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Mercedes is fully aware that fans of the three-pointed star have not appreciated the "jellybean" design of its EQ electric lineup. As such, the German luxury brand has decided to make EVs look more like gas cars from now on. But even though the super-slippery approach hasn't worked as intended, the company…

A few years ago, Aston Martin proved that you can do just about anything if the price is right. We have no idea how much the owner of the world's only V-8-powered Aston Martin Cygnet originally paid for this wild creation. Similarly, we don't know how much that owner is…

Ford is recalling a few hundred Mustangs that might not have been properly fixed in a previous recall. According to the official recall report, certain 2022-2023 Mustangs have to have their power steering control module (PSCM) software updated because technicians did not upload the correct software during the initial repair…

Mansory strikes again. Behold the Elongation, the official name for this modified Tesla Cybertruck. Is it an ode to Elon? Is it double entendre? Or is it just plain ugly? Something tells us we can agree on at least one of those points.

Rumors that Nissan wants to replace its CEO began surfacing in the fallout from the automaker’s failed merger with Honda. Now, a new Bloomberg report alleges the company’s directors are looking for potential candidates to replace Makoto Uchida, who has led the company since 2019.

The key to understanding the old McLaren P1’s hybrid system is the phrase “torque fill.” It’s a simple concept; use two turbochargers to boost the hell out of a V-8 and combat the resulting lag and high boost threshold with the instant, low-rpm torque of an electric motor. McLaren used…

Ahead of last year's NASCAR’s season finale in Phoenix, my friend and fellow car nerd, Bozi Tatarevic, asked Mazda to borrow a CX-90. I borrowed another Mazda for the weekend, the CX-70, which is the CX-90’s nearly identical stablemate. (Bozi wanted to see how the engineering of these cars differed.…

The 2025 Kia EV Day event in Spain isn’t just about the EV2 concept and EV4. The business-focused Platform Beyond Vehicle (PBV) is also celebrating its premiere, and the car-derived PV5 leads the way. Customers can choose from three distinct flavors: Passenger, Cargo, and Chassis Cab. The latter is based on the Cargo…

Kia is diversifying its electric car portfolio by introducing a sedan/hatchback pair tailored to those who haven’t been bitten by the SUV bug. We first saw the EV4 as a concept in October 2023, and a couple of weeks ago, official images showed the production models from the outside. A complete photo…

Kia is pressing ahead with its electric product onslaught by looking into the near future of an entry-level model. The EV2 concept gives us a taste of next year's production model coming to Europe and other regions of the world the company isn't willing to specify just yet. It's somewhere…

Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has a big new engine for Chevrolet Corvette owners. It’s called the Eliminator Spec S, and it’s a naturally aspirated 7.0-liter, 427-cubic-inch LT2 V-8 engine that the tuner's already installed in a Corvette E-Ray and taken to the dyno.