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Built on the 400-volt E-GMP platform, the Europe-only hatch offers up to 308 miles (496 km) of WLTP range and 145 hp (108 kW) through the front wheels. A 0.26 drag coefficient and Android Automotive infotainment round out the package, but it unfortunately won't be sold in the U.S.
The supercharged 5.0-liter V8 makes 518 hp (386 kW) and 461 lb-ft (625 Nm) in a 5,448-lb (2,468 kg) SUV that rides on old-school steel springs and roars through a quad-exit exhaust. At $120,250, reviewers call it comfortable but uncompromising—"exactly the sum of its parts," earning a 7/10.
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Technology, Market Data & Analysis
The third-generation Shenxing cell from the world's largest battery maker can fill from 10 to 98 percent in under seven minutes—roughly five times faster than today's best 800-volt nickel manganese cobalt packs manage for a smaller 10-to-80-percent window. It's CATL's direct answer to BYD's recently announced Blade Battery 2.0.
Pentagon officials have reportedly asked both automakers about shifting some civilian production toward weapons manufacturing for the Iran conflict—a move with no precedent since World War II. Reduced vehicle output could tighten supply and drive up prices, echoing the disruptions of the COVID-19 pandemic era.
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Car Culture
During the 1970s oil crisis, Saab's Finnish factory built dual-fuel "Petro" models running primarily on cheap kerosene, with gasoline injected for cold starts and heavy loads. A 30,000-mile (48,270 km) long-term test revealed catastrophic wear—kerosene diluted motor oil and caused detonation damage, killing the program by the mid-1980s.
At Montana's FAT Ice Race, a Meyers Manx fitted with a three-cylinder radial engine—the kind found in WWII warbirds—stole the show from Ferraris and Porsches. Its 120 hp (90 kW), 100 lb-ft (136 Nm) motor uses LS-derived internals, but in a fiberglass buggy on ice, that's pure joy.
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Miscellaneous
White hat hackers extracted unencrypted data from a wrecked BYD Seal's telematics module, reconstructing the vehicle's entire journey from its Chinese factory through the UK to dismantling in Poland. Using only free open-source intelligence tools, they matched GPS anomalies to a real-world crash documented on social media.
The automaker announced unsupervised rides in Dallas and Houston over the weekend, but tracker data showed the service largely offline by Monday—just days before the company's Q1 earnings report on Wednesday. A video also surfaced of one robotaxi mistakenly entering a freeway before a remote operator took control.
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The one-of-one black-on-yellow 2017 GTC with uninstalled Extreme Aero Package crushed the previous Bring a Trailer record for a fifth-gen Viper by over $130,000.
A Bloomberg report found 1,279 of 7,071 Cybertrucks sold in Q4 2025 went to SpaceX, xAI, The Boring Company, and Neuralink—and without those sales, registrations would have dropped 51%.
Doug DeMuro walks through Subaru's redesigned wagon-SUV crossover, which adopts a boxier look and grows in every dimension for its seventh generation.
The China-only ID. Unyx 09, co-developed with Xpeng in just two years, stretches 197 inches (5 m) with 21-inch wheels and Brembo brakes as part of VW's 20-plus EV offensive in China this year.
A faulty transmission range sensor in the 6R80 six-speed automatic can cause a sudden downshift from sixth gear to second at highway speeds, prompting a recall of nearly 1.4 million trucks.
This 1992 archive test clocked the VTEC-equipped 2.2-liter four at 190 hp (142 kW), hitting 60 mph in 6.9 seconds and delivering what testers called a "sudden awakening" past 5,000 rpm.
Stellantis is skipping the 2026 model year entirely, citing sufficient dealer inventory, and promises the electric SUV will return for 2027 with battery, software, and NACS charging port upgrades.
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