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"Even the rich cry" is an expression that reminds us even those living in comfort can face difficult times. In the automotive field, these days, this is the case for Porsche. The company that built its reputation on sports cars flourished with an expansion into SUVs and luxury sedans. But times…

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The Quickest Cars in the World Are EVs. Here's How They Stack Up in a Drag Race

Looking for the quickest production cars on the planet? You've found them. Every car in this new Dragtimes video is incredibly quick. At 1,020 horsepower, the Tesla Model S Plaid is actually the underdog here, because it's facing the 1,234-hp Lucid Air Sapphire. And both are playing second fiddle to…

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This Honda Was Its First EV—25 Years Before The Prologue: Video

The Honda EV Plus might just be the most important EV you've never heard of. This electric car was the first on the American market to use something besides lead-acid car batteries for power. Instead, it used an innovative nickel-metal hydride battery and a Honda-developed brushless motor for an impressive…

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Finally, A Nissan Rogue You Can Off-Road: First Drive Review

Did you know the Nissan Rogue is one of the best-selling SUVs in America? It handily outsells everything from the Detroit brands and ranks third overall behind the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. Nissan hopes to gain even more ground on its Japanese rivals with the burly Rock Creek Edition.

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History of the Honda Super Cub: How It Conquered the World With Two Wheels

Over the span of 65 years, Volkswagen built more than 23 million air-cooled Beetles. Since 1977, the Ford F-Series has been the best-selling pickup truck in the US, with 40 million produced. As a nameplate, Toyota's moved more than 43 million Corollas over 11 generations.

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Lotus Says 200 of Its Employees' Jobs Are 'at Risk'

Things weren’t looking great for Lotus earlier this year when it announced a net loss of $202 million in the second quarter of 2024. The company’s sales are up this year, but that’s not translating into tangible profits at home. Now, the company is preparing to lay off up to…

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Jaguar Won't Start Selling New Cars Until 2026

Jaguar will soon be an automaker that doesn't make any cars. I-Pace and E-Pace end production next month. The F-Type, XE, and XF are already dead. The F-Pace factory will go silent in early 2025, just in time for Jaguar's new EVs to enter the scene. There's just one problem.…

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Ferrari Might Bring Back the F40: Report

Ferrari's "Icona" series pays tribute to the brand's illustrious past. The Monza SP1 and SP2 are a modern reinterpretation of the open-top V-12 barchettas Ferrari established its legend with, while the Daytona SP3 is an homage to its glorious sports prototype race cars of the 1960s. Now, it sounds like…

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2025 Acura Models: The ADX, Integra, and More

Acura doesn't have the most robust vehicle lineup compared to competitors like BMW or Mercedes-Benz. But Honda's luxury brand does offer a cohesive range of stylish cars, sharp SUVs, and an EV, with a smattering of performance options to boot.

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Dead: Cadillac XT4

Pour one out for the XT4. Well, maybe don’t. Cadillac’s nearly forgotten small crossover is going away. General Motors has announced production will end at the Fairfax Assembly plant in January 2025. GM had said it would idle output of the subcompact luxury SUV to get the factory in Kansas…

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Have a Porsche With Center-Lock Wheels? You Might Want to Stop Driving It

Porsche Cars North America has identified a potential problem with bolts used on some vehicles with center lock wheels. As a result, the company recalled 1,851 vehicles and issued a stop-use advisory to dealers and vehicle owners, lest a wheel should come off while in use.

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Mazda's Designed its Gorgeous Sports Car Concept For Production

Mazda stunned with the Iconic SP concept at last year's Japan Mobility Show. Not merely a preview for the next Miata, the Iconic SP shows a new direction forward for Mazda sports cars, while paying homage to the era-defining FD RX-7. In a recent Mazda-published story, the car's designer, Masashi…

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The 2024 Ford Ranger Is All the Truck You Need: Review

Ford sold almost 200,000 F-Series pickups (F-150, F-250, and F-350) from July through September, compared to just 15,500 Rangers during the same period. Frankly, I have no idea why. Next to a typical full-size, half-ton truck, the Ranger sits just as high, has similar truck looks, truck tires, and a…

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Audi's Most Interesting EV Is Only for China

Audi partnered with SAIC Motor on a new sub-brand to build cars exclusively for the Chinese market. The fledgling company is called AUDI—all caps—and is "shaped 100-percent by the Audi DNA" with one notable exception. You won't see four-rings badging anywhere on its cars.

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Bentley's First EV Will Be an SUV

The first electric Bentley will arrive in 2026. We wrote about its delay in March. Initially, the plan was to launch the car in 2025, and today, the British automaker confirmed the new debut date in an online presentation in which the new president and CEO, Frank-Steffen Walliser, and Bentley board…

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Cutaway: You've Never Seen Toyota's Awesome V-12 Engine Like This

Remember when Toyota built a V-12? It wasn't so long ago. Production of the 1GZ-FE engine wrapped in 2017 after 20 continuous years, coinciding with the end of the second-generation Toyota Century. The 1GZ was conceived in the 1990s, the same decade Toyota launched its first mass-produced hybrid electric vehicle,…

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Things Are So Bad at Nissan It's Turning to Mitsubishi for Help

Nissan is cutting back as it struggles to profit amid falling demand. The automaker plans to cut 9,000 jobs, reduce its global production capacity by 20 percent, and sell a third of its stake in Mitsubishi to cut costs. The company believes it could save itself $3 billion as it…

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Audi Is Launching a New Car Company Called… AUDI

Where are the rings, Audi? It’s a valid question for the company's newest concept shown today in Shanghai. But this isn’t an Audi. It’s an AUDI. The luxury brand in the Volkswagen Group empire is teaming up with SAIC to launch a new car company in China. Of all the…

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Mazda Is Making a New Gas Engine: Skyactiv-Z

Financial news always tends to be dull. But every now and then, a car company sneaks in a nugget. Such is the case with Mazda’s latest document on how it fared in the most recent quarter. In an amalgam of boring numbers, there’s news about a gasoline engine we haven’t…

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The Base Bronco Is Back for 2025—It Starts at $39,890

Update: Added 2025 Ford Bronco pricing.

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Oh Good, AMG Is Making an Electric SUV

AMG already offers a souped-up version of the Mercedes EQE SUV, but now the performance brand is prepping its own electric high-riding vehicle. Rather than upgrading an existing Benz, the peeps from Affalterbach are developing a separate high-performance SUV. It’ll sit on the dedicated AMG.EA platform and will be a…

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The Ram Rampage Is Even Better for 2025, Just Not in America

Although America is the undisputed trucklandia, there are still a few forbidden fruits. The indestructible Toyota Hilux springs to mind, along with the Isuzu D-Max (and its Mazda BT-50 twin), Nissan Navara, Volkswagen Amarok, and Mitsubishi Triton. Lest we forget the Rampage name was resurrected last year, but not by…

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The Electric Mercedes CLA Broke a Porsche Taycan Record

The new CLA isn’t even out yet, but Mercedes is happy to report that its smallest sedan has already set a record. The first fully electric version managed to cover 2,309 miles in a 24-hour interval, besting a record established by Porsche in 2019. The Taycan did 2,128 miles at…

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This Custom Land Cruiser Looks Like a Cyberpunk Fever Dream

Modellista, Toyota's in-house customization brand in Japan, is at this year's SEMA Show in Las Vegas to test out possible new products for the American market. And boy does it have something... special. The company dressed up a new Toyota Land Cruiser in an assortment of futuristic off-road goodies, turning…

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GM's Electric Future Looks Bright. Ford On the Other Hand…

Update: The original version of this story noted that Ford is no longer the second-largest EV manufacturer in the US. Ford, as a brand, remains the second-largest EV producer in the US. Only the larger General Motors company (which includes brands like Cadilac, Chevrolet, and Hummer) produces more EVs. The…

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