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The 2025 Flying Spur Is the Perfect Bentley
You'll experience a similar sensation in the new Bentley Flying Spur, a vehicle nearly as big as the Milky Way itself. It sure as hell doesn't feel like I'm moving all that quickly through the Arizona desert, swaddled in the finest leather while the front seat massages my rump. But a brief peek at the speedometer suggests otherwise. You'd hardly know the Flying Spur was fast just by looking at it. The design barely changes from this year to last; Minor updates to the fascias and some new ... Read more
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Lamborghini's Supercars Use Electric Power From Mercedes-Owned Company
The Temerario and Revuelto use a technology that not even AMG models have yet. Mercedes created a new revenue stream when it lent its AMG engines to cars that don’t have the fabled three-pointed star. You’ll find a V-12 in the Pagani Utopia, a V-8 in several Aston Martin models, and a four-cylinder mill in a Lotus Emira. But did you know that several supercars also borrow their plug-in hybrid tech from the German luxury brand? The difference, though, is that Mercedes or AMG didn't technically ... Read more
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Kia Exec On Plan To Kill EV Tax Credit
As Kia and its parent company the Hyundai Motor Group plan an onslaught of new U.S.-made electric vehicles aimed at winning American converts, the potential threat of losing the electric vehicle tax credits is like a dark cloud hanging over everything. But one senior Kia executive at the LA Auto Show said what the rest of the auto industry is all but certainly thinking right now: President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to kill the EV tax credit would be disruptive to jobs and the trajectory of the ... Read more
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2026 Hyundai Ioniq 9
Hyundai's first three-row electric SUV has arrived. The Kia EV9 has seen success as one of America's first mainstream three-row electric SUVs. Now Hyundai is getting its own version with the new Ioniq 9. Using the same E-GMP electric platform as its Kia cousin, the new Ioniq 9 promises loads of space, lavish amenities, and lots of range-over 300 miles on every trim. Powering the Ioniq 9 is a 110.3-kilowatt-hour (net) battery pack. The base Long Range model gets a single electric motor ... Read more
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This Crazy BMW M2 Drag Car Has AWD and Hypercar Horsepower
Built by R44 Performance in the UK, this M2 will enter competition next year. The latest BMW M cars are straight-line demons from the factory, and they take well to mods. This is perhaps the most extreme modern M car we've seen yet, an M2 drag car pumping out 1,500 horsepower to all four wheels. It's the work of UK-based aftermarket shop R44 Performance and Tom Wrigley Performance, and it's headed to the US to try and claim the mantle of the world's quickest BMW. This project began with the ... Read more
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Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition
The TCR Edition has additional upgrades but no extra power. One of the last bastions of (relatively) affordable performance cars, the Elantra N receives a special edition. However, it’s sadly all show without any extra go since there aren’t any upgrades to the engine. As its TCR Edition name implies, the sports sedan takes after the touring car version by earning a carbon rear wing. The large aero element is adjustable for those keen on taking the car to the track. Beyond the extra downforce ... Read more
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The Nissan Armada Costs the Same for 2025 Despite Major Upgrades
The revamped Armada goes on sale in December with the same price the outgoing model. Nissan thoroughly updated its Armada SUV for the 2025 model year. It has a new look, a new engine, and the latest must-have tech. But the automaker was able to keep the Armada's starting price the same while expanding the number of trim offerings. The 2025 Nissan Armada will begin at $58,530, the same price as 2024's entry-level SV 4x2. All prices include the $2,010 destination charge. However, it’s not a ... Read more
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Volkswagen Finally Has a New Tiguan
he Volkswagen Tiguan has been around in the US since 2007. The second-generation model debuted in 2016, but we haven't seen the compact SUV updated much in those eight years. Finally, at next week's Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen will show its new third-generation Tiguan. The automaker sent out a single teaser image showing the updated SUV's taillight. It's hard to glean much from the lone photo, but the light fixture looks dramatically different from the current Tiguan. It introduces new ... Read more
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The New Porsche Taycan GTS Is Way More Powerful
We must’ve missed the memo when Porsche said the 2025 Taycan marks the launch of the second generation. In reality, the model year changeover ushers in a mid-cycle facelift for the electric sedan and wagon duo. Following the debut of several updated trim levels in February, additional flavors of the sporty EV are now available for both body styles: GTS and 4. Beginning with the hot one, the GTS now delivers 690 horsepower with the overboost function engaged. It’s up by a full 100 hp compared ... Read more
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2026 Lexus ES
Although the ES has been around since 2018, Lexus isn’t ready yet to roll out a next-generation model. Following the facelift launched in 2021, another update has just been introduced in China. The revised luxury sedan debuted at the Auto Guangzhou show alongside the LX 700h. The ES is a big deal locally where more than one million units have been sold so far. Although it’s just another facelift, quite a few things have changed on the outside. The corporate spindle grille has a new pattern ... Read more
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