Recalls
Ford Recalls 2,711 2026 Broncos Because a Metal Burr Can Tear the Curtain Airbag
A burr on a mounting bracket can tear the right-side curtain airbag as it deploys. The fix is free, but the parts won't be ready until October.
News
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New Cars
Rolls-Royce Phantom Hummingbird Is the First Rolls With Abalone Shell Marquetry
A one-off Phantom Extended commissioned through Private Office Dubai pairs brittle abalone shell with mother-of-pearl — a material Rolls-Royce needed nine months and six attempts to master.
New Cars
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.
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.
Industry
Lexus Turns the GX Into a Rolling Gym for Its New HYROX Fitness Racing Deal
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.
Industry
GM Sold Airbags in 1974, and Buyers Ignored Them — a Century of Safety Firsts
A century of GM firsts — the electric starter, the crash test, the airbag — shares one pattern: safety almost never sold until it became standard.
Industry
Subaru Touts Four ACSI Wins — but the Overall Crown Just Went to Toyota
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.
New Cars
Lexus Prices the 2027 IS From $47,545 — but Its Green Special Edition Is Still a Mystery
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.
Tech
Cadillac's F1 Seats Are Made of Flax, Not Carbon Fiber — Here's Why
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.
Industry
Kia Puts Five Hybrids in One Ad as Hybrid Share of US Sales Hits a Record
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.
Industry
Ram Signs Five Texas Longhorns and Becomes the CFP's Official Truck
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.
Motorsport
The GR Supra Takes One Last Pace Car Lap Before Toyota Retires It
The fifth-generation Supra gets a farewell assignment: pacing NASA's 20th anniversary Championships at Sebring before the current car ends production.
Tech
GM's New Truck Interface Puts Apple CarPlay in a Window Next to Its Own Apps
GM's next-generation interface launches on the 2027 Silverado and Sierra with a split-screen home view, trailering-first software — and Apple CarPlay running in a card beside GM's own apps.
New Cars
New BMW X5 Gains Carbon Aero Parts, 23-Inch Wheels, and Bigger Roof Boxes
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.
Industry
Lexus Marks 25 Years of the IS With a $2,600 AMBUSH Leather Jacket
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.
Tech
BMW Maps Will Show You What the Car Sees — Starting Next Month
From October, BMWs on Operating System X will show the route, surrounding traffic, and what Highway Assistant is doing in a single 3D view. BMW hasn't said when — or whether — US iX3 buyers get it.
Motorsport
Lamborghini's Outgoing Huracán GT3 Just Won Again — In the Year of Its Replacement
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.