Automotive

When Volkswagen started showing off the new ID. Buzz as a modern take on the 1960s Microbus (aka “Bus” or "Kombi"), it got people’s attention. The new Buzz is a sort of modern revival of what people imagine the Bus was like, not what the Bus was really like.

For the second year running, the Lucid Air sports the title of the most efficient electric vehicle in the US according to new EPA ratings. In doing so, it ranks above the likes of Tesla’s Model S and Mercedes-Benz’s EQS.

Most fully autonomous cars are being deployed in commercial settings, such as those used by driverless-ride providers like Waymo. However, a new company called Tensor plans to bring an L4 robocar to consumers next year, and it looks damn impressive.

Lexus has just unveiled the successor to its legendary LFA supercar after discontinuing the first one over a decade ago. It's got new underpinnings, bold styling, and an electric powertrain to replace the fire-breathing V10.

One of the most interesting concepts revealed at this year's Japan Mobility Show was also one of the simplest. The barebones Toyota IMV Origin concept is potentially one of the most versatile vehicles Toyota (or any automaker) has ever built.

Subaru has unveiled an all-new model, the Trailseeker. This all-electric sport utility starts at a little under $50,000 and will enter the market in early 2026.

$20,630,000: Twenty million, six hundred and thirty thousand US dollars. That’s how much the Gordon Murray S1 LM supercar sold for, officially garnering the highest sale price for a new car sold at auction, excluding charity sales.

It may surprise some to learn that Polaris has a serious research, development, and testing facility. I got a full tour of the place, along with a dedicated test track that I got to use later.

The Wagoneer S marks a bold leap for Jeep as the brand’s first full-electric model for U.S. buyers. Jeep doesn’t seem shy about it. Its greatest downsides are problems it shares with Wagoneer models on the whole.

The Aspark Owl hypercar from Japan was once the fastest electric production car you could buy. Its new drop-top version is said to go from 0-60 mph in just 1.72 seconds, arguably faster than any other car on the market ever.

If the listening experience inside your car just isn't cutting it, perk up your ears: Warwick Acoustics is building a new automotive speaker system that makes your music sound like it's playing in a space 10 times bigger than the cabin.

Hyundai's luxury brand, Genesis, is turning things up to 11 with a focus on performance in the form of the new Magma lineup. Perhaps the most stunning of the lot is the Magma GT supercar powered by a roaring 3.2-liter twin-turbo V8.

What Toyota has done with the 2025 4Runner is evolutionary. The new 4Runner sits on the TNGA-F body-on-frame architecture, and that underpins much of what’s compelling about this generation. I drove both the Limited and the Trailhunter models.

Jeep is going all out to court thrillseekers with the 2026 Recon SUV. This chunky all-electric 4x4 packs a raft of features for making light work of craggy trails, along with plenty of power under the hood, and creature comforts to boot.

Hyundai's Irvine, California-based team absolutely cooked with the new Crater concept. It's a compact electric SUV with futuristic styling that looks like the sort of vehicle you'd deploy on a recon mission after touching down on a new planet.