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Cartoon: Democrats Against Churchill Genocide
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 22, 2026
Cartoon: Cook Replaced Apple AI
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 21, 2026
EV winners and losers: Tesla and Chevy gain, VW and startups retreat
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 21, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
After a turbulent 2025, U.S. electric-vehicle market share stabilized in the first three months of 2026 at 5.8% — consistent with Q4 2025, the first quarter without government incentives ended by Congress and President Donald Trump. EV sales swings from the United States to Norway to China have consistently tracked government support, industry analysts say.
Even before the U.S. government pulled the plug on the $7,500 sales subsidy late last year — causing a brief, Q3 run to 10.5% market share — EV sales, as The Detroit News reported, had stabilized at about 8% of the market. Without the Damocles Sword of 2026 government EV mandates overhead, manufacturers are reassessing the EV market — or leaving it altogether.
Absent the threat of billions in state-and-federal fines, brands like Volkswagen, Honda, Ram, and Ford have dropped planned electrics. Meanwhile, mega-brands and luxury makers like Chevy, Toyota, Hyundai, Audi, BMW and Mercedes have stayed the course on parallel ICE/EV lines.
Perhaps a leading indicator of the electric market’s plateau is U.S. EV market leader Tesla, which while still dominating the segment, has canceled its iconic S/X models to focus on robots — whether robotaxi or humanoid.
Cartoon: F1 Mario Kart
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 17, 2026
Cartoon: Trump Water Iran Tanker
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 17, 2026
Auto titans share Pope Francis podium to help the homeless
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 17, 2026
Carlos Osorio, Special To The Detroit News
Detroit — Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Farley and General Motors Co. President Mark Reuss are ferocious competitors on auto development, dealer showrooms and race tracks. But on Thursday night they came together at Ford Field to affirm their shared passion for Detroit.
And for its favorite adopted son, Roger Penske.
Before 1,000 attendees at the 2026 Building Bridges Gala hosted by the Pope Francis Center, the Big Three of Detroit motorsports — Penske, Reuss, Farley — talked about their commitment to helping the Motor City’s neediest and honored Penske for his decades of community service.
Cartoon: Iran Hormuz Oil Cut Off
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 16, 2026
Payne: Rivian R1T Quad is a tank turnin’, electron burnin’, cargo storin’ hoot
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 16, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Holly — When I was a kid, I’d spin toy tanks in my sandbox, slinging sand while mimicking real tank turns. WHEEE! As I’ve grown older, my sandboxes have gotten bigger.
At Holly Oaks ORV Park, I stopped my 2026 Rivian R1T Quad pickup in the dirt and selected ALL-TERRAIN mode in the 15.6-inch console screen. I selected the KICK TURN icon and swiped PREPARE TO TURN. A Sasquatch-like cartoon character named Gear Guard Gary popped up and performed a break dance. Tank-turn time.
Holding the steering wheel straight, I pushed the RIGHT buttons on each steering spoke simultaneously, engaged the throttle and spun the pickup clockwise — slinging sand like a tank. WHEEE! Stop. Engage the LEFT buttons and spin counterclockwise. WHEEE!
Rivian Quad is a toy for big kids with big piggy banks.
Cartoon: Tiger Woods New Golf Bag
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 15, 2026
Cartoon: Friedman NYT Iran War Winners
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 14, 2026
Cartoon: Nuns New York Regulation
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 13, 2026
Cartoon: USA Versus Iran March Madness
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 10, 2026
Cartoon: Iran Bombing Spring Break
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 9, 2026
Cartoon: Artemis Space Distance Record
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 9, 2026
Payne: Corolla FX Hatch brings affordable Toyota X-citement
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 9, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Oakland County — After a couple of somnolent performance decades while it nerded out on hybrid hegemony, Toyota has awakened from its slumber. Formula One partnership with Haas, GR86 sportscar, GR Corolla hot hatch. Huzzah.
The latest espresso shot is the 2026 Corolla Hatchback FX Editon burning a hole in my driveway.
You can see it from space. Orange paint, white wheels, giant aerofoil hanging off the rear hatchback. The FX Edition hatch follows on the limited-edition FX sedan introduced last year and is a more direct homage to the 1986-88 Corolla FX16 hot hatch from a hot decade of ‘80s culture: Top Gun, DeLorean DMC-12, ZZ Top, Audi Quattro, Pac-Man, Ferrari F40. But whereas FX16 was a sleeper hellion to take on the Volkswagen Golf GTI, FX Edition flips the script with its gym bod, and … standard 169-horse Corolla 2-liter under the muscle shirt.
Cartoon: Dark Side of the Moon Artemis
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 7, 2026
Cartoon: Iran Rescue Superchopper
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 6, 2026
Payne: NY Auto Show touts muscle, off-road challenge to Detroit icons
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 4, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
New York — The New York International Auto Show opened in 1900 at Madison Square Garden and it’s still going strong in the Javits Convention Center 126 years later.
This week the Big Apple’s big show kicked off featuring 32 brands, 10 new model reveals, two outdoor test tracks, an indoor EV track, and the World Car of the Year Awards.
The BMW iX3 won World Car of the Year, the Chinese-made Firefly won Urban Car, and the Corvette E-Ray was a World Luxury Car finalist even as Chevy announced last month it is ceasing the hybrid’s production. The show floor is littered with everything from $3 million Koenigsegg Regera to electric Lucids to a Mustang v Corvette muscle war. In addition to the sheet metal, there’s a Subaru dog pen, racing simulators, and the United States Marine Band.
Here are the new model highlights.
Payne: In Mustang v ‘Vette, Detroit muscle car war rages at NYC Show
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 3, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
New York — The New York International Auto Show has an international vibe with its exotic European car display, melting pot of attendees, and World Car of the Year awards to kick thigs off.
So, it’s fun to see a good ol’ American muscle fight break out on the show floor.
Located in the adjacent Chevrolet and Ford exhibits on Level 3 of the Javits Convention Center, Corvette and Mustang have brought more firepower to the show than the deck of the USS Nimitz.
Though the industry has been under fire by emissions regulations targeting multi-cylinder engines, the brands have remained committed to their howling, V8-powered icons. Indeed, for the eight-generation ‘Vette and seventh-gen Mustang, the two sub-brands have raised their profiles by expanding sales overseas, introducing new models, and going head-to-head on the global GT3 racing circuit from the streets of Detroit to the 200-mph Mulsanne Straight at France’s 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Payne: Hyundai Boulder Concept targets Bronco, Wrangler at NY show
Posted by Talbot Payne on April 2, 2026
Henry Payne, The Detroit News
New York — Off-road parks are gonna get crowded.
Hyundai stunned the New York Auto Show Wednesday with its brawny Boulder SUV concept. It’s the first body-on-frame, truck-based SUV from the South Korean brand, going after Detroit icons Jeep Wrangler and Ford Bronco in the off-road space.
With General Motors Co. taking a pass on the affordable, mid-size, off-road SUV space to make the Chevrolet Blazer and six-figure GMC Hummer SUV electric vehicles, Asian makers have rushed in. Toyota has added body-on-frame competitors like the Land Cruiser and Lexus GX in the space where they already sold the popular 4Runner, and now here comes Hyundai which will also offer a U.S.-made pickup on the same platform by 2030.