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2025-07-28

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Releases & Reviews

2026 Land Rover Defender First Drive: The Reinvented 4x4 Icon, Remixed (6 minute read)

JLR tweaks its bestseller with a mild facelift, fresh colors, and a larger touchscreen, plus new OCTA Black and 110 Trophy Edition trims. They add bespoke styling and kit while leaving the proven off-road formula intact. The update is evolutionary, preserving the Defender’s character.

Tested: 2025 BMW X3 30 xDrive Rests on Its Laurels but Remains Appealing (5 minute read)

BMW’s fourth-gen X3 sticks to the CLAR platform as the brand preps Neue Klasse EVs, making this more reskin than revolution. Clean slab sides, sharper fascias, and slick lighting modernize the look, but dynamics and tech feel familiar. Still, refinement and smart packaging keep it compelling.

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Technology, Market Data & Analysis

The EPA Reportedly Wants to Remove Limits on Tailpipe Emissions (2 minute read)

A draft EPA plan would rescind the 2009 finding that CO₂ and methane endanger public health, curbing the agency’s authority to cap tailpipe emissions. Automakers could face looser federal oversight just as EV adoption cools. Expect swift court fights and aggressive state-level countermeasures.

Volkswagen cuts 2025 guidance after $1.5-billion tariff hit in first half (4 minute read)

Volkswagen absorbed a 1.3-billion-euro ($1.5-billion) tariff hit in H1 2025 and trimmed its operating margin outlook to 4–5%. Management cites U.S. trade barriers and fierce Chinese competition as profit headwinds. The downgrade highlights how policy shocks are reshaping Europe’s EV transition math.

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Car Culture

Dear God, A 25-Year-Old Acura Integra Type R Just Sold For $204,000! (3 minute read)

Only 1,173 Integra Type Rs reached the U.S. in 2001, and this Phoenix Yellow survivor shows 4,800 miles (7,724 km). Its Bring a Trailer auction exploded to $204,000, resetting the market for front-drive icons. Collectors just crowned a ’90s hero with supercar money.

The Pontiac Mera Is the Craziest Fake Ferrari Ever (25 minute watch)

Doug DeMuro tours the Pontiac Mera—essentially a 1988 Fiero dressed to mimic a Ferrari—and catalogs its hilarious proportions, dealer-backed origins, and legal gray areas. He relishes the quirks that make it the wildest faux-exotic of the era. It’s peak oddball car content.

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Miscellaneous

Here’s What It Was Like Eating At The Tesla Diner (8 minute read)

Cruising Santa Monica Boulevard, the author finally investigates the Space Mountain-esque building at La Brea: Tesla’s new diner. The piece chronicles the brand-heavy spectacle and roadside curiosity of pairing charging with kitsch. It’s less about cuisine than about soaking in the Tesla aura.

Spied: The Boxy Kia EV3 Is Getting a Go-Fast GT Model (2 minute read)

Camouflaged EV3 GT prototypes reveal lime green brake calipers and a rear axle nut, signaling a rear drive unit and hotter intent. Kia is extending its GT formula beyond EV6 and EV9 to its smallest EV crossover. Performance-minded budget EV shoppers, take note.

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Quick Links

Woah, Mercedes-AMG is building a bewinged, track-honed V8 GT supercar (1 minute read)

AMG’s Concept GT Track Sport teaser shows a towering wing, deep splitter and Nürburgring-baiting rhetoric, implying a stripped, cage-ready GT with serious aero and a V8 tuned purely for lap records.

Ram Is Building a New Mid-Size Pickup. Here's Everything We Know (5 minute read)

Ram finally confirms a mid-size pickup to battle Colorado, Ranger and Tacoma, targeting segment-leader pricing, likely Stellantis turbo-four or hybrid V6 powertrains, and a debut still “several years” out.

Orbis Electric HaloDrive Packs V-8 Torque Inside a Single Wheel (4 minute read)

Orbis’s HaloDrive nests an axial-flux motor and planetary gears inside the rim, delivering V-8-level torque while trimming unsprung mass and noise versus its 2018 ring-gear prototypes on a PHEV Civic Type R.

Ferrari Trademark Filing Hints at Testarossa Rebirth After 40 Years (1 minute read)

A fresh July 21 Iceland trademark for “849 Testarossa” suggests more than routine IP maintenance, hinting Ferrari may reboot the ’80s icon with a numbered twist rather than just merch protection.

Why This Ultra-Rare Ferrari F40 LM Might Sell for $9.5 Million (4 minute read)

RM Sotheby’s will auction a 1993 Ferrari F40 LM by Michelotto—one of 19—with its most potent twin-turbo V8 and 200 mph (322 km/h) cred, justifying an estimated $9.5 million hammer.

Koenigsegg Jesko v Tuned Hayabusa: DRAG RACE (17 minute watch)

carwow’s race pits a Koenigsegg Jesko against a tuned Hayabusa in standing and rolling runs, exposing traction drama, gear ratios and aero drag as much as raw power bragging rights.

Tested: 2025 Mercedes-Benz eSprinter Paves the Way for Future Deliveries (8 minute read)

Instrumented tests show the 2025 eSprinter is quieter, smoother and markedly more efficient, with improved range versus the 2019 Euro van, underscoring EV viability for last-mile fleets and urban delivery budgets.

Perfection on Wheels: Driving the Pagani Huayra R Evo at Monza (13 minute read)

Motor1’s Monza run reveals the Huayra R Evo’s 900 horsepower (671 kW) NA V12, savage aero and tense red-flag delays, proving Pagani’s track toy is equal parts theatre, telemetry and terror.

2025 Car and Driver EV of the Year: The Contenders (13 minute read)

Car and Driver previews two dozen 2025 EV contenders—new or heavily updated—before a July 29 verdict, comparing charging speed, efficiency, dynamics and software UX during a Michigan test week.