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Win a VIP Kindred Motorworks Experience in Napa Valley
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Over Tesla? Try These Model 3 Alternatives
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Over Tesla? Try These Model 3 Alternatives

There are several great options for those wanting to drive emission free—without baggage.

By Xavier Harding
The 6 Best Luxury Hybrid Vehicles for 2025
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The 6 Best Luxury Hybrid Vehicles for 2025

Premium automakers might be paring back their electric ambitions, but these top-tier hybrids and plug-ins have beauty and efficiency to spare. 

By Amos Kwon
The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Was Worth the Wait
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The Volkswagen ID. Buzz Was Worth the Wait

The modern reimagining of VW’s iconic microbus ranks among the best automotive releases in recent memory.

By Amos Kwon
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The New Hendo Hoverboard

Back to the Future Day was filled with highs and lows. We saw working Air Mags, but they're going to be impossible to get. The Cubs played, but they lost and were eliminated from the playoffs. Toyota made Marty's pickup, but it's not going into production. But there was one…

By Mike Newman
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‘Back to the Future’ Toyota Tacoma

It's looking less and less probable that Back to the Future correctly predicted the 2015 World Series champions—even the greatest prognosticators couldn't have seen Daniel Murphy coming—but that doesn't mean everything from the movie failed to come to fruition. For Back to the Future Day (aka "today"), Toyota turned a 2016 Tacoma into Marty's 1985…

By Mike Newman
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Revolights Eclipse+ Bike Smartlights

Last time we checked in with Revolights, they had a pretty impressive bike light system that effectively turned your wheels into a headlight, brake light and Tron prop. Revolights Eclipse+ takes everything that was excellent about the original (namely the whole "turning your wheels into lights" thing) and makes it…

By Cooper Fleishman
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1967 Ferrari Thomassima II

What you see here is the culmination of a lifelong dream of a young Californian to become the owner of an Italian exotic. An obsession that took Tom Meade to Modena via any means possible and became a way of life until his death in 2013. Beginning with old Ferrari…

By Kevin McCauley
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Legacy Classic Power Wagon

Originally billed in advertising as "a self-propelled power plant," the Dodge Power Wagon was a commercial truck produced from 1945 to 1981 that was based on the WC series of WWII military trucks. The moniker has been revived and applied to other releases over the years, but it never really…

By Cooper Fleishman
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