The Latest Breaking News from Motor1

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…

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…

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.    

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.

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.   

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.

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…

The last few years have been tumultuous for AMG, to put it mildly. In September 2022, Affalterbach did the unthinkable by introducing a four-cylinder C63. As you’re aware, the sports sedan’s debut opened the floodgates to widespread criticism. Mercedes never publishes sales figures separately for its performance brand, but reports…

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.