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For many, it wasn't the vehicles rolling off assembly lines that captured our hearts, but rather, what the legendary Japanese tuning houses did with those bone-stock cars. Names like Top Secret, HKS, Mine's, and Spoon elevated Japanese sports cars with their unique panache, building visually extravagant balls-out land missiles, which…

General Motors has recalled 461,839 full-size trucks and SUVs with diesel engines for a transmission issue that could cause the rear wheels to lock up. The problem affects all trims of the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra from 2020 through 2022, including 1500, 2500, 3500 models. The Chevy Suburban and…

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…

Tesla is recalling the Cybertruck for the sixth time this year. A potential problem with the drive inverter could cause certain trucks to stop producing torque, resulting in a sudden loss of propulsion and increasing the risk of an accident. The recall affects 2,431 trucks built with metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors…

A few years ago, as a guest of Toyota at a NASCAR race, the company was at pains to prove its American bonafides. A fleet of Tundra safety trucks buzzed the paddock with the words "Built In Texas" emblazoned on their flanks. In a bid to contend with Ford and…

The Volkswagen Tiguan has been around in the US since 2007. The second-generation model debuted in 2016, but we haven't seen the compact SUV updated much in those eight years. Finally, at next week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen will show its new third-generation Tiguan.

Although the new Audi A5 is officially labeled as a sedan, it technically isn’t one. It has a more practical tailgate and comes to replace both the old A4 Sedan and the A5 Sportback. However, the A5L introduced today at the 2024 Auto Guangzhou show keeps the traditional three-box sedan…

In a sea of electric crossovers and SUVs, a good ol' sedan is a nice change of pace. However, there’s still a problem. Nissan’s new EV will be made in China exclusively for the local market. The N7 was developed with local partner Dongfeng through their 50:50 joint venture. If…

Although the ES has been around since 2018, Lexus isn’t ready to roll out a next-generation model yet. Following a facelift in 2021, another update has just been introduced in China. The revised luxury sedan debuted at the Auto Guangzhou show alongside the LX700h. The ES is a big deal…

Lucid showed off a new variant of its Air sedan on X (formerly Twitter) this week. It's a police interceptor that the California Highway Patrol is purportedly testing for its suitability as a cop car. While details are scarce—the company only made one tweet about the car—there's a handful of…

The Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger as we know them are dead, as is the Hellcat line. Soon, the new Dodge Charger Daytona EV and Sixpack gas model will be on the street, reminding us of what we lost. But it's not all bad news.