TODAY·IN·CARS
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2026

$701K Audi supercar, GM V8 probe, Viper-styled Dodge

PLUS: Senna's NSX, Celica returns, BMW kills buttons

Releases & Reviews

Technology, Market Data & Analysis

NHTSA Opens Investigation into GM V-8s That Won’t Stop Imploding

The probe targets the 6.2-liter L87 already covered by a recall of 597,630 trucks and SUVs, whose fix was thicker oil for engines that passed inspection. Regulators have logged 499 post-remedy failures; GM itself reports 6,953. The investigation now extends to engines built outside the original recall window.

Inside Honda’s Plan to Keep Cars Affordable Without Squeezing Buyers

Noriya Kaihara, Honda's executive vice president, details "Triple Half": halving development time, cost, and resources, with AI-assisted crash simulation cutting testing spend. Honda is studying Chinese factory robotics while keeping that technology out of US plants. Executives insist the target is value, not the cheapest sticker.

Car Culture

Why This 25-Mile Yugo Is More Important Than Most Low-Mileage Supercars

Museums preserve GTIs and Turbos, not the bread-and-butter cars most people drove, which is why a barely driven survivor of Yugoslavia's cheapest export matters. This one carries the range-topping 1.3-liter engine: 67 horsepower (50 kW) hauling 2,000 pounds (906 kg). New, the GV listed at $3,990, roughly $12,000 today.

Miscellaneous

2029 Dodge Copperhead SRT: Everything We Know About the Viper-Inspired Halo Car

Stellantis calls it a hyper-muscle car rather than a Viper revival, aimed squarely at the Corvette ZR1 and Mustang GTD. Expect the modified Giorgio platform under the Maserati GranTurismo, a front-engine, rear-transaxle layout, and either a Hurricane straight-six or a Hemi V-8. Estimated price is $100,000 for 2029.

Hot Album Drops Tied to Fatal Crash Rate Increases: Study

Researchers in JAMA Network Open matched federal fatality records against Spotify charts from 2017 to 2022 and found road deaths rose 15.1 percent on major album release days, when streaming jumped 43 percent. The effect was strongest among younger drivers, and the authors blame the ease of queuing tracks.

Quick Links

Ayrton Senna’s NSX Hits the Block

RM Sotheby's has consigned the Formula Red 1991 car Honda gifted Senna, the one whose feedback prompted engineers to stiffen the NSX chassis by 50 percent, with a presale estimate of £500,000–£800,000 ($682K–$1.1M).

GTA 6 Driving Physics Hint at Return to the Realism of GTA 4

Leaked footage of a Ranchero-lookalike sliding through an intersection has fans hoping Rockstar restored the wallowing weight transfer of GTA IV, though the writer argues the difference was always more visual than physical.

Polestar claims it was blindsided by sales ban

Polestar says Commerce officials signaled approval for months before denying its exemption from the ban on Chinese connected-car software, the same exemption sister brand Volvo, under identical Geely ownership, received in May.

Lightest Hypercar on the Planet? | Praga Bohema Review

Autotrader takes the £1.5 million (~$2 million) Czech hypercar to Thruxton, where its Nissan GT-R-derived 3.8-liter V6 and 2,168-pound (982 kg) carbon body deliver race-car directness rather than brute horsepower.

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