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When our colleagues at Motor1 Italia broke the story late last year on a quad-turbocharged V-12 from a brand-new automaker, it’s safe to say it caused a stir. Now, Giamaro Automobili has revealed its first two cars, the Katla and Albor, and both feature this mad, 2,100-plus-horsepower engine.

The RD center of Giamaro Automobili smells like drying paint. In the small Emilia-Romagna town of Cavezzo, Italy, a half-hour from Modena, workers are busily preparing this former medical-supplies factory for the launch of the Katla, the first hypercar from a brand-new challenger to the Italian establishment. They’re a week…

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…

We absolutely love tiny, fully functional engines. And we know Motor1 readers love them, too. YouTuber JohnnyQ90 definitely loves them; much of our tiny engine education has come from this channel. And now we have something new—an honest-to-goodness turbocharged four-cylinder.

It's April. In the automotive world, that means the New York Auto Show. It's true that auto shows aren't the bastion of debuts they once were, but 28 automakers are signed up for this year's show. And a few of them will be pulling the covers off something new.

About 100 miles north of Los Angeles, deep in the dustiest corner of the Mojave Desert, is an iconic ribbon of tarmac: Willow Springs International Raceway. Founded in 1953, then stewarded by the late Bill Huth from 1962 until his death in 2015, the track was home for road racers…

The Trump Administration recently announced a 10-percent baseline tariff on all goods imported into the United States, including vehicles. Some countries will face even higher costs, with goods from China subject to 34-percent tariffs, and goods from the European Union subject to 20-percent tariffs.

The last manual Volkswagen GTI has been built and sold, a company spokesperson confirmed to Motor1 on Tuesday. The lucky buyer, Jamie Orr, documented his buying experience on TikTok, giving us an up-close look at the car.

For well over a decade, drivers around the world have enjoyed better headlights. Adaptive Drive Beam (ADB) moves beyond the old-school binary of high and low beams, taking advantage of modern lighting technology that allows parts of a headlight’s beam to dim for oncoming drivers, reducing glare. In America, the…