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If it feels like 2024 was a busy year for automotive recalls—it was. The ten worst offenders recalled more than 25 million vehicles last year alone, some for seemingly minor reasons like incorrect information printed on labels. Others had more pressing problems like electrical glitches, fluid leaks, fire risks, or…

Dodge never made official modern Challenger convertible. The automaker filled that gap in 2022 by offering a conversion from Drop Top Customs through its dealers. The Challenger is now very dead, but the public's desire for a drop-top isn't. So Dodge and Drop Top Customs have teamed up to offer a…

Since leaving Jaguar in 2019, former design boss Ian Callum has been busy. Soon after his shock departure, Callum co-founded the Callum brand, a design and engineering consultancy based in the Midlands of the UK. The team hit the ground running, announcing a remastered version of the Aston Martin Vanquish—a…

One great thing about Hennessey’s low-production Venom F5 supercar is the ability for customers to personalize their hypercars. The company has received some interesting requests since it launched the car four years ago, with Hennessey Design Director Nathan Malinick revealing in a recently published interview that at least one person…

Small trucks used to personify simplicity. These days, not so much. Most of them are loaded to the brim with fancy hybrid powertrains and supercar-rivaling trick suspensions. Not necessarily a bad thing, but a far cry from what they used to be. Thankfully, the Nissan Frontier keeps it simple for…

Gordon Murray Automotive is growing its supercar portfolio by one. Following the T.33 and the T.50—both with V-12 engines and manual transmissions, as the good Lord intended—an even more hardcore version of the T.33 is reportedly on the way.

There are many worrying trends in new cars. One of the most frustrating is the gradual exorcism of buttons. It’s a lot cheaper to get rid of physical controls and instead integrate their functions into the screen(s). This most often presents itself as climate controls within the infotainment system, which…

From the people who brought you the V-16 engine made from chainsaws, we have a new contraption that will inevitably find its way into a Lada. The Garage 54 team is back just in time for the holidays, and if Santa brought you yet another cordless drill, here's some inspiration…

Everyone loves the Volvo five-cylinder. Well, I'm not sure about everyone, but it is a widely regarded engine, a dependable thing with the unique character only a 'five can provide. But, like any automotive engine, it can fail, and this one failed in spectacular fashion. Eric from the always-excellent I Do…

There's an app for everything, right? Lamborghini already has its Unica app, though you have to be a Lambo customer to use it. Now, there's a new app for everyone, and it's called—wait for it—Lamborghini TV.

Vanlife really picked up steam during the COVID pandemic, during which time we saw some impressive do-it-yourself skoolie conversions. That's when Jonathan Perera started this ambitious build, and he didn't hold back. Building a nice interior is one thing, but he sliced off the roof and raised it nearly two…