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Releases & Reviews

The Ferrari 849 Testarossa Earns Its Name (8 minute read)

Ferrari's new flagship pairs an 830 horsepower (619 kW) twin-turbo V8 with three electric motors for a combined 1,050 horsepower (783 kW), making it the most powerful production Ferrari ever. Priced around $540,000, the plug-in hybrid dazzles less with straight-line speed than with startlingly sharp, torque-vectored turn-in.

Driven: 2026 Subaru WRX Base 6MT Offers Good Fun for a Good Value (8 minute read)

The reintroduced Base trim starts at $33,690—$1,500 under the Premium—rolling back tariff-inflated prices that had gutted sales. It keeps the 271 horsepower (202 kW), 258 pound-foot (350 Nm) turbo flat-four and standard six-speed manual; reviewers found it a cheap, easy track toy, though the brakes fade after hard lapping.

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Technology, Market Data & Analysis

Lucid's bankruptcy rumor is a bad sign for the EV future (4 minute read)

A report that restructuring advisers floated Chapter 11 sent Lucid's stock plunging up to 50 percent; the company called it "completely false" and issued a cease-and-desist. But with a $1 billion first-quarter loss and two 2026 layoff rounds, the panic spread to Rivian and Polestar, spotlighting EV-only makers' fragility.

Report: Chevy's 5-Year Plan Includes New Sedan and Gas Models (2 minute read)

Per an Automotive News report, Chevy plans a new gas-powered sporty sedan around 2028—possibly reviving the Camaro name—sharing a platform with Buick and Cadillac. With the $7,500 EV tax credit gone, the brand is leaning back on refreshed gas models and face-lifts rather than abandoning its truck-heavy lineup's EVs.

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Car Culture

Tested: 2001 Lexus IS300 Is an Alternate Take on the BMW 3-Series (10 minute read)

This resurfaced October 2000 test pits the IS300's torquey 215 horsepower (160 kW) 3.0-liter straight-six against the BMW 3-Series. With chronograph-style gauges and an automatic-only launch, it hit 60 mph in 7.6 seconds. Testers loved its style and value but still gave the nod to the more refined Bimmer.

General Motors Once Built Crew Cab Pickup Trucks That Added Exactly Zero Seats, And For A Specific Reason (11 minute read)

To counter Dodge's Club Cab and Ford's SuperCab in 1975, GM took a simpler path: it yanked the rear bench and seatbelts out of a Square Body crew cab, creating the "Bonus Cab" with 55.8 cubic feet of lockable, weatherproof storage and zero extra seats. It sold through 1991.

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Miscellaneous

The Nissan Altima, Once Inescapable, Is Finally Dead (2 minute read)

Nissan confirmed the midsize sedan's end after eight years without a redesign, with 2026 sales down 32 percent. Planned EV replacements for the Altima and Maxima have slipped to 2029–2030 amid soft demand, so Nissan will refocus on the "grown up" Sentra. The badge-engineered Rogue PHEV is also gone.

Shelby's New F-150 Super Snake Spits Venom At The Ram Rumble Bee (3 minute read)

Shelby stuffs a stage-2 supercharger onto the F-150's 5.0-liter V8 to make 810 horsepower (604 kW)—doubling the stock 400 (298 kW) and topping Ram's 777 horsepower (580 kW) Rumble Bee SRT. Just 600 serialized trucks will be built, with King coilovers and Baer brakes, starting at $140,795.

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Hyundai's Spiciest EV Just Got A Massive Price Cut (3 minute read)

A $6,300 price cut drops the 641 horsepower (478 kW) electric hot hatch to $61,500, and it still rockets to 60 mph in 3.25 seconds—supercar pace for a fraction of the money.

This Crazy V-12-Powered Aston Martin SUV Is Ready for Battle (4 minute read)

Built with the makers of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, this carbon-bodied, V-12 all-wheel-drive SUV will exist only in-game (plus one full-size display model) when the shooter drops October 23.

Ford Now Offers a Remote Killswitch on Almost Every New Model (2 minute read)

The FordPass app's remote engine-start inhibitor, once limited to F-Series trucks, now covers the 2026 Expedition, Bronco Sport, and Mustang Mach-E, letting owners block a thief from starting the car even with the key inside.

‘This Car Shouldn’t Even Exist’ Mercedes Exec Fumed About Electric AMG GT According To German Publication (8 minute read)

A German business magazine reports one executive fumed that the electric AMG GT "shouldn't even exist," but the more-than-$1-billion program was too far along to cancel—part of an EV push that has Mercedes trailing BMW on electric share.

The Morgan Supersport is heading to the US, but it’s missing two key things (2 minute read)

To meet US rules, Morgan swapped in a 255 horsepower (190 kW), 258 pound-foot (350 Nm) BMW turbo-four—down from the UK car's 335 horsepower (250 kW) six—with prices starting at $119,995.

5 Old Favorites Losing Value in a Cooling Market (10 minute read)

With Hagerty's market rating at its lowest since 2011, five long-appreciating classics slid last quarter—the Jeep CJ-7 (-22%), Buick GS (-18%), VW Type 2 bus (-16%), C3 Corvette LT1 (-15%), and first-gen Ford Bronco (-12%).

Volkswagen’s ID. Cross  Brings Back Real Buttons (3 minute read)

The battery-electric T-Cross sibling starts at €27,995 (about $33,000) in Germany and, best of all, ditches touch-only controls to bring back real physical buttons and knobs for climate and volume—though it likely won't reach the US.