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Breaking news, original reporting, sharp analysis, and other dispatches from the automotive industry and car culture.

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South Barrington Police cruiser after being rear-ended by a Tesla.
Self-Driving Tech

Sleeping Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Rear-Ending Police Car

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

mercedes benz e-class EQ spy photo
Mercedes-Benz News

The Blob Is Dead: Electric Mercedes-Benz E-Class Actually Looks Like a Sedan in New Spy Shots

By Byron Hurd

Updated on Oct 27, 2025

Ford Mustang Mach-E with a traditional Ford Mustang coupe, both in white.
Manufacturing

Why Automakers Keep Recycling Old Car Names in Nonsensical Ways

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

A marshal on track and Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls during the Formula 1 Grand Prix of Mexico City at Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico City, Mexico on October 26, 2025. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto)
F1

F1 Must Learn From Mexico’s Terrifying Marshal Near-Miss

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Infiniti QX80 R-Spec SEMA build
Infiniti News

Infiniti Imagined a 1,000-HP Nissan GT-R SUV With Midnight Purple Paint for SEMA

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Single-seaters start on a straight at the Autodromo Hnos. Rodriguez in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 2025, during the F1 season. McLaren driver Lando Norris takes first place; Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc takes second place; and Red Bull driver Max Verstappen takes third place. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)
F1

From a Rookie’s P4 to the F1 Title Battle, the Mexico GP Gave Everyone a Reason to Tune In Again

By Olivia Hicks

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

2025 Porsche Cayenne
Car Buying

Automakers Are Running Out of Ways to Hide Rising Prices

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Toyota Land Cruiser SEMA build
Toyota News

Toyota Put a New Tundra V6 in an FJ60 Land Cruiser and Kept the Five-Speed Manual

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Craftsman heavy torque wrench
Deals

This Craftsman Heavy-Duty Torque Wrench Is Cheap Enough To Grab ‘Just in Case’ at 35% Off

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Porsche steering wheel
The Downshift

Porsche Planning Third Round of US Price Increases: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Ford Bronco, Ranger, and Expedition Tremor on TransAmerica Trail
Ford News

You Can Travel the 5,900-Mile TransAmerica Trail on Google Street View Thanks to This Ford Bronco

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 27, 2025

Mammotion Luba 2 AWD
Electric Vehicles

You Don’t Want a Self-Driving Lawnmower. You Want a Mowbot

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

Subaru Forester
Car Buying

It’s Not Self-Driving, but AWD That Car Shoppers Want Most in Their Next Car: Study

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 26, 2025

Yangwang U9 Xtreme on Nurburgring carousel corner
Video Games

Gran Turismo 7 Is Getting the 3,000-HP, 308-MPH Yangwang U9 Xtreme

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 25, 2025

Milwaukee 1/2-inch impact gun in a garage
Deals

The Milwaukee Impact Wrench and Battery Kit You Want Is Half Price at The Home Depot

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

Screenshot of an NBC Chicago newscast featuring an AI-generated video
Watch This

Local NBC Station Fooled by AI Video of Race Track Power Outage Causing Huge Crash

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

2024 Ford F-150 preproduction model shown with optional features.
Ford News

Ford Bets It Can Sell Even More Pickups in 2026, So It’s Amping Up F-150, Super Duty Production

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

You Can Now Recreate F1’s 2025 Full Driver Lineup With Hot Wheels New 1:64 Cars
F1

You Can Now Recreate F1’s 2025 Full Driver Lineup With Hot Wheels New 1:64 Cars

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

2025 Jeep Wrangler 4xe Backcountry
Jeep News

Jeep Issues Emergency Recall for OTA-Bricked Wrangler 4xes

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

A Ford F-150 Lightning in production
Ford News

Factory Fire Leaves Ford Without Enough Aluminum to Build the F-150 Lightning

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

2027 BMW X5 Hero
BMW News

Next-Gen BMW X5 Spied With Full-Width Kidney Grille

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

Tesla Cybercab
The Downshift

Elon Musk Claims Tesla Cybercab With No Steering Wheel or Pedals Entering Production in Eight Months: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 24, 2025

GM Advanced Design Pasadena
GM News

Concept Car Catches on Fire at GM Design Studio, But Report of Massive Blaze Is Wrong, GM Says

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

DirtHammer hero
News

DirtHammer Is a New Online UTV Marketplace That Promises Not to Suck

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

2026 Mazda MX-5 Miata
Mazda News

We’re Living In the Golden Age of the Affordable New Miata

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Spyglass hero
Spy Photos

We’re Launching a Spy Shot Newsletter To Bring the Future of Cars To Your Inbox

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Animated car Lightning McQueen in a computational fluid dynamics simulation.
Manufacturing

Lightning McQueen Aero Analysis Part 2: Now You Can Play With the 3D Model Yourself

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Built Pontiac V8 with an American flag background
Builds

Hot-Rodder Triples the HP of His Pontiac V8 With 3D-Printed Parts to Win a Bet

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Porsche 919 Street rear quarter view.
Porsche News

Porsche’s New W18 Engine Concept Would Make Its Next Hypercar Truly Special

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

Ford Mustang GTD spy shots hero
Ford News

The Ford Mustang GTD Is at the Nurburgring Attempting To Steal Its Record Back From the Chevy Corvette

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

2025 Chevrolet Suburban CarPlay hero
The Downshift

GM Is Ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on All Future Cars Instead of Just EVs: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 23, 2025

CFD analysis of fictional Lightning McQueen car
Culture

Finally: NASCAR Engineer Performs Lightning McQueen Aero Analysis

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Dashboard of an Audi A4 allroad.
Audi News

Audi Infotainment Screens Were Bricked for Months by a Bad SiriusXM Update

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Lamborghini Urus SE
Lamborghini News

Lamborghini One-Ups Hyundai With up to 10-Year Unlimited Mileage Warranty

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

GM eyes-off Super Cruise
Cadillac News

Cadillac Will Have You Watching Movies Behind the Wheel by 2028

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Vintage Modern
Ford News

Custom Shop That Used ‘Bronco’ Name Without Permission Forced to Rebrand After Ford Sues

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Chevy Camaro design image from GM teaser.
Chevrolet News

It Looks Like GM Design Teased a New Chevy Camaro—and It’s Not an SUV

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Corvette ZR1
Chevrolet News

Wicked Exhaust Heat Melted This Corvette ZR1 While Averaging 173 MPH Over 118 Miles

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Tesla Model Y at a charging station
The Downshift

Tesla Recalls Almost 13,000 Vehicles Due to Battery Pack Defect: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 22, 2025

Infiniti QX80 R-Spec badge.
Infiniti News

Infiniti Is Building a GT-R-Powered QX80—But Probably Just One

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

V8-swapped Chevy Sonic
Builds

You’d Never Know This Chevy Sonic Has a V8 Until You Turn the Key

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

A JBL tweeter speaker in a Toyota Corolla hatchback
Aftermarket

Why Do Some New Car Audio Systems Just Plain Suck?

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

The Massive Jaguar EV Type 00’s Tiny Hatch Revealed in Spy Photos
Jaguar News

The Massive Jaguar EV Type 00’s Tiny Hatch Revealed in Spy Photos

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - MAY 17: #26, Colton Herta, Andretti Global w/ Curb-Agajanian Honda, poses for qualifying photos during qualifying for the NTT IndyCar Series 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 17, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Photo by Geoff MIller/Lumen via Getty Images)
F1

Colton Herta Takes Vital Step Toward Cadillac F1 Race Seat

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

BYD Seal
Electric Vehicles

Not Just Cheap: Design and Technology Are Putting Chinese Cars on Americans’ Radar

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

Kia Is Giving Away ‘Nostalgic’ Motor Oil and Gasoline-Scented Car Freshener to EV Buyers
Kia News

Kia Is Giving Away ‘Nostalgic’ Motor Oil and Gasoline-Scented Car Freshener to EV Buyers

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

VW ID Buzz
The Downshift

Volkswagen ID Buzz Production Paused Due to Slowing Demand: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 21, 2025

Toyota Land Cruiser FJ
Toyota News

Toyota’s New FJ Is Basically a Shrunken Land Cruiser

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Honda autonomous mower
Honda News

Honda’s Self-Driving Lawn Mower Is Super Cool But Will Cost More Than a Civic Si

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

1990 Nissan 300ZX
Aftermarket

Car Repairs Are About To Get Much More Expensive Thanks to Tariffs

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Julian Brown makes 'plastolene' fuel with garbage and solar energy.
People

This Guy Is Making DIY ‘Gasoline’ Using Old Plastic and Solar Power

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Edison Motors extended-range electric pickup truck prototype
Electric Vehicles

Edison Motors Now Has a Pair of Diesel-Electric Pickup Trucks, and a Kit Is On the Way

By Caleb Jacobs

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 19: Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Red Bull Racing celebrates on arrival in parc ferme during the F1 Grand Prix of United States at Circuit of The Americas on October 19, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Bryn Lennon - Formula 1/Formula 1 via Getty Images)
F1

The Inevitable: Max Verstappen’s Return to Dominance Is Good for F1

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Image of Ferrari SC40 next to Lamborghini Countach LPI 800-4
Ferrari News

Is the Ferrari SC40 a Better Tribute Than the New Countach?

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

Ford EV truck concept art.
The Downshift

Here’s the Reason There Are No Midsize Electric Trucks According to GM’s President: TDS

By Joel Feder

Posted on Oct 20, 2025

GT2 Beige Edition trailer thumbnail showing a PT Cruiser
Video Games

This Gran Turismo Fan Mod Swaps Out the Greatest Sports Cars of the ’90s for Sheer Malaise

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

A 2026 Nissan Frontier at Silver Lake Sand Dunes
Nissan News

Hey, You, With the Fancy Off-Road Package. Go Touch Sand!

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 19, 2025

Michael Andretti’s Indy Mansion Goes on the Market for $11.9M
People

Michael Andretti’s Indy Mansion Goes on the Market for $11.9M

By Jerry Perez

Posted on Oct 18, 2025

Trans-Am, Corvette, and a Beetle for sale.
For Sale

1,300-Car Collection For Sale Is Like a Greatest Hits of Facebook Marketplace. Here’s What We’d Buy

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 18, 2025

Porsche’s Tape Trick To Hide the Cayman EV’s Window Shape Is Kind of Hilarious
Porsche News

Porsche’s Tape Trick To Hide the Cayman EV’s Window Shape Is Kind of Hilarious

By Byron Hurd

Updated on Oct 17, 2025

GTA in-car radio.
Builds

This Home-Made Device Makes All the Grand Theft Auto In-Game Radio Stations Work in a Car

By Andrew P. Collins

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

Jake Dwinell and Jay Roberts pose after completing a five-hour run in a roundabout, with the Toyota Prius used for the drive.
People

These Guys Spent 5 Hours Lapping a Roundabout for Charity and Only Got Pulled Over Twice

By Adam Ismail

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

Jeeap Wrangler 4xe
Jeep News

Jeep Wrangler 4xe Owners Still Waiting for Answers a Week after an Update Bricked Their Cars

By Byron Hurd

Posted on Oct 17, 2025

2026 Rivian R1S Quad performing a Kick Turn
Rivian News

Rivian Quietly Delays Launch of Kick Turn Function for R1T, R1S

By Joel Feder

Updated on Oct 17, 2025