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Jaguar: People Buying High-End Cars Barely Care About the Engine

The old Jaguar is dead. The new Jaguar is moving upmarket while saying goodbye to the internal combustion engine. This striking Type 00 concept provides a window into the British firm's spectacular reinvention as an upscale EV brand. The Tata Motors-owned marque will focus on profit margins rather than volumes,…

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Toyota's $10,000 Pickup Spawned a Cheap Three-Row SUV. We Want It

A year ago, Toyota introduced us to the Hilux Champ—a small, inexpensive, customizable truck for the Asian market. Depending on the specific location, it might be called the Rangga or Tamaraw. But it's always the same chassis-cab rig awaiting any number of add-ons bolted behind the front seats. It was…

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Shaq Commissioned A One-Off Lucid Coupe So He Could Fit Inside

Shaquille O’Neil is a big guy, so fitting inside cars built for the average human isn’t easy. He's filled his garage with vehicles modified to accommodate his seven-foot-one frame better, including cars from Ferrari and Lamborghini. He recently added a one-off Lucid Air coupe to his customized car collection.

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The Porsche Design Tower In Miami Is Sinking

Just north of Miami sits a string of barrier islands home to some of the most lavish luxury condos on the planet. But that may not be the case for much longer if Mother Nature has anything to say about it. Many of those structures are sinking at an “unexpected”…

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BMW Owes Us a New Supercar

Just take a look at the BMW XM's poor sales; It's easy to criticize BMW for approving the polarizing SUV over a new supercar—but I won't do that. Even if the M division had nearly finished developing an M1 successor, the management team ultimately decided to go with the plug-in…

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You're Not Going Crazy. Auto Insurance Rates Are Skyrocketing

Everything is crazy expensive right now, and auto insurance companies aren't helping. Data from the U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics show average premiums are way up. In just the last three years, the consumer price index for motor vehicle insurance leaped from 568.24 to 866.13. By comparison, the index was flat…

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The Best Car of 2024 Is the Honda Civic Hybrid

In the grand, glowing mural of NPC cars (for all you noobs out there, that’s a “non-playable character”), very few do anything to stand out. Every small car has a four-cylinder engine—maybe hybridized—and gets good fuel economy. Every small car is comfortable and reliable. And for the most part, every…

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Lamborghini Is Delaying Its First EV Like Everyone Else

Several automakers within the last year have altered their electrification plans. Slowing growth is forcing companies like Volvo, Bentley, Ford, and others to reconsider their strategies and rejigger their launch schedules, including Lamborghini. The Italian company now plans to delay the launch of its first EV by a year, according…

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The 2025 Nissan Armada Finally Feels Competitive: First Drive Review

I didn’t get lost per se. Leaving Dark Horse Recording studio in the Nashville suburb of Franklin, Tennessee, my Google co-pilot said turn left when I should’ve gone right. That would’ve taken me on Nissan’s official 40-minute drive loop for the 2025 Armada. Once I realized the glitch, there wasn’t…

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The 2025 Kia K4 Is a Quiet Standout: First Drive Review

Just outside of Austin on a narrow two-lane road, we almost crashed. I was in the passenger seat of the 2025 Kia K4 GT-Line when a maroon Toyota RAV4 appeared at the top of the hill, which also happened to be a blind curve. It didn't look right; The SUV…

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Audi Makes 'Painful' Decision to Close a Factory

While Volkswagen Group is still considering whether to close factories in Germany, Audi has taken this drastic decision in Belgium. The factory in Brussels will close up shop at the end of February. Consequently, the Q8 E-Tron and Q8 E-Tron Sportback are being wiped out from the lineup. Due to…

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Here's What It Takes to Kill Volkswagen's Weirdest Engine

Some engines have better reputations than others. The 2.5-liter inline-five from Volkswagen is one of the better ones. The engine featured in this recent I Do Cars teardown video came from a 2011 VW Jetta, though the mileage is unknown. What is known is that this mill was deemed too…

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Fulfill Your Rally Fantasies With This Ultra-Rare Ford RS200 S

The RS200 might be the coolest car Ford has ever built. A true homologation special, the tiny mid-engine missile was created in the mid-1980s to qualify Ford for the golden era of Group B rally. Under 200 examples exist, making them highly desirable for collectors. The RS200 you see here…

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Liberty Walk Designed a Mechanical Keyboard, For Some Reason

Japanese tuner Liberty Walk is no stranger to outrageous projects. The shop has worked its magic on everything from kei cars to supercar icons like the Ferrari F40. Liberty Walk even has a new Miura build on the way. But this might be LB's weirdest project to date.

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This Engine Teardown Shows the Race Car Tech In VW's Iconic Diesel V-10

Once upon a time, Volkswagen built V-10 engines for its road cars. Throughout the 2000s the German company, formerly known for its popular diesel models, sold its full-size Touareg SUV with a twin-Turbo V-10 TDI. It was pulled from the US market in 2008 because it could no longer pass…

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GM Wants To Beam Holographic Images Directly to Your Eyeballs

This could be one of the weirdest patents from an automaker we've ever seen. Yes, even weirder than the patent from Ford describing a method to drive a car through mind control. Feast your eyes on General Motors' Autostereoscopic Campfire Display for vehicles.

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The Best Porsche On Sale Right Now Is The 2024 Cayman GTS 4.0

There's a lot of good Porsches out there, but even more great ones. That's why a statement like this one, from our staff writer Chris Rosales, should set off a few alarm bells: The Porsche Cayman GTS 4.0 is the best Porsche on sale today, a giant among giants.

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2025 Lexus GX Is More Expensive But Better Equipped

Lexus introduced an all-new GX for 2024, but the company is already making a few tweaks to the model for 2025. The rugged luxury SUV will now come standard with Lexus’s memory settings system and the power tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel. The memory system controls the driver’s seat, the outer mirrors,…

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The Coolest Car of 2024

Welcome to Cool Car Cup. This test gathers the six best performance cars of 2024 and throws them into the Motor1 Thunderdome. At the end of some epic SoCal canyon roads and a day at the race track, a winner emerges from the dust.

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The $0-a-Month Fiat 500e Lease Deal Is Real, But There’s a Catch

Electric vehicles aren’t selling as well as automakers had hoped. Interest seems to be waning, and the growth rate is slowing, forcing dealers to offer some impressive incentives to move the product. The Larry H. Miller Chrysler Dodge Ram Fiat dealership in Aurora, Colorado, is one such outfit, offering the…

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Mercedes Will Show Its New Electric Van Next Spring

It looks as though Mercedes really wants us to get excited about its new family of electric vans. After showing camouflaged prototypes a few months ago, the three-pointed star is back with a more conventional teaser. Hiding in the shadows is a showcar depicting a "luxurious, elegant, and spacious limousine"…

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The Renault 5 Turbo Returns With Crazy Power

Electric hot hatches are few and far between. Models that spring to mind include the Abarth 500e, Cupra Born VZ, Mini John Cooper Works, and the lesser-known MG4 XPower. Renault wants to overshadow all of them—including its very own Alpine A290—with a ludicrously powerful iteration of the reborn 5. Yes,…

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The Fantastic Four: Bugatti's Record-Breaking Cars

Remember when Bugatti said it would retire from chasing records in September 2019? Management has changed since then, and so have the company's objectives. The newly founded Bugatti Rimac joint venture has already smashed a record. The Mistral is now the fastest open-top production car ever. It follows two record-breaking Veyrons and…

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A New M1 Was '95 Percent Finished' Before BMW Canceled It

You probably don't remember the BMW Vision M Next concept from 2019. The svelte sports car was supposed the replace the i8 and usher in a new era of electrified performance for the BMW M brand. Instead, the concept was relegated to the history books, never to see the light…

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