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2020 Honda Civic Si Coupe Interior Driveway Test

The compact coupe is nearly extinct, and one has to assume that the Honda Civic Coupe is just clawing for its future life somewhere in the depths of product planning. For now though, the 2020 Civic Si Coupe still exists, it's still a barrel of laughs…

Toyota strongly hints it will launch a Corolla hot hatch in America

Toyota alchemized the newest Yaris into a street-legal, 268-horsepower pocket rocket in order to homologate it in the World Rally Championship (WRC). It's not going to sell the model here, partly because our Yaris is completely different from the one…

The 1965 Ford Mustang could have looked a lot different

The 1965 Ford Mustang is unquestionably an automotive design icon, and nearly every generation of Mustang has some connection to that original car. Because it's such a universally-known vehicle, we were amazed to see all the different designs that we…

One day later, junior car thief bags his Lambo

Five-year-old Adrian Zamarripa made headlines when he boosted his parents' SUV and set out for California from his home in Utah. With $3 in his pocket, the young supercar fan was on a quest to buy a Lamborghini. His plan unraveled, however, when Utah…

2020 Porsche Macan Review & Buying Guide | The performance choice

When it comes to the world of small sport utility vehicles, nobody does sport better than Porsche. That's as it should be, as the 2020 Porsche Macan continues its reign as an exceedingly fun crossover in just about every performance guise. The Macan …

Tesla aims to restart Fremont plant today, report says, but there's a wrinkle

Tesla plans to reopen its sole U.S. car plant in Fremont, California, as soon as Friday, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing an email from the company to its staff. The move comes a day after California allowed manufacturers in the state to reopen …

2021 Kia Seltos Luggage Test | Big space for little dough

The 2021 Kia Seltos starts at $21,990, which is consistent with a growing number of crossovers that slot in between sub-compact models (Hyundai Kona, Kia Soul, etc ) and compact models (Honda CR-V , Toyota RAV4 , etc). The Mazda CX-30 would be another e…

UMC Zero XP is a Zero SR/F naked electric streetfighter from the future

Hugo Eccles is the industrial designer who co-founded Untitled Motorcycles, a company that redresses a range of two-wheeled machines in a pared-down, artful, classic aesthetic. All 34 bikes in the portfolio of past work on UMC's website look like the…

'Dirt 5' announced, promising even more variety than before

The mainline "Dirt" racing game series is back this fall with "Dirt 5." While the "Dirt Rally" spin-off series has focused on highly realistic and technical stage rally and rallycross events, the main "Dirt" games have combined a variety of off-road …

Musk says Tesla Roadster is delayed until after Cybertruck

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said in a podcast interview released on Thursday that the company's planned Roadster sports car would take a backseat to the development of other vehicle models. Talking with stand-up comic Joe Rogan, the billionaire …

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