Gold-Plated 1953 Cadillac Sells For $1,275,000, Sets Auction Record A one-off 1953 Cadillac Elegante with 24-karat gold coachwork and just 4,331 miles now defines the ceiling for bespoke American luxury. Motor1 · Sep 11
Mechanic Works On Car. Then He Realizes The Real Reason The Car Battery Is Low—It’s Dirty "Learned about that in shop class." Motor1 · Sep 11
Stellantis Delays Its Two Most Important Electrified Jeeps And Rams Again Stellantis adjusts Jeep Grand Wagoneer EREV and Ram 1500 REV timing. Motor1 · Sep 11
Why Cars Are Really Getting More Expensive Every Year The average transaction price hit $49,855 in July 2026 while the average MSRP exceeded $51,600. How have cars become so expensive? Motor1 · Sep 11
Even Mercedes' F1 Drivers Struggle To Pronounce The Name Of AMG's New V8 Coupe Spezialanfertigung doesn't exactly roll off the tongue, does it? Motor1 · Sep 11
Volkswagen’s Updated IQ.Drive Lets Your Turn Signal Change Lanes For You New IQ.DRIVE features on 2027 Volkswagen Atlas, ID.Buzz, Tiguan and Golf boost assisted lane changes, emergency maneuvers and rear pedestrian protection. Motor1 · Sep 11
2027 Lexus LS Defies Death With New Tweaks, But Not In America Lexus's largest sedan hasn't met the Grim Reaper yet, as the LS will be available for the 2027 model year in Japan. Motor1 · Sep 11
Customer Takes Truck To Shop Over A/C Not ‘Blowing Cold.’ Then A Mechanic Humbles Him: ‘Long As My CVS Receipt’ "I have NEVER seen a cabin air filter like that." Motor1 · Sep 11
Spotted: Toyota GR GT Benchmarking Against GR GT3 At Laguna Seca Track-focused Toyota GR GT brings hybrid V8 power and GT3-derived aero to a limited 200 to 250-unit US run aimed at real drivers. Motor1 · Sep 11
BMW Celebrates Nürburgring Centenary With Six Limited-Edition M Cars Limited-run versions of everything from the M2 to the M5 Touring mark 100 years of the Green Hell. Motor1 · Sep 11
Honda Just Became The First Automaker To Earn A Five-Star FIA Safety Rating FIA’s Road Safety Index rates Honda’s global safety governance and strategy across 17 countries, not individual crash-test scores for specific cars or trucks. Motor1 · Sep 11
BMW Z4 Makes A Brief Return With More Power And An Astronomical Price The man who designed the original X5 gives the roadster a subtle makeover. Motor1 · Sep 11
Two Affordable Chryslers Could Start At $25,000 Arrow and Arrow Cross target about $25,000, reshaping Chrysler’s lineup below the Airflow and giving budget buyers two new crossover choices. Motor1 · Sep 11
Mini’s 1998 GT Puts Handling First, Not Horsepower Built on the Cooper C 2 Door with JCW hardware, the Mini 1998 GT revives the 1275 GT’s agile, driver-first attitude in a modern package. Motor1 · Sep 11
Motor1 · Sep 11 Woman Buys Volvo. Then The Dealership Says Her Car Is At Risk Of A ‘Runaway Thermal Event’ "To go from a Toyota to a Volvo is crazy work."
Motor1 · Sep 10 Saturn Was Once One Of America's Most Interesting Car Brands. What Happened? Saturn was supposed to be GM’s bold answer to Japanese imports, so how come it ended up disappearing entirely?
Motor1 · Sep 10 Mechanic Works On Chevrolet Tahoe. Then He Sees An Unusual New Button: ‘That’s A Big Fat Nope’ “Why do we have to keep reinventing the wheel?”
Motor1 · Sep 10 Why Do EVs Usually Have Only One Gear? No shifting, no problem: here's why most EVs can get away with just one gear.
Motor1 · Sep 10 Mercedes-AMG's New Super Coupe Is A 637-HP Track Car For The Road The Mercedes-AMG CLE 646 Spezialanfertigung is a limited-run high-performance coupe with a twin-turbocharged V8 engine.
Motor1 · Sep 10 An Ariel Nomad Traveled Through Over 1,700 Miles Of Moroccan Desert The modified off-roader completed the 2026 Morocco Desert Challenge and only required routine maintenance.
Motor1 · Sep 10 These Are The Cars Most Likely To Reach 250,000 Miles Cars from this brand have nearly a 20 percent chance of reaching a quarter-million miles.
Motor1 · Sep 10 The Corvette E-Ray Deserved Better: Driven The Corvette E-Ray may be gone, but its influence lives on in the electrified performance cars that followed.
Motor1 · Sep 10 Classic Cars Are Getting Modernized. Here's What A Restomod Really Is It's how you get the looks and personality of an old car without having to live with all of its old-car shortcomings.
Motor1 · Sep 10 Why Buy A Used Jaguar F-Type? Because It Still Feels Special The Jaguar F-Type is beautiful, fast, and surprisingly affordable used—but maintenance history matters.
Motor1 · Sep 10 About 10,000 Toyota C-HR EVs Can Suddenly Lose Power, Toyota Says North American Toyota C-HR EV owners face a software-related regen braking recall affecting about 10,000 2026 vehicles with potential power loss.