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The European Parliament on Tuesday approved legislation that will ban by 2035 the sale of new cars and vans that emit C02 emissions, which means vehicles still equipped with an internal-combustion engine will effectively be banned from sale across the European Union. The rule calls for 55% less CO2 emissions from new cars by 2030

The latest Mercedes-Benz S-Class has spawned a plug-in hybrid option. It’s known as the S 580e, and Mercedes on Monday announced that the electrified luxury sedan reaches dealerships in the first half of 2023, as a 2023 model. Order books are already open, and pricing is confirmed to start at $123,700, including a $1,150 destination

I’m jetlagged, but it’s all good. I’m in the pocket of a sleek, leather-lined four-seater, flipping its shift paddles to goose its twin-turbo V-6, strafing the countryside northwest of Rome. I’m all, oh, look, there’s an olive grove and oh, look, a thousand-year-old aqueduct. Meanwhile, I’m hoovering up pavement like the Italian cream buns at

Porsche has been testing prototypes for an updated 2024 Cayenne in the wild for well over a year. This week the automaker confirmed a debut in the spring and said there will be powertrain, chassis, and interior tweaks together with new styling. 2024 Rolls-Royce Spectre prototype Rolls-Royce is also still testing prototypes for the Spectre,

Mini removed the 6-speed manual from its options list early last year, citing at the time supply issues and promising a return of the transmission at a later date. It lived up to its promise last fall, when it reintroduced the manual transmission as an option on its signature Hardtop. Now it’s added the option

Alfa Romeo’s Quadrifoglio performance brand turns 100 this year—the exact date is June 25—and the automaker has a number of celebrations planned, especially as this year also marks the 60th anniversary of Alfa Romeo’s Autodelta racing department. To kick things off, Alfa Romeo on Thursday revealed an updated design for its Quadrifoglio logo, which adopts

Rolls-Royce revealed the Spectre, its first EV, last fall but the big silent-rolling coupe is still undergoing final testing ahead of the start of deliveries late this year. After testing for extreme cold near the Arctic Circle in the winter, and heading to the south of France to dial in the comfort tuning, Rolls-Royce engineers

BMW’s X5 mid-size SUV and its coupe-like X6 sibling have been thoroughly updated for the 2024 model year. Revealed late on Tuesday, the updated SUVs benefit from new styling, new powertrains, and an overhauled cabin loaded with BMW’s latest technology. They go into production in April at BMW’s plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sales should

Porsche has issued a recall on certain versions of the Panamera hatchback and wagon due to a potential fire risk. The recall affects Panameras and Panamera Sport Turismos from the 2017-2021 model years, and specifically the Panamera, Panamera 4, Panamera GTS, Panamera Turbo, and Panamera Turbo S grades. A total of 24,467 examples may be

With “Gymkhana 2022,” rally driver Travis Pastrana attempted stunts never before seen in the gymkhana series—increasing the potential for something to go wrong. Subaru of America’s “Launch Control” YouTube show is doing a three-part behind-the-scenes look at the filming of the latest gymkhana installment, called “Road to Gymkhana.” This third episode (all three were filmed

Revived Italian sports car marque Bizzarrini is working on a new V-12 supercar, and we were given a teasing look this week. It’s called the Giotto, after Bizzarrini founder Giotto Bizzarrini, and Giorgetto Giugiaro has been tapped to help design the car. 2024 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R race car Chevrolet is jumping into the customer

A 1966 Shelby 427 Cobra once owned by current Ford CEO Jim Farley is up for sale at online auction website Autohunter. The car, which bears chassis number CSX3195, started out life as a regular road-going 427 Cobra but was later converted to S/C (Semi-Competition) specification. It was originally billed to Johnny Bolton Ford of

The Ford F-150 has the Raptor, and the Ram 1500 has the TRX, but when it comes to the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 there’s still no high-performance option to be found. Some years back, Houston, Texas-based PaxPower stepped in to fill that void with its original Jackal. The conversion added the rugged suspension and flared wheel

BMW has filed a patent application for grilles that include headlights and other lighting elements, Auto Express reported on Monday, citing information found in patent documents. Documents filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization show designs that could incorporate headlights, as well as sensors for driver-assist features, into BMW’s signature twin-kidney grille, the report said.

Last December, Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said the new 911 Dakar might not be a one-off, but rather the first of several off-road sports cars. After two days of sliding across gravel expanses and kicking up huge sand plumes in the Moroccan desert, all I can say is, please—pretty please—bring it on! The Porsche 911

Electrify America on Monday announced an agreement with TravelCenters of America (TA) to install EV fast chargers at the latter’s rest stops. TA and Electrify America hope to install 1,000 individual DC fast-charging stations at 200 locations along major highways over five years, with the first stations coming online in 2023, according to a joint

Believe it or not, just two V-12 engine designs have powered 60 years of Lamborghini supercars. Having recently built its last non-hybrid V-12 road car, the automaker is taking a look back at these two epochal engines. The first engine was introduced in 1963 in Lamborghini’s first production car—the 350 GT—and stayed in production until

“Gymkhana 2022” was a worthy addition to the popular gymkhana viral video series started by Ken Block, with plenty of insane stunts performed by Travis Pastrana in his 1983 Subaru GL wagon called the Family Huckster. But nearly every stunt in the video almost didn’t happen. Subaru of America’s “Launch Control” YouTube show is doing