Industry
Ford Built Team Rubicon a Transit That Gives Volunteers Two Hours a Day Back
The GRIDRACK modular interior should save Greyshirt crews about two hours a day — and the van reached flood-hit Texas within 48 hours of completion.
JW
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Industry
Lucid and Bolt Plan 25,000 Robotaxis for Europe — Built on a Car That Doesn't Exist Yet
Bolt will own and run a fleet of at least 25,000 Level 4 Lucid EVs — but the Midsize platform they depend on was just delayed to late 2027.
Pricing
Subaru Freezes Forester Prices for 2027 and Adds a Hybrid Wilderness
The 2027 Forester keeps its $29,995 starting price for the second year running, while a new Wilderness Hybrid becomes the first electrified model in Subaru's off-road sub-brand.
Motorsports
Dodge's 750-HP Manual Charger Drift Cars Make Their California Debut This Weekend
The Hemmings-built BOOST Coupe and RPM drift taxi will run full-course exhibitions at GRIDLIFE's season finale, September 18–20 — the first California outing for the only manual-transmission SIXPACK Chargers.
Pricing
Every AWD and 4WD Chevrolet for 2026, From $27K to a 1,250-HP Corvette
Chevrolet's 2026 range includes 12 models with all- or four-wheel drive. Here's what the second driven axle costs on each — and where the official list doesn't match the configurator.
Industry
Your Kid's Coach Could Win a Free Mazda CX-90 — Here's How
Families can nominate a coach through October 18, and registered coaches get a $250 purchase incentive matched by a $250 donation to their team.
Pricing
The 2027 Lexus GX Costs $750 More — Here's What You Get for It
Every grade of the body-on-frame SUV gets a $750–$800 bump for 2027, along with standard keyless entry — and ventilated second-row seats on upper trims.
Industry
VinFast Gets a New Global CEO: Founder's Son Takes Over as Losses Deepen
Pham Nhat Quan Anh, 33, takes full control of the EV maker's global operations as his father steps back — and as quarterly losses swell past $1 billion.
Industry
McLaren Will Finally Build an SUV — and Its Own Engines, Too
The company that spent a decade insisting it would never build an SUV now has one in development — plus its first in-house engines, funded by Abu Dhabi owner L'IMAD.
New Cars
Ford Puts Carhartt Workwear on the F-150 — a $4,195 Package for America's Best-Seller
Orders are open for the $4,195 workwear package on the XLT SuperCrew, arriving alongside a 2027 refresh that adds a new base engine and hands-free towing.
Motorsport
Dodge Nitro Cars Go Purple Haze for Michigan's First NHRA National in 66 Years
Leah Pruett's Top Fuel dragster and Matt Hagan's Funny Car will wear Charger Super Bee graphics and color-shifting Purple Haze paint at the first NHRA national event in Michigan since 1960.
Industry
One of 13: Maserati's Track-Only MC12 Versione Corse Steals the Show in Turin
A 755-hp track special, a supercar parade led by CEO Santo Ficili, and 540,000 visitors: how Maserati turned Turin's open-air show into a centenary celebration.
Heritage
The First SV: How a 150-Car Miura Run Created Lamborghini's Most Valuable Badge
Fifty-five years after the Miura SV appeared at Geneva, its badge returns on a 1,963-unit hybrid. The original was a 150-car farewell — and it became the most valuable Lamborghini of all.
Tech
Hyundai Spins Up a 'Data Flywheel' to Catch Tesla and GM in Self-Driving
Hyundai Motor Group says its autonomous driving "data flywheel" is now fully operational, with NVIDIA-based Level 2+ cars due in 2028 and its in-house Atria AI following in 2029.
Industry
What VW's $18.6 Billion Restructuring Means for American Car Buyers
The board signed off on 50,000 job cuts and a halved lineup the same day VW pointed at U.S. pickups. The showroom impact is smaller than the headlines suggest.
Industry
Renault and Geely's Engine Maker Comes to Detroit With No U.S. Customers Yet
The Renault-Geely-Aramco venture lists 25 customers, and none of them are American. Its new Michigan office is a bet that Detroit's swing back to hybrids changes that fast.
Explainer
What "Morizo RR" Means — and Why It's Suddenly Showing Up on a Lexus SUV
The badge is Akio Toyoda's racing alias, and so far it has gone only on small, GR-engineered cars. Here is its short history — and what it would and wouldn't mean on an RX.
EVs
Xiaomi SkyNomad: Range, Sizes, Prices, and the Questions Xiaomi Hasn't Answered
Xiaomi's first range-extended SUVs went on sale in China on September 7 in four versions, from 209,900 yuan, with 52- or 76-kWh batteries and a gasoline generator that never drives the wheels. We inspected both at Chengdu — here's the full lineup, the launch prices, and what Xiaomi still hasn't answered.
Tech
Crab Walk, Rear Steer, Four Lidars: The Chassis Tech China Is Shipping Now
A crab-walking concept and a four-lidar minivan with rear-wheel steering as standard: what we shot in Chengdu shows luxury chassis hardware becoming ordinary family-car equipment in China.
Comparison
BMW iX3 50L vs. the Global iX3: How Different Is the China-Only Version?
China's long-wheelbase iX3 50L shares its battery and platform with the iX3 headed to US dealers — then beats it on space, equipment, power, and price.