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The Washington State Auto Dealers Association is taking Scout Motors to court, hoping to prevent the EV startup from bypassing the conventional dealer network and sell its vehicles directly to consumers.The group is the just the latest to file suit against the Volkswagen subsidiary, looking to prevent what other companies, such as Tesla and Rivian, are currently doing. The association filed suit June 29 in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington. In the filing,  acc

More drivers are reportedly running back to 87 octane as so-called premium fuels continue to outpace North America’s already surging fuel prices.
While literally everyone has noticed fuel prices surging this year, many might have missed the widening gap between regular and premium grade gasoline. If you’re someone who exclusively owns vehicles where the manufacturer recommends running 87 octane, then you’d have little reason to track the price of something like 93 octane. Howev

Fiat has officially opened the U.S. order books for the 2026 Topolino—a corporate gamble to see if American buyers can be convinced to trade their lifted custom golf carts for a piece of pint-sized Italian micromobility.The electric quadricycle carries a base sticker price of $13,995, though a mandatory $990 destination fee bumps the real-world entry point to $14,985. Built at the Stellantis factory in Morocco alongside its mechanical twin, the Citroën Ami, the Topolino is the smalle

From the electric Alpine A110 to Toyota's new V8 supercar, the West Sussex extravaganza will host huge debutsThe Goodwood Festival of Speed will return this Thursday (9-12 July), and it's shaping up to be one of the highlights in the motoring calendar.
A variety of the world’s most anticipated new cars will descend on West Sussex, offering a first chance to see them up close – and some of them in action too.
Among the highlights are the Toyota GR GT, the Alpine A110 Future &ndas

Toyota revealed July 6 it plans to invest $3.6 billion into an expansion of the Texas plant that produces its full-size Tundra to add a second production line that will build its midsize Tacoma pickup.The 2.5-million-square-foot expansion will be located on its San Antonio, Texas campus. Expected to be up and running by 2030, Toyota officials said it will add 2,000 new jobs. The company will then shift production of the Tacoma from its Baja California plant in Mexico to the new addition in Texa

Toyota sold the 4WD Tercel wagon in the United States for the 1983 through 1988 model years, and it was a strong seller along the I-25 corridor between Cheyenne and Albuquerque. Here's an '84 that I discovered in a New Mexico boneyard last week.I run across so many of these cars during my I-25 junkyard travels, even nearly four decades after the final ones were built, that I only photograph the particularly interesting examples.I hadn't been to New Mexico for about a year and wanted to browse th

GT3 S/C is a convertible version of a world-beating sports car, and could be the one to haveThis might seem like a niche within a niche, but here is the Porsche 911 GT3 S/C, in short a 911 GT3 cabriolet, so an open version of one of Porsche's keenest driver's cars. If you think that's an odd thing, what with cabrios typically being floppier and therefore less good than coupés, you're not alone.
"The number one talking point is 'why?'," admits the boss of Porsche's GT division, Andreas Pre

GT3 S/C is a convertible version of a world-beating sports car, and could be the one to haveThis might seem like a niche within a niche, but here is the Porsche 911 GT3 S/C, in short a 911 GT3 cabriolet, so an open version of one of Porsche's keenest driver's cars. If you think that's an odd thing, what with cabrios typically being floppier and therefore less good than coupés, you're not alone.
"The number one talking point is 'why?'," admits the boss of Porsche's GT division, Andreas Pre

Rakish estate concept is thought to evolve into a 508 successor
Sharp estate and large SUV will be "100%" Peugeot designs but won't be sold in brand's home marketPeugeot will ensure its two new flagship EVs will feel like "real Peugeots", despite being based on a platform from Dongfeng - but the striking new D-segment duo will not be sold in Europe.
Peugeot unwrapped two new concept cars at the Beijing motor show earlier this year, previewing a pair of premium-oriented large EVs to be engineered

Rakish estate concept is thought to evolve into a 508 successor
Sharp estate and large SUV will be "100%" Peugeot designs but won't be sold in brand's home marketPeugeot will ensure its two new flagship EVs will feel like "real Peugeots", despite being based on a platform from Dongfeng - but the striking new D-segment duo will not be sold in Europe.
Peugeot unwrapped two new concept cars at the Beijing motor show earlier this year, previewing a pair of premium-oriented large EVs to be engineered

Last year's Polygon concept previews next 208; Paris concepts could hint at other models
Paris motor show concepts will preview how French brand's past will influence its futurePeugeot will reveal two "striking" new concept cars at the Paris motor show in October, as a preview of the design language and technology that will define its future production cars.
Speaking to European journalists today (7 July), Peugeot CEO Alain Favey confirmed the unveilings and said the show cars will "show a

Looking back at France's greatest luxury saloon hits and misses
Before the second world war, French companies built many of the world’s most luxurious cars.Prestigious names like Bugatti, Delage, Delahaye and Salmson thrived in their home country and abroad. Profitably making luxury saloons became much more difficult after the war.
Petrol was rationed, the French economy was slow and the government began collecting a stiff tax on what it classified as non-essential goods. The class didn&rs

'More versatile' version of electric family SUV brings a traditional rear window and nearly 400 miles of rangePolestar will launch a new, more upright version of its 4 crossover on 2 September to rival the BMW iX3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC Electric.
The Polestar 4 SUV will place a greater emphasis on "flexibility and practicality", the company said as it released a new official preview image, with "versatile storage capabilities for every journey".
Confirming the first technical detai

Polestar's family SUV brings a traditional rear window and nearly 400 miles of rangePolestar will launch a new, higher-riding SUV version of its 4 crossover on 2 September to rival the BMW iX3 and Mercedes-Benz GLC Electric.
The more upright version of the Polestar 4 will place a greater emphasis on "flexibility and practicality", the company said as it released a new official preview image, with "versatile storage capabilities for every journey".
Confirming the first technical details of i

After the definitive performance crossover EV comes this Taycan hunterThe electrification of Hyundai’s N performance brand has so far gone rather better than plenty of people probably imagined it might. The lightning rod for the transformation has been the Ioniq 5 N, which was launched in the UK in 2024. It arrived with a twin-motor powertrain of remarkable torque-vectoring and combustion-aping qualities – and duly proved itself to be a breakthrough moment in the development na

EU's rules of origin could threaten competitiveness of Nissan Leaf and Land Rover EVs, among othersThe SMMT has warned of a critical threat to the UK's EV manufacturing industry just as it sits on the cusp of significant numbers with new models such as the Nissan Leaf, Range Rover Electric and Bentley Torcal.
The threat comes in the form of a 10% tariff on cars exported to the EU if they don’t comply with tougher local content rules to be enforced from 1 Janua

Tighter controls are hoped to reduce criminal activity behind cars behind 'lost' every yearThree-quarters of a million vehicles are 'disappearing' from Britain's roads every year, being stolen for scrap and illegal export or transferred onto false numberplates.
Andy Latham, chair of the Vehicle Recyclers Association, told Autocar that large numbers of cars effectively vanish once they move through certain areas of the motor trade.
"We recently completed a Freedom of Information request to the DV

Tighter controls are hoped to reduce criminal activity behind cars behind 'lost' every yearThree-quarters of a million vehicles are 'disappearing' from Britain's roads every year, being stolen for scrap and illegal export or transferred onto false numberplates.
Andy Latham, chair of the Vehicle Recyclers Association, told Autocar that large numbers of cars effectively vanish once they move through certain areas of the motor trade.
"We recently completed a Freedom of Information request to the DV

Vertige's aesthetics are unchanged but internals have been fettled
Series 2 of £85k lightweight moves from 2.0-litre Ford Duratec to bigger unit, promising greater tractabilityWells Motor Cars has revised its debut sports car, the Vertige, bringing a larger engine as standard and promising greater comfort for tall drivers.
The Series 2 Vertige moves from the previous 2.0-litre version of the ubiquitous Ford Duratec four-cylinder to a 2.5-litre derivative. This provides a substantial increa