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Watch Hammond and May Lap The Top Gear Test Track One Last Time

The test track at Dunsfold's Aerodrome in the United Kingdom was the defining location of Top Gear. While much of the presenting took place in a studio, a large chunk of the testing, lapping, and tomfoolery we remember most happened at the fabled airstrip-turned-road course.

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The Square Four Motorcycle Engine Was Weird And Awesome

Did you know that a square four engine used to be a thing? In fact, early designs date back nearly 100 years to a man named Edward Turner. He was a motorcycle designer in the UK who penned up a compact engine that essentially fused two small twin cylinders into…

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Here's Why You Shouldn't Use Racing Oil in Your Street Car's Engine

Scientists have gotten oil down to a science. Depending on the application, engine oil can have totally different formulas, weights, and additives, mixed and matched to deliver the most efficiency, longevity, or performance. That's why you should only use the oil your engine was designed to use, even if a…

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The New BMW M5 Solves a Problem It Created: Video Review

The launch of the newest BMW M5 is one of the most fascinating days in automotive history. Never have I seen an icon get so lambasted over one single metric: Weight. Some of it was BMW offering the M5’s 5,400-pound curb weight as one of its earliest details about the…

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Excellent! The AMC Pacer From Wayne's World Got a Full Restoration

Ah, the AMC Pacer. At a time when American vehicles had football fields for hoods, the Pacer was a bulbous little runabout with distinct 1970s charm. And now, the most famous Pacer of them all is immortalized and ready to charm a new generation of AMC fans.

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The 2025 Chevrolet Silverado ZR2 Simply Rocks: Review

It’s best not to mince words: The 2025 Silverado 1500 ZR2 is fantastic. If I had the need for its vast capabilities and access to the vast acres of space within which to operate this full-size Chevy, I’d probably have a ZR2 in my driveway.

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The Nissan Sentra Might Soon Be an American-Made Sedan

Nissan is facing a tough future, and plenty of uncertainty ahead could force the company to shift Sentra production to the United States. Despite the brand’s global woes and financial struggles, sales were up 6.3 percent through the first three months of 2025 in America, driven mostly by its small,…

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A Supercharged V-8 Ranger Raptor R Exists, But Not From Ford

You can buy a Ford Ranger Raptor in the United States. It starts around $57,000, which gets you an upgraded suspension with Fox shocks and a twin-turbocharged V-6 making 405 horsepower. It's a neat truck, but V-8 swapping Ford Rangers is an American pastime. Turns out, it's an Australian pastime,…

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The Best Performance Cars of 2025 (So Far)

What makes a great performance car? Well, for one, it has to be fun. It has to be something you dream about, something worth getting up early for and displaying proudly at your local Cars and Coffee. Then, driving the long way home to take advantage of that twisty road.

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The Porsche 911 GT2 RS Might Be Back as a Hybrid

The Porsche 911 GT2 RS is coming back. The automaker recently teased an "additional flagship model" that will supposedly "raise the bar even further in the sports car segment," and a new Autocar report suggests the car is, indeed, the fifth-generation GT2 RS.

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This Jaguar E-Type Restomod Does the Original Proud

Former design boss Ian Callum has some impressive notches in his belt: The Aston Martin DB7 and Vanquish, the Jaguar XK and F-Type, and more recently, the nearly forgotten C-X75 prototype. Now, the famed automotive designer and executive is at it again with his own take on one of the…

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The Manual R35 Nissan GT-R Is Real. Here's How One Japanese Tuner Did It

The R35 generation of Nissan's GT-R is among the most significant modern sports cars, and not just because it survived a whopping 17 years on the market. This GT-R helped introduce the world to the joys of launch control. It offered astonishingly good traction management and stability control systems before…

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Toyota's New Blue Paint Is Awesome, But It's Only for a Few Models

Toyota's TRD Pro line has offered some excellent color options throughout its history: Army Green, Electric Lime, Terra, Mudbath—the list goes on. This year, Toyota is adding another sweet shade to its already robust color palette: Wave Maker.

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Nissan's New Boss Candidly Admits What Went Wrong

The first order of business for Nissan’s new CEO is to put the struggling company into recovery mode. Drastic decisions were made from day one: slashing 20,000 jobs, closing seven factories, eliminating six platforms, reducing parts complexity by 70 percent, and halting the development of certain models. These are the…

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The Renault 4 Gets Even Cooler With Rugged AWD Concept

Following a 30-year hiatus, the Renault 4 was reinvented in late 2024, evolving from a gasoline econobox into a small electric vehicle. Essentially a crossover version of the reborn Renault 5 (aka Le Car in the United States), the subcompact EV revives another name: Savane. Unlike the front-wheel-drive production model,…

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GMC Gave the Hummer EV Exactly What It Needed: More Power

It's hard to believe the GMC Hummer EV is already a few years old. GMC isn't quite ready to give the truck and SUV trims a proper mid-cycle refresh, but these rigs roll into 2026 with some notable changes. You won't see them per se, unless you identify Coastal Dune…

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Ineos CEO: People Don't Want To Be Force-Fed EVs

The European Union might have relaxed its rules regarding the sale of new gasoline/diesel cars, but it’ll still be hard for automakers to keep combustion alive. That frustrates Ineos Automotive CEO Lynn Calder, who says the industry should listen to customer demand and not top-down policies pushing full electrification. Ineos…

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The Dodge Charger Daytona R/T EV Is 'Postponed' for 2026

Update: Dodge confirmed there won't be an entry-level Charger Daytona R/T for 2026 but stopped short of saying it's canceled completely. Dodge CEO Matt McAlear provided the following statement to Motor1:

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Man Arrested After Trying to Tow a Car Backwards on a Highway

Towing a car is a fairly simple procedure. All you need is a suitable trailer and a vehicle with enough power to pull the weight. The driver of this Saab 9-3 Aero convertible only had one of those things. And it's landed him in jail.

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The Nissan Rogue's Base Infotainment Proves Simpler Is Better: Review

I’m fascinated by the Nissan Rogue. At face value, it’s merely an average vehicle. It’s not powerful, it's not elegant, it’s not especially attractive, and it doesn’t really have any cool features. Not to mention it’s getting old. The current Rogue debuted in 2020 with a 7.0-inch touchscreen, which grew…

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It's Finally Here: Apple Rolls Out Its New CarPlay System

Apple’s all-encompassing version of CarPlay is finally here. Starting today, Aston Martin will begin offering CarPlay Ultra, which exports the Apple experience to every screen in the vehicle, including the instrument cluster.

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Nissan's Mid-Engined Hot Hatch Is Back. And It's Even Cooler Now

A new electric Nissan Micra is coming in 2026, which should have fans of the famed hatchback at least excited to see the nameplate return. But before it does, Nissan wants to celebrate the third-generation Micra’s 23rd birthday with a special reinvention of its one-off Micra 350SR.

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Pirelli Has a new Street-Legal Racing Tire for the US. We Tested It

The Pirelli engineers are a bit jealous of us Americans. Speaking at the launch for the new P-Zero family at Monza, they tell us how nice it must be to have a thriving grassroots club-racing and track-day scene in America, and so many great road courses for us to drive.

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The Toyota bZ Woodland Is Bigger, Tougher, And More Powerful

While we wait for the new RAV4, Toyota is revisiting the bZ it introduced days ago by expanding the lineup. The electric crossover formerly known by its confusing bZ4X name is getting the Woodland treatment. It’s not the first model to receive a mildly rugged variant, as the Sienna minivan…

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Stellantis Delays the Electric Ram 1500 and Ramcharger Again

It’s been over two years since Ram revealed the 1500 REV. It was supposed to hit dealerships in the United States by late 2024, but Stellantis pushed back the electric truck’s launch to 2025. The Ramcharger with its range-extending V-6 broke cover about a year and a half ago and…

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