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Alpine has been spotted with a test mule for a modern A310 sports car The modern A310 is expected to arrive around 2028 and will be powered by batteries It will use the Alpine Performance Platform, which debuts in late 2026 in an electric A110 sports car Alpine is on a mission to deliver a seven-car lineup by the end of the decade, a lineup that...

Mild design tweaks don’t change the off-road Ram trucks' capabilities Ram Power Wagon still has no direct competitor 2025 Ram Power Wagon costs $74,235 and Rebel HD costs $70,740 The competition woke up and realized there’s room to play in the heavy-duty off-road sandbox. But Ram doesn't want to give an inch of a segment it has defined...

The Ford Explorer Timberline is getting mulched in favor of a new off-road trim with familiar nomenclature. Ford on Monday released an image of a Tremor badge—the same one that already appears on the F-150, Expedition, and Maverick—on the tailgate of an SUV. Ford didn't explicitly say that it was an Explorer, but what's visible in the...

Australian Formula 1 driver Oscar Piastri is sticking with McLaren for the long term. McLaren announced on March 11 that it has agreed to a multi-year extension of Piastri's current contract, which is scheduled to expire at the end of 2025. Piastri joined McLaren as a rookie in the 2023 season, and thanks to his impressive performance in that...

McLaren's Lando Norris won the first round of the 2025 F1 season The 2025 F1 season has 24 races on the calendar, including three in the U.S. The season has five rookie drivers, plus youngsters Liam Lawson in Gabriel Bortoleto in full-time seats for the first time After the long winter break, the Formula 1 World Championship kicked back into...

Just a couple of months after restarting production of its Grenadier following the insolvency of a key supplier, the U.K.'s Ineos has now been forced to recall the rugged SUVs because the doors might fly open. The recall affects specific 2024 Grenadiers, with 7,022 examples impacted in the U.S. According to the recall notice published by the NHTSA...

What’s in a name? The Escalade IQ is smarter, it turns out A big battery delivers 460 miles of range Cadillac delivers a big price, too: $129,990 For all its red-carpet appearances and secret-service duties over the past generation, the Cadillac Escalade has not been particularly cutting edge. It’s prospered in a prosperous world where...

Renault will launch the 5 Turbo 3E electric hot hatch in 2027 The car is the spiritual successor to the 5 Turbo and 5 Turbo 2 homologation specials of the 1980s Production will be limited to 1,980 units Renault is bringing the legendary 5 Turbo back to showrooms, this time with an electric twist. After providing a preview of its new 5 Turbo 3E...

Cupra aims to enter the U.S. by 2030 The Volkswagen Group brand plans to offer gas, plug-in hybrid, and electric models in the U.S. The brand is already present in Mexico and some additional Latin American countries It's only been a year since Volkswagen Group's Spanish performance brand, Cupra, announced plans to enter the U.S. market by the end...

The 2025 Formula 1 World Championship got underway with the Australian Grand Prix McLaren's Lando Norris claimed the win ahead of Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen Mercedes-Benz AMG's Andrea Kimi Antonelli was the best of the rookie drivers The 2025 Formula 1 World Championship roared into action on Sunday with the Australian Grand Prix, held at...

In 2010, Swiss team Matech Competition launched an FIA GT1 racing version of the Ford GT supercar (the one from the 2005 and 2006 model years, that is). Now two companies are partnering to build a road-going version called the Lynx GT1. Texas-based Lynx Motors announced Thursday in a press release that it plans to sell 28 examples of the GT1, and...

The fast and fun 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 N is being recalled because of a problem with its brakes that has resulted in at least one crash. The recall of 1,508 vehicles aims to address a software error that could lead to "reduced braking performance," increasing the risk of a crash, according to the NHTSA. That happens specifically when the left-foot...

Lewis Hamilton has starred in a remake of a scene from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" The original scene features a replica Ferrari, which Hamilton tracked down for his remake Hollywood actor Edward Norton, a friend of Hamilton, also makes an appearance Lewis Hamilton has marked his start with Ferrari in Formula 1 this season with a little fun...

Toyota has slowly expanded its offerings of GR-branded performance cars over the years, with models like the GR Corolla and GR Yaris attaining cult-like status in some markets. None of the cars feature electrification, but that may change soon, Autocar reported on Wednesday, citing comments from GR engineer Hiroyuki Yamada. According to the...

The 2025 F1 season gets underway this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix The season includes five rookie drivers and will be run over 24 races The season is also the first for Lewis Hamilton at Ferrari After the long winter break, the Formula 1 World Championship returns this weekend with the Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park...

A redesigned Jeep Cherokee is expected to debut in 2025 Latest prototype sighting points to a bigger, brawnier design for the new Cherokee Jeep officials have hinted at a hybrid powertrain for the new Cherokee Stellantis' SUV brand, Jeep, has several new models in the pipeline, and a prototype for one of them has just been spotted. The prototype...

BMW's first Neue Klasse EV will be a compact crossover in the X3 family, badged as the iX3 Production starts in late 2025 at a plant in Hungary The iX3 will be followed in 2026 by an i3 electric sedan forming part of the next-generation 3-Series family BMW used its annual general meeting held in Munich on Friday to confirm the first member of its...

A redesigned Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class with hybrid and electric options arrives for the 2026 model year AMG will reveal a tuned version of the electric CLA-Class in 2026 The reported output is a minimum of 500 hp, generated by one or more axial-flux electric motors Mercedes-Benz on Thursday took the covers off a third-generation CLA-Class compact...

Volkswagen is close to revealing a second-generation T-Roc, with the latest prototype to be spied wearing barely any camouflage gear. The current T-Roc is a compact crossover closely related to the Golf hatchback. It made its debut in 2017 and has since spawned a high-performance T-Roc R variant and open-top T-Roc Cabriolet. The latter isn't...

2026 CLA splits into electric, hybrid models EV: 85.5-kwh battery, 2-speed transmission, single or dual motors Hybrid: turbo-4, electric motor, 8-speed dual-clutch Prices—and cars—come later in 2025 We’ve seen it in spy photos, and sat in the front right seat for a sneak preview of its performance. Now it’s time to take the...