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To say Volkswagen is going through a rough patch would be an understatement. The Group’s latest numbers look terrible: Earnings after tax collapsed by 63.7% in the third quarter when sales dropped by 8.3%. Through this year's first nine months, profits are down 30.7% and sales are 4.4% lower. CEO…

Toyota knows how to keep enthusiasts happy: By selling fun cars like the 86, Supra, and GR Corolla. Outside the United States, the feisty GR Yaris hot hatch also exists. The Japanese brand even recently suggested the Supra would live on after the BMW Z4’s demise, likely in 2026. Better yet,…

I’m sure the Toyota 2000GT needs no introduction, so I’ll just point out a very unfortunate fact of life for us mere mortals. If you want one today, plan on spending at least $1 million. Here's another downer: Only 351 of them were built, so the odds of even seeing…

If you work on cars, you probably own a torque wrench. Responsible for tightening nuts and bolts down to precise measurements, they're used mostly for assembling things like engines, where fasteners have to be tightened with a specific amount of force to function properly. How a torque wrench works is…

Even before the eighth-generation Corvette debuted, there were rumors of a bonkers new model named after Zora Arkus-Duntov—the father of the Corvette. The famed Chevrolet engineer envisioned a powerful, mid-engine sports car decades before the C8 arrived. Concept cars through the 1980s and 1990s teased the future, but sadly, Zora…

The sky is perfect, cobalt and hopeful in that Californian way. We’re set up in the high desert near Lancaster, overlooking the arid basin that holds Willow Springs Raceway in its embrace.

Nissan is no stranger to fun one-off builds. Its latest, developed for this year's SEMA show in Las Vegas, is a highly modified Frontier pickup designed to go drifting. The one-off truck comes complete with a custom suspension setup, a supercharged engine, and a set of lovely retro Recaro seats.

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. 

Renault abandoned the United States in 1987, and it won’t return indirectly until later this decade with its Alpine sub-brand. However, the comeback could’ve happened as early as the start of the 2000s. This is the story of the Avantime (French for "ahead of its time"), a beautiful failure America…