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The most expensive Corvette ever sold for $18.7 million
A 1963 Corvette Grand Sport sold for $18.7 million at RM Sotheby's Monterey, the most ever paid for a Corvette. Chevrolet built five to fight Shelby's Cobras, then GM's racing ban killed the program before any raced with factory backing. Two of its siblings just drew crowds at Carlisle.
Volkswagen's design boss says cars should stop looking angry
Volkswagen Group design chief Andreas Mindt says the industry's push toward mean-looking cars is nonsense, and that most buyers would rather their car looked happy than intimidating. The ID. Polo and ID.3 Neo are his evidence.
Badge engineering: When two cars are the same car
Badge engineering is selling one car under another brand with new badges and a reworked face. The oddest example is the Saab 9-2X, a Subaru WRX with a Saab nose that nobody wanted. Here's why carmakers keep doing it, and what it reveals about how much a grille is actually worth.
The R35 GT-R engine is built by hand, by one person
Every R35 GT-R engine was assembled by a single master builder in a clean room, and signed with a name plaque. The VR38DETT is a 3.8-liter twin-turbo V6 that went from 480 horsepower to about 600, and it's most of why the GT-R earned the Godzilla name.
Porsche says it will build manuals until the law stops it
Porsche will keep selling manual gearboxes as long as it is legally allowed to and customers keep asking, its North America CEO said at Monterey Car Week. The hybrid 911 is the exception, because its electric motor is built into the PDK gearbox itself.
Hyundai Wants to Build Trucks in America and Ship Them Overseas
Hyundai plans to build body-on-frame trucks and SUVs in the United States and export them overseas, CEO Jose Munoz said at the company's investor day in Seoul. It is part of a push toward 5.55 million global sales by 2030, with 500,000 units of new North American capacity.
Ferrari Wants to Hide Its Aerodynamics in the Taillights
Ferrari has patented taillights that move out of the way to feed air to the rear wing and effectively lengthen it. It's a patent rather than a confirmed product, but it shows how hard the brand is working to get the downforce without letting the aero wreck the look.
What Is a Hellcat Engine?
A Hellcat engine is Dodge's 6.2-liter supercharged HEMI V8, and it landed in 2015 making 707 horsepower in cars anyone could buy. Dodge kept escalating from there, ending with a 1,025 horsepower Demon 170. Here's what's inside it and why it mattered.
Mazda Miata Generations Explained: NA, NB, NC and ND
The Mazda MX-5 Miata has four generations, known by chassis code: NA, NB, NC, and ND. The NA has pop-up headlights and is the lightest, the NB dropped the pop-ups, the NC grew heavy, and the ND went light again. Here's what separates each one.
What Is a K-Swap, and Why Is It Everywhere?
A K-swap means dropping a Honda K-series four-cylinder into a car that didn't come with one, and it's the most popular engine swap in the world. Introduced in 2001, the K20 and K24 make easy power, run i-VTEC, and are cheap and everywhere. Here's why K-swap the world became a plan.
The Wheels make the Car: How Fitment changes a Car's whole look
Swap the wheels and leave everything else alone, and a car can look like a different vehicle. Wheels and fitment are the single highest-leverage change to how a car looks, which is why enthusiasts obsess over offset, size, and how perfectly the wheel fills the arch.
Why the Minivan Died (and Why That's a Little Sad)
Americans bought 1.3 million minivans in 2000 and about 306,000 in 2023. The minivan didn't get worse, it got better right up until almost nobody wanted one. The SUV offered the same space with a tougher look, and the soccer-mom stigma finished the job. The cool wagons died in the same wave.