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What was learned from the 2025 Le Mans 24 Hours test day

What did we learn from the Le Mans Test Day? What pointers has it given us to the big race ahead? That’s always the million dollar question when the cars hit the majestic Circuit de la Sarthe for the first time each year.

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Could the New Hydrogen Car Replace EVs?

Battery-electric vehicles (EVs) dominate headlines these days, but a quiet contender is gaining attention: the hydrogen car. Using fuel cells to generate electricity, these vehicles emit only water vapor and offer quick refueling—think minutes instead of hours charging. With Toyota, Hyundai, BMW, and others charting paths for hydrogen, it’s time…

Clever Dude

2026 Mercedes-Benz GLC EV Prototype Drive: A Promising Start, With Some Questions

We drive Mercedes' upcoming EV crossover in camouflaged prototype form. Can it compete with the Porsche Macan and BMW iX3?

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A BMW Supplier Was Working On A U.S. EV Battery Factory. Here's Why Construction Stopped

Envision AESC started building a huge battery plant in South Carolina two years ago to supply cells to BMW. It has now abruptly halted work on the site.

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BMW Will Start Hiking Prices In July

Most of BMW’s lineup is about to get more expensive for 2026. The automaker recently informed dealers that prices for many of its models would increase by 1.9 percent starting July 1, and customers could pay as much as $2,500 more than before on certain cars.

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How Sutton and Ingram asserted their dominance in manic BTCC Thruxton weekend

Collisions. Controversy. Penalties. The referee waving play on and no penalties. And, as the constant we can rely on in the same way as death, taxes or people moaning about how quick Hyundais are on the straights, the displays of superiority from Tom Ingram and Ash Sutton.

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Every Hot Hatchback You Can Buy In 2025

Hot hatchbacks don't have the same stranglehold over the affordable performance segment that they once did. At least, not in the US. As recently as the mid-2010s, we were spoiled for choice with options like the Fiat 500 Abarth, the Ford Focus and Fiesta STs, the Mazdaspeed 3—and so many…

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BMW believes no one was sandbagging on Le Mans test day

BMW wrapped up a clean and well-executed day of testing, with its fastest LMDh prototype posting the eighth-best time, 1.374s off Toyota’s benchmark. Within the German camp, just as others across the paddock, there was little interest in chasing lap times or playing games.

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Rast's "headache" required serious care after Zandvoort DTM win

Schubert BMW driver Rene Rast hit his head just before the second DTM race of the Zandvoort weekend, it has been revealed, turning what looked like a relaxed Sunday drive through the dunes into a feat of strength for his 29th career DTM victory.

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Rene Rast's "headache" required serious care after Zandvoort DTM win

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BTCC Thruxton: Rowbottom beats Ingram in finale

Dan Rowbottom emerged as winner from a hard-fought final British Touring Car Championship race of the day at Thruxton.

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DTM Zandvoort: Rast takes lights-to-flag victory

Team Schubert driver Rene Rast took a commanding lights-to-flag victory in the second DTM race of the Zandvoort round.

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DTM Zandvoort: Rene Rast takes lights-to-flag win

Team Schubert driver Rene Rast took a commanding lights-to-flag victory in the second DTM race of the Zandvoort round.

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BTCC Thruxton: Blistering start gives Sutton victory

Four-time British Touring Car Championship title winner Ash Sutton put in a masterful performance to win the second race of the day at Thruxton.

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BTCC Thruxton: Ingram survives contact with Sutton to win

Tom Ingram survived two clashes with Ash Sutton to take victory in the first race of the British Touring Car Championship round at Thruxton.

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DTM Zandvoort: Guven wins chaotic race in the rain

Ayhancan Guven took his second victory of the 2025 DTM season in Zandvoort, in chaotic and rainy conditions.

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DTM Zandvoort: Ayhancan Guven wins chaotic race in the rain

Ayhancan Guven took his second victory of the 2025 DTM season in Zandvoort, in chaotic and rainy conditions.

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Two Years Later, Tesla’s Superchargers Are No Magic Bullet

Public EV charging is still a confusing mess in the U.S. But it won't be like that forever. Companies are investing billions in next-generation infrastructure.

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Watch the Electric BMW M3 (Silently) Lap the Nürburgring

We knew it was coming: An electric BMW M3. In February, we got our first glimpse of the EV performance car's battery and motors in action on an icy lake bed. Now, a new video shows a prototype of the electric M3 taking its talents to the Nürburgring. And doing…

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Billion-dollar battery plant pauses construction amid electric vehicle and tariff uncertainty

A Japanese company has halted construction on a $1_6 billion factory in South Carolina to help make batteries for electric BMWs, citing “policy and market uncertainty.”

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Woman Starts Driving. Then Water Starts Pouring Onto Her Mercedes G-Wagon's Dashboard and Touchscreen

This woman’s luxury car couldn’t even handle a bit of rain. Now she’s wondering if it’s a sign to get rid of it entirely. There are a few places where you expect to get wet: The shower, the beach, and even at the water park. But inside your own car—which…

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This New Adventure Motorcycle Makes Every Other Look Like a Big, Fat Mess

Kove's 800X Rally will hit US streets in July and looks set to disrupt the middleweight adventure bike niche, and become the lightest in the class by a long way.

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Why Carbon-Ceramic Brakes Are Expensive. And Why They Might Be Worth It

A couple of years ago, a Brembo engineer told me something that stuck: If you buy a car with carbon-ceramic brakes, you’ll likely never need to replace the rotors. I’d heard the benefits of carbon-ceramic brakes talked up before, but this particularly bold claim seemed wild, an answer to the ultimate…

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BMW Will Build The Electric X5, X6 And X7 In The U.S.

The battery-powered iX5 is coming next year, followed by the iX7 in 2027. A coupe-like electric SUV is expected too—all made in the U.S.

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Ferrari to start Le Mans 24 Hours lighter, more powerful

Ferrari will go the grid for the Le Mans 24 Hours lighter and with more power than last year as it bids for a hat-trick at the French enduro.

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