last sold in Canada, as the company shifts its production focus to building a new compact SUV. A Volkswagen Canada spokesperson confirmed the Golf family is “transitioning from the seventh to the eighth generation,” but while timing and availability of the new models has yet to be determined, there will be a full 2020 model year of the Golf, GTI and e-Golf. The factory is also allotting extra production of the 2019 Golf R, SportWagen and Alltrack, with the goal of having these models available at dealerships through most of the 2020 calendar year. In the U.S., it’s possible the base Golf will be dropped, according to publication Motor1, with only the next-generation GTI and Golf R available there. The Alltrack and SportWagen are also in jeopardy south of the border. In 2018, the GTI outsold the base Golf hatchback by almost three to one in the U.S., with only 6,642 base hatchbacks finding new homes. The Golf does much better here, selling more than 17,000 copies last year. Our Volkswagen Canada rep also said the company “will introduce successor models as they become available,” which could possibly mean that while the SportWagen and Alltrack are going away, there’s a chance they could also eventually be coming
Origin: VW Golf SportWagen and Alltrack bow out after 2019
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Ferrari won’t supply engines to Maserati after 2022
2018 Maserati GranTurismo MCMaserati Maserati has had the proverbial rug pulled out from under it, with Ferrari announcing it would no longer supply engines to its Italian cousin. Ferrari CEO Louis Camilleri broke the news during his Q1 earnings call; the entire transcript is available through The Motley Fool. Eventually, we will no longer supply engines to Maserati, which from our perspective is actually a good thing, both from a margin perspective, but also the fact that we can transfer a lot of the labor that’s been focused on the engines to the car side of the business, Camilleri said. He added it would officially stop supplying Maserati with engines by 2021 or 2022. Arguably, the best reason to buy a Maserati was because of the Ferrari engine, which the company has been using since 2002 when it was in the same bed with Ferrari under Fiat’s roof. Ferrari was spun off from FCA in 2015 but continued to supply its 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8; 3.0-litre twin-turbo V6; and 4.7-litre naturally aspirated V8 engines to Maserati. Maserati was depending on the inclusion of Ferrari engines to help it revitalize its products, which haven’t been selling so well lately. As Maserati prepares for an advertising assault and an onslaught of new products, it will have to find a better selling point than the Ferrari engine. Perhaps Germany’s Mercedes-AMG, an engine supplier to many brands, would like to swoop in and take Ferrari’s place? More likely, Maserati will reach into the FCA parts bin for its engines, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We would do filthy things with a Hellcat-powered Grand Sport, you can bet on
Origin: Ferrari won’t supply engines to Maserati after 2022
Woman crashes car after finding spider on passenger seat
A car crashed in Cairo, New York, caused by the drivers reaction to a spider in the vehicleCairo, New York Police via Facebook A woman in Cairo, New York ran her vehicle off the road after she was surprised to find a spider in the passenger seat, according to a police report. After investigating today’s crash on Silver Spur Road we feel it necessary to bring up a contributing factor that is not covered too often, wrote the Town of Cairo, New York Police Department on its Facebook page April 10. It is believed that the operator of the vehicle noticed a SPIDER in the drivers area with her as she was driving. The operator panicked and crashed suffering a leg injury from the crash. While it’s hard for those with arachnophobia or any sort of fear of insects to fathom, the police department suggested training new drivers to try to stay calm and pull over if they notice a six- or eight-legged passenger in their car. Reactions on the post, which netted more than 250 comments, seemed a mix of witty remarks; and outpourings of sympathy for the driver, with the ratio tilted in favour of the
Origin: Woman crashes car after finding spider on passenger seat
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