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Toyota and Nissan Restart Fukuoka Plants Aug 6; Honda Extends Quake Shutdown
Toyota and Nissan bring their Fukuoka-area plants back online Aug 6 after the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake, while Honda k...
2027 Rivian R2 Stays Quick in Triple-Digit Heat: 3.4-Second 0-60 in the Desert
MotorTrend's desert test of the dual-motor 2027 Rivian R2 logged a 3.4-second 0-60 and an 11.6-second quarter-mile, with...
Honda CR-V vs. VW Tiguan vs. Mazda CX-5: Inside the $40,000 Compact SUV Test
MotorTrend pitches the 2026 Honda CR-V, VW Tiguan and Mazda CX-5 against each other — three very different answers to th...
From AR Windshields to E-Ink Dashes: The Next Car Cabin Takes Shape
Suppliers are turning windshields, dashboards and even e-ink panels into connected displays, with AR HUDs and software-d...
Acura's 2007 RDX Took Aim at the BMW X3 With Turbo Power and a Benchmarking Bet
Acura's first turbocharged luxury SUV, the 2007 RDX, was engineered to beat the BMW X3 at its own game — with 240 hp, se...
From the Archive: The Hartge H50 Put an M5 V-8 Inside an E46 3-Series
A 2001 Car and Driver archive test: German tuner Hartge's H50 squeezed the M5's V-8 into an E46 3-Series — 4.5 seconds t...
Argentina's Used-Car Sales Fall 12.6% in July, Sharpest Decline of the Year
Used-vehicle transfers in Argentina fell 12.6% year on year in July to 156,810 units, the steepest drop of 2026, as sell...
Waymo Is Importing Thousands of Chinese Zeekr Minivans Despite 127.5% US Tariffs
Waymo is importing thousands of Zeekr minivans from China for its US robotaxi fleet, working around tariffs on finished ...
Lamborghini Marks Miura's 60th Anniversary With a 99-Unit Revuelto Special Edition
A 99-unit Revuelto tribute to the 1966 Miura, styled by Ad Personam, debuts at Monterey Car Week as Lamborghini links it...
Hennessey Blackbird: A Manual V8 Hypercar That Pivots From the Power Race
Hennessey follows its 2,031bhp Venom F5 with a lighter, naturally aspirated three-pedal Blackbird - priced at $2.5m and ...
Schaeffler Cuts 2028 Revenue Targets as E-Mobility Order Book Shrinks
Schaeffler has lowered its 2028 revenue forecast by up to €3bn, hit hardest in E-Mobility, while holding its group margi...
2026 Mercedes-AMG E53 Wagon: Camping Test Reveals a Talented but Compromised Hybrid
A night spent sleeping in the plug-in E53 at 10,600 feet shows real EV benefits, but unpredictable brakes and a firm rid...
Amazon's Zoox Cleared to Charge for Driverless Rides as US Safety Rules Catch Up
NHTSA has approved Amazon's Zoox to begin charging for rides in its steering-wheel-free robotaxis, while still-pending f...
NHTSA Steps Up Probe of 135,000 Ford Cars Over Timing Belt Failures
NHTSA escalates its investigation into about 135,000 Ford cars with 1.0L engines after timing belt debris was linked to ...
Leapmotor B03: Stellantis-Backed EV Supermini Takes Aim at Renault 5 and ID. Polo
Leapmotor has revealed specs for its B03 electric supermini via Chinese filings — 316-mile CLTC range, 16-minute fast ch...
Hennessey Blackbird: A £1.86m, 71-Unit Hypercar That Spurns Hybrids for a Manual V8
Hennessey's third bespoke hypercar trades hybrid technology for a 6.2-litre naturally aspirated V8, a six-speed manual a...
Renault Ships 100 Left-Hand-Drive Twingos to UK Dealers Ahead of Orders
Renault is touring 100 left-hand-drive Twingo E-Tech display cars around UK dealers to build early buzz and sell its £10...
Hennessey Blackbird Hypercar: 800+ HP NA V-8, Six-Speed Manual, Zero Screens
Hennessey's third hypercar drops hybrids and screens for an Ilmor-built 6.2-liter V-8, a gated six-speed manual and a ta...
Ford Mustang Mach-4 Sedan: What We Know About Ford's Four-Door Plan
Ford has trademarked Mach-4 and shown dealers a four-door Mustang concept. If approved, a stretched S650 sedan would giv...
1977 BMW 320i With 9,000 Miles Heads to Auction on Bring a Trailer
A remarkably preserved first-generation 3-series — an overlooked E21 with just 9,000 miles — goes under the hammer on Br...
2025 Toyota 4Runner Trailhunter: Heavyweight Off-Roader With a 455 kg Payload Catch
Toyota's Trailhunter trim pairs 33-inch tires and a 323 hp hybrid with a 2,536 kg curb weight — and the smallest payload...
Five Wild Joe Scarbo Builds: Baja Touareg, Ken Block's 911 and a 600kg V8
The engineer behind the Defender Trophy Truck has more in his past than Land Rover: a Baja-class Touareg, Ken Block's Pi...
Ferrari Luce EV Hits First-Year Sales Target of Nearly 500 Units: Report
Ferrari's first electric car has reportedly lined up buyers for its entire first-year run of just under 500 units, drive...
2026 GMC Hummer EV H3X Review: Big, Fast, Flawed and Hard to Dislike
The 2026 GMC Hummer EV H3X Pickup pairs 1,160 hp with a 9,063-lb curb weight, a $131,770 price tag and plenty of rough e...
BYD Ti7 lands in UK at £47,995, £25k under Defender PHEV
BYD's seven-seat Ti7 plug-in hybrid goes on sale in the UK from £47,995 — roughly £25,000 below the Land Rover Defender ...
Xiaomi Takes Aim at Range Rover with New Skynomad N70 and N90 Luxury SUVs
Xiaomi's first hybrid SUVs target China's luxury family buyers with Range Rover-sized proportions, flexible cabins and a...
Chinese EV Brands Lead Electric Push at Indonesia's GIIAS 2026
Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese EV brands dominated Indonesia's GIIAS 2026 with mass-market debuts and local-assembly pla...
BYD's 22% July Sales Jump Still Leaves Its 5 Million-Vehicle Target at Risk
BYD sold about 420,000 vehicles in July, up 22%, but first-half volume of 1.81 million means it must average roughly 530...
Ferrari Luce vs. Dodge Charger Daytona: Podcast Debates Two EVs and Their Heritage
Ferrari's first EV and the Charger Daytona are held up as potential disappointments in a Motortrend podcast that asks wh...
BMW M Track Experience Puts Michelin-Shod M5 Through Its Paces at Willow Springs
A day at California's Big Willow with BMW M and Michelin, where a retired factory driver showed what a 5,390-pound M5 ca...