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CBP’s Stolen-Car Export Numbers Reveal the Real Target Isn’t the $270,000 Lamborghini—It’s the Honda CR-V
A 2024 Lamborghini Urus worth $269,885 got stopped in Norfolk, Virginia last year before it could reach the United Arab…
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Two Porsches Got Beached in Canada for a Photoshoot, and Police Say Nobody’s Facing Charges
Toronto Police got the call just before 6 a.m. on Tuesday: two vehicles stuck in the sand at Woodbine Beach.…
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Kenya’s 60-Day Import Grace Period Won’t Become a Landing Pad for Stolen Car Exports
A Kenyan High Court ruling this week gave vehicle dealers a 60-day extension to register imported cars before enforcement resumes,…
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Ed Sheeran’s Aston Martin Hasn’t Moved Since 2021, and That’s Exactly Why He Just Got Convicted
Ed Sheeran’s 1966 Aston Martin hasn’t turned a wheel in five years. It’s been sitting inside a restoration workshop in…
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IndyCar’s Debut D.C. Street Race Just Got 22 Laps Longer, and Every Team’s Fuel Math Just Changed
INDYCAR just found a math problem baked into its own marketing. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the series’ first-ever race…
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No-Reserve Black Ferrari Enzo Heads to Carmel With an Eight-Figure Estimate
Broad Arrow has been feeding out its Quail Auction catalogue in pieces for weeks, and it saved the one that…
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Overfinch’s One-Off Holland & Holland Range Rover: Craft, Cost and the Legal Fine Print
There’s a version of this story that leads with a price. I’d love to write it. The problem is that…
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Revuelto Miura 60° Homage: What Lamborghini’s 99-Car Anniversary Edition Really Offers
Sixty years on from the car that invented the genre, Lamborghini’s anniversary present to itself is a Revuelto with different…
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Polaris RZR Pro R Boost Turbo: What 275 HP Really Costs Owners
Polaris rolled out its 2027 off-road lineup on August 3, and the machine everyone is going to argue about is…
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O’Reilly Auto Parts Is Paying $18.8 Million Because Its Texts Wouldn’t Take No for an Answer
Every gearhead who’s ever handed over a phone number at the parts counter for a rewards discount knows the tradeoff:…
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A Real-Life Lightning McQueen Got Towed After an Elk Grove Car Meet Turned Into a Brawl
Somewhere in Elk Grove, California, a Chevrolet Corvette wrapped up like Lightning McQueen just learned the hard way that Radiator…
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Ram’s 2027 Rumble Bee Muscle Trucks Ditch eTorque and Stop-Start, But Keep the One Hybrid-Era Trick Worth Having
Stellantis spent the better part of a decade bolting a 48-volt hybrid system onto the 5.7-liter Hemi V8. Now it…