
Ford F-150 Finally Tows Hands-Free — and Gets Its First Carhartt Edition
The refreshed pickup pairs hands-free highway towing with a larger standard EcoBoost, a returning V8, cheaper Tremor and Raptor models, and a $4,195 Carhartt package.
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The refreshed pickup pairs hands-free highway towing with a larger standard EcoBoost, a returning V8, cheaper Tremor and Raptor models, and a $4,195 Carhartt package.

The near-production EV sends 322 hp to the rear axle — a first for the badge — and edges past the gas Golf GTI Edition 50 as the most powerful GTI yet. Pre-sales start in early 2027.

Lexus becomes the official vehicle partner of HYROX North America for 2026–27 — and marks the deal with a one-of-one GX packing Centr training gear outside and a red-light therapy lounge inside.

A century of GM firsts — the electric starter, the crash test, the airbag — shares one pattern: safety almost never sold until it became standard.

Subaru says owners rated it first for safety, quality, service, and resale value in the 2026 ACSI study. The full data tells a more complicated story.

The 2027 IS starts at $47,545 with the same 311-hp V6, while the Envious green Special Appearance Package — capped at 350 cars — still has no price tag.

A new What Makes Fast episode follows Valtteri Bottas's bespoke seat from a foam pour coordinated out of Charlotte to a flax-fiber shell built near Silverstone.

A Gesaffelstein-scored spot puts the Telluride, Sportage, and Carnival turbo-hybrids at the center of Kia's marketing — just as hybrids hit a record share of US new-car sales.

A season-long ESPN sponsorship and NIL deals with five Longhorns players make "Nothing Stops Football" Ram's biggest sports-marketing bet since its NASCAR return.

The fifth-generation Supra gets a farewell assignment: pacing NASA's 20th anniversary Championships at Sebring before the current car ends production.

Carbon aero components, wheels up to 23 inches, and three larger Aero roof boxes arrive with the fifth-generation X5 — along with the first parts earmarked for a V8 model BMW hasn't shown yet.

Tokyo label AMBUSH reworks the IS into jackets, tees, and chrome hardware dropping September 18 — while the sedan itself soldiers on with a single engine.

Rodrigo Testa and Leonardo Moncini led every lap from pole at Hockenheim, giving the 10-year-old Huracán GT3 a win in the season its successor arrived.

After two track-only superbikes, the Aston Martin–Brough Superior partnership delivers its first road-legal machine: a 419-pound, titanium-framed V-twin limited to 300 units.

A charcoal-and-walnut Mountainside build and a winch-equipped trail rig appeared side by side at Jazz Aspen Snowmass — an early look at how wide the Traveler range will stretch before 2028 deliveries.

The film pitches the refreshed GranTurismo, GranCabrio, and Grecale as luxury for daily use — a message that lands as the Trident digs out of its lowest sales since 2012.

Three F-150 recalls landed at NHTSA on the same day, but 223,472 of the 223,526 trucks are in for one reason: fuel tank straps that may never have been secured to the frame. Owner letters start September 21.

Subaru has confirmed a TY85-equipped manual WRX, a new hot hatchback, and a racing STI prototype. The one thing it hasn't confirmed is the market that loved the STI most.

Renault's Argentina-built unibody truck pairs a 160-hp turbo flex engine with on-demand AWD and Google-based tech — and it's gunning for the Fiat Toro, not the US market.

Tesla moved the second-generation Roadster reveal from October 1 to October 15, blaming the weather — its sixth target date this year alone. Price, delivery timing, the 2017 deposits, and the 2017 specs are all still open.