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2025-04-25

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Releases & Reviews

Driven! The 2025 Lincoln Navigator Navigates to a Higher Plane (10 minute read)

Lincoln's redesigned flagship swaps brashness for serenity with a cabin dominated by a 48-inch panoramic display and 30-way massaging seats. Carry-over twin-turbo 3.5-liter V6 still sends about 450 hp (336 kW) through a quiet 10-speed, while optional 24-inch wheels, split tailgate, and BlueCruise hands-free driving help justify its $101,000 entry price.

The 2025 BMW X3 M50 Is All About the Engine: Review (6 minute read)

BMW’s fourth-gen X3 M50 hides a mild-hybrid B58 straight-six delivering 393 hp (293 kW) and 428 lb-ft (580 Nm), good for V-8-rivaling shove yet 27 mpg combined (9 L/100 km). Lightning-fast throttle, rear-biased xDrive and a crisp eight-speed offset cost-cut trim, while 25/30 mpg city/highway aims to validate the price.

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Technology, Market Data & Analysis

VW will deploy ‘thousands’ of robotaxis on Uber’s platform in the US (3 minute read)

Volkswagen will integrate Mobileye-powered self-driving tech into long-wheelbase ID Buzz vans and deploy “thousands” on Uber’s platform, launching commercial service in Los Angeles by 2026 after safety-driver testing later this year, marking Uber’s biggest branded robotaxi supply deal yet.

Stellantis’ solid-state batteries can fast-charge in just 18 minutes (2 minute read)

Stellantis and partner Factorial have validated 77 Ah FEST solid-state cells boasting 375 Wh/kg density, 4C power and 15-90 % charging in 18 minutes; a 2026 demonstrator fleet will showcase packs that beat today’s lithium-ion while rivals scramble to match.

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Car Culture

The XJ Jeep Cherokee was America's Favorite Hot Hatch — Full History — Revelations w/ Jason Cammisa (17 minute watch)

On Hagerty’s 17-minute “Revelations,” Jason Cammisa argues the unibody 1984–2001 Jeep Cherokee XJ invented the modern SUV yet handled like a hot hatch, pairing solid axles with a 190 hp (142 kW) inline-six for 0–60 mph runs in 8.2 seconds.

The Neoplan Jumbocruiser Was a Double-Decker Slinky Bus for Over 100 Passengers (4 minute read)

TheDrive revisits Neoplan’s 1975 Jumbocruiser, a double-decker articulated coach stretching 708 in (18 m) and packing a Mercedes 19.1-liter V12 with 400 hp (298 kW) and 948 lb-ft (1,285 Nm), capable of seating up to 144 passengers and even housing a rolling bar.

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Miscellaneous

A Mysterious Force Is Knocking Out Apple CarPlay in Boston (2 minute read)

Boston drivers report four micro-zones where wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto abruptly drop despite strong cell signal, a puzzle experts link to high-powered 2.4 GHz emitters—from TV antennas to campus microwave links—creating rogue Faraday fields along Soldiers Field Road and near Fenway.

Roofnest Launches New Condor 2 XXL Air: Its Biggest Tent Yet (4 minute read)

Roofnest’s Condor 2 XXL Air hardshell rooftop tent unfolds to a 95 × 80 in (241 × 203 cm) floor with 51 sq ft (4.7 m²) of sleeping space—larger than a California king—yet collapses to a 15-in-tall pod, mounts on standard crossbars, and lists for $4,395.

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Quick Links

Still want that E63? Brabus has turned up the Merc-AMG E53 to give it 690bhp (2 minute read)

Brabus’s ECU-reflashed E53 estate now unleashes 690 hp (514 kW) and 627 lb-ft (850 Nm), sprinting 0–62 mph in 3.6 seconds and surging to an electronically limited 174 mph (280 km/h) on height-adjustable springs and 21-inch forged wheels.

Bugatti's New V-16 Has a Bizarre Timing System (4 minute read)

Bugatti’s Cosworth-built, naturally aspirated 9,500-rpm V-16 uses meshed crank gears feeding twin timing chains—one per bank—to control huge torsional loads while avoiding the harshness of a fully gear-driven setup.

Tesla Announces It Will Sell a Basic, Entry-Level EV That Costs Less (3 minute read)

Tesla targets a sub-$30,000 sticker by starting June production of a stripped-down Model Y built on existing lines retooled during the 2025 refresh, with a deliberately slow ramp to cushion margins.

V-Series Expanding to Cadillac’s Newest, Smallest EV in 2026 (2 minute read)

Cadillac confirms a 2026 Optiq-V, promising sport-tuned suspension, bigger brakes and Lyriq-V-grade dual-motor thrust, with analysts pegging a roughly $67,000 price that neatly undercuts the $80,000 Lyriq-V.

The Plug-In Hybrid Nissan Frontier Pro Is The Cybertruck America Deserves (4 minute read)

China-built yet D21-styled Frontier Pro PHEV pairs a 1.5-liter turbo engine with an e-motor for 402 hp (300 kW) and 590 lb-ft (799 Nm), plus an estimated 84-mile (135 km) electric range before its two-speed 4WD drivetrain joins in.

Can Different Diesel Fuel Make a Sprinter Van Faster? (8 minute read)

MotorTrend found B20 biodiesel trimmed 0.3 seconds from the Sprinter’s 0–60 mph run and was cheaper, while still averaging 20 mpg (12 L/100 km) over 450-mile (724 km) stints.

Check out these futuristic Ford Mustang concepts designed by clever students (2 minute read)

A global student contest yielded a shooting-brake, electric ute and tandem-seat hypercar Mustang, each clay-modeled for the Shanghai show after an intensive week of one-to-one mentoring at Ford’s design hub.

Nissan Is Losing More Money Than Ever (3 minute read)

Facing an aging lineup and a failed Honda merger, Nissan warns of a ¥750 billion (~$5.3 billion) fiscal-year loss driven by global asset impairments, even as U.S. volume rose 5 percent on heavily discounted Rogue sales.

2026 Lexus ES Gets a Full Makeover to Lure Buyers Away From SUVs (3 minute read)

Eighth-generation Lexus ES debuts cleaner styling, a 14-inch infotainment screen and hybrid or full-EV 350h, 350e and 500e trims, riding multi-link suspension in a 4,012-lb (1,820 kg) shell that grows to 4,861 lb (2,205 kg) for AWD EVs.