Special Editions
Subaru's WRX GD25 Gets Pastrana's Rally Wing; BRZ ZC15 Capped at 300
The 350-car WRX GD25 adds a carbon STI wing, stiffer springs, and a strut bar. The 300-car BRZ ZC15 goes white and bronze. Pricing comes later.
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New Cars
Every New Car in America You Can Still Buy With a Stick Shift — and the Ones About to Lose It
Twenty-seven models still come with a clutch pedal in the US, from a $30,730 Miata to a $273,000 Porsche — but Honda, VW, and Cadillac just thinned the list, and four more manuals have no confirmed 2027.
EVs
Renault Revives the 8 Gordini as an Electric Two-Seater It Won't Sell
The one-off keeps the 1964 original's rear-drive layout and twin white stripes, debuts at the Paris Motor Show next month, and is headed for Renault's museum, not showrooms.
Concepts
The Nissan Z Kaze Concept Revives the T-Top — and Nissan Is Listening
A one-off Z with removable roof panels, GReddy parts, and restored NISMO wheels debuted at ZCON — and Nissan's product chief says fan demand could put it into production.
News
Limited-Run 2027 WRX and BRZ Editions Debut at Boxerfest — Here's What History Says to Expect
Subaru has confirmed little beyond the date. Last year's Series.Yellow cars, 350 of each built on tS trims, are the best clue to what's coming.
EVs
Tesla Wants Another $50,000 Roadster Deposit — Nine Years After the First One
Tesla wants $5,000 by card and a $45,000 wire within 10 days, all before it shows the production Roadster on October 1. The 2017 depositors are still waiting.
New Cars
Rolls-Royce's 100-Car Electric Convertible Starts Testing From the Arctic to Arabia
Prototypes of the coachbuilt EV will face desert heat, Arctic cold, and 15,000 trunk-lid cycles before the first of 100 cars reaches clients in 2028.
EVs
The Tesla Roadster Is Taking $50,000 Deposits Again. Here's What Tesla Has — and Hasn't — Promised
Tesla has a reveal date, a countdown clock, and a $50,000 deposit page — but no price, no production date, and a spec sheet from 2017 it has never repeated for a real car.
New Cars
Alfa Romeo Teases the Concept It Says Every Alfista Has Been Waiting For
The Italian brand will lift the cover on an unnamed concept on October 12 in Paris — a driver-focused design statement arriving at the lowest point in its US sales history.
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.
Future Cars
Is the Subaru WRX STI Coming Back to America? Everything We Know
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.
Preview
Tesla's Roadster Finally Has a Date — and Four Questions It Can't Dodge
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.
New Cars
AMG Built a 637-HP, Rear-Drive CLE — and All 30 Are Already Sold
The second Mythos Series car drops the CLE 53's all-wheel drive, adds a flat-plane V8, and sheds about 375 pounds — but Mercedes still hasn't said what it costs or whether any come to the US.
Industry
The Last Toyota Supra Ever Built Is Heading to Auction for Paul Walker's Charity
The final fifth-generation GR Supra — VIN 99999, signed by Akio Toyoda — will cross the Barrett-Jackson block in January, chasing the $2.1 million the first one brought in 2019.
Concepts
Cadillac's V-ONE Makes 830 HP, Has a Boost Button, and Might Actually Get Built
Two weeks after The Quail, Cadillac has detailed how its track-only V-Series.R spinoff differs from the race car. The engineers behind it say they're watching for customer interest.