Category: motor vehicles

Your New Car Is Watching You And Collecting, Selling Your Data

Your new car doesn’t exactly know where you’re going, but it certainly knows where you’ve been. And it’s sharing all your sensitive data with carmakers like Ford, Toyota, and Chevrolet — as well as shady third parties in certain cases, according to Wired. Modern cars have come to rival smartphones in terms of data collection, […]

Trueno-Inspired GR86 Leads Toyota’s GR Special Editions In 2024

Toyota’s GR line is in a pretty solid place right now. The GR86, Corolla and Supra cover a good swath of the reasonably-affordable enthusiast space, so all that’s really left to do is keep the models fresh with the requisite slate of updates and special editions. Toyota treated us to three today, arriving late 2023. […]

The Mazda CX-90 Engine Cover Is Just A Hood For Under Your Hood

Over the years, engine covers have become an important design element of any car’s engine bay. And it seems the more expensive or premium the model, the more elaborate the engine cover. Lift the hood on any Lexus, BMW or Mercedes and you won’t see the engine. Instead, you’re met with a sea of neat, […]

Patents Suggest A New Mazda Rotary Engine May Be Coming

The RX-Vision concept that Mazda teased us with but never builtPhoto: Mazda For years, we’ve heard rumors that Mazda was going to bring back the rotary engine and give us a new sports car as a successor to the RX-7 and RX-8. And yet, arguably unsurprisingly, it hasn’t happened. Well, technically, Mazda did bring back […]

Somehow, This 565-HP R32-Powered Volkswagen Scirocco Is Legal For The U.S. And Could Be Yours

Photo: Cars & Bids You’re not supposed to be able to own a third-generation Volkswagen Scirocco in the United States. Since it was introduced for 2008, it won’t be legal to import the Scirocco for another decade (until 2033). And yet, this 2008 Volkswagen Scirocco is here in the U.S. More specifically, it’s in San […]

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