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JUNE 21, 2025

The AD version sports a longer wheelbase and a higher roofline than its mere human-driven sibling, which helps it to fit in the 13 cameras, nine LiDARs, and five radars that will (hopefully) allow the car to drive without crashing into anybody.

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JUNE 23, 2025

Finance , Rivian Chief Software Engineer Wassym Bensaid revealed that the EV startup will be providing the underlying tech stack for all future EVs from the Volkswagen Group. Basically, Volkswagen and its brands have decades of mechanical engineering experience, but comparatively little in software engineering.

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JULY 21, 2025

The German automaker says its high-performance M straight-six and V8 engines will live on past the introduction of toughe r Euro 8 emissions regulations. M CEO Frank van Meel told Autocar while attending the Goodwood Festival of Speed that the challenge wasnt really to make the engines EU7 compliant, but to "keep performance."

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JULY 4, 2025

All Rights Reserved Can Driving Through Deep Puddles Really Damage Your Car Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Buying Advice Can Driving Through Deep Puddles Really Damage Your Car By Jordan A. How bad is it to drive through deep puddles?

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JULY 17, 2025

All Rights Reserved Volvo XC60 Production Is Moving To The USA Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise News Volvo XC60 Production Is Moving To The USA By Justin Hughes July 17, 2025 1:54 pm EST Volvo Volvo announced it will start building the XC60 SUV right here in America.

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JUNE 8, 2025

All Rights Reserved Does High Octane Fuel Actually Clean Your Engine? All Rights Reserved Does High Octane Fuel Actually Clean Your Engine? Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Culture Wrenching Does High Octane Fuel Actually Clean Your Engine?

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JULY 25, 2025

While its true that winters chill and summers swelter degrade overall battery capacity , what really undermines range is leadfooting your electric car. Buy an EV, learn some physics Justin Sullivan/Getty Images In my experience, theres something of a knowledge gap between EV owners and those who buy gas-powered cars.

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JUNE 27, 2025

Serpentine belts could be one application, useful on hard-to-reach engines, but I was thinking more about timing belts. If a timing belt snaps in an interference engine, pistons hit valves, and the entire engine must be rebuilt or replaced.

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JUNE 18, 2025

Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise News What Does AMG Stand For, And How Does Mercedes Use The Badge? It would take the cars Mercedes built and modify them to be faster, more powerful and sicker looking. The brand has quite a unique history.

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JULY 4, 2025

If an otherwise lovely car isnt a nice place to spend time, it can ruin the whole experience. If an otherwise lovely car isnt a nice place to spend time, it can ruin the whole experience. On the flip side, if an otherwise OK car has a lovely interior, it can elevate the whole experience. Anyway, thats enough out of me.

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JULY 16, 2025

All Rights Reserved What Is The Worst Thing About Modern Cars? All Rights Reserved What Is The Worst Thing About Modern Cars? Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise QOTD What Is The Worst Thing About Modern Cars? By Logan K.

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JUNE 16, 2025

50s Production Is Ending Before You Got A Chance To Buy One Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Buying Advice The GMA T.50s All Rights Reserved The GMA T.50s All Rights Reserved The GMA T.50s You missed your one shot to get a brand new GMA T.50

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JUNE 9, 2025

If your car is equipped with air suspension , you really need to make sure its in Jack Mode before you raise it up off the ground, because the cars suspension management computer will freak out. Without the car in jack mode, the suspension will try to self level to compensate for the wheels no longer touching the ground.

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JUNE 8, 2025

Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Culture Wrenching Do You Need To Change Transmission Fluid On A Sealed Transmission? You no longer have to clean carburetors, adjust timing, or perform frequent engine tune-ups the way older cars required.

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JULY 2, 2025

The Ferrari Amalfi mimics that vibe and follows in the Romas footsteps as a 2+2 coupe thats less hardcore than the brands rear-mid-engine models. seconds, and a reworked engine thats designed to be more rev-happy. The convertible version will be unveiled next year to replace the Roma Spider.) Sounds tasty.

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JUNE 28, 2025

All Rights Reserved How To Tell If Your Brake Pads Are Glazed Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Culture Jalopnik Explains How To Tell If Your Brake Pads Are Glazed By Jordan A. One makes you go, and one helps you stop. Comment(s) Recommended

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JUNE 28, 2025

Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Car Types Trucks Nissan Frontier Towing Capacity: How Much Is The Truck Rated To Safely Pull? But perhaps the biggest towing advantage for the 2025 Frontier is its engine. A naturally aspirated 3.8-liter

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JULY 31, 2025

All Rights Reserved These Are The Cars You Could Drive Forever Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise QOTD These Are The Cars You Could Drive Forever By   Erin Marquis July 31, 2025 10:25 am EST Toyota Hello mortals. Its the ultimate vampire vehicle.

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JULY 12, 2025

All Rights Reserved Theres A Good Reason Semi Trucks Dont Use V8s Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Car Types Trucks Theres A Good Reason Semi Trucks Dont Use V8s By Justin Hughes July 12, 2025 5:25 pm EST CK Foto/Shutterstock V8 engines are among our favorites.

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JULY 2, 2025

All Rights Reserved Heres Why Theres Oil On Your Spark Plugs Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Culture Jalopnik Explains Heres Why Theres Oil On Your Spark Plugs By Jordan A. First, take a look at how it all works.

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JUNE 24, 2025

That means the production version of the Iconic SP wont replace the Miata in Mazdas lineup, and instead, well get two Mazda sports cars. But while it will include a rotary engine, expect the production version to be a range-extended hybrid like the MX-30 E-Skyactiv R-EV that never made it to the U.S. Maybe it would actually happen?

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JULY 11, 2025

Automakers are phasing out internal combustion engine production, and the future looks, well, eerily silent. The idea is to create a fuel that works in your existing car, no modifications needed. Call it gutsy or far-fetched, but it just might be the Hail Mary that gives gas engines another shot at glory.

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JULY 3, 2025

All Rights Reserved Ariel Is Making 25 Totally Bonkers Atom 4RRs With A 525-HP Honda Turbo Four Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise News Ariel Is Making 25 Totally Bonkers Atom 4RRs With A 525-HP Honda Turbo Four By Logan K.

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JUNE 12, 2025

and also in a fully electric variant that will likely be called i3, not to be confused with the old i3 city car. Caught by Car Spy Media , the new Bimmer scythes through the most famous corners in Germany without any engine roar at all, decked out in supposedly camera-confusing livery (though the camera that took the video would disagree).

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JULY 25, 2025

Its also common for performance cars to require a break-in period after youve taken delivery, rather than wringing the powertrain out as hard as you can immediately. After that, further testing is done to make sure every aspect of the car is absolutely perfect.

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JUNE 25, 2025

Louvers at all four wheel arches and underfloor strakes also help air flow more smoothly around the car at high speeds. That plus a revised engine tune bumps Sadairs Spear up slightly to 1,300 horsepower on pump gas and 1,625 hp on E85. Unique hood scoops funnel more air into the same twin-turbo 5.0-liter liter V8 as the Jesko.

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JUNE 27, 2025

My pick was the generation of Aston Martin V8 Vantage used in "The Living Daylights," but I gave all sorts of other cars I couldve chosen — and I cant believe I didnt even mention TVRs like the Tuscan and Sagaris, either. I like the odd choices, the bold choices, the cars that youve actually owned!

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JULY 31, 2025

If you go with the 2025 model, youll definitely feel its age, with its noisy engine and somewhat stiff ride. Nissan Rogue Unless youve rented a car recently, its probably been a while since you even thought about the Nissan Rogue. This is also another situation where Consumer Reports  strongly preferred the hybrid.

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JULY 8, 2025

That said, since electric vehicles dont have engines taking up space anywhere, theyre basically perfect for a frunk. From there, he continued, saying: I guess, if you have a car that doesnt have a front trunk, then you dont have data to show you that the front trunk gets used.

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MARCH 19, 2025

Despite the initial pushback, engineers, investors and even skeptical city planners found themselves convinced by Disneys unshakable belief. What started as an online bookstore quickly evolved into a retail juggernaut, then a cloud computing giant and now an entertainment powerhouse. His determination was infectious.

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JULY 18, 2025

Automakers are for-profit businesses, theyre not out here to make neat engineering exercises — theyre here to make money, and cars are simply a means to that end. Automakers are for-profit businesses, theyre not out here to make neat engineering exercises — theyre here to make money, and cars are simply a means to that end.

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JUNE 27, 2025

All Rights Reserved At $28,900, Would You Race To Buy This 2001 Porsche Boxster S Track Car? All Rights Reserved At $28,900, Would You Race To Buy This 2001 Porsche Boxster S Track Car? It is, however, the car that would need a lift. No substitute for cubic centimeters Craigslist That build starts with the engine.

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JUNE 28, 2025

And yet, its a common condition thats considered normal for internal combustion engines running on gasoline or diesel fuel. Water molecules can be formed during the normal operation of a catalytic converter, too, as well as by condensation caused from engine heat in cold weather. Whats so special about that gasket?

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JULY 13, 2025

All Rights Reserved The Most Common Oil Contaminants And What They Do To Your Engine Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Culture Jalopnik Explains The Most Common Oil Contaminants And What They Do To Your Engine By Jordan A.

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JULY 31, 2025

For American Automakers Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise Brands Chevrolet 1,250-HP Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Hybrid Sets New Nürburgring Lap Record. All Rights Reserved 1,250-HP Chevrolet Corvette ZR1X Hybrid Sets New Nürburgring Lap Record.

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JUNE 16, 2025

All Rights Reserved These Are The Oldest Cars You Have Ever Driven Latest News Reviews Brands Car Types Buying Culture Tech Beyond Cars Racing QOTD Features Newsletter Advertise QOTD These Are The Oldest Cars You Have Ever Driven By Logan K. Thats part of the old car experience, though!

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JULY 3, 2025

Members of Americas actual greatest generation were born during a time of some wonderful cars, though. I asked you what your favorite 1980s cars were earlier this week , and you delivered all sorts of weird vehicles from that glitzy decade. besides its technically a 70s car. The car that screams: "Hella 80s!"

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