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Cristiano Ronaldo’s New Garage Photos Put A Ferrari, A Bugatti, And A McLaren Senna In One Frame
Cristiano Ronaldo posted two photos to his personal Instagram account this week captioned simply “My toys,” and unlike most athlete…
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Backfire News Weekly Wrap-Up: August 3–7, 2026
Backfire News published 37 stories this week — Monday, August 3 through Friday, August 7, 2026. Here’s a rundown of…
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She Inherited a Porsche Restoration Shop and Turned It Into a $10 Million Fraud Machine
A federal judge in San Diego just put a number on what happens when a classic car consignment shop runs…
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Toyota’s GR86 Refresh Skips the Power Bump and Fixes What Actually Bugged Owners
Toyota just refreshed the GR86, and if you were hoping GAZOO Racing finally cracked open the ECU for more power,…
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Win This 1967 Corvette Convertible: Double Your Entries Before August 9th
A Rally Red 1967 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible is up for grabs, and this is the moment to boost your odds…
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Buying a New Heavy-Duty Diesel Pickup? EPA’s Rule Rewrite Just Changed What You Should Ask First
Nobody cross-shops a Ram 2500 by reading a federal agency’s press release, but if you’re planning to order a heavy-duty…
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The Grappler Bumper Doesn’t PIT a Fleeing Car — It Nets the Wheel Instead
Every fleeing driver assumes the chase ends one of three ways: they get away, they crash, or an officer rams…
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Direct Connection’s $10,995 Rumble Bee Blower Kits: The Warranty Fine Print Owners Should Read First
The horsepower number is the headline, and it’s the least interesting part of what Ram announced this week.Direct Connection rolled…
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Hennessey Blackbird: The Engineering Reality Behind An 850-HP Naturally Aspirated V8 And A Stick
Hennessey has spent fifteen years building cars whose entire personality was a number. The Venom GT chased 270 mph. The…
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BMW M4 Ute Sells For $93,000 — The Engineering And Legal Reality Behind The Chop
A 2022 BMW M4 Competition xDrive with a cargo bed where its back seats used to be crossed the block…
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Yamaha Ends Georgia Side-by-Side Assembly as Record Profits Mask a $76M Loss
Yamaha spent the morning of August 4 doing two things that don’t normally happen in the same news cycle: reporting…
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Meadow Walker Didn’t Sell Paul Walker’s Furious 7 Supra — It’s Sitting in a Museum
A car doesn’t have to change hands for the internet to decide it did. This week’s target was a piece…