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Briefing: Toyota Gives The New FJ Cruiser A Retro Makeover You Can't Buy

Strategic angle: Off-road and street versions are shown alongside a camper conversion.

Briefing: Subaru’s New Sports Vehicle Planning Office Teases Lifted BRZ

Strategic angle: The turbocharged rally car has all-wheel drive and a raised suspension.

Briefing: When Did Automakers Start Offering A Smokers Package Instead Of The Lighter And Ashtray?

Strategic angle: The cigarette lighter and ashtray once were in every new car. Then the culture shifted, and these became options automakers could use to make an extra buck.

Briefing: A Corvette That Forgot It Was A Corvette Just Sold For Near-New C8 Money

Strategic angle: A carbon-fiber Targa with LS2 power and Italian-influenced styling just sold for $66,500, odometer mystery and all.

Briefing: ZF 8 Speed Vs. Aisin 8 Speed Transmissions: How Do They Compare?

Strategic angle: A comparison of two leading eight-speed gearboxes from ZF and Aisin.

Briefing: Lexus Driver's 'Clunky' Noise Mystery Solved by Mechanic

Strategic angle: A Lexus owner's complaint leads to a surprising discovery during a routine check.

Briefing: BMW’s Baby SUV Pulls Off The Neue Klasse Look Without The Neue Klasse Commitment

Strategic angle: Refreshed combustion X1 fuses Neue Klasse design cues and infotainment tech with existing ICE platforms

Briefing: GM Patents A 'Daisy Chain' Charger To Juice Up Multiple EVs At Once

Strategic angle: The system could potentially figure out the fastest way to get the cars charged, by prioritizing the cars with the highest voltages.

Briefing: Man Buys Parts From Amazon. Then He Takes His Car To The Mechanic: 'I'm Sorry To Tell You But...'

Strategic angle: "Them Amazon parts..."

Briefing: Immigration Debate Did To AI License Plate Readers What Years Of Privacy Advocacy Couldn’t

Strategic angle: 53 cities across 20 different states have, so far, deactivated or altogether rejected Flock's license plate-reading cameras.

Briefing: His Wife Watched Him Park In All 108 Spots For Nearly Two Years. Now He’s After One With Over 400

Strategic angle: One father of two spent nearly two years methodically parking in every space at his local supermarket, and he already has a bigger car park lined up.

Briefing: Woman Takes Car To The Shop With Brake Issue

Strategic angle: Mechanic reveals a critical warning ignored by the driver: 'Brake Pad Fell Out'

Briefing: Buying Giorgio Armani's Bentley Is The Most Stylish Way To Spend A Hundred Grand

Strategic angle: Giorgio Armani used to cruise around in this rare and lavish left-hand-drive Bentley Brooklands, but now it's up for grabs to the highest bidder.

Briefing: The OG Four-Door Porsche Sports Sedan Wasn't Even Built By Porsche

Strategic angle: More than 40 years before the Panamera went into production, a four-door Porsche had already been conceived. But it was the brainchild of a Texan, not a German.

Briefing: EV Speed Comes At A Price, So Where’s The Sweet Spot?

Strategic angle: A Tesla-owning Youtuber ran the same route at different speeds in his Model Y to see the effect on journey time and efficiency.

Briefing: ‘Mechanik Skill Unlocked’: Man Needs A Torx Bit To Fix A Car. Then He Uses A Simple Trick To Figure Out Which Size

Strategic angle: "You're not a mechanic till..."

Briefing: Genesis Has One Obvious Gap In Its Lineup, And It Has A Bed

Strategic angle: The luxury truck market is booming, and Genesis has the credibility to compete, with our design sketches bringing that premium vision into focus.

Briefing: Do Dirt Roads Even Have Speed Limits?

Strategic angle: Dirt roads can be difficult for some vehicles to drive on, so you might think there's no reason for them to have speed limits. But that's far from the truth.

Briefing: Two Things Bother Us About The 2026 Geely EX5, But The Price Tag Kills Both | Review

Strategic angle: The electric Geely EX5 costs thousands less than a Model Y and makes that gap feel increasingly difficult for Tesla to explain.

Briefing: The '80s Car Feature That Would Fit Perfectly In The AI Hellscape Of Today

Strategic angle: Modern cars are making use of artificial intelligence for plenty of features today, but one feature from the '80s feels like it came from the modern era.