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BMW managed to hold on to its global sales luxury crown in 2024, even though shipments decreased by 2.3 percent to 2,200,217 vehicles. Rivals fell even harder, as Mercedes dropped 3 percent to 1,983,403 cars, while Audi plummeted 11.8 percent to 1,671,218 units. Although BMW remained the leader, all but…

Jaguar is hitting the reset button. Rather than continuing to chase BMW, it wants to go after Bentley. The brand’s reinvention starts with this outrageously shaped car. It was initially previewed by the Type 00 concept last December before the outlandish EV appeared earlier this month during Paris Fashion Week.…

Renault is serious about selling the wacky 5 Turbo 3E. After showing the concept in late 2024, the production version has just landed. It looks virtually identical, save for minor changes like adding an RS logo aft the B-pillars. It’s still a two-door, two-seater affair, whereas the regular Renault 5…

Rothmans and Gulf racing liveries get plenty of attention, and rightfully so. But Nissan's red-blue-white race cars are straight-up awesome, and it's hard to top the Z32 300ZX. The car featured here is one of seven built in the 1980s by Cunningham Racing and supported by Nissan. It raced in…

At an undisclosed location somewhere in Europe, there are not one but two classic Ford Escort RS Cosworths slowly rotting away. They were featured in a recent YouTube video from The Bearded Explorer, and you don't have to be a Ford fan to feel the pain on this one. These…

Ask any informed auto buff about wacky factory colors, and Jeep will probably enter the conversation. This is the company that, in recent years, created shades like Punk'n (bright orange), Tuscadero (pink), Bikini (teal), and a weird gray simply called Earl. And if you remember pre-Covid days, there was Mojito!…

Lewis Hamilton starts his first race in a Ferrari this weekend after 12 seasons with Mercedes-Benz. Since he's wearing red, Hamilton is having some fun with it. To celebrate joining Ferrari, Hamilton recreated a scene from Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, which he admits was one of his favorite movies since…

Ruf has been in business since 1939, transitioning from a Porsche modifier to a full-blown automotive manufacturer. But even in the brand's 86-year history, we've never seen a Ruf model as expensive as the one that recently crossed the auction block.

Few names are as synonymous with diesel power as Cummins. With a history going back over 100 years, Cummins engines have powered everything from big rigs to locomotives, construction equipment, generators, ships, and Ram enthusiasts will brag for weeks about their Cummins-powered pickup trucks. Through all that, however, there's never…

Mercedes-Benz really wants us to believe that the new CLA is revolutionary. First teased as a concept in 2023, Mercedes promised that the forthcoming production car would offer impressive range and efficiency thanks to revolutionary tech initially previewed in the Vision EQXX concept.

BMW is making moves. We know the Neue Klasse vehicles are coming, but that's a relatively small portion of the company's near-term plan to revamp its lineup. At its 2025 Annual Conference, BMW Group CEO Oliver Zipse announced plans to launch over 40 new or updated models in the next…