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• The Mercedes-AMG E53 Wagon Is Coming To America

  08-04-2025 21:40 via motor1.com
  
  And it's bringing all 604 horsepower with it.
  
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• Nissan Could Turn The Frontier Plug-In Hybrid Into an SUV

  05-05-2025 10:23 via motor1.com
  
  It would be a body-on-frame SUV different than the Xterra revival.
  
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• China Promises a Supercar 'Better' Than a Ferrari SF90

  05-05-2025 09:34 via motor1.com
  
  Great Wall Motor has been working on its claimed Ferrari beater for five years.
  
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• Touchscreens in cars? The truth is we need them

  05-05-2025 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Mini has got the right idea with its latest infotainment display, even if it's not exactly perfectA while back, someone made the case on this website for cars with no digital screens. We look at screens all day anyway, and they’re distracting and just plain lazy design, the author posited.
  The author in question was, er… me. So allow me to set the record straight by disagreeing with myself.
  Yes, car makers’ screen addictions have got out of hand and I enjoy the
  
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• Scout Will Use a Naturally Aspirated VW Engine Made in Mexico

  05-05-2025 08:22 via motor1.com
  
  But the four-cylinder combustion engine won't drive the wheels.
  
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• Kia Picanto vs Jersey: why it's the perfect car for 40mph fun

  05-05-2025 08:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Our Picanto felt brisk enough with its 77bhp 1.2-litre and manual ’box
  Believe it or not, the teeny Picanto is actually the Channel Island's best-selling carNot many people know this, said someone in the office, but the Kia Picanto is the best-selling car in Jersey.
  This is hardly the kind of factoid that stops traffic, even traffic of a verbal kind, but it stuck around in our conversation because it soon became clear that various members of the Autocar community had been to Jers
  
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• The Ram 1500 Express Is Back, and It's Surprisingly Cheap

  05-05-2025 06:01 via motor1.com
  
  The 2026 Ram 1500 Express slots well below Big Horn and is infinitely more stylish than the Tradesman.
  
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• Watch This Junkyard Minivan Engine Come Back to Life and Make Big Power

  04-05-2025 21:00 via motor1.com
  
  When your junkyard V-6 turns out to be a dud you just can't return, there's only one option left: Rebuild!
  
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• Supra Rally Car Proves Sports Cars Belong on Gravel

  04-05-2025 18:00 via motor1.com
  
  The Supra wasn't built to go rallying. But its platform is perfect for sideways gravel action, as the Team O'Neil Rally School proves.
  
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• Only Five of These Mustang Concepts Exist. This One's for Sale

  04-05-2025 15:00 via motor1.com
  
  This Ford Mustang Daytona concept is one of just five. And for the right price, it could be yours.
  
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• Mini Cooper C and Cooper S long-term test

  04-05-2025 09:05 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Is the petrol hot hatch a spent force? Not based on this 6000-mile testMuch has been made of whether the new Mini Cooper really merits being described as such, because if you peel back the subtly updated bodywork, rip out the funky knitted dashboard and disconnect the massive circular touchscreen, you will be left with fundamentally the same chassis and body-in-white as those used by its predecessor, which went on sale way back in 2013.
  While the electric Cooper is all-new, now built in China at
  
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• Subaru Flat-Six Engine Teardown Shows No Damage at 200,000 Miles

  03-05-2025 22:00 via motor1.com
  
  It doesn't come apart easy. But still, we're shocked.
  
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• James May Bought a Very Special Mini Cooper

  03-05-2025 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  It's one of three prototypes built for the Cooper's revival in the 1980s, and the only one known to still exist.
  
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• An imperfect car is often easier to love

  03-05-2025 09:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Cars are all flawed in one way or another – but aren't these more interesting than the accomplished alternatives?Just as I watched the last episode of Reacher and feared my television well was running dry, a new series of Bosch: Legacy arrived to make going to the gym less boring.
  So begins another series in which the star bounds around saving the day, breaking a few rules/laws/bones as necessary, and ultimately gets paid badly or not at all for their trouble.
  I wondered if it was just peo
  
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• Buy This Very Miami Porsche, Support a Good Charity

  02-05-2025 22:30 via motor1.com
  
  Need an excuse to rock color-matched wheels on your 964? How about an eBay auction for charity.
  
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• BMW's Electric 2 Series Will Be a Sedan, Not a Coupe: Report

  02-05-2025 22:00 via motor1.com
  
  It'll allegedly serve as an entry-level model alongside the i1 hatchback.
  
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• Even Porsche Sales Are Down in 2025

  02-05-2025 21:30 via motor1.com
  
  Porsche's harrowing financial results paint a grim picture for the rest of the year.
  
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• The 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 9 Starts at $60,555

  02-05-2025 20:30 via motor1.com
  
  The three-row electric SUV can go up to 335 miles on a single charge, and it's available in six trims.
  
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• Is This Ram's Compact Truck for America?

  02-05-2025 19:00 via motor1.com
  
  Ram secured a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a compact pickup.
  
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• Singer's New 911 Takes the Crown for Coolest Headlights

  02-05-2025 17:20 via motor1.com
  
  It has pop-up lights and a naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six engine.
  
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• After Just Three Years, McLaren Has Another New CEO

  02-05-2025 16:42 via motor1.com
  
  Abu Dhabi-controlled investment firm CYVN Holdings, new owners of McLaren, aren't wasting time finding someone new to run the business.
  
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• Renault 4

  02-05-2025 16:25 via autocar.co.uk
  
  The R4 is back after a 30-year hiatus as a no-nonsense and practical electric crossoverRenault reckons the new Renault 4 is a thorough reinvention that retains all the versatility of the old model. And in some respects the french manufacturer is right. This new car is versatile. It’s longer than the new Renault 5 it shares a platform with and has more occupant room. Boot space - at 420 litres - is 100 litres larger than that car and it’s larger than most of its rivals too, plus
  
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• Genesis Finally Built an M3 Fighter. But You Can't Buy It

  02-05-2025 16:04 via motor1.com
  
  Inspired by taxi rides at the Nürburgring, the G70 Track Day Special Concept gets a big wing, sticky tires, and more.
  
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• Wasted: Grand Theft Auto VI Is Delayed Until 2026

  02-05-2025 15:25 via motor1.com
  
  Rockstar Games says it's delaying the game to "deliver at the level of quality you expect and deserve."
  
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• BTCC confirms 10-event calendar for 2026

  02-05-2025 12:33 via autocar.co.uk
  
  BTCC will stage races over 10 weekends in 2026
  Britain's top motorsport championship keeps same events but dates get shuffled due to World CupNext year’s Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship will retain the same 10 events next year but it will undergo a minor reshuffle because of football's FIFA World Cup.
  The 2026 calendar for Britain’s leading motorsport championship has been revealed less than a week after the season-opening event for the 2025 season, held at Donington P
  
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• Not quite a classic: BMW Mini

  02-05-2025 12:00 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Now is finally the time to pull the trigger on the first generation of BMW MiniR50. Y-reg. Preferably with a plate ending in ‘OBL’. Eh? To decode, the R50 is the codename of the original BMW Mini, co-developed with Rover. 
  Y-reg is a car from 2001. And if its registration number ends with ‘OBL’, then it was very likely owned by BMW and used as a demonstrator, a press car or a promotional vehicle. 
  In classic car collecting circles that gives it provenance, even
  
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• New Singer Porsche 911 packs 420bhp, 8000rpm Cosworth flat six

  02-05-2025 11:41 via autocar.co.uk
  
  Latest 911 restomod is a fresh take on the wide-bodied, naturally aspirated Carrera from the 1980sPorsche 911 restomod specialist Singer has revealed a new take on the long-running sports car inspired by the wide-bodied, naturally aspirated Carrera model from the 1980s.
  Although conceived as the ultimate version of the naturally aspirated G-Series 911 (built from 1973 to 1989), it is actually based on the later 964 generation (1989 to 1994).
  The chassis is restored and then streng
  
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• Volkswagen Is Making Less Money Because It's Selling More EVs

  02-05-2025 11:29 via motor1.com
  
  Suffering from success, the VW way.
  
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• Lotus Emira Clark Edition celebrates legendary Scottish driver

  02-05-2025 10:40 via autocar.co.uk
  
  New £115k variant of V6 sports car commemorates 60 years since Jim Clark’s final Formula 1 world titleThe Lotus Emira Clark Edition has been revealed as a celebration of legendary racing driver Jim Clark.
  Based on the range-topping Emira V6, it features the ‘Clark Racing Green’ and yellow-striped livery used by the Scotsman’s race cars in his famed 1965 season, when he won the Formula 1 World Championship and the Indy 500, as well as other global series. 
  
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• The Pagani Zonda Is Back. Again.

  02-05-2025 09:33 via motor1.com
  
  The Zonda is immortal.
  
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