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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
Tech
Paintball Robot

At some point in your life you wanted to build a robot and be on Battle Bots. It could have been when you were a kid, or five years ago, or even yesterday, but that moment exists. Building things with your bare hands isn't just something you enjoy doing, it's…

By Cooper Fleishman
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The Roundup
Morgan Threewheeler

Threewheelers are, in all honesty, a little bit weird. It's not really a car and it's not a motorcyle, so what is it? We could go into a bunch of details about the original Morgan (won the French grand prix in 1913, set several long-distance speed records in the 1930s…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Entertainment
Batman Forever Batmobile

We can safely say that after discussing it for hours on end this is the only good thing to come out of Batman Forever.  The movie was only saved by two things – the modern restyling of the Batmobile and the fact that it wasn’t Batman and Robin (oh, and…

By Mike Newman
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Automoblox Hot Rods

The last time a lot of us touched a wooden toy car we were out in the garage whittling away at a pinewood derby racer in hopes of destroying all our friends in an upcoming race.  That time we spent working on those cars was probably what started our love…

By Mike Newman
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Entertainment
Sandy’s Can Car Blueprints

If you're anything like us, you loved building shit as a kid. It didn't matter if it was Lego, Lincoln Logs, Erector, Kinectx or that weird glow in the dark putty crap they "forced" us to make in Science class, we love creating something from nothing. Especially when that something…

By Cooper Fleishman
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