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Today’s Issue FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2026
The 2027 Civic Type R arrives at dealers later this month at $49,990, about $1,300 more than before. Honda reworked the front fascia for cooling, deepened the splitter and quickened rev-matching. Car and Driver says newly standard heated front seats make the Acura Integra Type S a harder sell.
The DBX GT keeps the DBX S's 717-hp twin-turbo V8 and 3.1-second 0-60 time. Aston retuned the shocks for low-speed ride comfort and quieted the exhaust in the default GT mode. DBX sales fell to about 1,700 last year, against the 4,000 a year Aston forecast in 2019.
A UAW local president told Reuters the Kansas City plant is on pace to build about 35,000 Bolts before production ends, down from a planned 150,000. The Bolt sold about 3,400 units in the second quarter. The Equinox EV outsold it nearly 4-to-1 in the first half.
The EQE electric sedan is gone for 2027 in standard and AMG forms, as are the plug-in hybrid AMG S63 and the Maybach EQS680 SUV. The AMG C43 and C63 sedans were absent from the refreshed C-Class reveal. Car and Driver predicts the S63 will return with pure V8 power.
German owner Hansjörg von Gemmingen-Hornberg's 2013 Model S reached nearly 1.9 million miles on September 30. It is on its fourth battery pack, which has lasted about 750,000 miles so far. The car has also gone through 13 motors.
On Jay Leno's Garage, Leno and Donald Osborne weigh a 1997 Ferrari 355 F1, Ferrari's first paddle-shift road car, against a 190-hp 1981 Corvette. Osborne says an original F1 gearbox may beat a manual conversion on long-term value. Leno credits the Honda NSX with pushing Ferrari on reliability.
That is the price of the two-tone paint option on the 2027 F-150, about 20% of a roughly $60,000 Lariat SuperCrew. Buyers can roll it into a lease or loan, adding an estimated $200 to $320 a month. The Drive's Jerry Perez calls the standalone price ridiculously high.
Ram's entire 2026 allocation of the 5.7-liter Hemi Rumble Bee sold within 90 minutes of orders opening. Ram has not disclosed how many trucks it is building. The Drive questions why Ford and Chevrolet have left the muscle-truck segment to Ram.
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