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Why Chinese EVs look the way they do
Chinese EVs look European because Europeans designed them. Wolfgang Egger from Audi and Lamborghini runs BYD design, Kris Tomasson from BMW runs Nio's, and Stefan Sielaff, who drew the Audi A7 and Bentley Bentayga, runs Geely's. Here's why the cars share smooth surfaces, light bars, and living-room interiors, and what they still lack.
Jeffrey Wiley
BMW’s famous propeller logo story is a myth
The BMW roundel is not a spinning propeller. It's the black ring from predecessor Rapp Motorenwerke plus the Bavarian flag colors, inverted to get around a trademark law banning state symbols. The propeller idea came from a 1929 ad, twelve years after the badge was registered, and BMW let the story run.
Jeffrey Wiley
What happened to the Kia Stinger? The best-looking Kia ever built lasted six years
The Kia Stinger ran from 2017 to 2023 and sold just 5,452 cars in its final US year. Designed by ex-Audi and ex-BMW people, it was the best-looking Kia ever built and it still failed. Here's what Kia was trying to do, why it ended, and why it mattered anyway.
Jeffrey Wiley
Audi's boss says the pricier the car, the more buyers want an engine
Audi CEO Gernot Döllner says enthusiasm for combustion engines rises with price: the higher the segment, the more buyers want an engine, while EVs are accepted fastest at the cheap end. Audi's $700,000, 987-hp Nuvolari, with a V8 that revs to 10,000 rpm, is the proof.
Jeffrey Wiley
The cheapest manual sports cars you can still buy new, ranked by how expensive they look
You can still buy a new manual sports car for about $30,000 in 2026, but the list is short. Here's every one that matters, with current prices, ranked by how much more expensive it looks than it is. The Miata and GR86 win, and the reason is proportions.
Cam Walsh
Michael Jordan's lost Ferrari, the one behind the Air Jordan XIV, is going to auction
Michael Jordan's custom 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello, the car Tinker Hatfield used to design the Air Jordan XIV, has resurfaced after 25 years and goes to auction on Joopiter September 15 to 30 with a $700,000 to $1.3 million estimate. A normal 550 is worth under $300,000. The rest is Jordan.
Jeffrey Wiley
Mitsubishi brought the Pajero back as a real Land Cruiser rival
Mitsubishi revealed a fifth-generation Pajero on September 2, a body-on-frame SUV built in Thailand and aimed at the Toyota Land Cruiser. It is the first new Pajero since 2021, with a ladder frame from the Triton pickup, 9.1 inches of ground clearance, and a 2.4-liter turbodiesel.
Cam Walsh
What is tandem drifting, and how is it judged?
Tandem drifting is two cars sliding together, inches apart, for a whole run. It's the format that made drifting a real sport, and the winner isn't the car in front. Here's how lead and chase work, and how judges score line, angle and style.
Cam Walsh
Lewis Hamilton sold every car he owned, then bought a barn-find Ferrari F40
Lewis Hamilton sold his entire car collection in 2025 and said he would only buy another if it was a Ferrari F40. He has now found one that sat in a garage for over 30 years and had Ferrari restore it at Maranello. Here is why the F40 is the car a seven-time champion picked over everything.
Cam Walsh
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.
Jeffrey Wiley
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.
Jeffrey Wiley
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.
Jeffrey Wiley