The Latest Breaking News from Motor1

Ford has a problem with brakes on over 100,000 F-150 pickup trucks, Expeditions, and Lincoln Navigators. It affects older vehicles from 2017 and 2018, and it could lead to reduced brake function. If left unchecked, it could ultimately lead to brake failure. Since that constitutes an obvious safety risk, Ford…

It was a huge deal when, in 2008, Nissan announced that the then-new R35 GT-R set a sub-7:30 at the Nürburgring Nordschleife. It was a time that beat the almighty Porsche 911, and it caused something of a crisis in Stuttgart. The next GT-R, whenever it comes, and in whatever…

Subaru killed the WRX STI in 2022, reportedly due to fast-shifting emissions regulations. Despite the company saying it wouldn't produce an STI-badged car based on the current-generation WRX, the car returned this year, albeit with a CVT, and only in Japan. There's still hope for the STI's return for the rest of…

Back in the dark days of the 2008 financial crisis, Rahm Emmanuel, then an advisor to Barack Obama, famously said "[n]ever allow a good crisis go to waste." Tariffs are a crisis for automakers, but one in which Nissan sees an upside.

Cars are about to get a lot more expensive. Thankfully, affordable vehicles like this Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo still exist—and they’re still really good. With a sticker price of $31,465 fully loaded (for now), this Kia might soon be all the car you can afford. But it’s also quite possibly…

SangYup Lee, head of Hyundai and Genesis design, knows the difference between a designer and a stylist. The latter puts a hat on the work of engineers, while the former thinks about how a product is going to be used. It's aesthetics, yes, but also functionality. Which is why he's…

Police cars aren’t really cars anymore. SUVs dominate law enforcement fleets, but that doesn’t mean officers are limited to driving family vehicles with fancy lights and liveries. Police departments dabble in enlisting the occasional sports car, especially those they seize from criminals. The Florida Highway Patrol is the latest to…

As promised, Porsche set a new Nürburgring lap record for manual-transmission cars with the new 911 GT3. Factory driver Jorg Bergmeister managed to set a lap time of 6:56.294 in a six-speed 2025 911 GT3. That not only crushes the old manual-transmission Nürburgring lap record, it also beats the previous…

It feels like I’ve written this headline a dozen times, but with the names of other automakers instead. One by one, lofty EV goals are toppling like dominoes. We’ve seen brands get swept up in the zero-emissions hype, boldly declaring deadlines to phase out combustion engines, only to quietly walk…

Update: In a statement to Motor1, a Volvo spokesperson confirmed that the 2026 S90 won't be sold in the United States or Europe: "We currently plan to offer the new S90 in China plus a small number of other key Asian markets."

Lexus dropped a teaser yesterday for the next-generation ES, confusingly calling the luxury sedan a “global flagship model.” That got us wondering: What does this mean for the LS? Is Lexus preparing to retire its long-running full-size sedan? We reached out to the company for clarification, and representatives from both…