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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...
Radar, Lidar and the Race to Meet NHTSA's 2029 Auto-Safety Mandate
Terahertz radar, silicon-photonics lidar and AI-enhanced cameras unveiled at CES 2026 are reshaping how cars will avoid ...
India's July Passenger Vehicle Sales Reach 3.65-3.70 Lakh as Maruti Crosses 2 Lakh Domestic Units
Maruti Suzuki's record July of 1,96,203 passenger vehicles led a strong month for Indian auto makers, with Tata, Mahindr...
2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster With 6,000 Miles Heads to Auction
A 6,000-mile 2008 Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster — the 620-hp Anglo-German grand tourer — heads to Bring a Trailer, ...
OMODA O5 SHS-H hybrid saloon to launch in UAE this September
The Chinese brand's latest hybrid combines a 1.5L turbo petrol engine with an electric motor for 224HP, 7.9s 0-100km/h a...
Xiaomi Shares Slide 6.9% After SUV Launch; Apple's China Miss Weighs on Tech
Xiaomi’s stock dropped sharply after unveiling two range‑extender SUVs starting at CNY259,900, while Apple’s lower‑than‑...
Russian EV Sales Jump 2.5x in June 2026 as Drivers Chase Lower Running Costs
Electric car demand soared in Russia, particularly in southern resort cities, with households citing the dramatically ch...
Mercedes-AMG sales soar 50% in India as buyers demand hybrid performance cars they can drive to work
Mercedes-Benz India will expand its AMG lineup after half-year sales of the high-performance brand jumped 50%. MD Santos...
Ferrari's Mocked Jony Ive EV Meets Early Sales Target, Defying Critics and Wider EV Slump
The $640,000 electric four-door has already hit its initial sales goal, boosting Ferrari's outlook and shares even as th...
Nigeria Exempts Fully CNG and Electric Vehicles from Import Duty, VAT
The Nigerian government has waived import duties and VAT on fully CNG, LPG and electric vehicles to cut transport costs ...
Alfa Romeo’s next Stelvio pivots to hybrid, pushed to 2028 as EV demand falters
Alfa Romeo confirms a delayed Stelvio SUV with hybrid power alongside a BEV option, a design rethink and a larger footpr...
BMW Pursues Tariff Offset Deal with Trump-Aligned US Dealers
German carmaker explores a mechanism to net import and export credits to ease the sting of U.S. tariffs, enlisting deale...
Mercedes GLA Goes Electric with 408-Mile Range, 800V Tech in Bid for Compact Premium Buyers
The redesigned Mercedes GLA adds fully electric and hybrid powertrains, a striking illuminated grille from the brand's l...
Leapmotor B10’s Charging Ordeal Highlights Hurdles for New Chinese EV Entrants
A prolonged charging fault on a long-term test Leapmotor B10 exposes the reliability risks that can still sour early ado...