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Today’s Issue FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2026
The 6.6-liter version of the sixth-generation small-block makes 481 horsepower and 501 lb-ft with no forced induction. The smaller 5.7-liter makes 402 horsepower and 428 lb-ft, ahead of Ford's Coyote and Ram's Hemi. Both engines keep cylinder deactivation and drop the oil dipstick.
Only 30 will be built, all already sold, as the second car in Mercedes' Mythos series. The flat-plane-crank 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 makes 637 horsepower and 627 lb-ft, driving the rear wheels only. Mercedes claims 0 to 124 mph in 11.4 seconds and deletes the rear seats.
Hagerty projects that Baby Boomer collectors will sell about 12 million cars worth roughly $570 billion over the next 15 years. Owners 60 and older hold over 60% of its insured vehicles. Its analysts expect younger buyers to absorb the supply, with 1960s halo cars holding value best.
A federal appeals court this week reinstated a suit by roughly 200 insurers who allege the automakers deliberately omitted engine immobilizers from U.S.-bound cars. A district judge had dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction over the Korean parents. A UCLA study projects Los Angeles thefts will stay elevated through 2042.
Doug DeMuro is selling his 1996 911 Turbo at no reserve after a year and about 3,200 miles. The two-owner car retains every document back to its original order form. DeMuro spent about $25K on a catch-up service and calls it the most rewarding daily driver he has owned.
Every Trackhawk shares the same 707-horsepower supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi, so Motor1 advises buying on condition rather than model year. Kelley Blue Book values run from about $52K for early cars to about $65K for the final 2021. The outlet flags tuned or drag-raced examples as the biggest risk.
Waymo says interior cameras and automated detection enforce its terms of service, and that it may call police when the system flags a firearm. It has not said what human review sits between an alert and a call. The Electronic Frontier Foundation wants that possibility disclosed before riders get in.
Alef Aeronautics has started limited production of an ultralight that needs no pilot's license, ahead of its $300,000 Model A with 200 miles of driving range and 110 in flight. Xpeng plans to build its Land Aircraft Carrier, a van carrying a detachable two-seat electric aircraft, starting next year.
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