2026 AMG GLC 53: Restraint With A Purpose
AMG usually screams for attention.
The 2026 GLC 53 does not. Or at least, not right away. The changes are quiet. Subtle, even by Mercedes...
CATL Builds The World’s Largest Energy Storage Test Lab In China
It opens today. Or it’s already open, depending on your timezone.
CATL just switched on its Xiamen Energy Storage Validation Institute. ESVL. Sounds corporate. It’s...
Sunburnt fingers and a calm mind
The shifter burned my hand. Not metaphorically. Actual skin contact with metal heated by the sun resulted in immediate recoil. I jumped in warm....
Honda’s Racing Tech Is Quietly Upgrading Your Civic
The 100th Indy 500 was chaotic. Felix Rosenqvist grabbed the trophy. Helio Castroneves broke a laps-completed record. The finish was the tightest in history....
The cars that just wouldn’t quit
Nameplates feel immortal sometimes.
Then reality checks in. Most manufacturers can’t leave a chassis alone for ten years, let alone a decade and a half....
Driving past 2019
Road traffic in Britain is up. Finally. It’s been five years since the pandemic sent mileage tumbling by over twenty percent, and we’ve officially...
Suzuki Gives The Hustler A Jimny Gimmick And A Price Drop
Japan drives to its own rhythm. Suzuki just moved along with it, giving the Hustler a refresh six and half years after generation two...
Honda hits the brakes on Ridgeline
Honda is hitting the pause button on the Ridgeline. Again.
According to Automotive News, production stops in Q4. It stays off for roughly eighteen months....
Ferrari Might Finally Hand You Back The Gear Lever
the breakdown
Ferrari is quietly testing the waters again.
Specifically, a manual 12Cilundri.
Expect a summer reveal.
Maybe more manual models later.
If you cried a little when the...
Alfa Romeo’s New Gas Hatch Is Back
The Breakdown
Alfa Romeo is bringing back the hatchback. Not a concept. A real, road-going car.
It’s sitting on a platform that handles both gas and...
Lexus ES 25: Big, boring, and expensive
The new Lexus ES is electric now. Goodbye hybrid. Welcome the ES 350e. It sits in that weird liminal space where luxury meets letdown....
BYD drops a plug-in supermini on Europe while others sit it out
Most European hatchbacks are running on fumes and mild hybrid systems that do barely enough to keep emissions regulators happy. BYD isn’t doing that....
Changan drops hybrid price bombs
The market waits for pure EVs to conquer all. Then Changan shows up with gas. But smarter gas. On May 23 the company rolled...
Citroën’s 2CV returns as a cheap electric icon
The ghost of the past has come back to life. The Citroën 2CV is returning in 2028. It will be fully electric. It might...
Suzuki’s Jimny Rhino Steals Its Big Brother’s Paint
It has been eight years. The fourth-generation Jimny is showing its age, but in Australia, it remains the undisputed king. It outsells every other...
