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Back in February, Marc Phillipp Gemballa — a new company started by the son of the late Uwe Gemballa who ran the Porsche tuner of the same name — teased a rally-ready machine powered by a Ruf engine, tentatively named “Project Sandbox.” This week, we…

We’ve been covering the ongoing decisions, commitments and defections in sports car racing related to the new Le Mans Hypercar and LMDh prototype categories for a while now. And the news has been largely great: a number of manufacturers are developing cars…

Auto lending dropped sharply when the pandemic started but is now hitting record levels, it’s EV Day at Stellantis, and Tesla. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 8, 2021. Read more...

An example of the most iconic Porsche race car of all time, and arguably the most iconic race car of all time, a Le Mans-raced Gulf-liveried kurzheck 917, is coming up for sale next month at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction. It didn’t win the race in real…

Now that the deal everyone knew was coming has finally been acknowledged, we can all start making assumptions about what Rimac and Porsche are planning to do with Bugatti. And if you feared the Croatian startup might start slapping red oval badges on cars like…

Ferdinand Piëch’s legacy is being unmade, Toyota doesn’t think it’ll beat GM for long, and Vauxhall. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 6, 2021. Read more...

The vast majority of car buyers may prefer transmissions that shift themselves, but today’s Nice Price or No Dice SLK230 is for that small minority that likes to take matters — and shifting — into their own hands. Let’s see what so limited a market…

The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cayenne has owned the car for all of one month. Now finances are forcing its sale, and we’re going to decide if it’s worth a new buyer exercising their own finances to buy it. Read more...

Volkswagen is selling a lot of trucks, BMW wasn’t worried about chips but now is and Audi and Porsche sure are taking a vested interest in Formula 1 for a couple of brands not involved with Formula 1. All that and more in today’s Friday edition of The…

It is second-quarter automaker sales news season, with Automotive News reporting that Toyota has “edged” GM; that Hyundai and Kia are doing well; that even Nissan and Mitsubishi are doing fine. Porsche is doing better than fine. Read more...

Hyundai sales are good in the U.S., Porsche is going to issue a recall for Taycan, and Volvo. All that and more in The Morning Shift for July 1, 2021. Read more...

Some of the most universally appreciated cars in car culture have a few things in common. Usually a good car has an excellent chassis, great steering feel, and an engine that allows you to wring its neck without breaking the speed limit. I’ve got things in…

As the world edges closer to the death of the internal combustion engine, every performance car company on Earth is doing its damnedest to deliver a nuclear level send-off to a hundred and twenty years of gasoline being king. When it isn’t busy delivering…

There’s something very satisfying about certain base model cars. A base model can be something uncomplicated and unfussy, or it can be a blank canvas for drivers who know what they want from the aftermarket. It also feels very good to pay less by removing…

We’re on the brink of a very exciting time in sports car racing, with the likes of BMW, Ferrari, Porsche, and Audi joining prototype classes in the coming years. That’s in addition to smaller outfits like Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus taking on those…

The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice 911 says not to be fooled by its overworked odometer as the engine was replaced along the way. That still leaves a lot of the car that has gone the distance, which will have to be taken that into account as we…

Starting with the 2022 season, McLaren Racing will be part of the Extreme E paddock. It’s a great nab for the off-road electric SUV series, since it shows this first-season interest is no fluke. Read more...

The ultra-rich have fared great in the pandemic, and the merely rich have done just fine as well. It’s of little surprise that Lamborghini, which makes supercars for the idle rich, says it’s almost sold out for 2021. Read more...

As if sports car racing isn’t already complicated enough for the casual fan, IMSA has decided to replace its GTLM class with a second GTD class in 2022. This is mostly because GTLM has become an economic failure of a class, and the series is attempting to…

As I sat down to write this article, my husband took one look at the header image of the Mercedes-Benz 500 E and didn’t hesitate to ask, “Can I have one?” And on today, the car’s 30th birthday, it’s time to look back at the history of this…