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Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
Cupholders vs. Cargo Space: What Car Buyers Want in 2025
Cupholders have quietly graduated from afterthought to headline feature in U.S. vehicles - yet their design still trips up more drivers than you'd guess. J.D. Power's 2025 U.S. Initial Quality Study reports that cupholder‐related complaints climbed 12% year-over-year, making them one of the top 15 most-cited interior issues. So what are the feature priorities for U.S. car buyers? There are 3 clear numbers out in front, and then also-rans. Important also-rans. But lagging fuel, safety, and price: Notice "cupholder count" never cracks this list - but that doesn't mean they're irrelevant. Today's automakers brag about "seven-point spill defense" and modular inserts that grip everything from a 16-oz. paper cup to a 32-oz. steel tumbler. Still, drivers report flaky retention and odd geometries that leave your reusable bottle wobbling or sloshing coffee over the console. This quantifiable complaint-surge in 2025 is driven in part by the surge in popularity of insulated tumblers and wide-mouth bottles. Related: Lexus And Nissan Top New Car Quality List as Audi and Volvo Sink to the Bottom Cargo volume remains a major selling point - Statista's 2024 survey places it at 35% importance among buyers. SUVs alone accounted for roughly half of 2024 new-vehicle sales, while pickups added another 25%, underscoring Americans' appetite for flexible load floors. Fold-flat seats, under-floor bins and removable dividers now populate spec sheets, even if marketing videos rarely spotlight cubic feet. Balancing cupholders with cargo isn't just an exercise in console sculpting. Engineers must integrate spill-resistant geometry without sacrificing knee room or dead-flat storage. In the latest midsize SUVs, you'll find four deep-well rings up front and a retractable rubber mat in the trunk that clicks into place - because a rogue soda can rolling around at 70 mph can rattle more than your teeth. Look in any parking lot at dawn and you'll spot the rituals these features enable: latching a travel mug into its padded cradle, then stashing a gym bag in the rear hatch before the commute. Cleaning-hack videos abound - channels like this Chemical Brothers tutorial on ejecting liner rings and rinsing spilled Gatorade from console crevices - proof that cupholders now demand as much TLC as oil changes. Fuel efficiency, safety and price still reign supreme in buyers' minds. Cargo space holds its own in the battle for third place. Cupholders don't show up on headline stats, but rising complaint rates and DIY cleanup videos tell another story: in the land of drive-thru breakfasts and tailgate parties, a well-designed cupholder is nothing short of essential. At highway speeds, your java's fate may hinge less on horsepower than on a tiny bit of molded plastic. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Yahoo
02-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tiebreaker Vance Bashed From Both Sides on Big Beautiful Bill
J.D. Vance has come out swinging for President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful' bill as the Senate struggles to close the deal. But the vice president's arguments for the legislation have been met with a heated backlash. Vance arrived on Capitol Hill early Tuesday morning as he prepared to potentially cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate for the megabill tackling the president's domestic spending agenda. The Senate is still working through a marathon session to finalize the legislation after pulling an all-nighter to vote on a series of amendments. It is not clear whether Republicans will have the votes or whether the vice president may need to break a 50-50 tie. But Vance took to X to make his case publicly for Trump's massive bill, which wraps in immigration spending with tax cuts and other provisions while chopping Medicaid funding. 'The thing that will bankrupt this country more than any other policy is flooding the country with illegal immigration and then giving those migrants generous benefits. The OBBB fixes this problem. And therefore it must pass,' Vance wrote in his post. 'Everything else—the CBO score, the proper baseline, the minutiae of the Medicaid policy—is immaterial compared to the ICE money and immigration enforcement provisions,' he continued. His take was met with fierce criticism from those against the megabill and some who supported the president's immigration agenda. Those against the legislation were quick to seize on his line about the 'minutiae of the Medicaid,' arguing that cutting health insurance for nearly 12 million people over the next decade, as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects, is not 'minutiae.' Democrats were quick to seize on the statement. 'What happened to you @JDVance --author of Hillbilly Elegy --now shrugging off Medicaid cuts that will close rural hospitals and kick millions off healthcare as 'minutiae?'" wrote Rep. Ro Khanna. However, GOP Senators Thom Tillis, Lisa Murkowski, and Susan Collins are among the Senate Republicans who have expressed concerns over the Medicaid provisions in the bill. Tillis warned it would leave more than 663,000 people in his state without health care coverage in a fiery speech after voting against advancing the legislation. Vance became embroiled in a social media spat with an American blogger who called him out. Matthew Yglesias wrote that millions of people losing health insurance was not 'immaterial.' The vice president fired back, claiming Yglesias wanted to 'bankrupt Medicaid by importing millions of illegal immigrants and giving them healthcare that ought by right go to his fellow citizens.' But the move sparked a pile-on online. Comprehensive Medicaid coverage is not available for undocumented immigrants. While the White House has touted 1.4 million immigrants losing coverage, it is not from the Medicaid cuts. That number appears in the CBO analysis of the House version of the bill, but as multiple health care and public policy experts have pointed out, immigrants who are covered under current law are in programs funded by states, not federal Medicaid dollars. Vance in dismissing the 'minutiae of the Medicaid policy' directly contradicted himself back in 2017 when he wrote an op-ed in the New York Times during Trump's fight to repeal Obamacare. 'The Senate bill offers a bit more to the needy, but still leaves many unable to pay for basic services. In the rosiest projections of each version, millions will be unable to pay for basic health care. This wasn't acceptable to Reagan in 1961, and it shouldn't be acceptable to his political heirs,' he wrote at the time. While Vance took heat for the accuracy of his Medicaid claims, he was even blasted by some on the right who called him out for downplaying what they saw as the importance of kicking immigrants off health care. Others complained that if the immigration provisions were so important, they should not have been tied up with other policies in one big bill to begin with, as the fight over Medicaid funding and government spending has put the entire package in limbo as senators work to shore up support.
Yahoo
24-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
2025 Is Turning Into A Recall Disaster For Ford
2025 Is Turning Into A Recall Disaster For Ford originally appeared on Autoblog. Almost three years ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that fixing quality was his top priority for the Blue Oval. However, Farley also said at the time that doing so would 'take several years,' and that appears to be an accurate assessment when looking at Ford's shockingly high number of recalls so far this year. In an analysis done by Carscoops, Ford has issued 81 recalls in 2025 so far. That's more than the entire number of recalls (67) for the brand in 2024, when Ford was only behind Stellantis (72) for total recalls. At this rate, Ford will hit over 150 recalls by the time the year is done. Those 81 recalls have affected over four million vehicles, and Ford has issued a recall every 2.12 days so far in 2025, on average. For each recall, an average of over 50,000 vehicles are affected. Even worse, 80 of the 81 recalls this year required some kind of physical inspection or fix for the impacted vehicles, so the problems were such that they couldn't be easily resolved via an over-the-air update. Here's just a few of the recalls issued by Ford in 2025: Rearview camera: 1.1 million vehicles affected Steering control issues: over 29,000 vehicles affected Braking failures: 2,345 vehicles affected Seat issues: over 300,000 vehicles affected This isn't an exhaustive list, and the combination of electronic, mechanical, and trim issues indicate that overall quality is a problem, not one specific aspect of Ford vehicles. Data from CarEdge supports this latest analysis, too; by the middle of May, Ford had racked up 51 recalls. The next closest brand was the VW Group, with 14, so it's not even close. The rearview camera recall is the biggest one for Ford so far in 2025. It affects everything from the Escape crossover to high-end models like the Lincoln Navigator and Nautilus. The camera display image could freeze or display a delayed image, which could result in the driver not spotting an immediate hazard. Electrical systems accounted for 17 unique recall campaigns. It's worth pointing out that 14 of Ford's recalls this year involved under 100 vehicles, so these were not as widespread. However, even if we exclude these 14 recalls, Ford is still having far more quality issues than any other can be issued at any time, and for vehicles of any age, so it's worth noting that Ford's current run of recalls are impacted by certain older models dating back to the 2020 model year. Looking at the latest J.D. Power 2025 Vehicle Dependability Study - which tracked the number of problems per brand for owners that have had their cars for three years - Ford doesn't fare as badly. It registered 208 problems per 100 vehicles, just below the industry average but above brands like Subaru, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, and Jeep. Still, there is clearly a quality crisis at Ford, and even if not all Ford owners are left stranded at the side of the road, the recalls are disruptive to the overall ownership experience and some of them pose safety risks. We hoped that the brand would have made more progress since Farley's explicit admission that quality needed attention in 2022. 2025 Is Turning Into A Recall Disaster For Ford first appeared on Autoblog on Jun 23, 2025 This story was originally reported by Autoblog on Jun 23, 2025, where it first appeared.
Miami Herald
23-06-2025
- Automotive
- Miami Herald
2025 Is Turning Into A Recall Disaster For Ford
Almost three years ago, Ford CEO Jim Farley said that fixing quality was his top priority for the Blue Oval. However, Farley also said at the time that doing so would "take several years," and that appears to be an accurate assessment when looking at Ford's shockingly high number of recalls so far this year. In an analysis done by Carscoops, Ford has issued 81 recalls in 2025 so far. That's more than the entire number of recalls (67) for the brand in 2024, when Ford was only behind Stellantis (72) for total recalls. At this rate, Ford will hit over 150 recalls by the time the year is done. Those 81 recalls have affected over four million vehicles, and Ford has issued a recall every 2.12 days so far in 2025, on average. For each recall, an average of over 50,000 vehicles are affected. Even worse, 80 of the 81 recalls this year required some kind of physical inspection or fix for the impacted vehicles, so the problems were such that they couldn't be easily resolved via an over-the-air update. Here's just a few of the recalls issued by Ford in 2025: Rearview camera: 1.1 million vehicles affectedSteering control issues: over 29,000 vehicles affectedBraking failures: 2,345 vehicles affectedSeat issues: over 300,000 vehicles affected This isn't an exhaustive list, and the combination of electronic, mechanical, and trim issues indicate that overall quality is a problem, not one specific aspect of Ford vehicles. Data from CarEdge supports this latest analysis, too; by the middle of May, Ford had racked up 51 recalls. The next closest brand was the VW Group, with 14, so it's not even close. The rearview camera recall is the biggest one for Ford so far in 2025. It affects everything from the Escape crossover to high-end models like the Lincoln Navigator and Nautilus. The camera display image could freeze or display a delayed image, which could result in the driver not spotting an immediate hazard. Electrical systems accounted for 17 unique recall campaigns. It's worth pointing out that 14 of Ford's recalls this year involved under 100 vehicles, so these were not as widespread. However, even if we exclude these 14 recalls, Ford is still having far more quality issues than any other automaker. Related: Ford Recalls 300,000 SUVs Over Seats That Could Move While Driving Recalls can be issued at any time, and for vehicles of any age, so it's worth noting that Ford's current run of recalls are impacted by certain older models dating back to the 2020 model year. Looking at the latest J.D. Power 2025 Vehicle Dependability Study - which tracked the number of problems per brand for owners that have had their cars for three years - Ford doesn't fare as badly. It registered 208 problems per 100 vehicles, just below the industry average but above brands like Subaru, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, and Jeep. Still, there is clearly a quality crisis at Ford, and even if not all Ford owners are left stranded at the side of the road, the recalls are disruptive to the overall ownership experience and some of them pose safety risks. We hoped that the brand would have made more progress since Farley's explicit admission that quality needed attention in 2022. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
See - Sada Elbalad
22-06-2025
- Business
- See - Sada Elbalad
US Says Conflict Is with Iran's Nuclear Program, Not the Country
H-Tayea US Vice President J.D. Vance stated that the United States is not at war with Iran as a state, but rather with its nuclear program, emphasizing that current tensions stem from the breakdown in negotiations. In remarks reported by AlQahera News Channel, Vice President Vance said, 'We are not in a state of war with Tehran, we are confronting its nuclear ambitions.' He added that Iranian authorities had ceased to negotiate in good faith, suggesting that if talks had been productive, the situation could have taken a different course. read more Gold prices rise, 21 Karat at EGP 3685 NATO's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict US Expresses 'Strong Opposition' to New Turkish Military Operation in Syria Shoukry Meets Director-General of FAO Lavrov: confrontation bet. nuclear powers must be avoided News Iran Summons French Ambassador over Foreign Minister Remarks News Aboul Gheit Condemns Israeli Escalation in West Bank News Greek PM: Athens Plays Key Role in Improving Energy Security in Region News One Person Injured in Explosion at Ukrainian Embassy in Madrid News China Launches Largest Ever Aircraft Carrier Sports Former Al Zamalek Player Ibrahim Shika Passes away after Long Battle with Cancer Lifestyle Get to Know 2025 Eid Al Adha Prayer Times in Egypt Business Fear & Greed Index Plummets to Lowest Level Ever Recorded amid Global Trade War Arts & Culture Zahi Hawass: Claims of Columns Beneath the Pyramid of Khafre Are Lies News Flights suspended at Port Sudan Airport after Drone Attacks Videos & Features Video: Trending Lifestyle TikToker Valeria Márquez Shot Dead during Live Stream News Shell Unveils Cost-Cutting, LNG Growth Plan Videos & Features Tragedy Overshadows MC Alger Championship Celebration: One Fan Dead, 11 Injured After Stadium Fall Technology 50-Year Soviet Spacecraft 'Kosmos 482' Crashes into Indian Ocean
