700-HP F-150 Lobo, Waymo Jabs Tesla, Top Gear Returns
PLUS: Manual 911 Hope, GV90 Coach Doors, CX-90 Knee Pain
Releases & Reviews
Hit It! We Rode In the 2028 Bentley Torcal EV, Complete With Fake Engine Sounds of Real Drums
Bentley's first EV shares its 113-kWh platform with the Porsche Cayenne Electric but packs more than 838 hp (625 kW) and 738 lb-ft (1,001 Nm), targeting 373 miles (600 km) of range. The prototype rides like a proper Bentley — and its fake powertrain soundtrack was built from recordings of real drums.
2026 Ford F-150 Lobo Supercharged First Test: A Wild, 700-HP Street Truck
A Ford Performance Whipple supercharger lifts the Lobo's V-8 from 400 hp (298 kW) to 700 hp (522 kW), cutting 0–60 to 3.9 seconds — the third-quickest F-150 MotorTrend has ever tested. Testers praised the grip and best-ever F-150 braking but wished the blower's whine left room for V-8 thunder.
Technology, Market Data & Analysis
Why Audi Can’t Build the Nuvolari in R8 Numbers at an R8 Price
Audi CTO Rouven Mohr explains the supercar's limited run: carbon-fiber construction enabled a lightning-fast development timeline to coincide with Audi's Formula 1 debut, but the material costs put a hard floor under the price. Build 10,000 of them, he argues, and the exclusivity that justifies that price evaporates.
In a swipe at Tesla, Waymo says ‘cameras… aren’t enough’
After 200 million miles (322 million km) of driverless operation, Waymo's software chief argues that safe autonomy requires lidar and radar redundancy — a thinly veiled rebuke of Tesla's camera-only bet as the Cybercab launches. He also calls evolving driver-assist systems into full autonomy a "false summit."
Car Culture
The Chevy Sprint Turbo Is the 1980s Hot Hatch You Never Knew About
Doug DeMuro drives the 1988 Sprint Turbo, a Suzuki-built product of GM's fuel-crisis pivot with an intercooled 1.0-liter three-cylinder making 70 hp (52 kW) in a 1,600-pound (725-kg) body. Its successor became the Geo Metro, but this obscure warm hatch proves genuinely, surprisingly fun.
The Lamborghini LM002 Makes a Strong Case for the Impractical Classic
Born from a failed military prototype and saved by a Countach-derived 444-hp (331-kW) V-12, the 6,000-pound (2,718-kg) "Rambo Lambo" predated the modern performance SUV by decades. Just 301 were built, and excellent examples now trade between $328,000 and $377,000 — with one sale topping $700,000.
Miscellaneous
Top Gear Is Officially Coming Back, But Who's Hosting?
BBC Studios confirmed at the Edinburgh TV Festival that the show will return, nearly four years after Andrew Flintoff's test-track crash halted production. The network won't discuss talent yet, but comedian Jimmy Carr and rugby star Joe Marler are rumored to be in the running.
Mitsubishi Confirms Nissan-Based Truck Is Coming
Mitsubishi's "Momentum 2030" product plan commits to re-entering the North American pickup segment before the end of the decade with a truck built on a Nissan platform, likely sharing bones with the Frontier. It would be the brand's first U.S. pickup since the Dodge Dakota-based Raider.
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Tesla Raises Cybertruck Prices Another $5,000
The dual-motor version now starts at $77,235 and the Premium all-wheel-drive at $87,235 — a long climb from the $39,900 starting price Tesla advertised at the truck's 2019 unveiling.
Ford’s Most Exciting Maverick Trims Get Sizeable Price Cuts
The 2.0-liter EcoBoost Lobo drops $3,775 to $34,000 and the Tremor falls $3,490 to $39,000, though the XL and Lariat trims go hybrid-only and the base price holds at $29,990.
Porsche Says the 911 Hybrid Is ‘Not Compatible’ With a Manual Transmission, but There’s Hope
Porsche North America CEO Timo Resch says today's hybrid hardware can't take a stick, but hints Weissach engineers are on the case and pledges manuals will live on "well into the next decade."
The Genesis GV90’s 155-Pound Coach Doors Are an Engineering Flex
With no fixed B-pillar, Genesis moved the structure into the doors themselves using 1.8-gigapascal steel beams, added a hidden roll cage in the roof, and fitted what it claims is the world's first roof airbag.
Report: Honda Accord and CR-V Could Go Hybrid-Only for the 2030s
An Automotive News report says both best-sellers could drop pure gas engines by 2031, following Toyota's Camry and RAV4 playbook as hybrids already make up roughly a third of Honda's volume.
The Mazda CX-90 Is Bruising People’s Knees
A dashboard vent that juts into the door opening sits squarely in the arc of entering occupants' knees, and owner forums are full of reports of deep bruises and changed entry rituals.
Gunther Werks Turbo: I’d Take This Over a Bugatti!
carwow's half-mile test of this $1.7 million Porsche 993 restomod sees its 4.0-liter twin-turbo flat-six dial from 550 to 850 hp (410–634 kW) and hit 60 mph in 3.3 seconds.