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Audi (3)

  • Audi RS Models Will Be Electrified, But Four-Cylinder Engines Won't Be A Part Of That, Report Says

    You all lost your damned minds when Mercedes-AMG announced its next-generation C63 with its 680-horsepower hybrid drivetrain that pairs a four-cylinder turbocharged engine with some electric motors. After all, a four-cylinder engine in something with a 63 badge on it is heresy, right? Well, don’t worry, friends. Audi promises it won’t do you dirty like that with its future electrified RS products.

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  • Audi Q4 E-Tron: What Would You Like To Know?

    Audi’s Q4 E-Tron certainly looks ready to take Tesla’s number one spot in the race to get electric, autonomous luxury vehicle’s to the U.S. market. We’re currently on our way to San Diego to experience the vehicle for ourselves. What do you want to know about it?

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  • What Do You Want To Know About The Audi RS5 Competition?

    So you’ve got about $90,000 burning a hole in your pocket. You decide you want to spend it on something fast, comfortable and — most importantly — German. You see, you’re a discerning individual, someone of elevated taste and class, as people with $90,000 to throw around tend to be. What car should you buy?

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Beyond Cars (5)

  • These Tiny Robots Are Faster Than A Bugatti Chiron

    There have been some fascinating developments in the world of tiny robots recently. We’ve already had the world’s smallest remote control robot, and now a group of scientists has created one of the fastest tiny robots of all time.

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  • Virginia County Renames Highways Named For Confederate Generals

    Fairfax County, Virginia is a stone’s throw from Washington, DC. The county is home to over 25,000 federal government employees and the headquarters of the Central Intelligence Agency. One hundred sixty years ago, the county was an important battlefield in a war where secessionist traitors fought the federal government to preserve the practice of owning other human beings. Yesterday, the Fairfax County Board voted to rename its federal highways that are currently named after the Confederacy’s tw

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  • The U.S. Would Rather Waste Billions To Build New Highways Than Fix The Broken Ones

    The U.S. is throwing away billions of dollars on the construction of new highways instead of fixing old ones. Now that the federal government is poised to funnel billions more through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, researchers are trying to convince state officials to repair old highways rather than expanding America’s highway system with costly new corridors, as the Hill reports.

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  • Cedar Point Ends Rider Thrills With Top Thrill Dragster's Retirement

    “Sometimes, the car doesn’t make it all the way to the top, so it rolls backwards, and they have to relaunch it.” I cannot recall the human being who divulged this fair bit of information while I was in line for my first ride on Top Thrill Dragster in the mid-aughts. But it was forever burned into my subconscious, causing me to have to talk myself through every Top Thrill ride I took in the 19 years it operated. Unfortunately, this small nugget only hinted to the problems that would further pla

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BMW (4)

  • BMW 7-Series To Gain 3 New Plug-In Hybrids, Including M Model For 2023

    BMW has certainly shaken things up with the newest iteration of its 7-Series luxury sedan. The design, as we’ve discussed before, is well, interesting, and already arriving at dealers. Now, the German automaker announced three more plug-in hybrids in the series — two coming to the U.S., including a new M-brand hybrid, and one an unexpected, yet efficient diesel plug-in hybrid for overseas.

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  • BMW XM Label Red Is A 735 HP Special Edition Of The Polarizing Flagship SUV

    Listen, the fact that BMW is going to sell a 644-horsepower plug-in hybrid SUV as its flagship model is already pretty over the top. Of course, nothing excels like excess, and so BMW also announced another special, limited version of the XM on Tuesday. It’s called the XM Label Red, and it’s even more ridiculous than the normal version.

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  • The E92 BMW M3 Lime Rock Park Is A Sports Car Higher Truth

    This year marks the 50th anniversary of BMW’s M division. That fateful letter has given us some of the best driver’s cars ever, and high on that list is the E92 M3, the first and only M3 with a V8. That model’s swan song was the limited-edition Lime Rock Park, with its eye-searing orange paint and factory Inconel sport exhaust.

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Boatlopnik (6)

  • The 15 Largest Cruise Ships On Earth

    This week, we brought you the story of the world’s largest cruise ship, which, due to some strange global circumstances, seems doomed to be dismantled for scrap before it ever sets sail. It’s not the only massive cruise ship in the world, though — there are plenty that have made their way out onto the high seas.

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  • Scaled-Down America's Cup Yachts Are Available For Purchase

    Over the past decade, I’ve grown a massive interest in high-speed yacht racing and the America’s Cup. The wing-sailed foiling catamarans of the 2010s America’s Cup regattas captured my imagination. The flying carbon-fiber testbeds were eventually capable of reaching highway speeds with wind gusts moving half as fast.

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  • See The Shipwrecked Remains Of The Titanic In 8K

    Since the 1985 discovery of the shipwrecked RMS Titanic at the bottom of the Atlantic, the world has been fascinated by the ship and the story it continues to tell from 13,000 feet below the surface. The latest dive from OceanGate Expeditions helps uncover more details to better tell the tale of the ocean liner’s life and devastating end. Today, details from the latest round of explorations bring an even clearer view for explorers and fans to enjoy, thanks to high-definition 8k video.

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  • The Staggering Cost Of Owning A Superyacht

    Just in time for Labor Day, the New York Times published a detailed accounting of what it takes to not only buy a superyacht, but keep that superyacht filled with the kind of fine art and ridiculous toys that sets your gigantic boat apart from all the other gigantic boats also filled with fine art and ridiculous toys.

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Buying (29)

  • Facebook Will No Longer Let Dealers List Cars, Suggests They Buy Ads Instead

    Searching for a used car on Facebook Marketplace might seem slightly less sketchy on the surface than, say, using Craigslist, but those who want to definitely have ways to game the system. It’s not terribly uncommon to happen across dealerships listing duplicate cars for sale, often with absurdly low prices in multiple locations. It’s annoying at best and predatory at worst, so it’s welcome news that Facebook is cutting businesses off from the platform starting this coming February. Well, sort o

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  • Record-Breaking New Vehicle Sales Expected For September: Report

    We’ve got good news for auto manufacturers! A new report from J.D. Power-LMC Automotive says that new vehicle sales are set to rise in September. The report says it’s because American consumers spent more money on new cars than any other September ever (since monthly records started being tracked).

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  • Here's How The Top Electric Midsize SUVs Compare In One Handy Roundup

    This week, Nissan finally announced across-the-board pricing for its upcoming Ariya electric SUV. It’d been a long time coming — the Ariya had been first revealed in 2019, and the Leaf hasn’t exactly been the most popular EV, even if it was one of the first. The brand could use a replacement, and it seems it’ll finally get one.

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  • The 2023 Nissan Ariya Starts At $44,485

    Nissan has finally dropped pricing for its second EV, the Ariya crossover. Including a $1,295 destination charge, the Ariya will start at $44,485. And it only goes up from there. A fully loaded Ariya Platnium tops $60,000.

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  • The 2023 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV Starts At $41,190

    Mitsubishi may have one of the saddest lineups in all of the automotive industry right now, but the company is throwing everything it has at the new Outlander PHEV. All new for 2023, it comes with a much higher starting price this time around. Including a $1,345 destination charge, the ‘23 Outlander PHEV now starts at $41,190.

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  • Gas Guzzling SUV And Pickup Sales Are Undermining EV Gains

    EVs sales have been on the rise. We’re still a bit off from mass adoption but we’re slowly getting there. With those EV gains come gains in curbing carbon emissions. But there’s a problem as The Conversation points out. Sales of big ass trucks and SUVs with bad gas mileage are offsetting the gains made by EV adoption.

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  • The Electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class Will Arrive In 2024, CEO Says

    The Mercedes-Benz G-Class’ last big update in 2019 gave the iconic SUV independent front suspension and a swanky new interior flush with screens — but it didn’t give it an electric powertrain. That’s been in the works for some time, and last year’s Concept EQG offered a glimpse at how the final product might look. This week, Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius confirmed to the media that the truck should hit the market before the end of 2024.

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  • Buick Says Fewer Dealers Are Needed To Sell EVs

    Like the much of rest of the auto industry, Buick says the brand will have a full EV lineup by 2030. The models the brand sells won’t be the only thing changing either, as Detroit Free Press reports Buick wants to change the customer experience at the dealer level. And that’s going to involve getting rid of some dealers.

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  • Nissan Stops Selling Automatic Zs Because They Might Roll Away When Parked

    Earlier in September, Nissan expanded a recall covering more than 200,000 Titan and Frontier pickups relating to a roll away risk in their Jatco nine-speed automatic transmission. You know what other Nissan product shares that slushbox? The new Z. Inevitably, the sharp little coupe has been issued a stop sale, too.

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  • Lamborghini's Huracan Replacement May Get A Twin-Turbo V8

    The Lamborghini Huracan is not long for this world, with a new entry-level Lambo expected to replace it in 2024. We know that replacement will have some form of hybrid assistance, and despite the company’s strict adherence to the V10 engine, it’s rumored to be powered by a mere V8. A new report, however, claims that V8 will have two turbos — and an absolutely wild system for managing them.

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  • The 2023 Ferrari Purosangue SUV Is Here With 715 Horsepower And Rear-Hinged Doors

    Remember when Ferrari swore it would never make an SUV? Well, times and CEOs change, and now the house of the prancing horse has its own high-riding four-door to boost sales. Of course, Ferrari would rather you call the Purosangue a “2+2,” a “modern GT,” or “the first ever four-door, four-seater car in the Prancing Horse’s 75-year history,” but let’s be real: it’s a crossover, and that’s not a bad thing.

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  • 2023 Nissan Pathfinder Starts At $36,295

    Did you know that not only does Nissan still make the Pathfinder, but that it’s not terrible, and it actually looks sort of cool now? Yeah, OK, maybe you did know that, but what you probably didn’t know is that Nissan announced pricing for the 2023 Pathfinder on Monday.

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  • Chrysler Is Bringing Back Performance. Hopefully.

    While Chrysler updated the 300 for 2023, it’s teasing something that, as of this post, is supposed to drop in a week’s time. While people like us would flip if it was some kind of SRT Pacifica, that’s highly doubtful. We’re pretty sure it’s going to be some kind of Chrysler 300.

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  • How America's Totaled Cars End Up Driving Again In The Third World

    What happens to your car after it’s totaled? Most American car owners never really find out. The insurance company takes the damaged vehicle, cuts a check, and for most of us, our attention turns to finding a replacement ride. NPR’s Planet Money took a deep dive into the global market for salvage-title vehicles, and it’s a fascinating read for anybody who’s curious about where good cars go when they die.

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  • 2023 Lexus RX First Drive: Boring Isn't Always Bad

    Car enthusiasts always crap on the Lexus RX for being a boring car, and they’re not entirely wrong. The RX is steadfastly conventional by design, arguably making it better at its job. See, when Lexus comes up with a new RX, the automaker is largely considering the opinions and tastes of people who already own an RX — a group that will make up approximately 33 percent of the new model’s sales.

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  • Car And Driver's Long-Term CT5-V Blackwing Blew Its Engine During Performance Testing

    If you assume that automotive publications are hard on cars that they test, the answer to that is generally a big fat yes. It’s our job to put vehicles through their paces, pushing them harder than a normal owner might in order to discover any shortcomings before you put your hard earned money down on one. Most of the time, the cars take it in stride, but sometimes, something goes wrong.

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  • The Chrysler 300 Will Go Out With One (1) New Option For 2023

    About this time last year I penned a blog entitled “Hallelujah, For The Chrysler 300's Stay Of Execution Will Last At Least One More Year.” Honestly, I didn’t really believe the “at least” part of that headline; that was what we in the business like to call “hedging,” when you have no faith in something you’ve just written but don’t want to look like an idiot at an indeterminate time in the future. And hey, hedging is worth it every now and then, because wouldn’t you know the Chrysler 300 is st

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  • The 2022 Trofeo Is The Maserati Ghibli's Last Hurrah

    The luxury car market is in a weird place right now. Where V8-powered monsters were once lauded as the best you could get, carmakers are increasingly looking to electrify their top-tier models. And while the sport sedan of old reigned supreme, its crown has been stolen by the burgeoning performance SUV segment.

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  • 1922 Rochester Newspaper Ad Shows How Car Prices Have Changed Over 100 Years

    Once upon a Wednesday dreary, while I posted, weak and weary, Blogging many a quaint and curious volume of Toyota lore—While I typed there, keyboard singing, suddenly there came a Slack ding,As of someone gently pinging, pinging the Jalopnik horde.“’Tis some Twitter link,” I muttered, “pinging the Jalopnik corps—Only this and nothing more.”

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  • Watch The All-Electric Maserati GranTurismo Folgore Take Off Like No Maserati Before It

    Maserati is finally ready to show us what the 1,200-horsepower, all-electric GranTurismo Folgore can do, and the brand’s taken to YouTube to demonstrate it. The last GranTurismo dated back to 2007 if you can believe it, but the Folgore — the Italian word for “lightning,” and Maserati’s branding for all of its EVs to come — primarily updates the face and shoves a whole mess of batteries in the center tunnel to bring an old coupe into a new era.

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  • Summer 2022 Was Basically The Worst Time Ever For Car Buyers

    Welp, it’s September. Labor Day is around the corner. Summer’s over. And while that’s usually a sad realization, if you’ve been trying to buy a car this year, you might just be ready for a new season. See, throughout June, July and August of 2022, all kinds of bad news was stirring in both the new-car and used-car markets. Whether it was price hikes, dealer markups, or automakers messing around with the equipment available on new cars due to supply-chain nonsense, this was probably the worst sum

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Chevrolet (4)

  • The 2023 Chevy Tahoe RST Performance Edition Will Fulfill Your Dreams Of Having 13 More Horsepower

    Say you’ve got your eye on a great big, brand new Chevrolet Tahoe RST with the perennially excellent 6.2-liter V8 engine. You have fully developed fantasies of cruising down the main street of your town, waving at people as they bask in the reflected glow of your exhaust burble and shiny paint, but there’s one thing wrong. You’re 13 hp and 7 lb-ft shy of respectability, and those people’s waves are turning into jeers. Fantasy ruined.

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  • Corvette Z06 Allegedly Gets 14 MPG Combined With Z07 Pack

    Make no mistake; the C8 Chevy Corvette Z06 is a triumph of engineering. It laughs in the face of all other supercar manufacturers ditching naturally aspirated engines for forced induction. It does so while carrying golf clubs all the way to its 8,600 rpm redline and 670 peak hp rating. It’s a monster.

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Concept Cars (4)

  • Renault's Latest Retro Tribute Is An Electric R5 Turbo Built For Drifting

    Last week, Renault teased an electric R5 Turbo with a gigantic wing and not much else that we could see. The mysterious rally monster was part of the brand’s celebration for the 50th anniversary of its iconic Renault 5 city car, which it’s also bringing back as a future production EV. Today, we’re finally able to get a better look at it. This is the R5 Turbo 3E.

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  • Dacia's Manifesto Concept Is An Escape From Cyberpunk City Life

    In the past few years, there’s been a burgeoning trend in car design: cyberpunk. No, I don’t mean the capital-C Cyberpunk of gaming fame (or infamy, depending on when you bought it), I mean the the sci-fi subgenre that mixes advanced technology with ‘80s punk attitudes. From the Tesla Cybertruck to the Hyundai N Vision 74, it seems every modern concept is built for a highly economically stratified world full of oppressive corporations that prey on personal data with no regard for privacy. I wond

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  • Renault's One-Off R5 Turbo Showcar Is The Hot Hatch EV We Need

    If you’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of a great album of classic movie, you might get a re-release or a few live performances. But if you’re celebrating the 50th anniversary of a car, what can you do? Well, in Renault’s case, you can dream up a load of wild concepts loosely linked to an iconic model.

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Entertainment (10)

  • Codemasters' 2023 WRC Game Sounds Like It'll Have A Really Cool Car Building Mechanic

    Beginning in 2023, the official World Rally Championship game will be developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts. This is a big deal in the world of racing games — it was Codies’ possession of the Formula 1 and WRC licenses that endeared the British developers to work with EA in the first place, leading EA to buy the company last year. Little is known about the forthcoming WRC title, but this week brought an encouraging leak as to one of its big features.

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  • Logitech Is Finally Getting Serious About Sim Racing With A $1,000 Direct Drive Wheel

    Early last year, I reviewed the Logitech G923, an entry-level sim racing wheel and pedal set. It was fine, but hardly innovative; Logitech has been producing the same gear-driven force feedback systems and flimsy pedals for generations, going back to the G25 wheel released in the mid-aughts. The peripheral giant has slowly watched the likes of Thrustmaster and particularly Fanatec — two much smaller companies — swoop in and dominate the market. Logitech didn’t seem to care about sim racing. They

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  • Horizon Chase 2 Is Here For Your New Old Racing Game Fix

    Last Friday, Brazilian developer Aquiris dropped Horizon Chase 2 on Apple Arcade. It’s the studio’s first true successor to 2015's Horizon Chase, a hit arcade racer that originally released for mobile devices but has since made its way to every gaming platform. The sequel had been a long time coming, but Aquiris eased the wait with years of support and touching expansions dripping with nostalgia.

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  • Jean-Luc Godard Is Dead At 91, So Let's Watch His Best Car Film, Week End

    French New Wave cinema is known for many things, but great car movies certainly aren’t among them. However, Jean-Luc Godard, who died on Tuesday at the ripe old age of 91, might have inadvertently made exactly such a film. It’s a black comedy called Week End, it came out in 1967, and in addition to being a generally great film, it’s got a stellar collection of on-screen cars.

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  • Remembering The Sega Dreamcast, The Racing Gamer's Console Of Choice

    On this day in 1999, the world became a little brighter. That’s when Sega released its final games console, the Dreamcast, in North America. A massive media campaign, cryptically teasing “9.9.99” and sowing seeds that the little white box was not only powerful but sentient, set the scene for what was briefly considered “the biggest 24 hours in entertainment retail history.” At least, until the hype train derailed midway through 2000.

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  • Weekend Watch: The Great Love Affair

    Cars. They’re big, they pollute the air and make messes of cities. At least, they did in the ‘60s, before the EPA was created, leading into the Malaise Era where automakers tried struggled to figure out how to make any sort of “efficient” motorized anything. But damnit, cars were cool, and many of our favorite American-made classics originated in the ‘60s, kicking off America’s love affair with cars, as documented in this 1966 film, The Great Love Affair.

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  • Rage Software's Lamborghini Was Canceled, But It Still Lives On

    In 2003, U.K.-based Rage Software announced it had entered into a three-year licensing agreement with Lamborghini to produce a series of racing games based around the Italian automaker’s many sports cars. The first entry — titled simply Lamborghini — was to be released on Xbox and PlayStation 2 in spring of that year; GameCube was to follow in the fall. It carried plenty of promise, with full damage modeling and a roster touting every Lamborghini ever made up to that point.

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  • 10 Automotive Things To Watch On YouTube This Labor Day Weekend

    We did it, folks. September is officially here, the pumpkin spice products are out in full force, and maybe, just maybe, we can all catch a break from this heat. While some of us are preparing for hell bracing ourselves to hit the roads or the skies to our Labor Day weekend destinations, many of us are sticking close to home. Or really, just staying home.

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  • The Original Civic Type-R Makes A Surprise Addition To Rocket League's Roster

    Rocket League has inked partnerships with a range of automakers and motorsports entities to date, including Lamborghini, McLaren, Formula 1, NASCAR and — notably recently — Ferrari. That was a big get, and Rocket League publisher Epic Games reflected that in a suitably high price — the 296 GTB costs the equivalent of $20 in in-game credits and can’t be customized. But it’s the esports darling’s latest real-world addition that has piqued everyone’s interest.

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Events (1)

  • The 2022 North American International Auto Show Was A Depressing Ghost Town

    The 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit opened its doors to media and industry professionals this week, with public days beginning tomorrow. NAIAS was once the pinnacle of the U.S. auto show circuit, with huge, over-the-top displays and reveals from domestic and foreign automakers alike. But the pageantry began fading even before the pandemic, and walking around the 2022 show — the first Detroit auto show since 2019 — the event was nearly unrecognizable.

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Ford (12)

  • Ford's Bronco Heritage Editions Will Be Just As Hard To Obtain

    We’re over two years into Ford’s new Bronco production and buyers are still clamoring or waiting to get one. Between flippers, dealer markups, order delays and production issues, it’s rough out there if you’re a reservation-holding or an interested Bronco buyer. And Ford just keeps feeding that complex fire with the recently introduced Bronco Heritage editions. Those editions, as Bronco Nation points out, will be limited in both number and who gets to get one — so may the odds be ever in your f

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  • The 2023 Ford Super Duty Pickup Truck From Every Angle

    The Blue Oval has been working on updating or debuting new faces on all of its truck products and most recently expanded those “facelifts” to include its hardest workers: the Super Duty line. Ford revealed its new 2023 F-Series Super Duty trucks just a half hour ago, equipped to be easier to work tough (or fun) jobs and capable for any line of duty customers and their fleets need to tackle. Not only that, but they look sleek enough to hold meetings in.

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  • 2023 Ford Super Duty: This Is It

    Heavy-duty pickup trucks are built for tough jobs — construction, utilities, mining, emergency services. The newly redesigned 2023 Ford F-Series Super Duty hopes to be a better tool for hard work, with new features to help manage trailers, keep fleets maintained, and even give hard-working people a place to relax. Let’s dive into everything new with the 2023 Ford Super Duty.

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  • Here's Your First Teaser Of How The Mustang Dark Horse Sounds

    The track-focused Dark Horse will be the apex of the S650 Mustang lineup when it emerges in 2024, armed with a five-liter Coyote V8 producing more than 500 horsepower. But summer 2023 is still quite a ways away, and so it might be a while until you hear one loudly and triumphantly proclaim its existence in public. Fortunately, someone on YouTube has happened to record that critical moment, during Ford’s Stampede event last week where the highly anticipated pony car was revealed.

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  • The 2024 Ford Mustang Brings Back The Drift Stick

    Back in 2018, Ford introduced a magic lever that turned you into Ken Block. It was called the Drift Stick, and it was essentially an electronically-controlled hydraulic handbrake for the Focus RS. But the Focus is dead, and the Drift Stick is now merely a faint, warm memory in the heads of snow-drifting enthusiasts. At least, it was — until Ford brought it back for the 2024 Mustang.

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  • Mustang Dark Horse S And R Are Built For The Track And The Track Alone

    Ford is going all in on motorsport with the seventh-generation 2024 Mustang, pledging the new pony car to a variety of racing series. That commitment is reflected in the Mustang Dark Horse S and Dark Horse R — two track-only coupes built atop the street-legal Dark Horse, the most powerful version of the latest ’Stang.

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  • Ford Super Duty Trucks Get Larger 6.8L V8 For 2023: Report

    While Ford is pressing ahead with its electrification plans, things are a bit different when it comes to its best-selling Super Duty trucks. Case in point, sources at Ford have told Ford Authority that the 2023 Super Duty pickups are set to get a brand new, larger gasoline-powered V8 engine to replace another quite large gasoline-powered V8 engine.

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  • Next-Gen Mustang Won't Go Hybrid Or All-Wheel Drive: Report

    The forthcoming, seventh-generation “S650” Mustang — either a 2023 or 2024 model depending on who you ask — may very well be the last with an internal-combustion engine and available manual transmission. Up until now, the rumor mill suggested it would also be the first Mustang to offer a hybrid powertrain and/or all-wheel drive. But now, Ford has apparently put that idea on ice.

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  • Ford Hits 52 Recalls For 2022 As Nearly 200,000 Older Ford Expeditions And Lincoln Navigators Are Recalled For Fire Risk

    The recalls at Ford keep coming, and the latest once again affects owners of the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator. In July, the automaker expanded an existing recall for 2021 models for a fire risk originating from the circuit board in the battery junction box that was prone to shorting. But that only affected about 66,000 SUVs. This week, it’s added about 198,000 Expeditions and Navigators, model years 2015 through 2017, for a completely separate risk of fire.

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Honda (4)

  • Honda Wants Ohio Factory Workers To Pay Back Mistaken Bonuses

    Everyone loves a bonus, right? You get rewarded for your hard work, and you get a little extra spending money to save for a rainy day. So when your bonus check is a little higher than usual, are you really going to complain? Would you alert your bosses, in case they overpaid you? Would you give the excess back? Certain Honda employees, it seems, have run into that very issue.

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  • The 2023 Honda CR-V Is Getting A Hefty Price Increase

    The Honda CR-V is, in the States at least, one of Honda’s cash cows and its best-selling car here for five years running. It seems that, for the new, sixth-generation CR-V that is the 2023 model year, Honda wants a little more cash out of it.

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  • The 2023 Civic Type R Already Has An Accessories Catalog

    As we stare down the barrel of the return of early-2000s fashion, there’s a lesson we need to learn from the decades since: All of us, in those days of the new millennium, wore too many accessories. There was no reason, no moral defense for layering multiple belts. It was wrong, and we should never repeat it. Cars, however, can get away with a bit more. Take, for example, the new 2023 Civic Type R and all its understated design language. A car like that needs a few accessories to make it stand o

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Hyundai (1)

  • The Long-Rumored Hyundai Mid-Engined Sports Car Is Officially Dead

    For years, we’d heard rumors of a mid-engine sports car from Hyundai, intended to fly the flag for the brand’s N performance division. And Hyundai, to its credit, made no efforts to misdirect us. There was the RM19 concept — a Veloster with a mid-mounted 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder pulled straight out of a WTCR touring car. The company itself described the prototype, seen above, as “a development platform for future N brand products, including a potential brand-halo car.” Something big

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Motorcycles (8)

  • 2023 Ducati Multistrada V4 Rally Is Going The Distance, It's Going For Speed

    Listen, I’m going to let you in on a secret — long-distance motorcycling kind of sucks. Not only is it slower than going by car, but it’s boring and painful with only brief moments of being awesome, despite what Ewan MacGregor would have you believe. But what if there was a bike that could take some of the suck out of that situation?

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  • Honda's Electric Motorcycle Timeline Seems Impossible

    Honda knows motorcycles; it’s the largest motorcycle company in the world. So when Honda says it’s going to release at least 10 electric motorcycles by 2025, it’s likely to be true, since it’s likely that Honda is just showing whatever hand it’s been holding for years, or some EV plan it’s been building towards.

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  • 2023 Zero DSR/X Electric Adventure Bike Silently Conquers All Terrain

    After a little more than an hour in the saddle of Zero’s new $24,495 DSR/X, slicing through the epic roads outside Park City, Utah then making my way silently up some rutted, rocky trails, I stopped for lunch at a gorgeous trailside pull-off. The mountain views were stunning. A few minutes later, a couple of dudes on four-stroke dirtbikes went tearing by, braaaping exhausts echoing off the birch trees and absolutely shattering the calm. Moments like that can make even the most ardent internal co

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  • How Two-Strokes Became The Dominant Performance Engine In Motorcycle Racing

    Ahh, two-stroke engines. Many people associate the sound (and smell) of a two-stroke with yard equipment, but for motorcycle fans, it signifies something else entirely – performance. See, before emissions regulations were as stringent as they are now, two-stroke motorcycles dominated not only off-road but on road and, more importantly, on racetracks. But how did that happen?

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  • How Elspeth Beard's Lone Rider Gave Me The Confidence To Keep Riding

    Shortly after I brought my second motorcycle, a 2019 Honda Rebel 300, home, I felt my riding confidence slump. At first, I thought it was just me. Maybe I wasn’t a good rider, or perhaps I was too nervous — too in my head. I’d ride other bikes and feel more comfortable and confident. Maybe it wasn’t me, but the bike. I didn’t want to stop riding, but I also needed something to keep me riding the Rebel until I could find my next bike.

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  • Roland Sands And Bell Helmet Blast To The Past With The Bullitt Carbon Mulholland

    Roland Sands and Bell Helmets have partnered up again to make another rad motorcycle helmet that’s as stylish as it is functional. The storied U.S. helmet company and Roland Sands Design are now celebrating the release of the RSD Bullitt Carbon Mulholland. This is their latest collaborative lid, which comes with classic looks that belie the cutting-edge technology and materials inside.

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  • Congressman Says Deadly Crash At Unsanctioned Car Show Is Probably The Democrats' Fault

    There was a deadly crash on Saturday in Wildwood, New Jersey, during an unsanctioned car meet-up known as H2Oi, the so-called “most ticketed car show in America.” A driver was subsequently arrested and charged with multiple crimes in connection with the incident, suggesting that the wheels of the criminal justice system are turning just fine, though one congressman, who is a Republican, also took the opportunity this week to release a statement placing blame on the real problem, which is the Dem

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Geely Wanted To Buy All Of Aston Martin, Instead Will Settle For 8 Percent

    Once upon a time, Aston Martin and Volvo were unlikely stablemates under the purview of Ford, a company that really didn’t know what to do with either of them. On Friday, Volvo’s current majority owner, Geely, cemented an 8 percent stake in the British luxury brand. The Chinese automotive giant won’t get a board seat to go along with its stake, but it’s nonetheless an interesting development, because Geely has had an eye on Aston for a long time.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • New York Will Require All New Vehicles Sold To Be Hybrids Or EVs By 2035

    California shook a lot of people both in and outside the automotive industry with its 2035 gas vehicle ban. Now it looks as though that ban has officially begun rubbing off on other states. Automotive News reports that New York is planning to adopt the rules California will implement regarding the banning of gas vehicles by 2035.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Hurricane Ian Halts Air Travel Over Central Florida

    Hurricane Ian made landfall along Florida’s southwestern coast as a Category 4 storm, with wind speeds peaking at 155 mph. The dangerous storm has already severely damaged infrastructure on the island of Cuba and knocked out electrical power across the entire country. Those along Ian’s projected path should adhere to the advisories published by authorities and evacuate if advised to do so. As one of the most powerful storms to hit southwestern Florida, Ian had drastically impacted air travel to

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The Ferrari SP51 Is A V12-Powered Spider With Important Stripes

    The Ferrari SP51 is a car with stripes on it, an homage to a different Ferrari, 1955's 410 S, one of which Juan Manuel Fangio once drove. The SP51, announced on Wednesday, also has a V12 under its front hood, was built on the 812 GTS platform. The SP51's buyer, identified as a Ferrari collector based in Taiwan, is presumably having a good day.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Dodge Delays Final V8 Monster Due To Supply Challenges

    Dodge has been bidding farewell to its V8 muscle cars in a long, drawn out way that has so far included six pretty cool, very shouty, limited-edition models. That fond farewell was due to conclude with a secret seventh “Last Call” model set to launch at this year’s SEMA show, but it’s been delayed.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Hurricane Ian May Drive Gas Prices Even Higher

    You may have noticed that gas prices have been on the rise just a bit over the past week. According to AAA, the average price of a gallon of regular gas now sits at $3.75. That’s up $0.07 from the end of a 99-day straight decrease that ended September 21.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Hertz Arrests Still Happening Despite New CEO Calling Them Out

    While Hertz has been attempting to garner some positive news with reports of the company expanding its EV offerings, there’s still a lot of ugly going on between the company and its customers. Namely, false accusations of rental thefts. INC.com reports that five more customers have come forward and are suing the company over false accusations of rental theft.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Lamborghini Finally Made The Last Aventador

    The Lamborghini Aventador has sat at the top of the Italian automakers range for more than 10 years. It roared onto the scene in 2011 with an all-new V12 engine, striking looks and a heap of firsts for Lamborghini. But now, its end is near as the company has finally built the last Aventador.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Why California Gas Prices Are $2 Above The National Average

    Gas prices across the United States have been on the decline for weeks. After a summer high, prices have dropped by as much as $3 in some places. Don’t count California in with these places, though: As the Orange County Register reports, gas prices in the Golden State are sitting around $2 more per gallon than the national average in most areas of the state.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • How GM Plant Workers Won The First Major Court Battle Over Pay Equal For Equal Work

    It’s rare that the heroes of the American Labor Movement are given their due in history, rarer still that the huge role women played is acknowledged. Smithsonian Magazine bucked this trend and published a fantastic profile of one of these mothers of organization, Florence St. John, who in 1938 brought together other women workers at GM’s Olds Motor Works plant in Lansing, Michigan to fight for equal pay.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • The Citroën Berlingo 2CV Fourgonnette Is The Best Kind Of Retro

    The Citroën Berlingo 2CV Fourgonnette is based on the Berlingo, first introduced in 1996, and now in its third generation, with diesel, gasoline, and all-electric variants. Thanks to the Italian coachbuilder Caselani, buyers can now also order a 2CV-inspired version of it, which is either fatally cheesy or somewhat inspired, depending on your persuasion.

    By Erik Shilling Read More

  • Volvo's EX90 Electric SUV Scans Your Eyes To Spot Tired Drivers

    We all know the tale about Volvo being the first company to patent the modern three-point seatbelt but leaving the patent open for other automakers to use. It’s one of the things that has helped cement its stellar reputation for safety. Now, the company is starting to outline the new innovations that it hopes will make driving safer in the years to come.

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  • Working In A Tesla Factory Sounds Like A Nightmare

    Tesla has come under fire this summer due to lawsuits from employees alleging abusive environments to the feds finally catching up with Autopilot investigations to the usual confusing frat boy antics of Dear Leader Elon Musk.

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  • Volvo's New EX90 Electric SUV Will Be Equipped For Future Self-Driving

    The current Volvo XC90 has been around for a bit. The second generation of Volvo’s flagship SUV premiered in 2015 and is overdue for an update. Thankfully, if you’re in the market for a high-end SUV, you won’t have long to wait for Volvo’s latest contender, as the all-electric EX90 SUV will be unveiled in November.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • California Wants To Ban Diesel Semis By 2040

    California is on a roll to have nearly every part of its residents’ lives be pollution-free. With bans on everything from gas vehicles, to gas-powered yard equipment, the next step is cleaning up the backbone of our supply chain: semitrucks. The LA Times reports state officials are proposing a ban on big rig diesels to further curb California’s emissions.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Regular Gas Prices Tick Up After 99-Day Decline

    Well folks, it was fun while it lasted, but after a 99-day streak of declining gas prices, they have made a turn in the wrong direction. According to AAA, the national average for a price of regular gas now sits at $3.68 per gallon. That’s up one cent from yesterday. Mid-grade and premium gas also ticked upward overnight as well, but because you can’t buy a fraction of a penny of gas, they remained virtually unchanged. Diesel, on the other hand, went down by a penny to $4.93 per gallon.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • 2024 Mercedes-AMG C63 S E Performance Is A Four-Cylinder Hybrid With 671 HP And 752 Lb-Ft Of Torque

    Bad news first: The V8 era at Mercedes-AMG is officially over. The thunderous M177 4.0-liter twin-turbo eight-cylinder that’s powered every AMG 63-series muscle machine since 2015 is not long for this earth. Here’s what will replace it: A Formula 1-inspired hybrid drivetrain that marries the world’s most powerful production-car four-cylinder (with an electrically-boosted turbocharger, no less) to an electric motor driving the rear axle through a two-speed gearbox. In the 2024 Mercedes-AMG C63 S

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  • Uber Drivers Must Switch To EVs By 2030

    Uber is expanding its EV options to more cities across the U.S., and is setting a deadline for drivers to transition to electric cars by 2030. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi tells CBS that drivers who haven’t made the switch to an EV by then won’t be allowed back on its platform.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • 2023 Alpina XB7 Adds 107 HP, New Look To BMW X7

    The face-lifted X7 was recently introduced to the world by BMW, and coming in right behind it is the new, hotter Alpina XB7. There are more than just cosmetic changes here. There’s some pretty sweet differences under the hood, as well.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Remembering Queen Elizabeth II, The Gearhead Monarch

    Editor’s note: This article was originally published on the afternoon of September 8, 2022, when it was announced that Queen Elizabeth II had died. Today, we’re revisiting this piece on the occasion of the Queen’s state funeral at Windsor Castle, which will be followed by her burial at St. George’s Chapel.

    By Bob Sorokanich Read More

  • Moose Crash Test Dummy Takes Home An Ig Noble Award In Safety Technology

    Crash testing a vehicle versus moose scenario might come off as a joke, but if you drive around in Sweden, Canada, the Northern U.S. Europe, Japan (apparently!) or anywhere where Alces alces roam, you really want to know if you and what you’re driving can survive crashing into one. Research performed to increase crash survival rates is important, and enough that a study constructing a moose crash test dummy won a prestigious, but silly, award Thurdsay.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • Uber Down After Teen Hacker Takes Over Everything From Source Code To Slack

    You’d think with all the money Uber has lit on fire from its founding up to present day, the company would have spent a little more of it on cybersecurity. That doesn’t seem the case. Uber’s operations are still down after an 18-year-old hacker gained full access to the company’s network in what security experts are calling “a total compromise” of Uber’s internal systems.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • 2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse, GT And EcoBoost From Every Angle

    The seventh-generation Mustang is finally here! Ford just unveiled the new S650 Mustang at an event in Detroit — and surprised us with the Mustang Dark Horse — and we’ve got all the photos your eyes could want right here. Click here to read all about the new Mustang with its “most powerful ever” Coyote V8 and available six-speed manual transmission, and scroll through these photos for your best look yet at the exterior, interior, dashboard and more on the new 2024 Mustang. Skip ahead to Slide #2

    By Bob Sorokanich Read More

  • We Can't Have A Hellcat Chrysler 300 Because Hellcat Engines Are A Finite Resource

    Chrysler woke up and gave us a jolt this week with the surprise announcement of the 2023 300C, packing the 475-hp 6.4-liter Hemi V8 that powers Scat Pack versions of the Dodge Challenger and Charger. Of course, we’re a greedy lot, and a mere 475 hp will hardly do when we know Stellantis has a 707-hp supercharged engine that fits just about anywhere the 6.4 can go. So why no Hellcat 300? The answer is disappointingly mundane: Hellcat engines, like old-growth lumber and anthracite coal, are a non-

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  • Jeep Celebrates 30 Years Of The Grand Cherokee With A Special Edition 4xe

    The landscape of the American automobile industry was vastly different 30 years ago. The Big Three were just starting to get their feet wet in the SUV market that now reigns supreme in the United States. In 1992, Chrysler debuted the 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee at the North American International Auto Show to compete with the Ford Explorer and Chevrolet Blazer/GMC Jimmy. To commemorate three decades of success with the venerable model, Jeep is introducing a 30th Anniversary special edition of the 2

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  • 2023 Chrysler 300C Packs The 475-HP V8 From The Challenger Scat Pack

    Much like its platform-sharing sisters, the Dodge Charger and Challenger, the Chrysler 300 is going away after the 2023 model year. But in typical Stellantis fashion, it’s going out with a bang. To celebrate what feels like a 70-year production run (the current generation debuted for the 2011 model year), Chrysler is closing this chapter with a special limited-edition model: The return of the 300C. Only 2,000 examples will be sold in the U.S., with another 200 will be available for Canada.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Audi Is Planning An All-Electric Successor To The R8: Report

    The Audi R8 is one of those cars that feels like it’s been around forever. But now, it sounds like its internal-combustion days might be numbered. A new report suggests that Audi is preparing to kill off the mid-engine supercar and replace it with an all-electric flagship.

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  • Eight Cars Burn Down In Stadium Parking Lot Due To Unattended Grill

    Americans love tailgating; it combines our three favorite past times of eating, relying on our cars for everything and blood sport. However, while cars and tailgating go together like peas and carrots, fire is not cars’ friend. Someone should have told that to a sports fan attending the Miami Dolphins Vs. New England Patriots game at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • Tesla's EV Credits May Be In High Demand Now, But Their Time Is Limited

    Everyone likes to talk about Tesla’s regulatory credit sales, which makes sense — they’re one of the company’s more unique income streams. In a world where income is usually generated through sales of motor vehicles, accessories, or branded lifestyle merchandise, selling “adherence to the law tokens” seems like an ecclesial anomaly. But much like the Catholic Church before the Reformation, Tesla’s days of selling indulgences may be numbered.

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  • Magna Steyr Considers A U.S. Factory Because Everyone Needs One Now

    If you want to keep that sweet $7,500 federal tax rebate on your company’s electric vehicles, your EV now needs to undergo final assembly in the United States. Magna Steyr is a manufacturer; it doesn’t sell cars directly, but it does build them on contract for numerous major automakers. For the firm to keep getting business, it seems it will have to establish a manufacturing footprint in the U.S. — which now seems to be exactly the plan, according to one of Magna Steyr’s top executives.

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  • Scientists Discover A Way To Make Cheaper Batteries From Everyday Elements

    The world is going all-in on electrifying transportation, mostly. Right now, some automakers are exploring a future with all-electric line-ups; some are also looking at things like hydrogen power or synthetic fuels. The latter of those, might be a more viable solution if we continue making batteries with precious metals for everything we use daily — from our phones to our cars. OR, we can use metals that are more abundant and even cheaper to build with.

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  • 2024 Chevy Equinox EV Starts At $30,000, Offers Up To 300 Miles Of Range

    General Motors is going big on electric vehicles, and the automaker’s latest battery-powered offering aims straight at the compact crossover segment. This is the production-ready Equinox EV, which Chevy promises will start at $30,000 — making it the most affordable electric vehicle in its class. And if you’re willing to spend a little more, you could get an upgraded version that promises a full 300 miles of battery range.

    By Bob Sorokanich Read More

  • Gas Prices Keep Tumbling As We Head Into Fall

    Folks, I come with very good news. Gas prices are continuing their downward trend. The average price of a gallon of gas now sits at $3.76 per gallon, according to AAA’s gas price tracker. That’s now a decrease of $1.26 per gallon since prices reached their peak in mid-June of this year.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Hyundai Kona Electric Burnt To Crisp In Quebec City Reminds Owners To Replace Recalled Batteries

    In February 2021, Hyundai announced a massive recall for the Kona Electric covering 82,000 cars around the world, stemming from risk of fire. Reports pegged the total cost to Hyundai at $900 million — still shy of the $1 billion-plus General Motors spent to fix every fire-prone Chevrolet Bolt and Bolt EUV. The commonality between the two brands’ EVs? They both used batteries manufactured by LG Energy Solution.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Catalytic Converter Thieves Are Targeting Toyota Priuses

    Catalytic converter thefts have been happening all over the country and vehicles of all makes and models have been victimized. It’s even happened to some of Jalopnik’s staff. But out west, specifically in the haven coastal states for hybrids and EVs — like California and Oregon, thieves are targeting the Toyota Prius, the L.A. Times reports.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Americans Demand More Luxury And Exotic Cars In The Wake Of The Pandemic

    The U.S. auto market is gradually shifting towards more expensive cars. Supply chain shortages and global shipping snafus have given automakers convenient excuses to focus on cars with better profit margins, and their plan is working. Luxury vehicles are going through a boom period in the U.S. that doesn’t look like it’s going to go bust any time soon.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • The M5 Could Be The Only BMW 5-Series With A V8 After 2024

    Times are a changin’, and with every automaker making a pivot to hybrids, plug-ins and all-electric vehicles, the enthusiast community is losing big, powerful engines. It may be time to pour another one out: As reported by Motor1, the BMW 5-Series could be losing its V8 in all models except the M5.

    By Lalita Chemello Read More

  • 2022 Detroit Auto Show: Everything We Think We'll See

    There hasn’t been a true North American International Auto Show since January 2019. After that show concluded, organizers decided to move the event; the 2020 festivities were slated for June of that year. But of course, by the time summer 2020 came around, the world was a very different place.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • European Climate Protestors Deflated Tires On 600 SUVs Last Night

    A European climate activism group called Tyre Extinguishers have been campaigning against the ravages of climate change by deflating the tires on SUVs all across Europe. Last night was their biggest night yet, the Guardian reports, with the group airing out the tires on more than 600 SUVs across nine different European countries.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Burning Man Ended In An 8-Hour Traffic Jam

    For the first time in three years, the Burning Man festival made its post-COVID return last weekend, but the celebration ended in misery as people found themselves stuck in 15-lane traffic for hours. The festival’s official Twitter account warned of eight-hour jams, though some folks mentioned the wait could be up to 14 hours.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • The City Of San Jose, CA Lifted Its Cruising Ban

    As someone who has been personally harassed by cops for cruising in a lowrider, I can understand the excitement behind the news that San Jose, California has finally lifted its 40-year-old ban on cruising, as Mercury News reports.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Russia's Car Sales Are Garbage Right Now

    It may come as a surprise to literally no one, but new car sales in Russia are absolutely in the trash right now. Sales in August of this year reportedly fell 62.4 percent compared to last year, according to Reuters.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • The Nissan Kicks Won't Start At Less Than $20,000 Anymore

    The Nissan Kicks, one of the few cars left that still start at less than $20,000, will no longer have that distinction for 2023, Nissan confirmed this week. Instead, the base Kicks S will start at $20,290. The other trims of the Kicks are receiving minor price bumps as well.

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  • New California Bill Will Pay Residents $1,000 For Not Owning A Car

    California state officials are doing everything they can to bring down the state’s emissions, even though the grid isn’t quite up to the task of handling all those EVs. On Wednesday, state officials took things a step further and passing a bill that would give a tax credit to income-challenged residents who don’t own cars, the Washington Post reports.

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  • Gas Station TV Adds Political Ads, Further Fueling Drivers' Anger At The Pump

    Gas Station TV is a travesty of modern life. While pumping gas isn’t what I’d call a relaxing activity, it was at least a break from the endless mindless chatter of our heavily commercialized existence. Gas Pump TV took that small mental break from us years ago, and it’s only getting worse: A new report from the Daily Beast details how political ads are starting to pop up on pumps.

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  • Acura's Sales Were Very Bad This Month Except For One (1) Model

    Acura’s sales in August were down a little under half of what they were in the same month last year, the automaker said Thursday, which is terrible by any measure but with which Acura also had a perfectly fine excuse. Didn’t you know it but the supply chain is a real mess right now, they say. Just one model did all right in August, while sales were down across the board for the rest.

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  • Pregnant Texas Woman Ticketed A Second Time For Using HOV Lane

    Just over a month ago, Brandy Bottone was pulled over for driving in the HOV lane. Her argument to fight the ticket, in light of the recent reversal of Roe v. Wade, was that her unborn child was in fact, now a person, and that meant she could use the carpool lane. Texas law agreed, and Bottone was released from that ticket. Buttone went about using the HOV lane again, and NBC News reports the Texas woman has been ticketed, again, for the same offense.

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  • Nissan Expands Roll Away Recall To More Than 200,000 Titans And Frontiers

    Right around the time Nissan recalled 360,000 Pathfinders for defective hood latches in June, the Japanese automaker also issued a separate alert for its pickups. That campaign covered 180,000 Frontier and Titan models manufactured between late 2019 and summer 2022 for risk of roll away. Nissan has just added another 23,000 trucks to that tally, as even recently manufactured 2023-model year vehicles have been deemed susceptible to the same fault.

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  • Delta Pilots Begin Voting On Strike Authorization

    Delays and cancelations haven’t been rare for airlines in the United States over the past year. Staff shortages have meant a single issue, like a power outage or a hurricane, could spark a cascade of scheduling problems across the country. However, unlike in Europe, no carrier has had to deal with a work stoppage yet. Delta could be dealing with a pilots’ strike in the near future.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Finland Closes Highway For Air Force Runway Drills

    There’s a long-standing and widely-believed myth here in the United States that one in every five miles of the Interstate Highway System is straight. The false reasoning behind the myth is that the roadway could be used as aircraft runways by the U.S. Armed Forces to defend the country in the event of an invasion by a foreign power. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has fervently continuously denied and debunked the myth.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • World's First All-Electric Passenger Plane Takes Its Maiden Flight

    The world’s first all-electric passenger airplane has finally taken flight. The Eviation Aircraft Alice went on its maiden voyage on Tuesday, after a series of setbacks and delays kept putting off the historic flight — officially bringing passenger planes into the EV age.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • The Air Travel Industry Is Facing A Shortage Of Workers To Make Airplane Parts

    The air travel industry has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, but a shortage of workers at plane part factories could threaten the industry’s growth. Airplane parts production in Canada and the U.S. is falling behind due to a lack of skilled workers, according to Reuters, which is forcing companies like Boeing, Airbus and Raytheon to delay the production of aircraft.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Boeing Pays $200 Million But Doesn't Admit Guilt In 737 MAX Settlement

    Boeing will pay $200 million to settle civil charges for lying to investors about the safety of the Boeing 737 MAX. The company must pay the settlement to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including a penalty of $1 million to be paid by former CEO Dennis Muilenberg, after Boeing and Muilenberg claimed the 737 MAX was “as safe as any airplane that has ever flown the skies.”

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Over 28,000 Travelers Flooded Into Seattle Airport In Just 6 Hours

    Travelers attempting to fly out of the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Sunday were greeted with a security line so long it stretched into the parking deck. The 2.5-hour long wait at security caused missed flights for those who thought they were arriving with plenty of time to spare.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • Delta Airlines' Private Refinery To Start Blending Biofuels

    Did you know that Delta Airlines owns its own fuel refinery? Yeah, neither did I, and now, according to a report published Friday by Reuters, that refinery could be getting ready to start making biofuels. That’s cool, but don’t expect your next 737 flight’s jet exhaust to smell like french fries.

    By Kyle Hyatt Read More

  • Even Rolls Royce Isn't Bothered About Supersonic Travel

    For some people, supersonic air travel is the transport holy grail. Something we should be striving for at all costs because, of course, time is money. But now, airline engine maker Rolls Royce has turned its back on the idea and pulled out of its partnership with supersonic startup Boom.

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  • The FAA Doesn't Want To Regulate Airline Seat Sizes, But Maybe You Can Convince It

    What’s the deal with airline seats? It seems like every time you slither your way into one, you’re more cramped than the time before. Airlines continually cram more and more seats into their planes, trying to eke every last dollar out of their winged investments, but there’s now hope on the horizon — an FAA investigation into plane seat sizes, where you can tell the administration what you really think of Spirit’s economy chairs.

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  • Airbus To Test Future eVTOL Flying Taxi Routes In Japan

    The development of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft has piqued the interest of many prominent airlines in recent years. Carriers have invested millions of dollars into projects promising to deliver flying taxis capable of point-to-point urban travel. While eVTOL flying taxi concepts seem closer to similar flying car fantasies, Airbus is inching closer to making that fantasy a reality.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • NASA's X-59 Aims To Open The Skies For New Supersonic Airliners

    For almost three decades, the slice of humanity who could afford it had access to supersonic air travel. The Concorde regularly traversed the North Atlantic in three and a half hours on routes operated by British Airways and Air France. However, supersonic passenger flights never went further west in the United States than international flights on the East Coast. Government restrictions prevented ear drums and windows from being shattered by sonic booms from sea to shining sea. 

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • United Airlines Doubles Down On Electric Flying Taxi Fantasy

    Several of the country’s largest airlines have made long-term wagers on the direction of commercial passenger aviation’s future. Both United Airlines and American Airlines have orders for at least 50 aircraft from Boom Supersonic, a startup promising to revive supersonic airliners sustainably by the decade’s end. While the potential value of airlines offering much shorter flight times is obvious, the reasoning behind their investments in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft pr

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  • F-35 Production Paused Because An Engine Part Is Made In China

    The U.S. Defense Department announced Wednesday that a component in Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jet employs an alloy produced in China that may not comply with federal regulations. Deliveries of the aircraft have been paused by the Pentagon as it investigates the Chinese-made material.

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  • Three-Hour Power Outage At Austin Airport Provokes Flight Chaos

    Between the potential strikes, staffing shortages and mass flight cancellations, the passenger experience in commercial aviation has never been more chaotic. Earlier this year, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport was on the verge of running out of jet fuel. The airport serving the Texas state capital has now had to endure a three-hour power outage earlier today.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Airline Pilot Shows Exactly What Goes On Behind The Cockpit Door

    Flying is a pain for everyone lately, from Transportation Security Agency officers to flight attendants to air traffic controllers to passengers. But what about the pilots? One pilot has made a name for herself on social media by showing her followers the behind-the-scenes scramble that goes into getting you airborne and to your destination safely.

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  • Watch This In-Depth Tour Of The SR-71 Blackbird's Jet Engine

    The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird is widely known as the fastest plane to ever take to the sky. It set a ground speed record of 2,193.2 mph all the way back in July of 1976. That may not even be its true top speed: Another Blackbird pilot claimed to hit Mach 3.5 (or nearly 2,700 mph) in April of 1986. Regardless of the record, it’s indisputably the fastest plane in existence… ever… in the world… of all time… for now.

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  • Traveling On Labor Day Weekend Will Be Hectic As Travel Spending Rebounds To Pre-Pandemic Levels

    The difficulties that airports and airlines have gone through lately are going to look like a walk in the park — or terminal — compared to what’s coming this Labor Day weekend. Travel companies are expecting a surge of travelers over the holiday, which not only matches the number of people traveling before the global pandemic but also exceeds it in some case, as Reuters reports.

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  • Porsche Recalls 190,000 Vehicles Across 17 Years For Wonky Headlights

    Many Porsches have just been recalled — approximately 193,000 in total, covering four models released between 2003 and 2020. That’s a lot of cars! The culprit is a missing headlight part that doesn’t inhibit their function, but does make it easy to misalign them, causing visibility issues for drivers and fellow motorists alike.

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  • What New Car Already Looks Old?

    We’ve all seen those cars that were built decades old but look almost like they could have rolled off the factory floor last week. Not just because they’re in pristine condition, but because their design is timeless. Cars like the original Ford GT40 and the Mazda RX-7 look as good now as they did on launch day.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • What's The Best Thing About Your Local Car Culture?

    This might sound obvious, but different people buy different cars in different places. And that variety of buyers does a variety of things with its variety of cars. The world’s funny like that. So today, we’re taking a moment to appreciate the wild assortment of ways in which people enjoy their cars around the world.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • What's The Best-Looking Car Ever Made?

    Sometimes it’s fun to poke fun at ugly cars like the first-generation Fiat Multipla or the Pontiac Aztek. But every now and then, it’s important to take a step back and appreciate some of the finer things in life. And that’s what we want to do today.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • What's The Worst-Looking Car Ever Made?

    There are plenty of beautiful cars out there, and they’ve been litigated to death. Yeah, the Jaguar E-Type, Ferrari Daytona, and Lamborghini Miura are gorgeous, but that’s just no fun. You know what is fun? Bad-looking cars, and that’s what leads us to today’s question.

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  • These Are The Parts Of Car Culture That You Want To End

    Many parts of car culture are fantastic. The sense of community, the shared interests, the in-jokes and references. But plenty of others downright suck, or pose a danger to enthusiasts and commuters alike. Yesterday, we asked you for the parts of car culture that you thought needed to end, and today we’re collecting the answers. Let’s see what you said.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Parts Of Car Culture Need To End?

    Look, we’re all car people here. We all like to see feats of automotive performance, or to find our home in the culture around four-wheeled transportation. But there are some aspects of this culture that we all know we’d be better off without. Let’s name them.

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  • What's The Best Budget Track Car For Beginners?

    We’ve all been there, you’re watching a race one weekend and can’t help but think to yourself, “I could do that.” Obviously, you can’t hop straight into an IndyCar monster, you have to start small. So you begin looking up nearby track days and find one that looks like fun. But, you don’t want to take your precious car onto the track, there are other cars there that might scuff up its paintwork.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • These Are Your Picks For The Worst First Cars

    Do you remember your first car? Most of us probably do. All the highs and lows of your first taste of freedom, the four wheels that carried you out into the world. But many people’s first cars were, in a word, bad. Yesterday, we asked you for the worst first car you could imagine, and you had a lot of opinions on the matter. Here’s what you said.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Feature Can Your Next Car Do Without?

    When you’re in the market for a new car, you often find yourself thinking about the bits you love or hate about your current set of wheels. Maybe you’re a fan of the design, but don’t like the seats. Or perhaps you love driving it, but get endlessly annoyed by its lane-keeping systems.

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  • These Are The Things You Keep In Your Cars At All Times

    We all may like an empty car, but we all end up keeping something inside. There’s always a bit of kit that makes your drive easier, and at some point you just stop taking it out of the car when you leave. Yesterday, we asked you for the things you keep in your cars at all times, and your answers ranged from perfectly practical to absolutely absurd. Here’s what you came up with.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What's The Worst First Car?

    There are a lot of factors that make a perfect first car. The ideal choice would be something inexpensive, reliable, powerful enough not to be a nuisance on on-ramps but not so powerful that it becomes a danger. Maybe, if you’re really feeling fancy, you could get something that’s a bit interesting too.

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  • What Do You Keep In Your Car At All Times?

    Are you big on the everyday carry life? EDC enthusiasts seem to be prepared for any eventuality, with just a few items carried in their pockets. But while they’re limited to phones, keys, knives, and watches, we car enthusiasts have more room to spare — we can go bigger and better, prepare for even more situations.

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  • These Are Your Dream Project Cars

    We’ve all got ambitious car build plans stored up in our brains, right? From aging Mustangs to rusting Volvos that we’d love to give a second shot at life and glory.

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  • What Cars Are Absolute Steals Right Now?

    The car market is pretty brutal right now. Supply chain issues and the semiconductor shortage have made sure of that. In fact, the average price of a used car is more than $28,000 now. Add another 20 grand to that number if you’re looking for a new car.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • These Are The Best Fast Fords Of All Time

    The world seems to have gone Mustang crazy this week following the unveiling of Ford’s seventh pony car. The new model, which also comes in a track-ready Dark Horse spec is the latest in a long and illustrious line of fast Fords.

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  • What's Your Dream Project Car?

    If you’re a self-respecting car fan, there’s a good chance you’ve spent a few hours scrolling through Craigslist looking at all the weird and wonderful vehicles you could buy. Cars that you’d definitely consider, if only you had the time, money, and resources to bring them back from the brink of destruction. It’s a pastime shared by all car fans.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Here's How You Think We Can Save Auto Shows

    This week marked the return of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, which gave us the new Mustang and very little else. It seems even the reveal of a brand-new, hotly anticipated car can’t save the American auto show — but maybe you can. Yesterday, we sent shadowy government officials to your houses to ask how you would save auto shows, and today we’re sorting through the answers. Let’s see what you came up with.

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  • What's The Best Fast Ford Of All Time?

    I don’t know if you heard, but there’s a new Ford Mustang to get excited about. Unveiled last night, the seventh generation remains recognizably Mustang but with styling updates across the board. There are tweaks under the surface too, including the addition of what Ford calls the “most powerful 5.0-liter Coyote V8 ever.”

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • These Were Your Most Hacked-Together Car Repairs

    We’ve all had a car break on us, but we haven’t all had it happen in a prepared, well-stocked garage. Sometimes, stuff just breaks, and you need to do whatever you can to limp back home. It’s a situation that leads to some deep frustration, but an equal dose of incredible engineering. Yesterday, we asked you for your most hacked-together car repairs, and you had a ton of answers. Let’s see what you came up with.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • How Would You Save Auto Shows?

    You’re splitting firewood behind your remote lakeside cabin when you hear it. The distant echo of an engine, rotors beating the air. By the time the Sikorsky enters your field of view, you know why it’s come. No one’s ever really retired in your line of work. Eventually, the call always comes in.

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  • Here's Why You Bought Your Current Car

    It can be a rather tough job to buy a car. All sorts of things come into play when doing so. Because of that, there’s a lot to consider when making the second (or probably first) biggest purchase of your life.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • What Was Your Most Hacked-Together Car Repair?

    On a long enough timeline, every car needs repairs. Maybe minor, maybe major, but eventually something always goes wrong. We, as enthusiasts, always want to think we’re prepared for any eventuality — surely the solution lies somewhere in our garages full of spare parts and toolboxes.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Why Did You Buy Your Current Car?

    Buying a car is pretty much the second biggest purchase we will make in our lives. But, considering the way the housing market is going, it may actually end up being the biggest purchase. Anyway, buying a car is a big deal, and there’s a lot that goes into that decision.

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  • These Are The Future Cars You're Most Excited About

    Now is a really good time to be into cars, not just because of what’s on sale today, but because of what’s coming down the line. It’s really an interesting period. Alongside the high powered ICE vehicles coming out are dozens of futuristic electric vehicles.

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  • What's Your Favorite British Car Of The Last 70 Years?

    You may not have heard, but the Queen of England died yesterday. With her death came a renewed focus on the British Isles, leading gawkers from across the internet to wonder: What’s going on over there? How have things been going for the last 70 years that Her Majesty was in charge?

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • These Are The Must-Have Features On Your Next Cars

    New cars are so feature-packed, it’s hard to find one that’s lacking the things you want. But maybe you’ve got something really specific, some singular feature that’s deeply important to you — and a dealbreaker if it’s missing. Yesterday, we asked what features are a must-have in your next car purchase, and you gave us a king’s ransom of answers. Let’s see what you came up with.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Future Car Has You The Most Excited?

    It’s an exciting time in the world of cars right now. It seems like almost every day, a new concept car or future model is revealed. The latest additions are Jeep’s new all-electric Recon and Wagoneer S. They’re both quite cool if you ask me. Anyway, that leads us to today’s question.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • These Were Your Labor Day Car Activities

    Three-day weekends are, to put it bluntly, better. You come back more refreshed, awake, and ready to face the coming week. But what do you do on those long weekends to unwind, kick back, and take your mind off work? You work on your car, of course. Yesterday, we asked you what you did with your car over the long weekend, and today we’re looking through your answers. Let’s see what you came up with.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Feature Is A Must-Have On Your Next Car Purchase?

    Do you remember Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs from college? It’s that pyramid of things that humans need, physiologically or psychologically, to survive. Sure, Maslow himself never imagined the hierarchy, instead preferring to see all needs as, well, needed, but we can spin the idea into something useful to us: Jalopnik’s Hierarchy of Car-Buying Needs.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • What Car Things Did You Do Over Labor Day Weekend?

    Who doesn’t love Labor Day? While the United States may not celebrate International Workers Day on May 1, for reasons that are complicated and mostly dumb, it’s nice to have something that shows appreciation for the workers of our nation. That, and it’s always nice to have a day off.

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  • What's The Most Futuristic Car On Sale Right Now?

    It’s all change in the car world these days. Gas-powered models are being shown the door while sleek, battery-powered models packed full of tech are being ushered in. And all this is happening while automakers are trying to decide what a modern car looks like and how it should act in 2022.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • These Are The Best Factory Hot Rods Of All Time

    At the base level, a Hot Rod is a car that takes a humble-looking body and packs it with more power than you can shake a stick at. And, while this is a formula we’re used to seeing tuners and wrenchers perfect, some automakers have got it dialed down to a T.

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  • What Long-Dead Wagon Deserves Resurrecting?

    There’s just something cool about a wagon. Maybe it’s the boxy styling, maybe it’s the comparatively low ride height versus an SUV. Whatever it is, a good wagon is an awesome vehicle, but one that’s increasingly hard to come by.

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  • Red Bull And Aston Martin F1 Teams May Have Broken FIA's $145 Million Budget Cap

    Formula 1’s budget cap, first introduced in 2021, is one of the most ambitious regulatory changes in the history of the World Championship. The $145 million limit was implemented to force the sport’s top teams to downsize and give smaller teams the opportunity to be more competitive on a more level playing field. However, two teams are rumored to have violated the budget cap during the financial mechanism’s first season.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Another NASCAR Driver Is Sidelined With Concussion-Like Symptoms Ahead Of Crash-Fueled Talladega

    NASCAR Cup Series driver Alex Bowman will sit out this weekend’s race at Talladega after a crash at Texas Motor Speedway left him with concussion-like symptoms. He joins a growing list of drivers to have suffered similar injuries behind the wheel of NASCAR’s new Next-Gen machine — which is an extremely bad sign just before one of the most crash-prone races of the year.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Mother-Daughter Duo To Make History Competing In ARCA Race

    For the first time in ARCA history — and, perhaps, in motorsport history as a whole — a mother-daughter duo will be competing alongside (and against) one another during the Oct. 14 ARCA Menards Series West race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Sarah and Bridget Burgess will both be sponsored by eBay Motors.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Who Really Received The Most Punishment For Formula 1's Crashgate Scandal?

    If you were a Formula 1 driver, what would you do to help your team? Would you be willing to concede to team orders? What if those team orders instructed you to intentionally crash in order to give your teammate a lasting advantage? For Nelson Piquet Jr. at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, crashing in the name of the team was a more than acceptable choice.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • W Series May Not Finish The 2022 Season Due To Financial Issues: Report

    W Series, the open-wheel junior series contested solely by women in fully-funded rides, could be in dire straits, The Telegraph reports — to the point that the final races of this season are in jeopardy. This comes down to a combination of the high costs of starting a new race series and the recent plummeting of the British pound.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Kazakhstan: The Home Of MotoGP's Newest Race

    Kazakhstan is set to host a round of the FIM MotoGP World Championship starting in 2023. MotoGP announced a five-year deal to race in the Central Asian country. Kazakhstan is just one of several countries finding their way onto the MotoGP schedule, pushing the number of races to the contractual limit of 22 and likely beyond that limit in the near future. Adding lucrative new markets, as well as adding a half-distance sprint race at every round, will likely positively impact the bottom line of Do

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Count Giovanni Lurani On The Successes And Tragic End Of Tazio Nuvolari

    After the death of both of his sons, Italian icon Tazio Nuvolari threw himself deeper into the world of post-World War II motorsport. With no one left to carry on his immense legacy, Nuvolari had but one wish: To win at all costs and to die on the race track. The fact that he failed to do the latter, Count Giovanni Lurani recounts in his 1960 biography titled Nuvolari: Legendary Champion of International Auto Racing, was perhaps the crowning tragedy on the Flying Mantuan’s life.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • F1 Doubles Down On Six Sprint Races For 2023

    Sprint races have been a feature of the FIA Formula One World Championship since 2021 and are set to become a more prominent fixture of the global-trotting race schedule. Despite Liberty Media and F1’s teams publicly supporting the plan to increase the number of sprint races since April, the FIA had been delaying official approval of F1’s sprint agenda.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • This Is IndyCar's 2023 Racing Schedule

    The end of the 2022 IndyCar season has come and gone, which means it’s time to start looking to the future — and today, that comes in the form of IndyCar’s 2023 schedule.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Alfa Romeo Retains Zhou Guanyu For The 2023 F1 Season

    Next season is slated to be Alfa Romeo’s last season in partnership with Sauber in Formula 1. While Audi has announced its 2026 entry into the world championship as a power unit supplier, the German manufacturer has yet to reveal a partner F1 team that it will supply. It is widely believed that Audi will take over Sauber to operate as a factory team. However, it’s business as usual for 2023 at the Switzerland-based team.

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  • This Gilles Villeneuve Biography Doesn't Shy Away From The Hardships Of Motorsport

    In motorsport, the dueling forces of tragedy and create psychologically complex reasons for people to tune into a race. No one wants to see a beloved driver die, but there’s a recognition that death can be a natural consequence of the endless pursuit of speed — bringing with it a deep sense of tragedy that lingers for years. Perhaps no book captures that quite as well as Gerald Donaldson’s 1989 biography of a Canadian legend, Gilles Villeneuve: The Life of the Legendary Racing Driver.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • The Reigning Australian Supercars Champion Could Be Trackhouse's Next Project91 Driver

    When Trackhouse Racing announced Project91, its part-time NASCAR Cup Series entry for international stars, no one could have imagined that the team’s two regular full-time entries would both make the playoffs and advance to the second round. This season’s only appearance for the No. 91 Chevy Camaro with Kimi Raikkonen behind the wheel was also a success despite him getting collected in a crash. The team is planning on increasing Project91 appearances in 2023, but who do you get to follow up Ferr

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • 'Mike Tyson His Head': Fight Breaks Out Between Late Model Stock Car Drivers

    A fight broke out between drivers at a late model stock car qualifying race for the Martinsville 300. One of the drivers, Andrew Grady, apparently thought he was wrecked by his competitor, Davey Callihan. That’s when the trouble really started, leading to Grady punching Callihan while Callihan was still suited up and strapped into his car.

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  • Ty Gibbs Nearly Punted A Competitor Into A NASCAR Official At Texas Motor Speedway

    Last night’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway was something of a shambles thanks to detonating tires creating the most caution-filled race ever seen at the track — but we very nearly walked away with an even worse story. Ty Gibbs, driver of the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota, just about punted a competitor into a NASCAR official on pit lane.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Jimmie Johnson Is Retiring From Full-Time Motorsport Competition

    Seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion and recent IndyCar competitor Jimmie Johnson is retiring from full-time motorsport competition, Jenna Fryer of the Associated Press reports. His goal, he says, is to spend more time with his family, though he does intend to compete in a handful of “bucket list” events in the future.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • That Book About Rich Energy And Haas F1 Is Printing Next Week

    After nearly three years of blood, sweat, and tears, Alanis King and I are proud to announce that Racing with Rich Energy: How a Rogue Sponsor Took Formula One for a Ride will be printing and shipping as soon as next week — so if you haven’t ordered your copies now, you’re probably going to want to soon.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Colton Herta's Formula 1 Dreams Are Officially Dead

    While the writing has been on the wall for a while now, the FIA has officially confirmed what we already knew: It will not grant Colton Herta an exemption for a super license, which means that Herta will not join Red Bull Racing’s junior team AlphaTauri.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • BMW Reveals Hypercar Livery, Drivers For M Hybrid V8 In 2023 IMSA Season

    BMW has pulled the sheets off its new livery for its M Hybrid V8 hypercar for the 2023 IMSA endurance racing season. And while the company was at it, the car’s drivers were also revealed. We’ll get one thing out of the way from the start – the livery is very “M.” The car is set to enter the inaugural IMSA GTP class at the 2023 Rolex 24 at Daytona in January.

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  • Christian Horner Finally Said Something Sensible

    There are a few things in this world that I never thought would happen, I never thought I’d live in New York, I never thought the UK would do well at Eurovision, and I never thought I’d agree with something Christian Horner said. It would appear the times, they are a-changing.

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  • Former Red Bull Junior Driver Recalls 'Trauma' On His Way Up The F1 Ladder

    When Jaime Alguersuari retired from motorsport, he was a mere 25 years old but had already seen enough of the racing world to burn him out. His struggles largely stemmed from his backing by the Red Bull Junior Program, which had provided support through his career and ultimately landed him a seat in Formula 1. Now, he’s opening up about the trauma he still holds from his years in the program.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Porsche Bids Farewell To The 991.2-Generation GT3 R

    The IMSA Weathertech Championship series has just one more race left on the calendar – the Petit Le Mans, which kicks off September 28th at Road Atlanta. Teams are gearing up for an intense race to close out the season. That’s especially true for Porsche, whose customer teams are in contention for a championship title in both the GTD and GTD Pro classes. A win in both classes would be a sweet sendoff for Porsche’s 991.2 GT3 R race car, which will be replaced by an all-new 992-based racer for the

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  • This Formula 1 Newsletter Is For All The Women Who Watch Racing

    I love a lot of things about Formula 1, but if there’s one thing I adore, it’s the off-track drama (I did, after all, write a book about the greatest sponsor drama of the modern era). The racing is great — but so is catching up on the latest Instagram spat or poorly-worded interview quote. And for all of you out there who also like to indulge in the Real Housewives-esque theater, I’d like to introduce you all to my favorite newsletter, Engine Failure by Lily Herman.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Formula 1 2023 Calendar Has A Record-Breaking 24 Races

    The 2022 Formula 1 World Championship is as good as tied up now that Max Verstappen is a whopping 116 points ahead of his closest rival, Charles Leclerc. So, we can now start looking forward to next year, when the FIA has confirmed that F1 will host a record-breaking 24 grands prix over the course of the season.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • How A Stethoscope Helped F1 Pit Crews Save Time

    If you’re an avid Formula 1 fan, you already know that the cars don’t stop for fuel during races. Each one carries as much gas as it’ll need to finish the race, from the first lap to the very last. But if you’re a more recent convert to the sport, you may not be aware that F1 cars used to stop for gas — and it took forever.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Two Great Children's Books To Introduce Kids To Formula 1

    I’m at an age where, even though I’m not planning on having children, many people I know are — and I’m always looking for cute race car-themed gifts to celebrate a new addition to a family. Andy Amendola of Red Racer Books has published two new books that are now my go-tos: ABCs of Racing: My First Guide to Formula 1 Racing and All About Race Cars: A Guide to Formula 1 Race Cars, illustrated by Wei Ren.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Red Bull Gives Up On Colton Herta For 2023 Formula 1 Seat

    Silly season in Formula 1 was seemingly nearing its conclusion after McLaren finally confirmed Oscar Piastri as its replacement for Daniel Ricciardo. But then, attention shifted to Red Bull and the possible departure of Pierre Gasly from Alpha Tauri. The favorite candidate to secure the seat alongside Yuki Tsunoda at Red Bull’s second F1 team was 22-year-old IndyCar standout Colton Herta. The only barrier in the young American’s path to F1 was his lack of an FIA Super License, which it turns out

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The 10 Worst Formula 1 Teams Of All Time

    This year’s FIA Formula One World Championship is all but decided with six races to go. Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen is not only on the verge of winning his second consecutive World Drivers’ Championship but also on pace to shatter records. The 24-year-old Dutchman could break the single-season records for most race wins and highest win percentage. However, the one-sided affair between the front-running teams starkly contrasts with the rest of the F1 field.

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  • The New Ford Mustang Will Race Just About Everywhere In 2024

    Ford has officially unveiled the seventh generation of its iconic Mustang. The 2024 pony car will be powered by the 2.3-liter EcoBoost turbo 4-cylinder or a newly updated 5.0-liter Coyote V8 engine, depending on the specific model. The new sleeker-looking Mustang may immediately impress many, but others will want to see how the car actually performs. Ford isn’t hesitating to plunge the new Mustang into the ultimate crucible for automobiles: Racing.

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  • F1 Team Bosses Can't Agree On Safety Car Finish Replacement

    Last weekend’s Italian Grand Prix controversially ended behind the safety car, with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen winning his fifth consecutive Formula 1 race. A series of unfortunate events meant that the removal of Daniel Ricciardo’s stranded McLaren and the safety car procedure both took longer than expected. Many, including Red Bull team principal Christian Horner, insist that the race should have been red-flagged to ensure fans an exciting ending. However, when given the opportunity, For

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  • Car Enthusiast Supermarket Exec Implicated In Money Laundering Investigation

    Frits van Eerd is arguably the most influential person in Dutch motorsport. Through sponsorship from his family’s supermarket chain, Van Eerd has also financially backed the early careers of many promising Dutch drivers, including Max Verstappen, the reigning Formula 1 World Champion. The executive is now implicated in a money laundering investigation by Dutch authorities. The illicit activities are believed to be partly carried out through sponsorship contracts.

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  • Marc Marquez Is Racing In MotoGP Again

    After a 15-week break to recover from repeated surgeries to mend a devastating right arm injury, Marc Marquez will make his much-anticipated return to his Repsol Honda Team for the upcoming MotoGP Aragon Grand Prix, the team reports.

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  • American Racer Jak Crawford Is Moving Up The Formula 1 Ladder

    Another contender has entered the ring as the potential next big American star in Formula 1. Jak Crawford, who was born in North Carolina but has made a home in Texas, has made a general announcement that he’ll be making the jump from Formula 3 to Formula 2 for the 2023 season — but there are still plenty of details up in the air.

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  • Formula 1 Fans Report Yet More Harassment At The Italian Grand Prix

    After reports of harassment at both the Austrian and Dutch Grands Prix, it should come as little surprise that the trend has continued into this past weekend’s Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix at Monza. Fans who attended the event are reporting instances of harassment as well as organizational chaos that made the entire race something of a misery.

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  • Spend Your Weekend Reading The Most Delightfully Ridiculous Motorsport Novel

    I grew up in a book-loving family. My mom heads out to Half-Price Books every few weeks, inevitably returning with a stack of discounted literature from the motorsport section. Her greatest score yet may be the goofiest and most wonderful book I’ve ever read: Grand Prix: Formula One in the Deadly Years by Richard Melville.

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  • How This Weekend's IndyCar Championship Could Shake Out

    Heading into this Sunday’s IndyCar championship finale at Laguna Seca, five different drivers are still eligible to take the Astor Cup: Will Power, Josef Newgarden, Scott Dixon, Marcus Ericsson, and Scott McLaughlin. Some drivers are farther back than others, so we’re going to give you a quick rundown of what each driver needs to do — and what they need their competitors to do — in order to call themselves the 2022 IndyCar Series champion.

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  • Porsche Says F1 Deal Died When Red Bull Couldn't Agree To 'Equal Footing'

    Six months ago, the Porsche/Red Bull Formula 1 allegiance seemed like a done deal. The German sports car maker ingratiated itself within the FIA’s working group alongside existing teams to forge new power unit regulations. These regulations were necessary to attract Porsche’s investment in Red Bull, which was later reported to amount to 50 percent.

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  • NASCAR Offering Free In-Car Camera Feeds For Every Car

    Numerous racing series have been pushing to offer as immersive an experience as possible for potential viewers at home since the introduction of high-definition broadcast near the start of the 21st century. The 2004 Daytona 500 was the first NASCAR Cup Series race to be broadcast in high-definition. Since 2004, the advent of online video platforms and the near-ubiquity of broadband internet have opened a pandora’s box of broadcast and live-streaming options. NASCAR is now offering fans access to

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  • Both American F1 Champions Won Their Title Under Tragic Conditions

    Formula 1 has only seen two American World Champions in its lengthy history — but both of those Champions share a strange commonality. Both Phil Hill and Mario Andretti clinched their title in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza where their teammates and title rivals were tragically killed.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Alfa Romeo Taught Valtteri Bottas How To Love Formula 1 Again

    While competing in the high-pressure circus of Formula 1 is a dream come true for racing drivers around the world, not every driver is able to wear their rose-tinted glasses for long. Case in point: Valtteri Bottas, in his first year away from the Championship-winning Mercedes F1 team, is finally learning to love Formula 1 again with Alfa Romeo.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Unforgettable Moments In Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix History

    This weekend sees the Formula 1 circus head to Autodromo Nazionale Monza for the 2022 Italian Grand Prix — one of the most storied events in the sport. Today, to get ready for the race, we’re looking back at some of the most unforgettable moments in the event’s history.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Ferrari Adds Just A Touch Of Yellow On Special F1 Livery

    This upcoming weekend is slated to be a historic occasion for Formula One. The Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, the traditional home of the Italian Grand Prix, is celebrating its centenary. Also, Ferrari is celebrating its 75th anniversary as a car manufacturer. Scuderia Ferrari is running a one-off special livery on its F1 cars. The iconic Italian racing team teased a yellow paint job, but the unveiled result was underwhelming, to say the least.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • Valtteri Bottas Isn't Taking Social Media Too Seriously

    There’s an ease in Valtteri Bottas’ body language when he says, “The older I get, the less I care what people think about me.” After a decade in Formula One and five stressful years at Mercedes, the Finnish driver has finally rediscovered his passion for motorsport through the Alfa Romeo team — and he’s not afraid to give fans a peek behind the curtain.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Kevin Harvick's Car Burst Into Flames During The Southern 500

    Darlington Raceway is known for being notoriously harsh on stock cars. This year’s Cook Out Southern 500 was no different. Notably, Kyle Busch and Martin Truex Jr. retired from the race while contending for the win after both of their Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas suffered engine failures. The most startling retirement of the night was when the No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford Mustang burst into flames. Kevin Harvick escaped the car unharmed, but the blaze was the latest in a series of connected fires.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • The Red Bull-AlphaTauri Conspiracy Theory Doesn't Add Up

    Sunday’s Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix ended with a slew of fans crying “conspiracy” after AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda had a mysterious trackside stoppage that ended up playing into Red Bull Racing’s hands. Except, of course, a little extra digging shows that there wasn’t actually a conspiracy at all.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • The Formula 1 Super License, Explained

    You need a lot of things to race in Formula 1 — money, sponsorship, skill, a lifelong investment in perfecting race craft. But when it comes to logistics, there’s really only one thing you absolutely have to have: A super license.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Porsche May Not Join Red Bull In Formula 1 After All: Report

    Rumors that Porsche would be partnering with Red Bull Racing ahead of the 2026 Formula 1 season have been flying around for months. Now, it looks like that dream has died, Motorsport.com reports, and it sounds like the skepticism is coming from inside the Red Bull camp.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • At Least 15 Women Report Being Harassed At Formula 1 Dutch Grand Prix

    A motorsport fan club called Formula 1 Women has received at least 15 reports of harassment by fans at this past weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix, online publication NU.nl reports. Now, the club’s founder, Svenja Tillemans, wants to speak to race organizers about ways to curb abusive behaviors that have plagued F1 all season.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Every Formula E Driver Who Came From A Funded Junior Program

    Formula E, the world’s only all-electric open-wheel racing series, has established itself as one of the premiere forms of motorsport in the world — but there are still folks who discount the series based on the fact that many drivers on the grid were previously headed toward careers in other, more established forms of racing.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • W Series CEO Catherine Bond Muir Is Ready For The Sport To Keep Growing

    When I spoke to W Series CEO Catherine Bond Muir before the start of the 2022 season, she was optimistic. The sport had signed ESPN as an American broadcaster and was about to take on its season-opening event in Miami. I had a chance to touch base with Bond Muir, with just over half the season in the bag, to ask about how things are going now — and what’s coming next.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Why W Series CEO Catherine Bond Muir Doesn't Mind If You Call It 'Formula W'

    Last week, Formula 1 boss Stefano Domenicali had some choice words about women in motorsport. While he wasn’t totally wrong in his sentiment that it’ll be a few years before we see a woman in F1, I was particularly struck by the fact that he kept referring to W Series — the all-woman open-wheel series that serves as a support event during multiple F1 weekends a year — as “Formula W.” But in a chat earlier this week, I learned that W Series CEO Catherine Bond Muir actually doesn’t mind the miscon

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Alfa Romeo's Formula 1 Team Made Its Own Mini Drive To Survive

    Just about everyone wants to hop on on the Drive to Survive bandwagon these days — including some of the teams that are already competing in Formula 1 and therefore are also featured in the Netflix docuseries. Yep: Alfa Romeo is one of them, releasing a series of short documentaries on YouTube as part of a series called Beyond the Visible, and it’s actually pretty damn good.

    By Elizabeth Blackstock Read More

  • Fernando Alonso Is Very Sorry For Calling Lewis Hamilton An Idiot

    Things get heated on the race tracks of Formula 1, usually when there is contact of some sort, and one driver is perceived to have fucked up, intentionally or not. To the aggrieved driver, this can be cause to vent to one’s team in frustration in the heat of the moment, as Fernando Alonso did Sunday in Belgium, after Hamilton didn’t give Alonso enough space on a turn on the first lap. The resulting contact sent Hamilton’s car upwards in the air.

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  • F1 To Test DRS Through Dutch Grand Prix Banked Final Corner

    When the Dutch Grand Prix returned to the Formula 1 schedule last year after a 36-year absence, the 2.6-mile Circuit Zandvoort was appropriately renovated for modern F1 machinery. The most noticeable changes to the beachside circuit were made to the track’s final corner, Luyendykbocht, named after Arie Luyendyk, the Dutch two-time Indianapolis 500 winner. Now F1 looks to make another change to turn 14 and include Drag Reduction System (DRS) through the corner.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

Ram Trucks (1)

  • Ram Still Can't Commit To Midsize Pickups For Some Reason

    As semi-recent data has shown, the most popular vehicle in your state is probably a Ford F-150. And if it isn’t one of those, it’s a Ram 1500. Or a Toyota Tacoma. Or a Silverado. Point is, it probably has a bed. Given this, you’d imagine Stellantis would see purpose in manufacturing a new midsize truck to pick up (I’m sorry) where the Dakota left off more than a decade ago. And yet, there’s apparently been no rush.

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Reviews (1)

  • Nicholas Latifi To Leave Williams At The End Of 2022

    The latest piece in the Formula 1 jigsaw has fallen into place as Williams announced that it will part ways with Canadian racer Nicholas Latifi at the end of the 2022 season. This frees up a seat at the Grove-based squad alongside Alex Albon.

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Spacelopnik (8)

  • There's Finally A Plan To Clean Up All That Space Junk

    Do you ever look up at the night sky and see something streak across the darkness? It’s not flashing, so it isn’t a plane. Could it be a shooting star? Quick, make a wish! Chances are, it’s one of the thousands of pieces of space junk stuck orbiting the Earth.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • The First Object To Visit Us From Another Star System Could Be A Spaceship

    You know scientists: They give the coolest possible explanation to the public and then act like nerds and release a paper years later saying something much more mundane. And so it is with the first object to enter our solar system from a different place. Dubbed “Oumuamua,” scientists are still arguing over what the mysterious object could be, and surprisingly, the coolest possible explanation — an alien spacecraft — is still very much in play.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • The NASA Space Shuttle Convoy Command Vehicle Found Its Forever Home

    Going back to the moon was never going to be cheap for NASA, so it’s a good thing the agency is offloading some of the equipment from previous missions, including an Airstream that once led the way as the space shuttle rolled down the runway at Edwards Air Force Base, as the Drive reports.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • The Space X Starbase Is Shaping The Community Around It

    Since 2019, Elon Musk has been launching his Space X rockets from a remote point near the border between Texas and Mexico. As with many of Musk’s endeavors, the launches have attracted many of his diehard followers to the state, but the company’s expansion has also driven away locals.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Bezos' Blue Origin Rocket Suffers Booster Failure During Launch

    Spaceflight is extraordinarily difficult, even when you remove the risks associated with having a crew onboard. NASA still hasn’t been able to conduct the launch for Artemis 1 after two fuel leaks scrubbed the scheduled launch attempts. Launches haven’t been any easier for private spaceflight companies, including Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Yesterday, a Blue Origin rocket suffered an engine failure just over a minute after lifting off.

    By Ryan Erik King Read More

  • NASA Will Try To Send The Artemis 1 To The Moon Again On September 23

    NASA’s return to the moon via the Artemis 1 was scrapped on September 3 due to a hydrogen leak, but the agency has been busy repairing the megarocket for its next launch attempt. Now, after days of repairs and diagnostics, NASA says the next Artemis 1 launch could come as early as Friday, September 23 or a few days afterward on Tuesday, September 27.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • NASA's Voyager 1 Probe Turns 45 Today

    What were you up to on September 5th 1977? On that day, exactly 45 years ago today, those hardworking engineers at NASA were out there launching one of the American space agency’s most famous probes: Voyager 1.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

Sports Cars (2)

  • Bentley Flying Spur Speed Is A 207-Mph Love Letter To The W12

    Bentley’s twin-turbocharged W12 engine has been integral to its brand since it relaunched itself with the Continental GT coupe in 2003. Its combination of packaging, effortless torque and huge power potential made what was ultimately an unconventional engine a real standout, and soon it will be going the way of the dodo bird. To celebrate the mighty W12, Bentley announced its Flying Spur Speed on Tuesday, aka the only way you can now get 12 cylinders in your Flying Spur.

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SUVs and Crossovers (1)

  • 2023 Bentley Bentayga EWB: What Do You Want To Know?

    We’re going to the great white north (Vancouver, British Columbia) this week to drive the brand new 2023 Bentley Bentayga EWB (Extended Wheelbase), and we want to know what all of you prospective six-figure-SUV shoppers want to know about it. There’s probably a lot of you, right? Right?

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Technology (38)

  • Automatic Emergency Braking Systems Suck

    In-vehicle driver safety assistance systems are so normalized now that even the most basic vehicles come with some sort of feature, from lane departure warning to lane keep assist. But you might not want to be so quick to entrust your life with some of these features, as they don’t always work as intended or as well as you think they would. Take automatic emergency braking, as Consumer Reports and AAA crash testing shows most of these systems don’t actually work well in a crash when you’re trave

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Citroën Oli Concept Is A Wild-Looking EV Pickup Made From Cardboard

    French automaker Citroën has a long-standing history of creating automotive oddballs, and its latest creation is no exception. Friends, I give you the Oli. It’s a quirky (and very boxy) EV pickup concept that’s meant to be two things: affordable and sustainable for a different way of living.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • My iPhone 14 Fell Off My Motorcycle And Told My Family I Crashed

    I love riding motorcycles, but not as much as I love my family. I’m sure many of you that ride can relate when I tell you how much I love riding my 2022 Livewire One around New York City – and how much my loved ones hate it. So when my new iPhone 14 Pro Max erroneously texted my mom, my girlfriend, and several close friends, telling them I’d been in a terrible accident, it certainly didn’t help.

    By Bob Sorokanich Read More

  • EV Charging Has Just Gotten A Lot Easier

    EV charging in the US still has a long way to go. From the infrastructure that’s needed to power the chargers to chargers that actually work when you need them, a lot of work is still needed on all levels. One thing that many can agree on, though, is the need for more ease of charging. Some people dislike the hassle of having to use a card or some app before they can charge. One charging company has seen those complaints and has answered. EVGo has rolled out a feature that will literally let an

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • China Threatens Legal Action Over U.S. Proposal To Make EV Batteries Here

    China’s Ministry of Commerce says it will take action against the U.S. if the country goes ahead with its plan to withdraw EV subsidies on the basis of foreign supply and production. What that action would be remains unclear, but China says it will actively protect its legal interests from the Inflation Reduction Act, which it calls a “discriminatory” U.S. law, according to Bloomberg.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • YouTubers Crash Car To Test iPhone 14's New Emergency Feature

    You can now get your hands on Apple’s latest iPhone, the iPhone 14, which comes with a bevy of slightly better features than the last iPhone. But there’s one new feature that stands out: Crash Detection, and it might just save your life. That is, if it works.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • Learn The Fascinating Mechanics Of How A Gas Pump Nozzle Knows When To Stop

    It’s amazing how, all around us, simple physics are used in complex ways we really take for granted, especially when it comes to cars. A popular science YouTuber and author came up with a really engaging way of teaching a little bit about the fluid dynamics of a gas pump. It turns out, the whole contraption is a bit genius.

    By Erin Marquis Read More

  • China Sends A Warning To The U.S. About Domestic EV Battery Production

    Chinese Ambassador Qin Gang had a message for the U.S. about its plan to establish a domestic EV supply chain: “Don’t.” Okay, so the Chinese envoy’s message was more diplomatic and detailed than that, but it was basically a warning to the U.S. against cutting China out of its EV supply chain altogether.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Teslas Hackers Have Found Another Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

    Relay attacks in cars are nothing new. Thieves have been using them for years to gain unauthorized access to vehicles equipped with keyless entry and start systems, by fooling the car into thinking that precious fob is present and accounted for. But certain forms of keyless entry, like Tesla’s credit card keys or BMW’s cell phone access, have been largely immune to these attacks — until now.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • GM's Cruise Will Start Making Its Own Chips For Self-Driving Cars

    General Motors’ self-driving car division Cruise is developing microprocessors in an effort to steer away from third-party chip companies. High prices and low inventory at Cruise partner Nvidia have convinced the GM subsidiary that relying on others for vital components like chips is neither practical nor cheap.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Watch Lucid's Boss Spend An Hour Explaining How The Air's Motor Works

    Lucid has done a lot to make the Air EV as rad as it is, and the work that went into Lucid’s drive units is high on the list. Not only are they capable of generating incredible amounts of power, but they’re also tiny. Seriously: One motor could pretty much fit into a carry-on suitcase. How has Lucid been able to shrink its drive unit down so much?

    By Kyle Hyatt Read More

  • If You Own A Ford F-150 Lightning In North Carolina, You Might Get Asked To Help Power The Grid

    It’s not just California’s power grid that sucks. As we move into the era of electric cars and millions of EV chargers, states across the country are facing the reality of grids that aren’t up to the task of increasing demand and extreme weather. In North Carolina, the situation isn’t much different, and Star News recently reported the state’s Duke Energy is partnering with Ford to get some owners of the F-150 Lightning to help with the state’s power grid when demand is high.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Ford Wants To Cut Costs By Telling Dealers To Make Less On EV Sales, And Spend More On EV Infrastructure

    Ford CEO Jim Farley is meeting with dealers next week to talk about their role in the company as the U.S. automaker transitions to EVs. Farley is going to try to get dealers to simultaneously cut up to $2,000 from the cost of every single EV delivery, while asking dealers to make large investments into the company’s retail EV infrastructure, as Reuters reports.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • EV Charging Is Still A Huge Problem For Renters

    While EV marketshare is increasing, a large part of the population isn’t sold on EVs yet. The main reason is a lack of access to charging facilities, which is still a problem for many. As Automotive News reports, a study by JD Power shows that renters and people living in condos are the main demographics that face hurdles to proper charging.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Ford's BlueCruise Is Finally Getting 'Hands-Free' Lane Changing

    A sizable update is on the way for Ford’s BlueCruise Level 2 autonomous driving technology, and it’ll bring a long-awaited feature — hands-free lane changing. The automaker announced the new software today in a press release, stating that it’ll arrive first to 2023 Mustang Mach-E models in the fall, before filling out the rest of the BlueCruise-capable range.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Rivian And Mercedes Are Teaming Up On Electric Vans

    Rivian makes some fantastic cars, but it also makes a line of vans for Amazon. The company has said it plans to expand those sales beyond the 2022 World Union Busting Champion, but it’s been light on details about how it plans to actually meet that production volume. Now, the answer is becoming clearer: a joint production facility in Europe, built with Mercedes-Benz.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • Car Crashes Were The Star Of Apple's Big iPhone Event

    Apple unveiled its slate of new mobile products on Wednesday — the next generation Apple Watches, AirPods Pro and iPhones. The upgrades were mostly incremental (in the case of the non-Pro iPhone 14, really incremental), but weirdly, the one consistency that carried through each reveal was car crashes.

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  • New iPhone 14's Emergency SOS Could Be A Game Changer For Motorcyclists

    I’m usually the kind of person who waits as long as is reasonable to replace my iPhone, partly out of being miserly, partly out of a desire to reduce my environmental impact but mostly because I’m lazy. However, with the announcement of the iPhone 14 and 14 Plus and their Pro and Pro Max counterparts on Wednesday, I may be making an upgrade way ahead of schedule, and it’s because I ride a motorcycle.

    By Kyle Hyatt Read More

  • NHTSA Updates Cybersecurity Guidelines For New Cars

    The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration released the latest update to its cybersecurity guidelines on Wednesday. This is the first time in five years that NHTSA has revisited its cybersecurity best practices, after having updated the rules in 2016.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Google Maps' 'Eco-Friendly Routing' Expands To Europe

    For about a year now, Google Maps has had the option to serve you an “eco-friendly” route to your destination. If you’re making long trips, it’s a nice little benefit — saving you a bit of extra fuel on your trip. Now, having proven itself here, the feature is making its way out to cell phones in Europe.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • No, EVs Are Not Going To Take Away America's Auto Factory Jobs

    Auto manufacturing in the U.S. has been in decline for decades mostly due to offshoring and automation. Now, the EV transition threatens to speed up the decline of U.S. auto production by reducing the amount of workers needed at assembly lines, according to CNBC. This could end up cutting jobs across the American Midwest, in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

    By José Rodríguez Jr. Read More

  • Engineering Explained Breaks Down Koenigsegg's New Engage Shift System Transmission

    Koenigsegg’s CC850 and its auto-manual-magical transmission are kind of mind-blowing. We stared slack-jawed when we saw it at The Quail, and it still kind of scrambles our brains when we think about the actual technology that must be at work to make it function. Luckily, we have the internet’s very own Jason Fenske, aka EngineeringExplained on YouTube.

    By Kyle Hyatt Read More

  • Ford CEO Jim Farley Thinks The Cadillac Lyriq Is Boring

    The Cadillac Lyriq has proven to be popular with customers so far. The EV hasn’t even hit showrooms yet, and it’s sold out. But not everyone is smitten with it. In an interview with Newsweek, GM’s crosstown rival Ford’s CEO Jim Farley had something to say about the Lyriq. He also wants everyone to look to China to see the future of the Lincoln brand.

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • The 2023 Mercedes EQS SUV Will Start At $105,550

    Mercedes has finally released pricing and feature details of its next EQ EV, the U.S.-built EQS SUV. Including a $1,150 destination charge, the EQS will start at $105,550. You didn’t think it would be cheap, did you?

    By Lawrence Hodge Read More

  • Biden Administration Promises To Review New EV Credit Impact On South Korea

    The new criteria for electric vehicle federal tax credits has hit certain automakers harder than others, and the ones that feel disproportionately inconvenienced are speaking out. South Korea National Security Adviser Kim Sung-han met with his U.S. counterpart Jake Sullivan in Hawaii on Wednesday amid recent concern over the Inflation Reduction Act from Hyundai chairman Chung Eui-sun.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

Tesla (2)

  • Elon Musk Is Still Determined To Build Catgirl Robots

    Remember that time Elon Musk dressed an intern up in lycra and swore that Tesla would build a robot? That project, now called Optimus, is nearing a deadline at the end of the month — Tesla’s second AI Day, just over a year after the bot’s initial announcement. To meet its goal, and have a working prototype by the end of September, the robot project has pulled engineers from the company’s AI and Autopilot wing. Musk has promised on the record that he’ll build catgirl robots. It can’t just be catg

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

The Morning Shift (21)

  • Toyota Still Isn't All In On EV Adoption

    Toyota is in absolutely no rush to switch completely to electric vehicles, Lordstown Motors is finally starting to produce its new pickup truck, and a number of manufacturers are shuttering plants in the south due to Hurricane Ian. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, September 30, 2022.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Harley Davidson Spins Off LiveWire In True EV Style

    Harley Davidson has sold off its electric bike brand LiveWire in the latest Special Purpose Acquisition Company merger to hit the EV space, a new study finds carmakers are just as bad for the environment as oil giants, and Bring a Trailer hits $1 billion in sales. All this and more in The Morning Shift for September 28th 2022.

    By Owen Bellwood Read More

  • Carvana's Legal Counsel Ordered To Appear In Illinois Court

    It’s not getting better for Carvana in Illinois, Tesla might keep manufacturing conservative in China through the remainder of the year, and Vice President Kamala Harris says she wants to ease South Korea’s concerns over the Inflation Reduction Act’s changes to federal electric vehicle tax credits, but words and effort aren’t the same thing. That’s what my gym teacher used to tell me, anyway. All that and more in this Tuesday edition of The Morning Shift for September 27, 2022.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Toyota Is Shutting Down Its Russian Factory

    Toyota shutters its Russian factory, while cutting production estimates, and the Department of Energy wants to build more hydrogen infrastructure. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Friday, September 23, 2022.

    By Amber DaSilva Read More

  • GM To Sell Up To 175,000 Electric Vehicles To Hertz

    General Motors is selling tens of thousands of electric vehicles to rental car agency Hertz, a new prediction says that half of U.S. car sales will be electric by 2030, and the semiconductor shortage is keeping Stellantis from its subscription model dreams. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, September 21, 2022.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Traffic Deaths Finally Went Down, Barely, For The First Time In Two Years

    The number of people who died in accidents on American roads over the last few months reduced somewhat but really purely by chance, South Korea and Hyundai are still thinking at length about our new EV tax credit scheme, and Faraday Future’s shareholders are getting litigious. All that and more in this Tuesday edition of The Morning Shift for September 20, 2022.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • VW Group Values Porsche At $70 Billion In Initial Public Offering

    Volkswagen Group has priced Porsche at $75 billion as the sports car company hits the stock market, Mercedes is recalling more than 150,000 cars over faulty windows, and nobody wants to make engines for supersonic passenger jets. All this and more in The Morning Shift for September 19 2022.

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  • Honda Dealers Really Wish They Had More Cars To Sell

    Honda may have been hit harder by the ongoing supply chain crisis than its rivals if dealer stock is any indication, Mitsubishi is another automaker that’s lost out in the Inflation Reduction Act’s new EV credit system and two more brands are idling production lines in Europe. You’ll have to read on to find out which ones! All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for September 16, 2022.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • The Federal-Funded EV Charging Stations Are On The Way

    The White House has kicked off the electric vehicle charging station subsidies, Stellantis is extricating a part of itself from its crosstown rival, and Honda’s motorcycle-making business doesn’t want the trend toward electrification to transform it just yet. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, September 14, 2022.

    By Adam Ismail Read More

  • Tesla Is Finally Ramping Up Model Y Production In Germany

    Tesla is kicking its German Model Y production into high gear, the UAW has ended a strike at a Stellantis engine parts plant in Indiana, and GM’s robotaxi service — called Cruise — is expanding to Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Fraud Trial Of Nikola Founder To Begin In New York

    The fraud trial of Trevor Milton, the founder of EV startup Nikola, begins today, striking Stellantis workers have “tentatively” agreed a new deal and Nissan extends the closure of its factory in Russia. All this and more in The Morning Shift for September 12 2022.

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  • Tesla Wants To Start Refining Lithium In Texas

    Tesla is considering setting up its own lithium refinery on the gulf coast of Texas, Brazil’s Mercedes-Benz union is going on strike after layoffs that were announced earlier this week, and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen praised President Biden’s economic agenda at a Ford factory visit. All that and more in The Morning Shift for (thank Christ it’s) Friday, September 9, 2022

    By Andy Kalmowitz Read More

  • Elon Musk Is Being Investigated Like A Mob Boss

    Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency woes are mounting, more countries are voicing their concern over Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, and Tesla is getting things moving in China. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, September 8, 2022.

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  • Labor Day Travel Just Topped Pre-Pandemic Levels

    This year’s Labor Day travel volume may be a sign of a big recovery in the travel industry, the U.S. Treasury secretary is set to deliver a speech on the economy at a Ford plant in Michigan, and Mercedes-Benz is about to cut thousands of jobs. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Wednesday, September 7, 2022.

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  • Almost Nothing Can Stop Porsche's IPO, Say Executives

    Porsche and Volkswagen are dead-set on the former’s stock-market debut, Honda is making the supply chain partnerships it needs, and the Bronco accessory business is booming. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Tuesday, September 6, 2022.

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  • California Has A Bill To Go After Tesla's Self-Driving Claims

    Lawmakers in California are targeting Tesla’s self-driving claims with a new false advertising bill, VW’s next boss says the firm must speed up its switch to electric vehicles, and GM recalls its autonomous Cruise cars. All this and more in The Morning Shift for September 1, 2022.

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Toyota (3)

  • The 2023 Toyota GR Corolla Promises Hot-Hatch Bliss For Just Under $37,000

    It’s been about five months since Toyota officially announced the existence of the GR Corolla, and what’s felt like an eternity since the automaker first let on that the hot hatch was in development. To say that the 300-horsepower, all-wheel-drive rally-bred road car has been a long time coming would be an understatement. Up until now, one of the only remaining questions was price. Fortunately, we can wonder no more: the GR Corolla will start at $36,995, including $1,095 for destination.

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  • Meet The bZ3, Toyota's Answer To The Tesla Model 3

    Toyota’s second fully-electric bZ model may not be coming to the United States quite yet, but photos surfaced by the Chinese Ministry of Industry have provided us with a good idea of what the Japanese automaker’s answer to the Tesla Model 3 will look like.

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Trainlopnik (6)

  • Amtrak's Acela Trains Are About To Get A Big Upgrade

    As a lifelong West coaster, if there’s one thing I’ve always been a little envious of on the East coast, it’s the high-ish speed Acela trains. They’re rad and hit speeds of up to 150 mph over short stretches between Boston and Washington, D.C. They even look cool.

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  • Railroad Strike Could Tie Up Thousands Of Travelers

    The looming railroad workers strike could end up affecting how everything moves around this country, even people. Amtrak canceled several of its popular and picturesque cross-country routes this week in anticipation that a strike would render the freight rails such trains run on inoperable.

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  • Canada Wants To Build A Fully Electric Tube Train That Travels At 600 MPH

    A company in Canada is planning to build a network of tube trains that could make high speed rail look downright pokey, and even outrun planes. Canadian company TransPod recently announced the FluxJet, a “plane-train hybrid” that the company claims will travel at up to 1,000 kilometers per hour, or roughly 621 miles per hour, as CNN reports.

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  • Spain's Answer To Inflation Is Free Train Rides For Everyone

    Imagine living somewhere with a functional rail network that is given the support and funding it needs by lawmakers. What must that be like? Now add to that dream, free train travel in an attempt to combat the rising cost of living. What if I told you this wasn’t an imaginary land, it’s just Spain?

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  • Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks Could Finally Beat Diesel Trucks In Efficiency

    A hydrogen fuel cell company says it’s overcome a major hurdle in the adoption of commercial fuel cell EVs. Loop Energy’s latest fuel cell system can get better fuel economy than a diesel engine, according to Reuters. Loop’s new efficiency could finally make fuel cells a viable alternative to diesel in commercial trucks.

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  • A Brand-New Footbridge In Congo Collapsed During Its Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony

    Most ribbon-cutting ceremonies are honestly dull. A bunch of corporate executives or local politicians show up to cut through a meaningless ribbon with a comically oversized pair of scissors to commemorate the completion of a project. Yes, a thin strand of ribbon was definitely preventing cars from driving over this finished bridge. However, the ceremonial opening of a footbridge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had an unexpected twist when the bridge collapsed at the exact moment the rib

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  • 2023 Nissan Frontier Gets Small But Significant Price Hike

    Nissan has hiked the price of the Frontier by just over one grand, and has also increased the price of delivery. The 2023 Nissan Frontier will start at $29,190, not including $1,295 for delivery. Together, the changes have bumped the price of Nissan’s mid-size truck by almost $1,500, and that’s before dealer markups.

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  • These Are The Off-Road Trucks You Can Buy In 2022

    Automakers in the U.S. are releasing more pickups with dedicated off-road packages than ever. The trend spans all shapes and bed sizes. Or, at least maybe it would if single cabs were still a thing. God, I miss the clean lines of the first-generation Toyota Tundra, or the GMT400 Sierra and C/K.

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  • This Aluminum GFC Truck Topper Can Hold A Spare Truck

    Go Fast Campers claims to have made the world’s strongest truck topper, and the Bozeman-based company is backing its claim with an over-the-top test involving an unwitting Toyota Tacoma and a precariously balanced Ford F-250.

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  • Chinese Carmaker Behind The Wuling Mini EV Might Make An Electric Jimny

    General Motors’ joint venture in China, SAIC-GM-Wuling, has been incredibly successful at selling tiny electric cars such as the Hongguang Wuling Mini EV. But GM’s joint venture is now turning its attention to the off road segment with a new EV concept that looks suspiciously familiar to the Suzuki Jimny, as Car News China reports.

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  • BMW Made A 536-HP All-Electric Dune Buggy

    Whether it’s high performance single-seaters or rugged off-roaders like Audi’s latest Dakar contender, electric race cars are cool. And now, after shuttering its Formula E program, BMW is getting back on the EV racer action with something called the Dune Taxi.

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  • The 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport Is An Unrepentant Tease

    Honda is being unnecessarily coy again over the release of the 2023 Honda Pilot TrailSport. The latest teaser gives almost a complete look at the front and rear end of the upcoming off-road Pilot but stops short of fully revealing the SUV.

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  • Take Your 911 Camping With A Porsche Brand Rooftop Tent

    Porsche makes a lot of stuff. Sure, it has a decent range of six different models, but this pales in comparison to the sheer quantity of other branded stuff it sells. From activewear and luggage, to watches, eyewear and even sound systems, the German company has it all. And now, it’s adding roof top tents to that barrage of branded goods.

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  • VW Tests The IDea Of Off-Roading EVs With ID.XTREME Concept

    It may take a while for off-roading fans to warm up to the idea of taking an all-electric vehicle on the trails, but it hasn’t stopped brands like Jeep and Volkswagen to getting a head start on making that vehicle. VW adds to the EV off-roading potential, with a newly debuted off-road concept based on the company’s ID.4 EV crossover called the ID.XTREME.

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  • Ineos Is Readying Its Dealer Network To Sell The Grenadier SUV In The U.S.

    Ineos, the $60 billion British chemical company, surprised the automotive world when it dropped its off-brand Land Rover Defender-like Grenadier on everyone. Now, two years after its debut, Automotive News spoke with the company’s executive vice president for North America to get a status update on the company’s dealer and production plans for the U.S.

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  • The Latest Hummer EV Competitor Is Its Chinese Copy, The Mengshi M-Terrain

    Chinese carmaker Dongfeng is making good on its promise to produce not just one Hummer EV copycat, but an entire lineup. As a followup to the Dongfeng M18, the Chinese carmaker has debuted the Mengshi M-Terrain EV under a new brand. And the Mengshi M-Terrain borrows both the looks of the Hummer EV and its off road features. Namely, the electric Hummer’s crab walk and extract mode, according to Electrek.

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  • Your 2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition Wallpaper Is Here

    Hey remember these? They were fun. And what is Labor Day, if not about fun? (It’s about the suffering our forebearers endured to build the middle class, but the ancestors would want you to have fun too.) So for this Labor Day, I’ve put together some very cool photos of the 2023 Volkswagen Golf R 20th Anniversary Edition that you can use as wallpaper.

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