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2026-07-27
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Releases & Reviews
This first drive runs the longest remaining continuous stretch of Route 66 — 158 miles (254 km) of Arizona two-lane along the 2,448-mile (3,939 km) Mother Road. Between kitschy tourist traps, the trip reckons with the highway's Dust Bowl desperation and segregation-era history.
Only 50 examples will be built — 25 coupes and 25 Volante convertibles — all in bespoke Q Skye Silver paint that darkens dramatically in shadow. The 824-hp (615 kW) 5.2-liter twin-turbo V-12 makes 738 lb-ft (1,001 Nm), hits 60 mph in 3.3 seconds, and tops out at 214 mph (344 km/h).
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Technology, Market Data & Analysis
Owner reports and NHTSA complaints show the 2.0-liter hybrid in the Accord, CR-V, and Civic failing head gaskets as early as 61,000 miles (98,149 km), with repair quotes up to $5,500. Honda Canada has issued a service campaign, and thermal cycling from constant engine stop-starts is the leading theory.
An IIHS analysis of 50 million driverless miles (80 million km) found Waymo vehicles crashed 68% less often than human drivers, including 85% fewer single-vehicle crashes and 81% fewer injury crashes. The true gap may be larger, since humans leave up to half of property-damage crashes unreported.
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Car Culture
Galpin's Beau Boeckmann bought Carroll Shelby's engineless 1987 De Tomaso Pantera GT5-S, then found its original Gale Banks-tuned twin-turbo Chrysler V8 in a California junkyard. Restored, the 600-plus-hp (448 kW) secret Iacocca-era project — rumored to be a Viper test bed — drives like a refined jackhammer.
The Fayence Yellow 2005 example brought $4,575,500 on Bring a Trailer despite 9,250 miles (14,883 km) on the odometer — more than $1 million over Hagerty's top valuation. Only 44 of the 644 North American cars wore yellow, and values are up 200% since early 2022.
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Miscellaneous
NHTSA declined to open a defect investigation into the electronic door handles linked to more than a dozen deaths, instead proposing rules that would mandate obvious emergency egress systems in every new vehicle. With rulemaking taking two to five years, changes likely won't land until 2030 or later.
Mattel employee Matt Gabe's 135-hp (101 kW) 1967.5 Datsun 2000 Roadster inspired a 4,000-piece collector diecast when he was named guest of honor at the 2024 Hot Wheels Collectors Convention. Both the 1:1 car and its miniature twin are now up for auction together on Cars & Bids.
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A Senate committee approved legislation banning automakers with 15% or more Chinese ownership, putting Mercedes at theoretical risk over its near-20% BAIC and Li Shufu stakes — along with Geely-owned Volvo and Lotus.
The pony car is expected back for 2028 on GM's Alpha 2-2 rear-drive platform, with a roughly 500-hp (373 kW) 5.7-liter V-8 SS, available manual, and a $35,000–$55,000 price range.
The pause is effective immediately with inventory expected to last into 2027, and while Honda confirms the Si returns with the next-generation Civic, it hasn't committed to keeping the manual gearbox.
REO founder Zach De Bernardi details plans for a modular, tech-light combustion pickup powered by an outsourced 260–325 hp (194–242 kW) turbo four — though the startup still needs reservations to convince suppliers it's real.
The wagon pairs a 340-hp (254 kW) five-valve 4.2-liter V-8 with a six-speed manual and quattro all-wheel drive — a combination Audi no longer builds — and the auction ends July 29.
The $103,190 tester blends a 420-hp (313 kW) 6.2-liter V-8 with adaptive air suspension and MagneRide dampers for an astoundingly polished ride, undermined only by lifeless steering.
One of just 446 built in 1993, this 237-hp (177 kW) 500 GE V8 AMG was custom-ordered in Avantgarde Green by Saudi Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and shows 15,072 miles (24,251 km).
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