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Czinger Printed the Caliper and the Upright as One Piece. Here’s What That Actually Buys You.
Czinger pulled the top off its 21C for Monterey and called it the Spyder. Thirty cars, $2.75 million each, 1,250…
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Colorado Car Wash Settlement: What the $19 Refund Actually Covers and Who Gets One
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced a settlement Thursday with Cobblestone Denver Opco, LLC, resolving allegations that the car wash…
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Why a Clutch Pedal Is Now an Engineering Nightmare for Low-Volume Sports Cars
Ask most enthusiasts why manual gearboxes are dying and you’ll get some variation of “nobody buys them.” That’s the easy…
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2027 Jeep Wrangler Smoky Mountain Edition: What Buyers Should Know Before Ordering
Jeep rolled out the tenth installment of its Twelve 4 Twelve Wrangler series on Thursday, and for once the reveal…
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A UK Petition Wants to Ban Driverless Taxis. Britain’s New Permitting Rules Show Why 400,000 Drivers Are Nervous
A parliamentary petition calling on the UK government to ban commercial driverless taxis has ticked past 1,000 signatures, sitting at…
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A Dealership Handed Out A Salesman’s Number. Federal Threat Charges Followed
A dealership’s phone system is supposed to protect employees as much as it routes sales leads. In one Utah case,…
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Lamborghini’s Revuelto SV Starts At $741,172, And Leaked Order Sheets Show How Fast That Climbs
Lamborghini spent Monterey Car Week teasing the Revuelto SV’s Hockenheim lap record and its 1,065-metric-horsepower flex. What it didn’t do…
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Ayrton Senna’s Personal Honda NSX Heads to Auction, and Its Backstory Runs Deeper Than the Hosepipe Photo
Chassis JHMNA11500T000233 doesn’t look like much on a title certificate, but this is the actual red Honda NSX that Ayrton…
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Some Rivian R2s Have a Fast-Charging Connector That Can Cook Itself, and Rivian Is Calling Owners One by One
On August 5, an R2 owner plugged into a Rivian Adventure Network fast charger, watched the session start normally, and…
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Street Outlaws Star Chris ‘Block’ Gordon Dies in Crash at Ohio’s ‘The Hill’ Drag Strip
Chris “Block” Gordon spent almost two decades building a name as one of the toughest small-tire racers to come out…
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Stellantis Is Already Building the Next Jeep Cherokee, and This One Barely Has Floor Mats Yet
Jeep dealers are still sorting out allocations for the revived 2026 Cherokee, and Stellantis has already told investors and the…
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Ford’s Bronco Family Is About to Get a Truck Bed, and the Timing Is No Accident
Ford has spent the better part of six years teasing a pickup version of the Bronco, and industry sourcing now…