300,000 Ram 1500s Recalled for Potential to Disable Airbags and Seat Belt Restraints

Fiat Chrysler sure has a lot going on lately, between its , merger proposal with Renault to its Ram trucks . To add onto the pile, FCA is now recalling nearly 300,000 2019 Ram 1500s in the U.S. for the potential to disable their own airbags and seat-belt crash...

Sep 7, 2025

Here's How Hilariously the Huge 2019 BMW X7 Grille Fits on an old E30

I thought we were done laughing about the breadth of the ’s nostrils, but then car writer Jason Cammisa went ahead and took the effort to physically face-swap BMW’s enormous SUV with the iconic E30 and frankly it’s hilarious. I should probably disclose that I actually love the X7–driving that...

Sep 7, 2025

Here's a Lexus LFA Testing At The Nürburgring In 2019 For Whatever Reason

Near as I can tell, the current year is 2019. The was built in 2011 and 2012. So why, pray tell, is Lexus testing a weird widebody-looking LFA at the Nürburgring right now? I have theories. (Also, it’s out there dancing with a Bugatti Chiron, which is just not something...

Sep 7, 2025

This Ferrari 612 Scaglietti Shooting Brake Is a Modern-Day Breadvan

The lumpy never commanded much of my attention before—until a couple of Dutchmen recently turned one into a shooting brake. It’s the modern-day , and one that you can actually own. Now it has my attention. Robert Koumans of Vandenbrink Design and Maurik van den Heuvel of Classic Youngtimers...

Sep 7, 2025

Do Not Drive A Honda Beat, Because It Will Ruin You

Listen: this is very important. Do not drive a , ever, because it will ruin you for other cars and you will then have to buy one. Do not go down to a place like and test drive one, even on a whim. That will be it for you....

Sep 7, 2025

Here's the Hot-Rodded Twin-Turbo Porsche 356 of Your Wildest Dreams

As I am sure you already know, hot-rodding isn’t exclusively for American cars. You can hot-rod just about anything you want. Even a . Especially a Porsche 356. GASP! THE TRAVESTY. THE HORROR. THE SACRILEGE. The beauty, frankly. California-based custom build shop recently built what it’s calling the Emory...

Sep 7, 2025

Wangan Midnight Might Be the Most Socially Advanced Fictionalization of Car Culture

The 26-episode anime series Wangan Midnight is ostensibly about Japanese street racers, wrenching, and a Datsun Z that may or may not be demonically possessed. It sounds wacky but somehow the show’s final message ends up feeling a lot more mature than what I’ve seen in any other show...

Sep 7, 2025

Comment of the Day: Kidney Transplant Edition

Sometimes the comments on this website are interesting, sometimes they are insightful, and sometimes they just make me snort. In a good way. This would be an example of the latter. Regarding car writer Jason Cammisa , $kaycog offers: Heh. Indeed. Just the kind of pun thread I like...

Sep 7, 2025

Minivan Sales Are Plummeting Compared to SUVs Because We're a Nation of Fools

There was an , um, today that noted the declining market share and sales of minivans as SUV sales have climbed. The article suggested a declining birth rate as one reason, but the real main reason seems to be that people are choosing SUVs over minivans. This certainly seems...

Sep 7, 2025

Davey G. Johnson, Veteran of Car and Driver and Jalopnik, Missing on Motorcycle Trip (Updated)

Authorities are currently searching for automotive journalist Davey G. Johnson, a veteran of Car and Driver, Autoweek, Jalopnik and more, after he apparently went missing on a motorcycle ride somewhere along California State Route 49 earlier this week. The confirmed it does have a missing person case in progress....

Sep 7, 2025

Trump Says Hefty Tariffs on Cars and Other Goods From Mexico Are off the Table

A mere nine days ago, President Donald Trump was out there on The Twitter —including cars and trucks—that would be destabilizing to the auto industry, a new North American trade agreement and American consumers. Those tariffs, Trump said, would start at 5 percent and possibly rise to 25 percent...

Sep 7, 2025

Another Dyno Test Reveals The 2020 Toyota Supra Has More Power Than Advertised

BMW guts or not, I was adamant that the felt like it had more than the reported 335 horsepower and 365 lb-ft of torque. The car can seriously move, and when Car and Driver revealed we all started to wonder how much power it really put down. Now the...

Sep 7, 2025

Mercedes-Benz' Bertha Benz Tribute Film is Strangely Dark and Feels Like a Trailer for a Horror Movie

Are you familiar with the ? She’s amazing. She was the wife of Karl Benz, who built the car that would start Diamler-Benz, a car that was one of the earliest successful internal-combustion gasoline automobiles. The problem was that he couldn’t bring himself to really try it out or promote...

Sep 7, 2025

Here's a First Look at Toyota and Subaru's Electric Car Platform of the Future

It was announced this week that and Subaru will work together on a new electric vehicle platform, one that will combine Subaru’s all-wheel drive expertise with Toyota’s electrification chops. Here’s a quick look at the new “e-TNGA” platform, which Toyota states will underpin future mid-size and large electric passenger...

Sep 7, 2025

Here's The 2020 BMW M3 Bombing Around The Nürburgring

There’s no getting around it: the new is a big ol’ boy. Though BMW has touted it as a return to sporting form after the so-so F80 3 Series, it is larger and loses the manual gearbox. I don’t understand the disconnect there, but apparently the answer is the ,...

Sep 7, 2025