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In Canada, the new Nissan Leaf will have to battle the Kia EV4, which undercuts it by a significant amount.
Alex Kierstein
December 15, 2025
Whether the cars getting dusty on dealer lots represent an opportunity for deals or an indictment of the economy is a matter of perspective.
Alex Kierstein
December 15, 2025
Tariff price increases are coming for new vehicles, and it's just one of several converging trends that will hurt affordability.
Alex Kierstein
December 15, 2025
Citroën proves they can deliver on the promise of EVs -- novel, useful form factors unbound by conventional powertrains -- at least in concept.
Peter Hughes
December 12, 2025
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This week, Peter Hughes swaps crashes and jumps for an emotional crashout.
Peter Hughes
December 12, 2025
With the Soul’s discontinuation, Kia can focus on the Seltos. A more focused entry-level SUV emerges.
Alex Kierstein
December 11, 2025
Fiat’s CEO makes a surprising announcement: the Fiat Topolino is coming to America. The way it’ll be sold, and why, are both obvious and baffling.
Alex Kierstein
December 10, 2025
The Porsche 963 Hypercar will not enter LeMans in 2026 and it could have long-term ramifications for the company's endurance racing efforts.
Peter Hughes
December 9, 2025
The 2026 Mercedes-Benz GLB helps hasten the death of the EQ sub-brand and the transition to “powertrain choice.”
Alex Kierstein
December 8, 2025
Think of the 2026 Subaru Trailseeker as the EV SUV that the Solterra always wanted to be. Problem is, the Solterra’s still here.
Alex Kierstein
December 8, 2025
Gazoo Racing achieves the goal of becoming Toyota’s performance halo with an actual halo car, a long-hooded, turbo-hybrid beast of a coupe.
Alex Kierstein
December 5, 2025
Peter Hughes says this is the best car movie ever made...
Peter Hughes
December 5, 2025
Cute trumps economic realities amid CAFE standard chaos, as whim becomes a guiding policy principle.
Alex Kierstein
December 5, 2025
Time to build a new set of longroof associations, starting now. Wagons are fast! Wagons are hot! Wagons are sexy!
Peter Hughes
December 5, 2025
Mercedes-Benz readies a less serious version of its rugged box, with less roof and more attitude, something that’s overdue in the segment.
Alex Kierstein
December 4, 2025
Bricked Porsches have Russian owners paranoid about Western electronics warfare. Let me say this: the truth is out there.
Alex Kierstein
December 4, 2025
The BMW iX3 really is a radical reinvention for BMW, but is it what the market wants?
Tim Stevens
December 4, 2025
Today in “I can’t believe it wasn’t already doing this” news, Porsche announces it’s selling heritage fabrics for restorers and, well, anyone who wants to pay Porsche prices for cloth.
Alex Kierstein
December 2, 2025
Skoda is asking its designers to dream up concept cars virtually. They’re concept cars for concept’s sake, and that’s important.
Alex Kierstein
December 1, 2025
Genesis showed off a trio of exciting new models in France last week. One in particular has us wondering, production or pipe dream?
Jake Margle
December 1, 2025
Tata has pulled off a surprisingly clever trick: reinterpreting its first passenger vehicle, the Sierra, in an objectively awesome way.
Alex Kierstein
November 28, 2025
The War On Cars makes the case for a less car-dependent world.
Brett Berk
November 28, 2025
For two short years, you could sail a Renault with a Gordini engine and a charming fiberglass hull with a space-age design. It was a flop.
Alex Kierstein
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November 26, 2025
Fiat’s Euro-spec 500 Hybrid puts up performance numbers that look like they belong to its 1960s counterparts. Can a modern car be too slow?
Alex Kierstein
November 25, 2025
A spike in subprime auto loan delinquencies is troubling, but is it actually a red flag that the economy is about to crash?
Alex Kierstein
November 24, 2025
This week's final round of the 2025 World Rally Championship is shaping up to be the best in decades. Here's why you can't miss it, and how to watch it.
Tim Stevens
November 24, 2025
The Porsche Cayenne Electric applies the Macan EV formula in a larger package. Hopefully the Macan’s appeal flows upward.
Alex Kierstein
November 21, 2025
Vans don’t have to be stylish to get work done, so when they are—like the Renault Trafic E-Tech—it gets our attention.
Alex Kierstein
November 18, 2025
The Ford Focus is dead. Was the global hatchback a success or evidence of a dead-end?
Alex Kierstein
November 18, 2025
A happy accident, the DragonSpeed Corvette C8 Z06 GT3.R will wear a Evel Knievel livery in IMSA.
Peter Hughes
November 17, 2025
Subaru of Japan’s latest pseudo-STI is a BRZ with an engine workover that is about precision and optimization rather than output.
Alex Kierstein
November 14, 2025
Peter Hughes makes the case for a forgotten schlock classic.
Peter Hughes
November 14, 2025
With Ford’s blessing, Boreham is reimagining the RS200 and Escort RS2000. But the engine might be even more thrilling.
Alex Kierstein
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November 13, 2025
NIO’s Firefly sub-brand shows how some Chinese automakers are pushing the envelope of exterior design.
Alex Kierstein
November 12, 2025
NISMO’s limited-production DOHC head for L-series sixes is a boutique solution for a certain type of lunatic.
Alex Kierstein
November 11, 2025
The Toyota Hilux is a truly global truck, excluding America. Now it’s a BEV. What are we missing out on?
Alex Kierstein
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November 10, 2025
The Drive Chevelle will never be worth big movie-car money. That’s what makes it great, and why you should buy it.
Alex Kierstein
November 10, 2025
This is the Giugiaro-designed camera that changed the world.
Alex Kierstein
November 7, 2025
Rome projected economic and military power using a system of roads that is surprisingly poorly understood.
Alex Kierstein
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November 7, 2025
A plea for more silliness and less seriousness.
Alex Kierstein
November 6, 2025
Renault’s smiling city car returns, not as a neoretro tragedy, but as a disarming modern EV.
Alex Kierstein
November 6, 2025
Forget the six-figure Skylines and Supras and check out these overlooked gems from Japan.
Cole Pennington
November 5, 2025
Waymo is way ahead in the robotaxi race, but what do they stand to gain?
Rory Carroll
November 5, 2025
Honda just built a Civic Type R rally car. Then two chuckleheads drove the untested show car more than 1,000 miles to SEMA.
Alex Kierstein
November 4, 2025
Can one car cure all of Audi’s ills? Jonny Lieberman drove the Concept C to find out.
Jonny Lieberman
November 3, 2025
Kia gives the Telluride a hard-edged look.
Alex Kierstein
October 31, 2025
A design titan, a defunct Italian brand, and a fantastic Japanese wheel.
Alex Kierstein
October 31, 2025
Toyota’s stripped-down IMV Origin concept truck isn’t finished, on purpose.
Alex Kierstein
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October 31, 2025
We know him for the giubo. Milan knows him for the art.
Alex Kierstein
October 30, 2025
These two STIs look eminently buildable, but nobody in Japan is giving any reason for hope.
Tim Stevens
October 29, 2025
Here's what this is and what we're gonna do with it.
Rory Carroll
October 29, 2025
What may have been and will never be for
Nissan's sportyish sedans.
Alex Kierstein
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October 28, 2025
The trucks that make life in Antarctica possible.
Cole Pennington
October 27, 2025
OKTech's Outcast Alfa Romeos finally achieve their full potential.
Cole Pennington
October 27, 2025
A Porsche patent suggests a new degree of simulated sensation.
Alex Kierstein
October 24, 2025
Tim Stevens
October 22, 2025
Impressive numbers, but more impressive than the numbers.
Travis Okulski
October 22, 2025
Is 2025 really the right time for an electric Ferrari?
Tim Stevens
October 19, 2025
Why let an all-seeing, all-knowing algorithm tell you what you should be watching when you've got us? Here's what we've been into lately:
Fernando Pino
October 14, 2025
Recently unearthed sketches provide a look at the early days of car design.
Brett Berk
October 8, 2025
Luxury Automakers Realize We All Want A Break From Our Screens
Brett Berk
October 1, 2025