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According to Toyota's Chief Technology Officer Hiroki Nakajima, its new four-cylinder engine lineup is a "game changer." The upcoming powertrains have 1.5- and 2.0-liter displacements, and while they're being optimized primarily for electrification, the fun element isn't being ignored. At least, that's the case for the 2.0-liter turbo engine the engineers mounted…

Porsche's global sales results for 2024 are officially out, and they're a mixed bag. Total deliveries dropped by 3 percent to 310,718 units, but the fun cars powered by combustion engines were up. In addition, the Cayenne flourished last year, so much so that it ended the year in first…

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…

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…

It’s always fun to watch drag races between combustion and electric performance cars that seem evenly matched on paper. The turbocharged inline-six BMW M3 CS is less powerful than the electric Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, but it’s also lighter by almost 1,000 pounds. EVs’ instant power delivery usually helps them…

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. 

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…

For almost 60 years the little cars have been a consistent favourite, passed down through generations, hotted up and given pet names

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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Keiichi Tsuchiya is a legendary Japanese race car driver and the man who brought drifting into the mainstream. However, even though the Drift King’s career stretches back decades, he is a star not only in his native Japan but around the world, and he has collaborated with automakers, but he’s…