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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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Custom BRX Hunter T1 for Dakar

Prodrive--one of the world's most successful multi-disciplinary race outfits--has partnered with Mumtalakat--the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain--to create an entirely new race team called Bahrain Raid Xtreme (BRX for short) that will be competing starting with the Dakar Rally in 2021. What do you do when you…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Sebring Winning 1974 BMW 3.5 CSL IMSA “Batmobile” Auction

When it comes to tuner brands you can trust to take your performance vehicles and make them even better, there are few shops we'd trust as much Alpina--especially when it comes to BMWs. For as long as we can remember--going back almost four decades--Alpina has been transforming BMWs into even…

By Cooper Fleishman
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One of the Original ‘A-Team’ Vans is Going to Auction

The A-Team is a mid 80s classic that next to none of us actually grew up watching, but remains a part of the cultural zeitgeist because we're all aware of characters like Hannibal Smith, Templeton "Face" Peck, "Howling Mad" Murdock and Bosco "B.A" Baracus aka Mr. T. Even if you've…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Nissan Design America GT-R (X) 2050 Concept

There are more than a few prototype cars we always wished would be constructed, but for one reason or another, would never see the light of day. Nissan Design America was so enthralled with the GT-R (X) 2050 concept--much like the rest of us--that they actually decided to build a…

By Cooper Fleishman
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Volkswagen ID.6 Crossover SUV Electric Concept

Everyone knows that the future of motoring is electric, but few brands have gotten behind that initiative as much as Volkswagen has with their line of ID-badged electric vehicles. In addition to the electrified classics like the ID BUZZ Bus, and the MEB Dune Buggy, they just revealed that there…

By Cooper Fleishman
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