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Keeping the Manual Is 'Super Important,' Says Porsche GT Boss

The manual transmission is a dying breed. There are just 29 new cars you can still buy with a stick shift. Porsche sells two of those cars, the 718 and the 911. While things don't look good for the mid-engine 718, which is set to go all-electric later this year,…

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VW's Crossover Cabrio Outsold the Miata Last Year in Europe

Although math has never been my forte, odd statistics have always captivated me. Aside from the so-called zombie cars that appear in sales charts years after being discontinued, niche segments also pique my interest. Motor1 got in touch with car market research company Dataforce from Germany to learn how convertibles…

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Confirmed: Ram's Mid-Size Pickup Is Happening

Ram CEO Tim Kuniskis will get his wish. Stellantis confirmed with Motor1 today that the brand is building a new mid-size truck model. However, the automaker declined to provide further details.

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We Asked Every Automaker How Many Customers Went for Manuals in 2024

In what is now an annual tradition at Motor1, we’re kicking off 2025 by sending lots of emails to automakers to see what manual transmission sales were like the previous year. This gives us a look at the state of the manual in America, where it is certainly not the…

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Dead: BMW M8 Coupe

We regret to inform you it's the end of the road for the M8 Coupe in the United States. Known by its "F92" codename among enthusiasts of the Bavarian brand, Munich's bruiser has been quietly removed from the configurator. After noticing it's gone, we decided to ask BMW whether the…

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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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The Most Memorable Cars We Drove in 2024

Welcome to 2025, glad you could make it. Last year we got behind the wheel of some truly excellent vehicles. The Lamborghini Revuelto won our inaugural Cool Car Cup award for being, well, extremely cool, while we deemed the Honda Civic Hybrid, Lexus GX, and Chevrolet Colorado ZR2 Bison the…

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Our Favorite Car Photos From 2024

Another year is nearly in the books, and it was a whirlwind. Between the traditional car reviews, the inaugural Cool Car Cup, our first Best of the Best Awards, bare-knuckles off-roading in the Truck Showdown, and the daily feature stories from Japan Month, Motor1 drove and photographed hundreds of vehicles in…

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Miata vs Lamborghini: This Drag Race Is Way Closer Than You Think

I had an interesting realization during Motor1's inaugural Cool Car Cup test—you can floor the throttle in a Lamborghini Revuelto without waking up its monster V-12. The Revuelto is a hybrid, with a motor for each front wheel, and another motor attached to the transmission. In its Città (city) mode, you get…

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Colorado's Proposed Kei Truck Ban Appears Dead on Arrival

Kei truck advocates in Colorado appear to have won the battle against a proposed mini-truck ban. An email from the Colorado Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles, states the agency has canceled the rule change it proposed in August.

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The Best Cars, Trucks, and SUVs of 2024

It was an excellent year for new cars, and we endeavored to drive as many of them as possible. Motor1 published just shy of 200 reviews and first drives in 2024, with the editorial staff taking its talents around the globe in an effort to get behind the wheel of…

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Introducing Motor1's Best of the Best Awards

"What's the best car you've ever driven?"

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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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Build Your Dream 911 GT3 With Porsche's Fancy New Configurator

The Porsche 911 GT3 is back for 2025, complete with a handful of small but meaningful updates that promise to improve on an already stellar machine. The car's online configurator just came online, which means the Motor1 staff hasn't gotten much actual work done this morning.

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Japan Month Concludes

What a month!

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Hyundai and General Motors may team up on an unusual but profitable car

The two automakers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in September.

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Experiencing Japan's Best Street Racing (In an Arcade Around the Corner)

For Japan Month at Motor1, we’ve traveled far and wide to uncover the origins of Japanese car culture. For this piece, I’ll be experiencing the history of Japan’s street racing scene by walking a mile down the street to the arcade.

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GM Cuts 1,000 Jobs, Scales Back Testing at Milford Proving Grounds

GM laid off approximately 1,000 employees last Friday, the company confirmed to Motor1. To put an extra dose of sour into the situation, employees were reportedly notified through early morning emails. According to the Detroit Free Press, the layoffs affected both salaried and hourly employees.

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Capturing the Lexus GX and Washington's Beautiful Backcountry On Film

Much, much earlier in the year I tagged along with Brian Silvestro, Motor1's Deputy Editor, in the backwoods of my home state of Washington. He picked me up from Seattle in a Lexus GX Overtrail and we headed to the WA Backcountry Discovery Route (BDR) that runs along the peaks…

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Welcome to Japan Month

It was only coincidence that my first car was Japanese. My stepdad handed down his 1994 Toyota 4Runner in black over gray fabric, just 265,000 miles on the clock. He bought a gently used Lexus GX the day after; His first new car in a decade.

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Leading Automotive Websites Undergo Redesign to Enhance Reader Experience

New York, October 30, 2024 — Motor1, InsideEVs, and RideApart have launched completely redesigned digital platforms, it was announced today by Travis Okulski, Global Editorial Director, Motorsport Network. These updated sites offer readers and enthusiasts an enhanced, seamless experience for accessing car news, immersive content, and improved functionality. The refreshed sites…

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Welcome To the New Motor1

Hi there. If you’re a regular visitor to Motor1, you probably notice something different about the site this morning. It’s still the same Motor1 you love (or loathe), but there’s a new added sparkle and sheen. Welcome to Motor1’s new design. Or, if you're a BMW nerd, let's call it…

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Radford Motors Has Filed for Bankruptcy

The upstart automaker backed by Ant Anstead and Jenson Button is going through a debt restructuring plan.

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The Biggest Night in Motorsport: Autosport Awards usher in new era

• Reimagined Autosport Awards on January 29 • 2025 marks 75 years of both Autosport and the FIA Formula 1 World Championship• F1 ACADEMY prize-giving and Silverstone Autosport BRDC Young Driver award celebrate next generation sporting stars• All-new Autosport Business Forum will convene influential motorsport and industry leaders London, UK,…

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