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This High-Power Skoda Wagon Is Our New Favorite Sleeper

Skoda may not be a familiar brand to most Americans, but it's a popular automaker across the pond, sitting just below Volkswagen in terms of price. Its flagship model, the Skoda Superb, has been around for two decades now. The company has seen fit to celebrate the occasion not with…

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When Best Motoring Pitched the Best of Japan Against Supercars

Oh to have worked at Japanese TV show Best Motoring in the 1990s. Regularly, it put together track battles featuring the coolest cars of the era driven by the most talented racers in the country at Tsukuba Circuit. It never missed. This test is particularly interesting, with Japan's best performance cars of…

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Someone Saved This BMW E30 After 30 Years in a Barn

Who abandons an E30 in a barn for 30 years? This particular 325i has BMW's inline-six with a five-speed manual transmission. Next to an E30 M3, this classic 3 Series is a BMW enthusiast's dream. And it was dumped in a filthy barn for three decades.

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Here's Your Chance to Own the Ultimate American Supercar

The Saleen S7 is one of the coolest American cars ever made. Released in the mid aughts, the mid-engine supercar quickly developed a reputation as a true competitor to European rivals. Powered by a twin-turbo V-8, it can travel well over 200 miles per hour, and looks amazing. One of…

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Teardown Shows What It Takes to Kill Toyota's Most Reliable V-6

Toyota is well-known for building some of the most reliable engines on the planet. Perhaps its most stout powertrain is the automaker's VZ line of V-6s, first introduced in the late 1980s and used all the way up into the mid aughts. Over the years it's developed a reputation not…

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The Ford Mustang Dark Horse Can Out-Brake Supercars. Here's How

Muscle car, pony car, sports car–Any of these terms are functionally meaningless when it comes to the Ford Mustang Dark Horse. When I found out that the Dark Horse Performance Pack had not only the most powerful Coyote 5.0-liter V-8 Ford has made to date, but also one of the…

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The Charger EV Can't Do a Burnout. Dodge Says It's Fixing That

Dodge's omission of its line lock feature and the Charger Daytona's inability to perform standing burnouts should be resolved with the SRT variant that's coming next year. At a subdued North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Dodge CEO Matt McAlear told Motor1 that line lock is "still something we're…

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Ram CEO on Hemi's Return: 'I'm Not Ruling It Out'

Ram's former and current CEO Tim Kuniskis loves the Hemi V-8. Mention it and he'll wax poetic about the instant torque, the Hellcat's supercharger whine, and the music it makes when all eight cylinders are thundering. Now that he's back in mix, everyone wants to know the same thing. When…

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These Are the Illinois DMV's Most Ridiculous Rejected Custom Plates

Here in America we're spoiled for choice when it comes to license plates. Unlike most places in the world, we can order fully custom plates that say whatever they'd like, so long as they're confined to a certain character count. But most state DMVs also have rules against plates deemed…

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Petrolicious Is Back! All-New Car Culture Films Drop Every Friday On Rebooted Platform

Petrolicious, the creator of quality, original films and articles for classic car enthusiasts, is back! After a couple of years away, the website and YouTube Channel has been acquired and recently rebooted by duPont REGISTRY Group, and new films are now set to drop every Friday.

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Hyundai Ioniq 5 N DK Edition Is a Drifter's Dream

Hyundai has a knack for pulling at our heartstrings. Even in its switch to all-electric performance, the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N manages to excite from behind the wheel. The company is capitalizing on the car world's love for getting sideways with a new "DK" special edition, designed specifically to go…

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Tesla Model Y Gets a Desperately Needed Update for 2025

As it begins its fifth year on sale, Tesla's most popular model gets a big refresh. This is the new Model Y, which first appeared on Tesla's Chinese website yesterday and goes on sale there in March, as our colleagues at InsideEVs report, other Asia-Pacific markets soon after. There's no word on when…

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Inside Cosworth: King of Hypercar Engines

Bruce Wood calls it the “hypercar era.”

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The Subaru WRX STI Is Back, But Only With a CVT

Nearly three years ago, Subaru said a true STI version of the current WRX would never happen. It didn't explain why, although shortly after the announcement, reports emerged that stricter emissions regulations killed the performance formula. Fast forward to 2025, Subie has had a change of heart. At the Tokyo Auto…

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Nissan's GT-R R32 Electric Conversion Is Much Heavier

After nearly two years of work, Nissan has finished restoring a GT-R R32 and converting it to electric duty. Although it looks like it just rolled off the assembly line, there are some major changes underneath the familiar skin. The iconic RB26DETT is no more, having been replaced by a pair…

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Mazda Finally Gives the Miata More Power

At last year's Tokyo Auto Salon, Mazda hinted at the prospects of a hotter MX-5 when a hardcore Miata showed up on stage under the Mazda Spirit Racing banner. At the same show in Japan, the production version broke cover today as a limited-run special edition for the local market. Based…

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Toyota Built a Mid-Engine Hot Hatch

The Yaris might be an econobox at its core, but the GR Yaris is an entirely different animal. With 300 horsepower and all-wheel drive, it can keep play in the same league with the bigger GR Corolla equipped with the identical three-cylinder 1.6-liter engine. For the 2025 Tokyo Auto Salon,…

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Dead: Volkswagen Arteon

One of the most beautiful modern Volkswagen models is officially no more. After the Arteon liftback died in 2023, the wagon is also being retired. Never sold in America, the more practical Shooting Brake was built at the Osnabrück factory, while the regular model rolled off the assembly line in…

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Latest RTR Mustang Is an EcoBoost With Dark Horse Parts

There were two Mustangs on display at Ford's media preview for the 2025 Detroit Auto Show. Joining the striped Mustang GTD Spirit of America on the floor—after doing several donuts and slow-speed drifts in the hands of Vaugh Gittin Jr.—is the new Mustang RTR. Yes, it's that RTR, but it…

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The Mustang GTD Isn't on Sale Yet, But There's Already a Special Edition

What are the odds of ever seeing a Ford Mustang GTD on the road? Probably better than the odds of seeing a striped GTD Spirit of America. It's a special-edition trim for the already special GTD, unveiled at a ceremony in Detroit just ahead of the 2025 Detroit Auto Show.

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The 2025 ZR1 Is the Most Expensive Corvette Ever

Chevrolet on Thursday released pricing for the 2025 Corvette ZR1. The mid-engine supercar will start at $174,995 including destination, making it the most expensive Corvette ever.

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BMW Is Killing Off That Weird Feature You Never Used

Back in 2015 BMW unveiled a function called gesture control for the then-new 7 Series. You could spin your finger to adjust the volume, flick left or right to change a song, and other features best served by a button. The Bavarian automaker has apparently realized this, as it's just announced…

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It's 2025. Where's Next-Gen Apple CarPlay?

Flashback to June 2022. During Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, the tech giant showed a plethora of automotive screens running a new generation of CarPlay. Two years later, we got another teaser during the annual conference with a promise that it would launch in some vehicles by the end of 2024.

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The Hyundai Santa Cruz Isn't a Truck, But That's Okay: Review

It took me five minutes to decide that the Santa Cruz wasn’t a pickup truck. Yes, there’s a four-foot bed in the back that could haul a refrigerator. And the 2025 facelift adds a squared-off grille, exuding a more truck-like vibe. But the Santa Cruz doesn’t feel like a truck.…

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CES 2025: Digital Technology "Made in Italy" is ART

Artificial intelligence is one of the buzzwords during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but not the only one. At the annual trade show for tech aimed at mass-market applications, including automotive, scheduled this year from January 7 to 10, discussions will also focus on the digitalization of…

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