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Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
N.H. wrong-way driver in critical condition after crash
LEBANON, N.H. (ABC22/FOX44) – One person was left in critical condition after she drove the wrong way on I-89 and crashed Tuesday afternoon. Police first heard about a driver traveling southbound in northbound lanes near Exit 18. They say the wrong-way driver crash was reported 'less than a minute later' after initial details. Investigators found that a 90-year-old woman had been traveling the wrong way, and hit a VW Atlas SUV, which then struck a Hyundai Sonata. Two drivers were taken to a hospital for evaluations, and the wrong-way driver was transported there in critical condition. The crash and subsequent investigation shut down part of I-89, but it has since reopened. No charges have been filed, but investigations continue. Anyone with information about this incident can call NH Trooper Peter Kosakowski at 603-223-3831. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Which Volkswagen SUV is Right for You? Here's How the VW Atlas, Atlas Cross Sport, Tiguan and Taos Line Up
Volkswagen has been on a tear. Since the introduction of the VW Atlas in 2017, which lit the company's sales on fire, VW SUVs have been the company's signature, a full lineup, from compct to full size all following in Atlas's footsteps: the sportier Atlas Cross Sport, the mid-size Tiguan and the smallest, the Taos compact SUV. All 4 offer great options for SUV buyers, including premium standard features like all wheel drive, wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, large digital multimedia screens and leather or leatherette seating, even at a value price. But, it's a shopping conundrum: Which is right for you? We took a look at each to sort out the differences. This story is 100% human researched and written based on actual first-person knowledge, extensive experience and expertise on the subject of cars and trucks. For so long, VW was known for sporty hatchbacks and sleek value-packed sedans. But without a fully capable lineup of SUVs, VW was a non-contender for many US buyers. But in 2017 VW introduced the Atlas and made a splash; it won praise and set sales records. That's because it was customized for the North American market. Now VW SUVs make up 85% of the company's sales in the US. Since then, the Volkswagen Tiguan was redesigned as a mini-me of the Atlas and is a best seller around the world. Shortly after, the Volkswagen introduced the Taos, a mini-mini-me version of the Atlas and the Atlas CrossSport, a sportier, more muscular two-row version of the Atlas. Read: The Toyota SUV Lineup is Now 10 Strong (Maybe 14). Here's How to Tell Them Apart All have similar good looks and design details; if you like the VW SUV aesthetic and features, the only task is to figure out which one is right for you. Here's what they all have in common: Each has the chiseled front end, front and rear lightbars and lighted badges. Each now has the model name is now spelled out across the rear tail gate and carries the newly refined VW logo on the front end, rear end and steering wheel All are available in all wheel drive, which VW calls 4Motion; it's about $1500 more except on trims in which AWD is standard Each is available in S, SE and SEL trims; Tiguan and Atlas are also available in the top of the line sport-focused R Line VW's Car-Net app, a free download, allows you to operate some functions remotely I.Q. Drive driver assist and safety features are standard; these include adaptive cruise control with stop and go, lane keep assist, emergency assist, forward collision braking active blind spot monitoring and rear traffic alert Each has Alexa compatibility allowing you to remotely start the car, turn on the climate and more from a connected Alexa device Each has a WiFi hotspot A 4 year warranty, 7 year corrosion warranty, 3 years roadside assistance and a 2-year free maintenance plan are standard Read: Take a Ride on the Wild Side: Which Subaru Wilderness is Right for You? The VW Taos compact SUV has an evolved look; the front light bar and new logo give it a bit of polish. We were surprised at how roomy and comfortable this small SUV is and can see it as capable for a small family; it has good cargo space and lots of premium features for the price. The Taos is offered in bold colors and for 2025, carries a slightly more powerful engine, as well as more standard features. It is fun to drive and comfortable for a great conversation with a passenger on the road. Competitors include: Mazda 3, Toyota Corolla Cross, Honda HR-V, Subaru CrossTrek, Hyundai Kona and Kia Seltos. Read: Here's Every Jeep, From Budget to Baller, and How to Tell Which One is Right for You A 1.5 L 4-cylinder turbo engine with 174 horsepower and 184 torque Front wheel drive is standard but 4Motion AWD is an option The rear seats are fixed, so they don't move forward or back A very roomy cargo area with 24.8 cubic feet behind the rear seats A new front grille featuring a light bar and LED headlights Premium Beats sound system is an option A starting price of $24,000 and a fully loaded price of about $36,000 Tiguan, which got a minor facelift for 2021 and will come out with a full redesign in 2025, continues its role as the most agreeable middle child in the lineup. And it does what it does really well. It's easy to drive, has an all wheel drive option and lots of flexible space. Older models had a 3rd row option but that has been discontinued for 2025. We got a quick test drive not long ago and it's impressive; VW has upgraded the interior with more luxuries and premium features that make the Tiguan feel far really special for a budget-friendly SUV. A 4-cylinder turbo engine that generates 201 horsepower A new 15″ center screen with navigation and 'Hey Volkswagen' voice assistance A 12″ digital driver display Premium features include a Harman Kardon sound system and massaging front seats ender sound system is an option The upgraded IQ Drive 2.0 driver assist and safety system is standard Pricing hasn't been announced yet but the 2024 model was priced from rice of about $29,000 to about $35,000 As the biggest of VW SUVs, the Atlas makes no compromises in space or capability. VW updated the Atlas's design in 2024 and rumor has it that we'll see a redesigned Atlas in 2026. With seating for 7 or 8, it's a full sized SUV and it feels like it behind the wheel; you can feel the size and height of this in the driver's seat, but that's OK; it also gives you the confidence and capability that you expect in an SUV. One of our favorite details are the slide and tilt center seats that allow 3rd row access even with a child car seat installed. And, with the right seats, 3 will fit across the center bench. Buyers can go basic or upscale in the R Line. And, center row captains chairs make the 3rd row even easier to reach and more comfortable to sit in. A 4 cylinder turbo engine that generates 269 horsepower and 273 torque The Atlas has a 12″ center screen and 10″ driver display There are USB ports for all seats, and Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are wireless Three full size rows, with enough room in the third row for full sized adults Center row captains chairs are an option Tow capacity is 5,000 lbs. Starting price of about $38,000 and topping out at $53,000 for the fully loaded R-Line Premium edition This 5 passenger, 4 door two row version of the Atlas, the Cross Sport also expected to be redesigned for 2026, delivers a more sophisticated look and feel with a sloped roof, shorter length and sportier look. Still, it offers the full size drive experience of the Atlas without the added length and size of a 3 row SUV. This one is great for small families, fur-baby families or drivers who simply love the truck-like feel of a full size SUV but want something that is slightly smaller and sportier. Has a 4-cylinder turbo engine generating 269 horsepower and 273 torque VW's Digital cockpit is standard Leatherette heated seats are standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are wireless Pricing starts at $37,000 and tops out at about $52,000 VW's SUVs have proven really popular for their capability—4Motion all wheel drive gives these SUVs the traction you need in the snow or mud—and their good looks. The upgraded light bars and illuminated badges look even more polished. And added features like massaging seats, voice activation and leather upholstery options let you feel pampered even at an affordable price. More must-reads: The Best Foldable Stroller Wagons for Travel, Family Beach Trips and More Have you heard about Ford Warriors in Pink?
NBC News
05-03-2025
- NBC News
Wisconsin teen is person of interest in mom, stepdad's death; found 800 miles away with gun
A Wisconsin teenager was arrested in Iowa more than 800 miles away from the home where his mother and stepfather were both found slain, authorities said Tuesday. The juvenile was stopped for running a stop sign near 745 S. 1st St. in Wakeeney, Iowa, at 11:25 p.m. CST on Friday, WaKeeney Police Chief Michael Romero said in a statement. "The subject was taken into custody with no further incident. The subject was identified and found out to be a juvenile wanted out of Wisconsin," Romero added. "The subject is a person of interest in a double homicide that this Wisconsin sheriffs office is still investigating." Romero declined to name the young motorist, but Waukesha County prosecutors identified the teen as a 17-year-old student from Waukesha West High School. The boy's mother and her husband were found fatally shot at their Waukesha home on Friday afternoon when local authorities conducted a welfare check. The woman's face "was blackened from decomposition with dried blood on the floor around her," according to the criminal complaint filed against the teenager. The woman's husband was also found at the home "covered by a pile of clothing" with "an obvious wound to the back of" his head, the complaint said. The teen has been charged with allegedly swiping his stepfather's Volkswagen Atlas and a firearm. Relatives of the victims have identified them as 51-year-old Donald Mayer and his wife, Tatiana Casap, NBC Milwaukee affiliate WTMJ reported. The affiliate also reported that the teenager is Casap's son. A neighbor of the family saw the 17-year-old suspect driving the Volkswagen on Feb. 23, the complaint said. Cell phone pings showed that the teenager left Waukesha at about 10 a.m. on Feb. 24 and "took a general route through Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado," according to prosecutors. He visited The World's Largest Truckstop in Walcott, Iowa, from 2:25 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. the day he left Waukesha, prosecutors said the cell phone records showed. Nearby surveillance cameras showed the young suspect, accompanied by the family's small black dog, driving the VW Atlas, court document said. Records found at the victims' home showed that Mayer owned a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum, though police didn't find that weapon at the house. That gun, the victims' driver's licenses and spent shell casings were all found in the Atlas, prosecutors said.
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Porsche careens toward Trump tariff showdown in weakened state
(Bloomberg) — Little is going right at Porsche AG: Sales are slumping, earnings are in decline, top executives are being ousted. Nice Airport, If You Can Get to It: No Subway, No Highway, No Bridge Sin puente y sin metro: el nuevo aeropuerto de Lima es una debacle Citadel to Leave Namesake Chicago Tower as Employees Relocate NYC Sees Pedestrian Traffic Increase in Congestion-Pricing Zone How London's Taxi Drivers Navigate the City Without GPS And in a market where buyers are still snapping up 911 sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles, the president is saying new tariffs 'definitely' are coming. Porsche is especially vulnerable to the threats Donald Trump is again lobbing at the European Union. The German manufacturer has steadily grown the last 15 years in the US, which just overtook China as its No. 1 market in the world. But Porsche's US dealers are entirely reliant on imports. 'If the tariff implemented is significantly above 10%, then they would have to consider moving some SUV production to the US,' Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Michael Dean said. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz Group AG would lose out most if Trump hikes levies on EU autos, he wrote in a Feb. 4 report. There's no quick fix to get the company out of this predicament. It can't easily leverage its parent Volkswagen AG's lone American plant, in Tennessee, because no Porsche model shares underpinnings with the VW Atlas or ID.4 SUVs manufactured there. Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume can ill afford the major investment that moving production around would require. Porsche is falling further off track from targets floated when the company staged one of Europe's biggest-ever initial public offerings in 2022. Its return on sales will slump to as low as 10% this year, half of what management once touted as a long-term target. That downbeat outlook sent Porsche shares tumbling 7% on Friday to a new low since the IPO. At €50.8 billion ($52.4 billion), the company is now worth less than half its peak market value in May 2023. Porsche said late Feb. 6 that it will take an €800 million hit this year tied to expanding its product portfolio with more combustion engine and plug-in hybrid models. The company's first all-electric model, the Taycan, got off to a fast start following its 2020 debut, but sales stumbled last year. A new EV version of the Macan sport utility vehicle has underwhelmed since launching years behind schedule. While disappointing demand for Porsche EVs has dogged the company in China, where deliveries fell 28% last year, this is less of an issue in the US. Plug-in car adoption has been slower across the industry, and American consumers have bought more Porsches in all years but one since 2009. (Its lone down year was 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic began.) Porsche would have a hard time maintaining that momentum if Trump follows through with tariffs on the EU that he said Feb. 2 are coming 'pretty soon.' 'We have millions of cars coming in, BMW and Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen and just so many different cars,' Trump said while signing executive orders a day later. 'And we don't do anything about that.' Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that if Trump were to increase tariffs on EU cars to 10% from 2.5%, it would wipe out €2.1 billion of German automakers' earnings before interest and taxes. Dean believes Porsche could pass the hike on to buyers of its high-margin 911 cars, whereas its Cayenne and Macan SUVs are more competitively priced. Those two models have consistently accounted for more than 60% of Porsche's US deliveries. While Porsche has contemplated manufacturing vehicles in the US, those deliberations hit a wall for various reasons, including anticipated challenges with suppliers and logistics. Made-in-Germany cachet also still holds sway with many American consumers. Audi, another premium-car manufacturer within the Volkswagen group, also has flirted with setting up production in the US — either at VW's plant in Chattanooga, or at a new factory the electric truck and SUV maker Scout is building in South Carolina. For Porsche, the Tennessee facility is unlikely to offer respite. The MQB platform that VW's Atlas SUV is based on is configured differently than the MLB architecture underpinning Porsche's Cayenne and Macan. Volkswagen has invested more than $4.3 billion in the Chattanooga plant, which the company built to reduce the effects of currency fluctuations that frequently dragged on earnings. Trump's second-term proclamations have so far created more volatility, not less — its shares fell 5.3% on Feb. 3, the day after the president commented on EU tariffs. 'Porsche is a small manufacturer, and it's not easy for such a small player to set up manufacturing in all the key markets,' UBS Group AG analyst Patrick Hummel said in an interview. 'Now, we're at a point where industrialization in the US might become a necessity.' Business Schools Confront Trump Immigration Policies Orange Juice Makers Are Desperate for a Comeback Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer's Career. Now He's Facing Prison The Reason Why This Super Bowl Has So Many Conspiracy Theories Inside Elon Musk's Attack on the US Government ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Porsche Careens Toward Trump Tariff Showdown in Weakened State
(Bloomberg) -- Little is going right at Porsche AG: Sales are slumping, earnings are in decline, top executives are being ousted. Nice Airport, If You Can Get to It: No Subway, No Highway, No Bridge Sin puente y sin metro: el nuevo aeropuerto de Lima es una debacle Citadel to Leave Namesake Chicago Tower as Employees Relocate NYC Sees Pedestrian Traffic Increase in Congestion-Pricing Zone How London's Taxi Drivers Navigate the City Without GPS And in a market where buyers are still snapping up 911 sports cars and Cayenne sport utility vehicles, the president is saying new tariffs 'definitely' are coming. Porsche is especially vulnerable to the threats Donald Trump is again lobbing at the European Union. The German manufacturer has steadily grown the last 15 years in the US, which just overtook China as its No. 1 market in the world. But Porsche's US dealers are entirely reliant on imports. 'If the tariff implemented is significantly above 10%, then they would have to consider moving some SUV production to the US,' Bloomberg Intelligence analyst Michael Dean said. Porsche and Mercedes-Benz Group AG would lose out most if Trump hikes levies on EU autos, he wrote in a Feb. 4 report. There's no quick fix to get the company out of this predicament. It can't easily leverage its parent Volkswagen AG's lone American plant, in Tennessee, because no Porsche model shares underpinnings with the VW Atlas or ID.4 SUVs manufactured there. Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume can ill afford the major investment that moving production around would require. Porsche is falling further off track from targets floated when the company staged one of Europe's biggest-ever initial public offerings in 2022. Its return on sales will slump to as low as 10% this year, half of what management once touted as a long-term target. That downbeat outlook sent Porsche shares tumbling 7% on Friday to a new low since the IPO. At €50.8 billion ($52.4 billion), the company is now worth less than half its peak market value in May 2023. Porsche said late Feb. 6 that it will take an €800 million hit this year tied to expanding its product portfolio with more combustion engine and plug-in hybrid models. The company's first all-electric model, the Taycan, got off to a fast start following its 2020 debut, but sales stumbled last year. A new EV version of the Macan sport utility vehicle has underwhelmed since launching years behind schedule. While disappointing demand for Porsche EVs has dogged the company in China, where deliveries fell 28% last year, this is less of an issue in the US. Plug-in car adoption has been slower across the industry, and American consumers have bought more Porsches in all years but one since 2009. (Its lone down year was 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic began.) Porsche would have a hard time maintaining that momentum if Trump follows through with tariffs on the EU that he said Feb. 2 are coming 'pretty soon.' 'We have millions of cars coming in, BMW and Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen and just so many different cars,' Trump said while signing executive orders a day later. 'And we don't do anything about that.' Bloomberg Intelligence estimates that if Trump were to increase tariffs on EU cars to 10% from 2.5%, it would wipe out €2.1 billion of German automakers' earnings before interest and taxes. Dean believes Porsche could pass the hike on to buyers of its high-margin 911 cars, whereas its Cayenne and Macan SUVs are more competitively priced. Those two models have consistently accounted for more than 60% of Porsche's US deliveries. While Porsche has contemplated manufacturing vehicles in the US, those deliberations hit a wall for various reasons, including anticipated challenges with suppliers and logistics. Made-in-Germany cachet also still holds sway with many American consumers. Audi, another premium-car manufacturer within the Volkswagen group, also has flirted with setting up production in the US — either at VW's plant in Chattanooga, or at a new factory the electric truck and SUV maker Scout is building in South Carolina. For Porsche, the Tennessee facility is unlikely to offer respite. The MQB platform that VW's Atlas SUV is based on is configured differently than the MLB architecture underpinning Porsche's Cayenne and Macan. Volkswagen has invested more than $4.3 billion in the Chattanooga plant, which the company built to reduce the effects of currency fluctuations that frequently dragged on earnings. Trump's second-term proclamations have so far created more volatility, not less — its shares fell 5.3% on Feb. 3, the day after the president commented on EU tariffs. 'Porsche is a small manufacturer, and it's not easy for such a small player to set up manufacturing in all the key markets,' UBS Group AG analyst Patrick Hummel said in an interview. 'Now, we're at a point where industrialization in the US might become a necessity.' Business Schools Confront Trump Immigration Policies Believing in Aliens Derailed This Internet Pioneer's Career. Now He's Facing Prison Orange Juice Makers Are Desperate for a Comeback The Reason Why This Super Bowl Has So Many Conspiracy Theories Inside Elon Musk's Attack on the US Government ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
