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China Is Way, Way Ahead in the Car Business—Can the West Catch Up?

2 days ago | motortrend.com | Frank Markus

It’s tricky for Americans to appreciate the magnitude of the technology gap that has formed and continues growing between new Chinese cars and those being produced elsewhere in the developed world. That’s because our market has effectively been walled off, at least from China’s homegrown brands and global nameplate electric cars.
2025 Porsche Macan 4S Electric First Test: A Hot Hatchback for Grown-Ups

3 days ago | motortrend.com | Aaron Gold

Quick, agile handling that belies its weightComfortable and refined driving experienceNifty and functional ambient lightingSome cheap interior bitsCould be more engaging to driveHigh priceIn 1 Corinthians 13:11, Paul says, “When I became a man, I put away childish things”—but if we all followed his lead, Lego would have gone bankrupt years ago.
Hot, Haute, Hybrid: Driving Bentley's Latest High-Powered Plug-In Hybrid V-8 Models

4 days ago | motortrend.com | Miguel Cortina

The end of Bentley’s legendary W-12 engine era opened the door for innovation—and the brand hasn’t wasted the opportunity. In the 2026 Bentayga Speed, engineers turned to a smaller twin-turbo V-8 that delivers more horsepower and nearly matches the W-12’s torque. For the rest of the lineup, Bentley is leaning into electrified performance, introducing high-output plug-in hybrids—some producing up to 771 hp—that redefine what its luxury models are capable of.
Driven: To Make an Old ’72 Chevy C20 New, Icon Made a New Truck Old

5 days ago | motortrend.com | Scott Evans

For many of us, making an old car or truck run like new again is to restore its magic. Sometimes when we do, though, we’re reminded how much better new cars are engineered than their progenitors. With enough time and money, we can re-engineer the past, but at some point, it risks becoming a modern Ship of Theseus. That's where Icon usually stops, but for its 1972 Chevrolet C20 reimagination, the company decided to start in an entirely different place.
Pure Michigan Luxe SUV Test! 2025 Cadillac Escalade vs. Lincoln Navigator vs. Jeep Grand Wagoneer

1 week ago | motortrend.com | Frank Markus

Comparison tests don’t get more Pure Michigan than this one. These luxury SUVs were all primarily designed and developed in southeast Michigan by the Detroit Three. The bosses overseeing development had particularly keen interest in how each turned out, because these are the rigs they use to haul their broods and tow their boats up north—it’s a Michigan thing, if you didn’t know—to their lake retreats.
Gold Rush: The Dodge Deora Is the World's Coolest Skateboard

1 week ago | motortrend.com | Angus MacKenzie

[This story first appeared in the premier issue of MotorTrend Classic in 2005] Concept car? Custom? the Dodge Deora is both. It started as an idea for one of the most radical, cutting-edge customs ever made and became a concept vehicle shown by Chrysler. Built over two years and at a cost of $10,000, the Dodge Deora would stun the custom-car world and become an automotive icon that transcended the niche world of the chop-'n'-channel crowd.
How to Slim Down, Save Money, and Scare Your Spouse With An F-150 Lightning

1 week ago | motortrend.com | Edward Loh

Odds are high that if you’re reading this, you or someone you know rents a self-storage unit. Studies show that nearly one in three Americans rent a storage unit, with furniture the most common item being stored. There’s no data from this study on how much all this costs, but I can tell you from experience, it’s entirely too much. AI Quick SummaryThe article discusses using a 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning to clear a pricey storage unit.
Is It Time for EV Charging Stations to Simply Offer Quick-Time Battery Swaps?

1 week ago | motortrend.com | Frank Markus

John and Jane Public aren’t warming to electric cars at the rate many in the automotive industry thought they would, and that’s mostly because EVs still can’t match the cost and convenience of gasoline-powered alternatives. The steady march of progress is chipping away at EVs’ cost, boosting the distance they can drive on a single charge, and hastening their charging speeds (1-megawatt or better is almost here). But maybe there’s a holistically better idea.
Toyota's Hot Prius Hybrid (We're Still Not Used to Saying That) Gains Nightshade Special Edition

1 week ago | motortrend.com | Justin Banner

The Nightshade Edition trim is Toyota’s way of bringing more sinister style to its customers by offering unique color schemes the obligatory set of black-painted wheels and body trim common to these, well, common night-themed special editions.
Honda's Playing with Robots and Reusable Rockets-Look Out, Tesla and SpaceX?

1 week ago | motortrend.com | Justin Banner

Not content with going fast on Earth's surface with its turbocharged Civic Type R—not to mention its Formula 1 and IndyCar racing engines—Honda is continuing to work on its aeronautical dreams, following up its Honda Jet with... space travel. This isn't a joke. The automaker (or, at least, an arm of the automaker, Honda R&D Co. Limited) is working on rockets, and just successfully launched its first experimental reusable rocket from the Hokkaido Prefecture in Japan.