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Xiaomi Just Delivered Its 500,000th SU7 in 28.5 Months, and the Real Story Isn’t the Car Electric sedan on the road, representative of the Xiaomi SU7 EV segment

Electric sedan on the road, representative of the Xiaomi SU7 EV segment

Xiaomi Just Delivered Its 500,000th SU7 in 28.5 Months, and the Real Story Isn’t the Car

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Lei Jun spent more than a decade building phones, routers, and rice cookers before he built a...

This Bare-Carbon Bugatti EB110 Bid to $5.5 Million at Mecum — and Still Didn’t Sell

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Mecum’s Monterey sale wrapped up with the usual parade of seven-figure metal, but the lot that had...

Kawasaki’s Patents Show How CORLEO’s Robot Horse Actually Thinks, and It’s Unnervingly Smart Kawasaki CORLEO concept diagram showing patented hydrogen power unit, cooling system, leg suspension, and rubber hoof components

Kawasaki CORLEO concept diagram showing patented hydrogen power unit, cooling system, leg suspension, and rubber hoof components

Kawasaki’s Patents Show How CORLEO’s Robot Horse Actually Thinks, and It’s Unnervingly Smart

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Kawasaki did something more revealing than another slick CORLEO video this year: it kept filing paperwork. A...

Rezvani’s Beast X Stuffs 1,560 Horsepower and AWD Into a Reskinned Corvette, and Only Five Will Exist Rezvani Beast X, a heavily modified Corvette-based hypercar with scissor doors, parked in a residential driveway

Rezvani Beast X, a heavily modified Corvette-based hypercar with scissor doors, parked in a residential driveway

Rezvani’s Beast X Stuffs 1,560 Horsepower and AWD Into a Reskinned Corvette, and Only Five Will Exist

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Rezvani has never been shy about turning a Corvette into something unrecognizable, but the Beast X pushes...

Brabus Built A 224-MPH Convertible And Hid Its Best Detail In The Roof brabus-makes-the-bodo-cabriolet-because-there-s-no-better-way-to-make-1000-hp-do-224-mph_6

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Brabus Built A 224-MPH Convertible And Hid Its Best Detail In The Roof

Elizabeth Puckett August 18, 2026

Brabus lifted the roof off its coachbuilt Bodo, and the Cabriolet’s own spec sheet quietly admits what...

Acura NEXERA Vision: What Actually Reaches The Next RDX Hybrid Screenshot 2026-08-14 at 11.40.35 AM

Acura NEXERA Vision: What Actually Reaches The Next RDX Hybrid

Eve Nowell August 17, 2026

Acura’s new design language debuts on a coupe that doesn’t exist, and lands on a crossoverAcura has...

Inside Honda’s HRC Heritage Program: Buying And Running A Real Acura Race Car Screenshot 2026-08-14 at 11.36.55 AM

Inside Honda’s HRC Heritage Program: Buying And Running A Real Acura Race Car

Eve Nowell August 17, 2026

Honda just opened its own race car archive for business, and the fine print is the interesting...

Singer x Louis Vuitton Porsche 911s: The Engineering Behind The Fashion Screenshot 2026-08-14 at 11.32.27 AM

Singer x Louis Vuitton Porsche 911s: The Engineering Behind The Fashion

Eve Nowell August 17, 2026

Singer built a Porsche around a wristwatch, and Louis Vuitton picked up the tabThe starting point for...

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up 00G0G_3ydtShNJIC2_0nP0hS_1200x900

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up

Shawn Henry August 17, 2026

The first photo in this Craigslist ad is a Ferrari 512TR shot by somebody who knew what...

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 11.54.19 AM

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story

Shawn Henry August 17, 2026

Two stories broke out of Pebble Beach this weekend, and if you only watched the 18th fairway,...

This Giallo Modena Ferrari F50 Just Became the Most Expensive One Ever Sold at Auction Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 11.34.09 AM

This Giallo Modena Ferrari F50 Just Became the Most Expensive One Ever Sold at Auction

John Lloyd August 17, 2026

Two Ferrari F50s crossed auction blocks during Monterey Car Week this year, roughly 72 hours and a...

A Chevrolet Camaro Fell 200 Feet Off Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies, and a Tree May Have Saved a Life 775537613_29055467300709407_5148509433919381103_n

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A Chevrolet Camaro Fell 200 Feet Off Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies, and a Tree May Have Saved a Life

John Lloyd August 17, 2026

Newfound Gap is the high point where U.S. 441 crosses from Tennessee into North Carolina inside Great...

Porsche Built One 911 Flachbau RS, Then Homologated It Like a Production Car Porsche 911 Flachbau RS one-off in Grand Prix White showing its slant-nose front end and stacked LED headlight units

Porsche 911 Flachbau RS one-off in Grand Prix White showing its slant-nose front end and stacked LED headlight units

Porsche Built One 911 Flachbau RS, Then Homologated It Like a Production Car

Elizabeth Puckett August 17, 2026

Porsche turned a 2018 911 GT2 RS into a one-off slant-nose Flachbau RS - and put it...

California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis Two semi-trucks driving on a highway.

California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis

John Lloyd August 16, 2026

Kodiak's new California DMV permit still requires a human in the seat, and a million miles of...

The Triumph TF 450 Recall Swaps Entire Cylinder Heads — And Canada Found Out First black and gray motorcycle

The Triumph TF 450 Recall Swaps Entire Cylinder Heads — And Canada Found Out First

Shawn Henry August 16, 2026

Transport Canada recall 2026-378 has Triumph replacing the complete cylinder head on 2025-2026 TF 450 competition bikes...

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Xiaomi Just Delivered Its 500,000th SU7 in 28.5 Months, and the Real Story Isn’t the Car

This Bare-Carbon Bugatti EB110 Bid to $5.5 Million at Mecum — and Still Didn’t Sell

Kawasaki’s Patents Show How CORLEO’s Robot Horse Actually Thinks, and It’s Unnervingly Smart

Rezvani’s Beast X Stuffs 1,560 Horsepower and AWD Into a Reskinned Corvette, and Only Five Will Exist

Brabus Built A 224-MPH Convertible And Hid Its Best Detail In The Roof

Acura NEXERA Vision: What Actually Reaches The Next RDX Hybrid

Inside Honda’s HRC Heritage Program: Buying And Running A Real Acura Race Car

Singer x Louis Vuitton Porsche 911s: The Engineering Behind The Fashion

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story

This Giallo Modena Ferrari F50 Just Became the Most Expensive One Ever Sold at Auction

A Chevrolet Camaro Fell 200 Feet Off Newfound Gap Road in the Smokies, and a Tree May Have Saved a Life

Porsche Built One 911 Flachbau RS, Then Homologated It Like a Production Car

California Just Handed Kodiak a Learner’s Permit for Driverless Semis

The Triumph TF 450 Recall Swaps Entire Cylinder Heads — And Canada Found Out First

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