• Building a Lexus GS 430 to Beat Germany’s Best

    Building a Lexus GS 430 to Beat Germany’s Best
    Speed Academy is a website and YouTube channel based on making things go fast and enjoying cars. Peter Tarach and Dave Pratte are the forces behind Speed Academy.The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.An AI-produced summary of the transcript, edited by a staffer, is below.[Image: Speed Academy/YouTube Thumbnail]
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  • AMC Makes Eagles & Alliances: Ep.5: The Last Independent Automaker

    AMC Makes Eagles & Alliances: Ep.5: The Last Independent Automaker
    By the late 70s, AMC no longer had the ability or the capital to design an all-new car from scratch. While partnering with the French automaker Renault brings new opportunities, it brings new challenges, too. The Last Independent Automaker is a six-part documentary series, produced by Joe Ligo, Jimm Needle, and Patrick Foster. It details the dramatic rise and fall of American Motors Corp., told through over 35 exclusive interviews, hundreds of rare photographs, and hours of historical and
  • Porsche Wants to Make More Money Off Fewer Sales

    Porsche Wants to Make More Money Off Fewer Sales
    Porsche reportedly opting to snub volumes to chase margins, with the CEO going so far as to suggest the automaker will be reducing its own production capacity.
    The alleged reason is increased operating costs and diminished demand, which was discussed during an interview between Germany’sFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) and Porsche CEO Michael Leiters. Due to a sharp decline in Chinese deliveries, Porsche dropping a couple of popular models in Europe, and an increasingly bleak economic
  • Honda Getting Back into its Element by 2029

    Honda Getting Back into its Element by 2029
    Looking to battle for sales in the outdoor-adventure SUV segment, Honda plans to revive the Element crossover in North America in the second quarter of 2029.According to  an  Automotive News  report, the Japanese automaker will bring back the boxy-looking crossover in hopes to capture some of the growing adventure vehicle segment. In terms of size, it will sit between the HR-V and CR-V. Production will begin, AN reports, during the second quarter of 2029 in Ohio.While it will be
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  • Driven: Porsche Taycan gets gearshifts - and renewed driver appeal

    Driven: Porsche Taycan gets gearshifts - and renewed driver appeal
    Zuffenhausen takes on Hyundai's N division with its own take on a virtual gearbox – and we drive itPorsche is rolling out a number of major updates to its Taycan sports saloon, most notably a new E-Shift virtual gearbox that has been designed to inject an extra dose of feedback on road and track. 
    The new virtual gearbox is not dissimilar to that used by Hyundai’s N models and is effectively a simulated eight-speed transmission. Porsche created the system by takin
  • What if you drove an Autocar? The name that's more than a magazine

    What if you drove an Autocar? The name that's more than a magazine
    The Autocar companies: The auto pioneers, pretenders, and partners who shared our nameLike 'Volkswagen Golf' or 'Citroën', 'Autocar' is an odd name normalised in the public consciousness purely by familiarity.
    Like old André Citroën, this magazine (and website) has a valid excuse: while his grandfather had sold lemons, we were predicting what would become the common name for an entirely new invention.
    Plenty of people setting up in the 1890s named their endeavours the This,
  • Morgan returns to coupes with stunning Midsummer hard-top

    Morgan returns to coupes with stunning Midsummer hard-top
    Extensive redesign creates glass-topped version of Pininfarina special – limited to just nine carsMorgan has turned its stunning Midsummer roadster into an ultra-exclusive coupé – its first hard-top in more than a decade.
    Limited to just nine examples, the Midsummer Coupé is Malvern's first fixed-roof model since the Aero 8 bowed out in 2015 and brings to an end production of the Pininfarina-designed coachbuilt special.
    Morgan says all nine cars will be highly individua
  • Shell rethinks small electric cars with ultra-efficient concept

    Shell rethinks small electric cars with ultra-efficient concept
    Triple10 promises faster charging and better environmental credentials thanks to battery cooling breakthroughEnergy giant Shell has unveiled its vision for the future of small electric cars, previewing a generational leap in efficiency, charging speeds and weight reduction.
    The concept is named the Triple10 Challenge, referencing the project’s three key objectives: a 10-minute recharge from a common 175kW rapid charger; efficiency of 10km per kWh (6.2mpkWh); and lifecycle CO2 emissions of
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  • Call for action as speed limit assist tech fails real-world tests

    Call for action as speed limit assist tech fails real-world tests
    Intelligent speed assist misreads up to one in four sign changes, prompting safety body to call for tougher rulesA major UK safety body is calling for revisions to the way in-vehicle speed limit recognition technology is tested and approved after its own tests revealed serious inaccuracies. 
    Intelligent speed assist (ISA) is one of a number of safety technologies collectively known as advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS). It has been a mandatory fitment in new cars sold in the European
  • Tesla Tops “Most American” Cars List — Again

    Tesla Tops “Most American” Cars List — Again
    If you’re looking to “Buy American” then head to the nearest Tesla store because the Model 3 and Model Y are the most American vehicles money can buy in 2026, according to the 2026 Cars.com American-Made Index.Now in its 21st year, the  website culls together a list of the vehicles with the highest level of U.S.-produced components that are also built in the U.S. That’s an oversimplification of the methodology, but the top 20 vehicles on the list