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Blob-shaped crossovers dominate our roads. It’s impossible to avoid them, each more devoid of appeal than the last. Aerodynamics and safety standards have shaped today’s cars to be largely the same flavor of bland. A few special vehicles break from that mold. 

Carrera is an evocative word—Spanish for "race." Once upon a time, Porsche reserved that term for its most hardcore sports cars, ones that required specialist knowledge to operate. Famously, the Fuhrmann four-cam in the original 1955 Porsche 356A Carrera was essentially a race engine that would shake itself to death…

The Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, served as an eventful third round of the 2025 MotoGP season. Polesitter Marc Marquez made an unexpected last-minute decision, abandoning his wet-spec bike on the grid and sprinting to the pit lane to hop onto his dry-spec bike. His sudden move triggered…

When the new Ford Bronco debuted in 2021, it was available in dozens of two- and four-door configurations. And that's been the case for the past few years. However, those wanting the stubbier version with a V-6 have fewer options to choose from in 2025—and it will cost you quite a bit.

At automaker dinners, you’ll often find designers scribbling on their napkins. To design is their compulsion, and if you ask them to sketch a car, they sure as hell won’t draw a Pinto. Invariably these sketches lean swoopy and sleek, even though in their day jobs, designers are most likely…

You've probably never heard the name "Calty."  But walk through any crowded parking lot in America, and you'll see a dozen or more cars penned by the US design studio—you just don't know it.

Long before Dieselgate, draconian emissions regulations, and aggressive cost-cutting, Volkswagen had an era of impressive engineering. During the ruthless leadership of Ferdinand Piëch, there were no limits to what the engineers could cram under the hood. The VW Group experimented with everything, including W-8 and W-12 sedans as well as…

Better late than never—the Valhalla is almost ready for prime time. It’s hard to believe it's been six years since Aston Martin showed the AM-RB 003 concept. Before the Gaydon-based marque hits the start button on production in the second quarter of the year, the “baby” Valkyrie undergoes final validation…

The Valkyrie may be one of the most impractical production cars ever created, but there’s a good reason for that. While it carries a license plate and is street-legal, its true home is the race track. Although hypercar manufacturers often throw around the phrase "race car for the road," few…