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The Honda Prelude Is Already Going Racing. And It's Ridiculously Powerful

The newly revived Prelude has barely been out a month, but Honda just revealed a racing version. Set to enter competition next year, the Prelude-GT is Honda’s new challenger for the top-level GT500 class of Japan’s Super GT series. It may look like the new Prelude, but this is a…

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Every $25,000 Car You Can Still Buy in 2025

It’s not news that new cars are more expensive than ever. Automakers and naysayers may point out that they’ve simply kept up with the rate of inflation, but that’s little consolation when wages certainly have not.

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The Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric Will Be a 1,000-Plus-HP Monster. We Got An Early Look

Porsche is pulling back on its electric-car ambitions, realizing the hard way that demand for EVs isn’t what it once thought. But that doesn’t mean that Porsche is half-assing, either.

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These Car Brands Have the Most Loyal Buyers

Repeat customers are great for business. It builds a relationship between buyer and seller, and there are some brands for which buyers can't get enough of. This year's JD Power US Automotive Brand Loyalty study reveals the car companies that have a high rate of returning buyers.

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The Porsche Cayenne Electric's Interior Is an Ode to Screens

Porsche’s recent decision to reinvest in combustion engines shows that EV adoption isn’t progressing as quickly as Zuffenhausen had hoped. Even so, the renewed focus on traditional drivetrains isn’t derailing plans for an electric Cayenne. It’s still on track for a reveal later this year, and in the meantime, we’re…

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Toyota Planning a New Sports Car Without Anyone's Help

Developing a dedicated sports car is no easy task. Automakers must engineer bespoke parts for a model that won’t sell in large numbers. Without the ability to spread costs by sharing components with mainstream cars and SUVs, achieving economies of scale becomes nearly impossible. Slapping on a high price tag…

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The Final Ford Focus ST Has Been Built

We knew this day would come, but that doesn’t make it any easier. Ford is ending decades of hot hatch tradition by pulling the plug on the Focus ST. The final car rolled off the assembly line at the Saarlouis plant in Germany on Friday, September 26. The Blue Oval…

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Kia's Prices Barely Increased for 2026. In Fact, Some Models Got Cheaper

Kia's sales are booming. The Korean brand has an attractive lineup of well-priced products that pack in the features without inflating the price tag. However, not even Kia is immune to market forces, with prices creeping up for most of its models and trims for the 2026 model year. But…

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This Company Wants to Revive the Porsche 904. But Not How You'd Expect

Head to any modern concours event, and you’re bound to encounter a fleet of Porsche 911 restomods. Singer in one corner, Tuthill in another—Bisimoto, Canepa, Rauh-Welt Begriff scattered across the lawn. In short: 911 restomods are everywhere.

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20 Years Later, The Bugatti Veyron Is Cooler Than Ever

Twenty years ago this month, Bugatti Veyron began production. That’s hard to believe in the same way that so many passages of time are hard to believe—"wow, I’m getting old," etc.—but also because the Veyron is still astonishing two decades later.

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BMW Isn't Ruling Out an Electric Sports Car

Combustion-engine purists will argue there’s no such thing as a "fun electric car," but if any brand can disprove that oxymoron, it’s probably BMW. Munich is taking its time launching the first full-fat M without a gas engine, with the M3 EV not expected to arrive until around 2028. When…

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The Daihatsu Copen Is Dying: Another Fun Car Killed Off

Japan’s kei car segment is about to lose one of its most fun models. After more than 20 years on sale, the Copen will go out of production next August. Still, there’s a glimmer of hope the diminutive open-top sports car might return someday. Daihatsu says it is conducting “various…

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Subaru's Lineup Is Getting More Expensive in 2026

Subaru's 2026 lineup will look a lot different and cost just a bit more than last year, despite several models maintaining their 2025 MSRPs. Destination charges are increasing for the upcoming model year, making many of the automaker's cars slightly more expensive than before. However, others receive substantial price increases.

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The 10 Best Powertrains List Is Heavy on Hybrids. But It's Not All Bad

For the past 31 years, Wards Auto has compiled an annual list of the 10 Best Engines Propulsion Systems, recognizing the most innovative and high-performing powertrains on the market. Over the years, the list has featured everything from turbocharged four-cylinders and powerful V-8s to hybrids and fully electric systems.

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BMW Is Updating Every Model to Match the iX3: 'We Have To Do It Across the Range'

The BMW iX3 and the Neue Klasse architecture that it rides on will radically reshape the automaker's lineup over the next 24 months. BMW plans to roll out the platform's digital architecture across its portfolio and has more than 40 new or facelifted models scheduled to launch.

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Toyota Will Offer Performance Upgrades To Older GR Corolla Owners

Rejoice: Toyota will offer continual upgrade kits for the GR Corolla. Toyota’s hot hatchback has seen yearly updates since its debut in 2022, enough that Toyota thinks it should support owners of older cars with upgrades from current model years wherever possible.

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Why BMW's 'Heart of Joy' Is the Next Big Step in Vehicle Dynamics

For a while now, we’ve been moving toward cars with various dynamic systems that each talk to each other. Whereas early driving aids worked in parallel (and sometimes even against one another), now you have powertrain, ABS, and perhaps suspension and differential, all collaborating toward the same goal. That being…

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Ex-Porsche Taycan Head Is AMG's New CEO

Update: Mercedes-AMG has appointed Stefan Weckbach as CEO, but he won't step into the role until July 1, 2026. He will also serve as Head of the Top End Vehicle Group, which includes the G-Class and Maybach models. Before becoming VW Group's head of strategy in 2023, he oversaw the…

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Skoda Revived a Rear-Wheel-Drive Coupe—But Only in Fantasy Land

Why don’t all automakers do this? It’s a question I ask myself whenever Skoda resurrects a car from a bygone era. Once again, the Czech brand, part of the Volkswagen Group, is applying its latest design language to a virtual concept that revives an important nameplate: the 110 R.

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These Were Europe's Best-Selling Cars Last Month

A whopping 790,177 cars were sold in Europe last month, representing a 5-percent increase compared to the same month in 2024. Volkswagen sold 14,639 units of its T-Roc SUV, making it the best-selling car in Europe for the month and one of the most popular cars of the year so…

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Forza Horizon 6 Is Here. And It's Finally Going to Japan

The Forza Horizon franchise is finally going to Japan. Forza Horizon 6 will launch on the Xbox Series X/S console and PCs sometime next year, bringing the lifestyle racing game to the much-requested country.

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Koenigsegg Wants a Sports Car That's 'More Attainable'

Part of Koenigsegg's appeal is its exclusivity. There's no other brand quite like it—producing multi-million-dollar vehicles that are as much works of art as they are supercars. For now, the Swedish automaker’s lineup remains out of reach for most, but that may not always be the case.

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We Wanted Volkswagen to Bring Back Buttons, But Not Like This

Volkswagen has patented a new technology poised to frustrate drivers—assuming it ever makes it to production. The proposed invention, filed with the German Patent and Trademark Office in 2024, but only recently published, wants you to use your eyes to control the vehicle.

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New Audi RS6 Prototype Caught Testing—And It's No EV

As the electric vehicle market in the US shifts, automakers continue to pull back on EV projects. Audi is no exception. While the German brand recently debuted the battery-powered A6 E-Tron sedan, the company has reportedly canceled plans for its high-performance RS6 Avant EV.

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The 10 Longest-Lasting SUVs You Can Buy

Statistically speaking, if you’re shopping for a car in 2025, chances are what you’re really shopping for is an SUV. Often comfier, easier to get in and out of, and barely more expensive to buy and run than a comparable sedan, an SUV just makes more sense more of the…

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