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California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis
Kodiak’s new California DMV permit still requires a human in the seat, and a million miles of homework stands between…
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The Triumph TF 450 Recall Swaps Entire Cylinder Heads — And Canada Found Out First
Transport Canada recall 2026-378 has Triumph replacing the complete cylinder head on 2025-2026 TF 450 competition bikes over a stall…
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Disney and F1 Extend Their Partnership Through 2028, and Lightning McQueen Finally Gets Grid Time
Disney and Formula 1 have decided to keep going steady, and this time Lightning McQueen is riding shotgun. The two…
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Vanderhall’s 50-Unit Santarosa Special: What The $54,950 Price Actually Gets You
Vanderhall’s 50-car Santarosa Launch Edition is mostly carbon trim, and the fine print matters moreProvo’s three-wheel specialists rolled into Concours…
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Porsche Built 100 Nürburgring Tribute GT3s, And Americans Can’t Legally Own One Until 2052
Porsche just pulled the covers off a 911 GT3 built to mark 100 years of the Nürburgring, and the most…
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Someone Restored the Tupac BMW. That’s Exactly Why $1.75 Million Is a Hard Sell
The 1996 BMW 750iL from the night Tupac Shakur was shot is listed at $1.75 million. Its restoration is the…
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Porsche Driver Allegedly Backs Into CHP Cruiser During Traffic Stop, Blows Four Times the Legal Limit
California Highway Patrol’s Monterey office says a Porsche driver managed to get pulled over for triple-digit speed, then made the…
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Cadillac’s V-ONE Concept Proves Its Le Mans Race Car Has Been Sandbagging All Along
Every race car sold to the public through homologation rules is, by design, less than it could be. Regulators cap…
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The Met Took 90 Supercars in Three Days — and a £3.7M Ferrari Is Sitting in a Pound Charging £20 a Day
London police seized 90 cars worth over £8 million in three days, almost entirely on paperwork. Here is the legal…
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Aston Martin’s New DB12 S One-Offs Dig Up 1951 Le Mans History for Pebble Beach’s 75th
Aston Martin did not bring one special car to Monterey Car Week this year. It brought three, and the detail…
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Uber Is Now Financing Motorcycles in Latin America — Here’s What Riders Should Know
Uber has spent a decade insisting it doesn’t own the cars. This week it took an equity position in the…
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McLaren’s Manual Supercar: What the Teaser Actually Reveals About the Gearbox
McLaren spent fifteen years telling anyone who would listen that paddles are quicker, that a dual-clutch is the only honest…