Autos

The most eye-catching is Amplify Orange Tintcoat, which takes over where Sebring Orange Tintcoat left off. Sebring Orange was a “premium” paint color with a $995 upcharge; it’s not clear if Amplify Orange will carry the same cost. It’s also not clear how the color actually differs considering the reveal images. It looks pretty similar to our eyes, at least through the computer screen. See all 40 photos Next up is Caffeine, a metallic brown with a tanned leather sort of tone, which is a replacement for the more muted Zeus Bronze Metallic. Surely it’s going to be a polarizing paint color, and it’d be interesting to look back and see what the take rate is on it. Zeus Bronze was a no-cost option, so smart money is on Caffeine being likewise. See all 40 photo...

We’re not lying; you can, in fact, put an aftermarket exhaust system on your Tesla Model 3. Don’t believe us? Check out the season 10 premiere of All Girls Garage, where Bogi and Faye Hadley will show you exactly how to add aural shenanigans to your Ludicrous Mode fun times. But what other Tesla aftermarket modifications can you do? And why? Sure, wheels and tires, suspension, the aforementioned exhaust—the go-tos for any gearhead who wants to personalize a new vehicle right away. But Tesla owners aren’t your average gearheads. And the 2020 Tesla Model 3 won MotorTrend’s Compact Luxury Sedan Shootout against a BMW 3 series and a Genesis G70—a testament to the Model 3’s performance bona fides. Would those changes do anything to improve on a Model 3’s perf...

The next-gen Toyota Land Cruiser SUV is due to look a lot like the current one. Well, that’s if spy pictures of the internally named 300-series Land Cruiser that recently appeared on social media sites are to be believed. Admittedly, the evolutionary styling of Toyota’s newest iteration of its flagship SUV comes as little surprise. After all, the big box’s basic design has remained much the same for decades. Still, images posted to the Instagram account “Land Cruiser Updates” give us a better idea of what to expect from the new Toyota 4×4, including its redesigned front and rear ends, as well as its interior. While the latest Land Cruiser appears to maintain the current 200-series model’s big and boxy stature, it does appear to adopt more ...

Honda is the latest automaker to announce it will eliminate all production of internal combustion engines with a plan to go all-electric by 2040. Not electrified (i.e. hybrid), but 100 percent battery- or fuel-cell-electric in a little less than 20 years from now. Don’t worry, we still have a little while to enjoy Honda’s fantastic gasoline engines before they hit the endangered species list. The ramp-up is truly that: It’ll take a little while to start, but then it’s really going to go. Honda’s plan is to have battery-electrics (BEVs) and fuel-cell-electrics (FCEVs) account for 40 percent of North American sales by 2030, 80 percent by 2035, and 100 percent by 2040. What Has to Happen for Honda to Go ZEV by 2040? Meanwhile, Honda is developing a new dedicated ...

Maserati made its first ever race appearance in April 1926, and the brand has enjoyed a storied history in motorsport ever since. Racing fans will also recall that the great Juan Manuel Fangio made his racing debut with Maserati in the early 1950s. To celebrate its near century-long racing heritage and Fangio himself, Maserati has pulled the wraps off of the F Tributo Special Edition models for the Ghibli sedan and Levante SUV. The F, as you might have guessed, stands for Fangio—a driver that even today is heralded as one of the most talented human beings to ever sit behind the wheel of a racing car. Both the Levante and the Ghibli are painted in stunning colors, with the hues themselves dripping with historical significance. The Levante is finished in Rosso Tributo, Italy’s rac...

As part of a strategic plan to expand its self-driving vehicle test fleet, DiDi Autonomous Driving has struck a partnership with Volvo Cars. The signed agreement maintains that Volvo will supply DiDi with XC90 models to have autonomous software and hardware installed. The collaboration strengthens Volvo’s reputation as a global leader in automotive safety and the vehicle of choice for self-driving fleets. See all 15 photos The Volvo XC90 will be the first vehicle to feature DiDi Gemini, a new self-driving hardware platform that will make it fully autonomous. These XC90s will also come equipped with the necessary backup systems for functions such as steering and braking. DiDi intends to deploy this fleet of self-driving XC90s for ride-hailing in its network at a later date. The standa...

Good news! We’ve found your next car. But before we tell you what it is, allow us to paint a picture of the conundrum that led to this Capri’s customized creation. Imagine you’re Henry Ford II, one of the most powerful automotive executives in the world. You’re pushing 65 and you’ve just married a gal nearly a quarter century your junior. You know, the one you call “Giggles” (or at least did until she insisted you switch to Kate); the one you chased around Detroit while your wife Christina was jet-setting around the globe; the one who most decidedly wasn’t your wife when you two were pulled over in a Ford Granada for DWI in California in ’75. (When the Detroit Free Press asked you for an explanation of that little incident, you uttered ...

We’ve all been there. The moment when you realize your car keys aren’t in the first, second, third, or fourth place you normally leave them. Now you’re late for work, or for a doctor’s appointment, or whatever equally dire situation that presents itself. But luckily, Apple has launched what might be the best addition to its product line in a very long time: AirTags. Each AirTag is a quarter sized, battery-powered Bluetooth puck that passively keeps track of, well, anything you latch it to. The AirTag itself uses Apple’s U1 chip with ultra wideband technology to improve the unit’s location accuracy. Bluetooth LE (“low energy”) means the CR2032 battery (those flat ones found in watches and most key fobs) should last about a year before it ...

The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E is a new electric vehicle, an expansion of the Mustang nameplate into a brand, and a very important vehicle for the Blue Oval—the latter being an understatement. Don’t forget that we also feel that it earns its pony badge, offering style, performance, and reasonable utility with enough deference to its two-door sibling. Not to say the Mach-E isn’t controversial to some enthusiasts, but that would be the case no matter how good it is. Now we can add the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s (IIHS) crash-test ratings to the discussion. Let’s cut right to the chase. The Mach-E scores well in all the crash tests IIHS conducts. (And as of this writing, NHTSA hasn’t conducted its testing.) It earned the top rating of “Good”...

Mercedes-Benz Vans’ lineup in Europe is a little bit confusing, and since we only get the Sprinter and the Metris on these shores we’ll spare you a detailed examination of how the new T-Class partially replaces the current Citan. So here’s what you need to know: There is a T-Class there, a joint-venture with Renault and related to the Kangoo small commercial van, and this new Concept EQT previews an electric Mercedes-EQ EQT version of said T-Class. To put it another way, think of the T-Class as being roughly the same size and shape as a Ram ProMaster City or Ford Transit Connect. Now, electrify that and put a Mercedes tri-star on it, and you’re in the right headspace. The Mercedes-EQ lineup is getting serious now. We just saw the flagship EQS luxury sedan (in t...