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Polestar is drawing out the debut of the Polestar 5, its upcoming flagship EV, but the company has shown that the Polestar 5 is meant to compete with EVs from Porsche, Lucid and Tesla. At this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, a Polestar 5 prototype took on…

Porsche looks to be very ready for hypercar racing. Or as close as any of the manufacturers signed up for the first season of Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) racing for the 2023 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and World Endurance Championship (WEC)…

The Porsche 911 is an icon in the automotive world and has been for decades thanks in large part to its dedicated fanbase, one-of-a-kind styling, and superb performance. But for my own part, I’ve always been in love more with the color palettes offered by…

This year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed is less than a week away. The annual summer outing on the Duke of Richmond’s country estate is always a unique feast of automotive sight and sound. It’s the only event showcasing over a century of racing history in…

After some initial hesitation, ultra-luxury, low-volume performance brands have thoroughly embraced SUVs. Lamborghini has had one for a while. Aston Martin added one to its roster a bit more recently. And of course Ferrari will soon have one, too. McLaren,…

Italian icon Ferrari outlined its vision for the future yesterday, a future that will never include a self-driving supercar. Also, Porsche was ordered to cough up over allegations of fuel economy fixing and VW bosses questioned America’s capacity for battery…

Last June, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration made a new rule: Every automaker that ships cars with Level 2 or higher driver-assist systems has to inform NHTSA when a car crashes under the system’s influence. A year later, the administration…

Porsche does a lot of things well, but one area where the company does better than just about anyone else is this: special and commemorative editions of cars. Ladies and gentlemen, put your hands together for the company’s latest offering, the 2023 Porsche…

Le Mans is back this weekend for the 90th running of the iconic 24-hour endurance race. And included in the swarms of professional and amateur race drivers ready to take on the roads of the Circuit de la Sarthe, the line up this year will also include X-Men…

Designing a car is hard. Our own Andy Kalmowitz learned this firsthand, after attempting to hand-render the upcoming Apple Car before getting yelled at in the office for not knowing who Richard Scarry is. But what if we could take our own feeble, flesh and…

BMW has publicly revealed its new LMDh prototype participating in next year’s IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series. The German manufacturer, is one of three manufacturers preparing to begin testing the purpose-built racer ahead of the LMDh, or the…

What would you do with one of just 10 Porsche 356 Pre-A roadsters imported into your country as new? Hopefully, the answer isn’t “leave it sitting in a field for two decades with the roof open.” That was the fate that befell this beautiful early Porsche,…

Porsche has updated its best-selling Macan for 2022. While it’s an SUV, don’t let that fool you. It drives exactly how a Porsche should. Read more...

Ken Block and Hoonigan have done it again. How do you follow up stuff like the most outrageous hillclimb Mustang the racing world has ever seen, or an electric homage to the Audi S1 Quattro? Witness the newest Hoonicorn, the Hoonipigasus, a next-level machine…

Today, McLaren Racing has announced that it will be entering the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship next season. McLaren won’t start from scratch as the British team will acquire the Mercedes-EQ Formula E Team from its parent company, Mercedes-Benz.Read…

Rich folk bought Lamborghinis while the rest of us learned to knit, Nissan is mulling over an additional third U.S. plant with renewed confidence and Tesla won’t crack India, for now. All that and more in this Friday the 13th edition of The Morning Shift for…

Welcome back to another entry in staring at alluring cars, motorcycles and trucks posted for sale around the U.S. This week, we have a giant woody wagon, an old English motorcycle and a legendary Mercedes.Read more...

Sometimes, there’s good news in the world and today is one of those times: Volkswagen’s board of directors are expected to approve a plan Wednesday to bring back the Scout, this time as an EV brand with an SUV and pickup truck to kick off the new line.…

It’s hard to believe, but VW actually made a couple of multi-color “Harlekin/Harlequin” models over the years. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Passat may not one of those factory Rubik’s Cubes, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t interesting. Let’s…

The opportunity to get into an air-cooled 911 at anything less than a crazy price is fading fast. We’ll have to decide if today’s Nice Price or No Dice 964 is one of the last chances to get one at a non-crazy price. Or if it’s already too late.Read more...

Since its introduction, the Porsche Taycan has made quite the splash in the automotive world, but no accomplishment thus far has stacks up to what it just did.Read more...

The used car market, as it stands, is unfriendly towards budget-minded buyers. But there are still a few hidden gems scattered through the classified ads, secret cars that haven’t yet felt the sting of rising prices. For the budget-minded enthusiasts,…

Aston has a new CEO, Ferrari made some coin, and Volvo. All that and more in today’s Morning Shift for May 4, 2022.Read more...

Jeep says that Jeep showrooms are great, it’s also a great time to be a car dealer in America, and Rimac. All that and more in The Morning Shift for May 2, 2022.Read more...

It’s official: Volkswagen Group’s brands Audi and Porsche are set to join the Formula One grid, Reuters reports based on statements from VW Chief Executive Herbert Diess. According to Diess, the whole deal will bring in more revenue than will be spent on…