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New Bajaj Pulsar 125 and 150: What the Frame, Shock and ISG Changes Really Mean
The Pulsar 125 and Pulsar 150 have been the automotive equivalent of that one restaurant that never changes its menu…
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Acura’s Nexera Vision Concept and the Federal Rule That Will Shape Its Headlights
Acura brought a low, wide, matte-titanium two-door to The Quail and Pebble Beach this month, and the honest summary of…
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What the ‘Cars’ 20th Anniversary Re-Release Gets Right About Real Automotive History
Disney has put Pixar’s Cars back into theaters, starting September 4, timed to land on the eve of the fan-invented…
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IndyCar D.C. Ratings Record: What the 3.28 Million Number Actually Proves
Fox bolted a camera to the observation level of the Washington Monument, hung another one off a 70-foot crane, and…
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NASCAR’s 2027 Schedule Bets Big on an Aircraft Carrier’s Backyard, and the All-Star Race Packs Its Bags Again
NASCAR just dropped its complete 2027 schedule, and buried under the usual date-and-track spreadsheet is a much bigger tell about…
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This Pile of Melted Metal Used to be a McLaren 720S and Someone is Still Trying to Make Money of It
Scroll through enough Copart inventory and the damage stops registering. Bent frames, flooded interiors, hail-stippled hoods — it all blurs…
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A Forgotten Forum Post Just Solved the 24-Year Mystery of Michael Jordan’s Missing Ferrari
Ten years ago, John Temerian had almost nothing to work with: a partial chassis number spotted in an old online…
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Dunlop Says California’s New Tire Rule Is Solving The Wrong Problem
When the California Energy Commission voted 5-0 on August 17 to approve the Replacement Tire Efficiency Program, the tire industry…
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First Rumble Bee SRT And A Viper-Powered Ram Head To Vegas
Charity lots at Barrett-Jackson usually follow a script: a nice car, a good cause, a celebrity on the block, everyone…
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Hyundai Patent Shows Braced Swing-Out Truck Tailgate That Carries Real Weight
Truck tailgates stopped being simple around 2019, and the arms race has been mostly about counting positions rather than solving…
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Why Tariff Math Decides Whether Volkswagen Builds An American Pickup
Nobody at Volkswagen has announced an American pickup truck. There’s no press release, no plant allocation, no name, no date.…
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Stellantis Patent Adds Crash-Triggered Bumper Beacons For Rolled-Over Cars
Every lighting system on your car is built around an assumption nobody writes down: that the car will still be…