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Today’s Issue THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2026
The US-only Handschalter pairs a six-speed manual with rear-wheel drive, 473 horsepower and 406 lb-ft, and costs about $108K, the most expensive M3 sold. Carbon-fiber parts and CSL-derived dampers make it the lightest M3 on sale. Top Gear calls it the most involving G80 M3 and a proper CS.
MotorTrend ran the Integra Type S for over 12 months and 15,000 miles with its 2.0-liter turbocharged four and six-speed manual. The magazine calls it one of the greatest front-wheel-drive performance cars ever built. It also served as a daily commuter and a multi-state road-tripper that swallowed a custom-frame bicycle.
Stellantis shares have fallen over 60% this year, and its CEO says the Ram 1500 Rumble Bee sold out within 24 hours. Hellcat and 392 versions follow in early 2027, with a new Grand Cherokee, Wrangler and Gladiator later that year. Jeep deliveries fell 60,000 units in the quarter.
Bring a Trailer president Howard Swig tells The Drive a Zanardi Edition NSX sold for $650,000, about four times the site's prior result. He credits a bidder pool in the hundreds of thousands, against about 1,000 at a tent auction. Fees cap near $7,000 even on a million-dollar sale.
Chassis CSX2038 appeared in Viva Las Vegas and served Shelby's driving school before the author's father bought it in 1975. A thrown rod in 1980 parked it for 45 years. Shelby specialist Drew Serb later stripped it to the frame for a three-year return to its original white-over-red spec.
The Paris show's first US edition runs November 19 to 22 at the Javits Center, with Seinfeld's 1970 Targa Florio-winning 908/03 and a 550 Spyder beside a GM Futureliner and a Jaguar XKSS. Gooding Christie's will auction over 70 motorcycles from Billy Joel's collection without reserve. Tickets start at $70.
Top Gear's second annual US awards name the Subaru Trailseeker Car of the Year, the Corvette ZR1X top supercar and the Rivian R2 top SUV. The Ram 1500 TRX SRT wins Truck of the Year, BMW is Manufacturer of the Year and Stellantis' Tim Kuniskis is Person of the Year.
NHTSA proposed a rule requiring exterior cyan lights that illuminate when an automated driving system is engaged, so police can distinguish a hands-off driver from a distracted one. Mercedes proposed the color in 2023 and SAE endorsed it this year. The agency gave no date for a final rule.
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