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The 5 best luxury cars to be chauffeur-driven in

If you’re being driven rather than driving, these are the cars that will let you arrive in style

Lotus Restructures, Lays Off Employees Over 'Volatile' Market

Lotus on Friday announced plans to lay off up to 270 people throughout its Hethel manufacturing facility and headquarters, the BBC reports. The company cited "volatile and evolving market conditions, including the US tariffs."

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2026 Subaru Trailseeker: Finally, Another Subaru EV

Subaru on Friday said its next electric SUV will be called the 2026 Trailseeker. It will debut at the New York International Auto Show this month.

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Maserati Sales Aren’t Doing Great

Maserati sales continue to tumble. The brand is down 48 percent year-over-year in the first quarter of 2025, with just 1,700 vehicles sold. The numbers are the latest in a worrying trend for the Italian brand, which saw sales slip 57 percent last year.

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2025 Cadillac Optiq 70 MPH Highway Range Test: A Little Dissapointing

The Optiq is Cadillac’s entry-level electric crossover. With a starting price of around $55,000, it’s also the cheapest EV in the American luxury automaker’s portfolio, so it has the biggest potential to become a best-seller.

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Tesla stops taking orders in China for two models imported from US

Carmaker removes ‘order now’ buttons for Model S saloon and Model X SUV on its Chinese website amid tariffs war

The Guardian - UK

The Ford Mustang GTD Is Back at the Nürburgring

Ford has returned to the Nordschleife where it made history last year. On August 7, 2024, the Mustang GTD broke the record for the fastest American production car around the Green Hell after crossing the finish line in 6 minutes and 57.6 seconds. When the Blue Oval announced the lap…

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Toyota Muscles Up the GR Yaris With Beefy Body Kit

It’s been about five years since the GR Yaris came out. The hot hatch underwent a facelift in early 2024, but as it turns out, Toyota is still finding ways to improve its diminutive performance car. For 2025, the feisty subcompact car gains a body kit of six items. By…

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Defective Takata airbags prompt mass recall of popular car models in France

The French transport ministry has ordered Toyota and Mercedes to take 20 models off the road, due to faulty airbags that could explode and seriously injure drivers.

Radio France Internationale

How BYD's Porsche-Fighting Luxury EV Parallel Parks By Sliding

BYD is doubling down on its European conquest plans by introducing a new luxury brand called Denza. Its goal: to compete with the West's classic premium brands, including BMW, Audi, Mercedes and Volvo. And it can do something they can't do: turn parking into magic.

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Screens Are Bad: Audi Recalls 44,000 Cars Over Defective Gauge Clusters

Technology works great, until it doesn't. A total of 44,387 Audi owners are learning that the hard way right now, as they could look down and find their digital driver display is no longer working. The recall affects several models, and it could spontaneously blink out while parked or on…

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2025 New York Auto Show: What to Expect

It's April. In the automotive world, that means the New York Auto Show. It's true that auto shows aren't the bastion of debuts they once were, but 28 automakers are signed up for this year's show. And a few of them will be pulling the covers off something new.

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Mazda’s Tesla Model Y Rival Looks Slick, But There’s A Catch

Mazda may be far behind in the transition away from polluting gas cars, but it’s not throwing in the towel just yet. The automaker has revealed its latest EV, the EZ-60 crossover, on Chinese social media platform Weibo. It shares the same sleek design language as the EZ-6 electric sedan…

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The BMW Skytop Is Going Into Production. Here's Our First Look at the Prototype

BMW confirmed in October plans to make a production version of the Skytop, a concept first shown at Villa d'Este earlier in 2024. The company is only making 50 examples, and they're all already sold out. Now, we get to see a prototype of the 8-Series-based targa sports car for the…

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Creative Bloq

Lexus's stunning new display could transform car UI design

Black Butterfly is a thing of beauty.

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The BMW 3 Series Is Getting a Major Makeover. Here's Everything We Know

Get ready for a tidal shift in the world of BMW. Neue Klasse is here, and it’s not just for electric vehicles. The minimalist design seen on the new iX3 SUV means that a new 3 Series sedan with the same language isn’t far behind.

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Polestar Came Back With A Vengeance In Q1

Polestar, the company behind the U.S.-built Polestar 3 electric crossover, had a fantastic first quarter in terms of global sales. After recording a serious 15% dip in deliveries in 2024, the Swedish-based EV maker is back with a vengeance.

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German Luxury Automakers Are Struggling in China

After decades of riding the sales gravy train, legacy premium brands face a harsh new reality in China. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Porsche had a rough 2024, and the start of this year has been even more brutal. The posh trio saw double-digit declines in the first quarter, with Zuffenhausen taking…

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The Independent UK

At a little known Rolls-Royce museum in Pennsylvania farm country, volunteers dote over iconic cars

The 29 vehicles in a Rolls-Royce and Bentley museum outside Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, are getting the best of care in their golden years

I visited Aston Martin HQ to configure an £850,000 Valhalla supercar

Here’s exactly what it’s like to configure your own Aston Martin Valhalla

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Ford Fiesta STs Are Cheap as Hell Right Now

As an enthusiast, I'm always on the hunt. It's a sickness. Not one I'm terribly desperate to fix, mind you, but a sickness that's led to a garage full of half-broken race cars, a Trans-Am-style Camaro project, and a Honda XR500 that'd rather like to kill me.

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It Begins: Used Car Prices Are Going Up

You probably remember the insanity that occurred in the automotive market during the COVID panic and supply chain shortage from a few years ago. As new car supplies dwindled, used car prices went through the roof. Once markets stabilized, those costs came down. For the last two and a half…

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The World's Oldest SUV Is Still For Sale. The Sporty Version Is Less than $20,000

Update: Thanks to all the Motor1 readers who reached out to inform us that Ladas were indeed sold for a spell in Canada. That's something we weren't aware of, but you can bet we are now.

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There's a Reason Nissan Sells So Many Rogues: Review

Last year, Nissan sold 245,724 Rogue SUVs. That's a lot. The Rogue finished ninth in total sales in the US and third in SUV sales behind the Toyota RAV4 and Honda CR-V. And there’s a reason Nissan sells so many Rogues: It's a damn-good compact SUV.

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Icon's Ford Bronco Proves Old Cars Can Have The Latest EV Tech

There’s no shortage of electric restomods on the market these days. For enough green, companies will happily strip a canon-rich old car or truck of its gasoline engine and complex conventional drivetrain, and in their place fit a far simpler (and greener) EV unit. A few automakers have been offering…

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