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Toyota’s New GR KART Fixes the Boring Problems That Actually Keep Kids
Every kid who’s ever begged for a go-kart runs into the same wall eventually. Karts themselves are relatively cheap, but…
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Last A90 Toyota Supra, VIN 99999, Hits Barrett-Jackson for Charity
Toyota didn’t sell the final fifth-generation Supra to a dealer, park it in a corporate museum, or hand the keys…
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Stanley Meyer Claimed His Car Ran on Water Alone. An Ohio Court Called It Fraud, Then He Died at a Cracker Barrel
Stanley Meyer sat down for lunch at a Cracker Barrel in Grove City, Ohio, on March 20, 1998, with his…
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Shattering Sunroofs Aren’t a Honda Problem or a Kia Problem — They’re a Tempered Glass Problem
Somewhere on a road right now, a piece of glass no bigger than a grain of sand is quietly deciding…
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Kawasaki’s “Beyond Belief” Clip Points to a Ninja H2 Return in Europe
Kawasaki’s newest teaser has no bodywork, no spec sheet and no model name. What it does have is a phrase…
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Volvo’s Big Rigs Now Update Their Own Software While You Grab Coffee
Somewhere at a truck stop this week, a driver locked the cab of a Volvo VNL, walked inside for a…
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Mercedes Floating SUV Patent: Buoyancy Math, Boat Laws, and Insurance
Every serious off-roader has one number in its spec sheet that really means “turn around here.” For the electric G-Class,…
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Copart Is Paying $1.9 Billion for ACV Auctions, and It Has Nothing to Do With Wrecked Cars
Copart built its entire business on convincing buyers that a car with a bent frame or a flooded interior still…
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Aston Martin AMB 002 Roadster: Titanium, Fior Fork, and a US Legality Catch
For seven years, owning an Aston Martin motorcycle meant owning a very expensive sculpture that needed a racetrack and a…
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A Koenigsegg Regera With No Gearbox and $1 Million in Options Heads to Mecum’s First Nashville Sale
Koenigsegg builds hypercars with eye-watering power figures and even more eye-watering order sheets, but the 2019 Regera crossing the block…
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Have This With Your Coffee: Today’s Backfire News Round-Up
Grab your mug — here’s everything that hit the site today, all in one place.1. Inside Isuzu’s Driverless Truck Plan:…
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From Fighter Jets to Fastbacks: A Carbon-Fiber Eleanor Takes Flight
The material that once belonged to aircraft engineers and Formula 1 teams has landed on one of Hollywood’s most famous…