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Tesla Cybercab
The Downshift

Turns Out Tesla Cybercab Will Have a Steering Wheel and Pedals ‘If We Have To:’ TDS

Tesla is apparently open to making changes to the Cybercab to sell them in high volumes, but it's not clear if Elon Musk is on board.

Mazda Vision X-Coupe
Mazda News

Mazda Teases Its First Turbocharged Rotary Since the FD RX-7

Mazda is threatening to bring your memes closer to reality with this turbocharged hybrid rotary coupe concept.

Mazda Vision X-Compact
Mazda News

Mazda’s New Tiny Hatchback Concept Just Wants to Be Your Friend

This concept may foreshadow the next Mazda2. It's quite charming, but Mazda is mum on details.

Toyota Chairman Akio Toyota presents the new Century Coupe concept on stage.
Toyota News

Toyota Says Century Coupe Is Competition for Rolls-Royce and Bentley

Toyota intends the Century Coupe to compete with the greatest names in luxury.

Lexus LS Concept
Lexus News

The Lexus LS Is Back… as a Six-Wheeled Van That Makes No Sense But Looks Wild

Giant SUVs? Tired. Long-wheelbase executive vans with skylights and more wheels than seats? Wired.

Honda’s 0 Series SUV α
Honda News

Honda Hits Its 0 Series SUV Concept With a Shrink Ray, and This One Is Going Into Production

Revealed today in Japan, Honda's CRV-sized 0 Series SUV is going to look like a concept car on the road when it arrives in 2026.

2027 Range Rover Sport SV Spy Photo
Land Rover News

2027 Range Rover Sport SV Gets Porsche-Like Center Exhaust: Spy Shots

The new Range Rover Sport SV cribs a styling detail from the Porsche Cayenne Turbo GT.

1997 GM EV1
GM News

This Ultra Rare GM EV1 Just Sold for $104,000 at a Random Impound Auction

It started life as the engineering darling of General Motors, and now, it's at an impound lot with a broken windshield. Will somebody save it?

Honda Passport TrailSport HRC Concept
Honda News

The Honda Passport HRC Concept Winch Bumper Looks So Good

The Honda Passport TrailSport HRC Concept adds a little more hardcore wheeling power to the great-looking mid-sized SUV.

Merecedes Maybach SL convertible
Mercedes-Benz Reviews

2026 Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram Series: A Status Symbol for the MTV Cribs Generation

The 2026 Mercedes-Maybach SL 680 Monogram is for the buyer who wants not only to send a message but to attach their smiling face to it.

2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep News

Still No Hemi: 2026 Jeep Grand Cherokee Gets Rowdy Hurricane I4 Instead

The old 5.7-liter Hemi is a dinosaur compared to this new 2.0-liter turbo, which helps the Grand Cherokee go more than 500 miles on a tank of gas.

Hurricane 4 Turbo engine
Jeep News

How Jeep Plans To Squeeze 324 HP From a 2.0L Turbo Without Wrecking Reliability

Jeep's new Hurricane 4 Turbo engine hits up to 35 psi of boost. But Stellantis engineers are confident it's as tough as it needs to be.

Mercedes-Benz Vans “Past meets Future” Neuhausen 2025 / The Boulder Mercedes-Benz Vans “Past meets Future” Neuhausen 2025 / The Boulder
Mercedes-Benz News

The Next-Gen Sprinter Van Is Mercedes’ Most Important Launch in Years

With over 6 million Sprinters sold in 30 years, Mercedes has a lot on the line as it previews the design and tech of the van's fourth generation.

Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025.
The Downshift

EV Sales Forecasted To Plunge 43% in October Due to Lack of Tax Credit: TDS

A market "recalibration" is underway.

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

Sleeping Tesla Driver Blames Autopilot for Rear-Ending Police Car

We're skeptical of this Tesla driver's story, but what else is new?

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

The upcoming electric version of the Mercedes E-Class sedan is ditching the blob-like design of the much-criticized EQE for a more traditional three-box shape.

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

Why Automakers Keep Recycling Old Car Names in Nonsensical Ways

Why do car companies keep trotting out old names for new models that look nothing like their predecessors? There's more to it than just nostalgia.

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

"I could have f***ing killed them!" an angry Liam Lawson said over the radio.

Infiniti QX80 R-Spec SEMA build
Infiniti News

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

Did anybody ask for a lowered and widened QX80 with blue exhaust tips? Maybe not, but it exists regardless.

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

As the 2025 F1 season enters its final stretch, midfield teams are giving viewers a convincing argument for tuning in: pure racing.