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There was a great deal of fanfare when BMW announced the latest, Supra-sibling Z4 was getting a manual transmission. For the first time ever, BMW’s only true sports car launched without a manual gearbox, and no word on whether it would get one. After years of tight-lipped reticence, the Z4…

Porsche made the bold choice to electrify its best-seller. The original gas-powered Macan is still on sale, but only for another year. Going forward, Porsche's small, entry-level SUV will be electric only. So, this car is a big deal for the enthusiast-favorite automaker. 

Slate revealed its barebones inexpensive electric truck to the masses last night. It's an interesting vehicle, capable of converting to a small five-seat SUV for hauling people instead of cargo. Judging by the comments shared during our debut livestream, we suspect many prospective Slate customers are largely interested in cargo.

Enthusiasts often think in simple binaries. Manual transmission good, automatic transmission bad; hydraulic power steering good, electric power steering bad. All-season tires fall into the same boat, compared with their more specialized summer or winter brethren. But reality isn’t quite so simple. Not all all-season tires are bad, just as not…

BMW has a new, entry-level race car called the M2 Racing. It starts at €98,000 ($111,421 at today's exchange rate), which gets you a fully kitted car ready for the track. Except it lacks one thing the road-going M2 has—an inline-six engine. Instead, the new M2 race car packs a…

I want to be clear that I am excited for the new, $20,000-after-incentive electric pickup from Slate Auto. 

Slate Auto launched the Truck yesterday, a bare-bones electric pickup trying to rethink affordability. It lacks an infotainment system and speakers, but it is available with crank windows. The Truck is actually available in three body styles, with customers also able to select a boxy or fastback-style SUV caps that…

The Jeep Compass isn’t dead yet. While there were rumors of its upcoming demise swirling a few years ago, the model was instead given a light refresh for 2023 and a few more tweaks in 2024. It’s still in service for 2025 while the brand readies the third-generation model, which…

Porsche is planning something big. The company on Friday released a video teasing what looks to be a street-legal version of its Le Mans-competing 963 endurance race car, with a full reveal date of June 2025.

The new, sub-$20,000 Slate Truck is unlike anything on sale in America today. It’s also tiny. Like, really, really tiny. Like, shorter-than-a-Honda-Civic tiny. Initially, I was thinking the Slate would be about the size of a Ford Maverick, but we have to go way back in automotive history to find…

Crank windows are returning to the American car market. The last passenger vehicle to be offered with a manually cranking window died last year. But you'll now soon be able to purchase a car with unpowered windows again thanks to startup Slate and its astoundingly cheap electric Truck.