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Fiat had no choice but to pause production of the 500e several times due to low demand. Realizing the situation wasn’t improving, the company announced last year that it would fit its smallest hatchback with a gasoline engine. A new production line at the Mirafiori plant is already operational and…

In June 2017, Richard Hammond crashed a Rimac Concept_One during a hill climb event in Switzerland. To say it was a close call would be an understatement, as the electric hypercar burst into flames and fell down a hill moments after the journalist got out of the wreckage. He lived…

For its 50th birthday, the Porsche Club of America worked with Porsche to create a special model commemorating the golden anniversary, the 2006 911 Carrera S Club Coupe. The PCA and Porsche collaborated again 10 years later for the club's 60th with the 2016 911 Carrera GTS Club Coupe, and…

I hadn’t driven a normal C8 Corvette before our latest YouTube review. I had seat time in a Z06 at Willow Springs and rode passenger in an E-Ray, but never put street miles on America’s mid-engined cross-plane V-8 sweetheart. Finally, five years later, I got to try the thing. I’m…

Subaru is conservative these days. It sticks with technologies it knows well, evolving its cars gradually over the years. Even when it does something new, it’s often long after the rest of the industry. But in the 1990s, Subaru was gloriously weird and experimental. Witness Subaru’s largely forgotten sequentially twin-turbocharged…

The Internet hasn’t exactly been kind to the new CLA, but the World Wide Web isn’t paying Mercedes to keep the lights on. Buyers are, using their hard-earned money. The three-pointed star is happy to report that demand for its electric sedan is strong, with production chief Joerg Burzer describing…

Ferrari had its reasons for abandoning manual gearboxes after the 2012 California. Only two or three convertibles were ever sold with a stick shift, but the low take rate wasn’t the only factor behind the gated shifter’s demise. Back in 2016, former tech boss Michael Leiters explained there’s no manual…

It’s been almost three years since prototypes of the 718 EV were first caught testing. Car paparazzi initially spotted the Boxster, but it didn’t take long before the Cayman appeared in front of the camera. Although prototypes have been around for a long time, the production version remains elusive. That…

It might be the end of an era for racing fans. Microsoft has allegedly slashed the staff at Turn 10 Studios, the developer behind the Forza Motorsport video game franchise. It’s unclear how many people the studio laid off, but reports indicate that nearly half the staff has been let…

Alpine turns 70 this year, and to celebrate, it's offering its first electric race car to customers. The brand based the car on its new A290 hot hatch. It's called the A290 Rallye and features all the kit you'd expect from a proper rally car.

"It's time to get loud again." That was the edict from Dodge surrounding the recent return of the SRT brand.