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Insane: This Mercedes 600 Restomod Packs Modern S-Class Technology

Purists, you might want to brace yourselves. Take a deep breath. What California tuning shop S-Klub LA has unleashed here is, to some, the ultimate restomod fantasy. To others, it might be grounds for adding a new clause to the Geneva Convention.

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The Mini Countryman 'Hasn't Played All Of Its Cards Yet,' Says Design Boss

Off-roading and overlanding are all the rage these days. More automakers are leaning into that rugged aesthetic, be it with heavily cladded iterations of their unibody crossovers or entirely new SUVs designed to go off the beaten path.

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'If You Go Too Digital, You Lose The Connection:' Mini Won't Get Rid Of Buttons

Touchscreens are still a hot topic. Shortly after the rise of the iPhone, automakers went all in on screen technology, adding massive, all-encompassing displays to the center of their vehicles. It was all in an effort to appeal to the next-generation of buyers.

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How Mini Designs For The Future While Still Honoring Its Past

Welcome to State of Motion, where we sit down with automotive industry leaders to discuss where the car world is headed. Expect insight and candor from those defining the future of the car.

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I Drifted a 2027 Volkswagen Atlas Prototype on Ice. It Seemed Promising

The Volkswagen Atlas has always been a fine family crossover doing fine family crossover things. Launched in 2018, VW’s replacement for its loved but aging Touareg was built to capitalize on the booming three-row SUV market, and sales-wise, it was clearly the right move.

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This Classic Mercedes Is Getting An Awesome Widebody, V12 Makeover

Renntech is building 12 reengineered Mercedes-Benz SECs. Each one will be built to order and feature the same M120 V12 engine found in the Pagani Zonda and the Mercedes CLK GTR.

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Dead: Audi S6

Another one bites the dust; Audi has killed the gas-powered S6 sedan. The performance-oriented model no longer has a clear place in the brand’s lineup, with the latest combustion A6 now offering a standard turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 engine and an electric S6 E-Tron.

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Long Before The Ferrari Luce, There Was The Mazda Luce

Rehashing old names for new cars is quite common these days. Automakers want to infuse nostalgia into their latest models, hoping that dusting off an old nameplate will lure people of a certain age back into showrooms. However, there are often very few common traits between the original and its…

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Ferrari Won't Force EVs On Buyers Chasing Special Cars

Ferrari isn’t worried at all about the possibility of struggling to sell its first electric vehicle. Even before preorders kick off next month, the Luce is already generating "very positive" feedback, according to CEO Benedetto Vigna. Speaking during the earnings call following the Q4 2025 results, Maranello’s head honcho made…

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Toyota Just Introduced Its First Electric Three-Row SUV

Toyota is upgrading its SUV arsenal with an all-new version of one of its most popular three-rows. The 2027 Toyota Highlander replaces the current fourth-generation model, which has been on sale in the US since 2019, and, frankly, was getting a bit long in the tooth.

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GM Has A Clever Idea To Make Drifting Easier. But Would It Work?

Drifting takes serious car control skills. Sure, anyone can mash the throttle in a rear-wheel-drive vehicle and induce momentary oversteer, but to actually maintain that drift means you've graduated to a new level of car control entirely.

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The Volkswagen ID.4 Is Getting A New Name. Here's Everything We Know

The Volkswagen ID.4 is dead—long live the Volkswagen ID. Tiguan. Rumor has it that the facelifted ID.4 will now carry the Tiguan name, bringing a familiar nameplate to the brand’s popular electric SUV.

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Laguna Seca Workers Totaled This R34 Nissan Skyline. Now, The Owner Wants Justice (Update)

Update: Laguna Seca has released a statement and correction to Motor1. A previous version of the story claimed Nazaryan did not claim injury or punitive damages, when, according to the track, he did. We've updated the story accordingly.A nightmare situation has been unfolding at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca. About two…

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Spied: New Mercedes-AMG C53 Hides Its Six-Cylinder Engine

Our long national nightmare is over: The four-cylinder Mercedes-AMG C63 is dead. Mercedes will replace the sports sedan and its unloved hybrid powertrain with a new C53 packing a six-cylinder engine. New spy photos provide a glimpse of the cabin, while camouflage hides the car’s finer styling details on the…

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Mercedes-AMG GLC 53 Revealed: Six Cylinders Are Back, Baby

Mercedes is making things (partially) right in the AMG world by stuffing more cylinders under the hood of some models. While we wait for the recently announced six-cylinder C53 to break cover, its crossover counterpart is getting the same turbocharged 3.0-liter engine. The new GLC 53 makes amends after the…

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Ferrari Says Its Electric Car Will Be 'Completely Different In Every Possible Way'

Ferrari is making us wait for the full reveal of its first electric car, but at least Maranello is making the wait more bearable by dripping out details. After technical specifications were released last October, the interior was partially revealed yesterday. For the whole shebang, the world premiere is scheduled…

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Bugatti's Forgotten Sedan Resurfaces With A Supercharged W16 Engine

The Autostadt museum next to Volkswagen’s factory in Wolfsburg is the gift that keeps on giving. With so many wild experiments secretly developed during the Ferdinand Piëch era, this VW Group–owned destination is well worth a visit. We recently talked about a Lamborghini Diablo SV with a W16, but there’s…

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Suzuki Has Its Own Toyota RAV4. Meet The New Across

Since 2020, Suzuki has had the Across SUV in its lineup—essentially a rebadged Toyota RAV4 with a plug-in-hybrid powertrain. With the arrival of the new RAV4 just recently, Suzuki’s sibling SUV has also been updated as the latest-generation Across. And here it is.

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Apple's Former Design Chief: Huge Touchscreens Are 'The Wrong Technology'

Customers are getting fed up with touchscreens in their cars—and automakers are finally starting to take notice. After years of piling more and more functions into giant central displays, car companies are beginning to reverse course, reintroducing physical buttons and knobs in greater numbers than we’ve seen in years.

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Ford Predicted Extended-Range EVs 30 Years Ago

Carmakers have been trying to predict the future since the beginning of time. Buick is considered a pioneer, introducing the Y-Job in 1938, widely regarded as the first concept car ever built. In the decades that followed, all brands peered into their crystal balls to imagine the cars of tomorrow,…

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Ferrari's First EV Has A Name—And An Apple-Inspired Interior Design

Ferrari is unveiling its first electric vehicle in three phases. Today, we know its name: Luce, which means "light" or "illumination" in Italian. The automaker previously detailed the vehicle's technical specs, and now it’s showing us the interior ahead of the full reveal later this year.

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The Rise, Fall, And Meme-ification Of The Nissan Altima

Rumors of the Nissan Altima’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. Despite the waning popularity of mainstream sedans in general over the last decade, Nissan’s mid-sizer is sticking around for another year. Where the Altima’s road ultimately leads is still uncertain, but one thing’s undeniable: the early-2020s meme ecosystem wouldn’t have…

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Mazda: 'Insane' Number Of Enthusiast Employees Want A Rotary Sports Car

There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes, and Mazda’s rotary engine aspirations. Although the MX-30 crossover with a rotary range-extending engine failed to catch on, the RX dream is still alive. A new sports car positioned above the Miata has been an on-again, off-again affair ever since the…

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Mercedes-AMG Admits It Misread Demand For The Four-Cylinder C63

The C63 saga is officially over, as Mercedes-AMG is pulling the plug on the flagship C-Class. While a direct replacement isn’t in the pipeline, Affalterbach plans to roll out a lukewarm C53 with two extra cylinders, but still two fewer than the previous-generation C63. Officially, the company says the decision…

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Mercedes Has Plans For Another EV. This Time, With Over 1,000 HP

Mercedes-AMG remains committed to EVs and SUVs. That's no shock considering SUVs account for more than half of the automaker's global sales volume.

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