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Aston has even binned the rubber bushings for the rear subframe, bolting it directly to the body to make the Vantage S feel more direct. The suspension’s camber, toe and caster have also been fine tuned, supposedly to sharpen responses and improve front-end grip. Lift the long, low bonnet and you are not bathed in golden light as if you’re staring into the famous briefcase from Pulp Fiction. You don’t even get to gaze upon a piece of mechanical artwork. Instead, you’re greeted with hard plastic, tubing and bracing, but hidden beneath is a twin-turbo 4.0-litre V8 made by AMG…
Stark Future has already turned its ridiculously powerful electric dirt bike into a street-going supermoto – upon which I recently got to cruise the streets and cities around Barcelona (more on that experience coming soon). But now the company is taking that concept in an even darker direction with the new Stark VARG SM Sköll, a limited-edition, nearly completely blacked-out version of the 80 hp electric supermoto. And when I say limited, I mean it. Stark says it will build just 500 numbered examples worldwide, with no second production run planned. And based on the rate that Stark is selling…
From utterly rare American delights to painful glitches in the Matrix, many of us Jalops love discovering one-off weirdos of any kind. Much like the long-sitting Excalibur Phaeton pictured above. These strange pieces of work are typically found during inordinately long sessions browsing Marketplace, Craigslist, AutoTempest, and other “secret” sites (so as not to give away all the good, cheap places to buy things). And every once in a while, during a late-night search, a white whale emerges. In a landscape filled with all sorts of rust buckets and daily-drivers turned throw-away junkers, it’s not always easy to find the strange cars.…
Elon Musk gave his clearest signal yet that Tesla and SpaceX could eventually combine, telling the All-In Summit in Los Angeles that the two companies’ deepening collaboration makes the question worth asking. Sawyer Merritt first surfaced the highlight on X Tuesday. Asked directly why Tesla and SpaceX remain separate given how closely they already work together, Musk told hosts at the summit: “Great question there. With all this collaboration, on so many levels, who can imagine what action one might take when there’s so much close collaboration in so many areas.” SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell, who joined Musk on stage,…
July 2026 was the worst month on record for Tesla driver-assist crashes. Tesla reported 236 of them to federal regulators, the most it has ever filed in a single month. Four of those crashes killed someone. In every one, Tesla’s own data says Autopilot or “Full Self-Driving” was engaged, and in every one, the public was never told the system was involved. This is the latest from our ongoing investigation matching Tesla’s redacted NHTSA reports to real, named crashes. A record month, and a rising line Under a 2021 NHTSA Standing General Order, automakers must report crashes where a Level…
Volvo introduced the new XC60 and XC90, its first long-range plug-in hybrids. With up to 78 miles on a single charge, the new models are now America’s longest-range electric PHEVs. Volvo unveils first long-range XC60 and XC90 PHEVs The new long-range hybrids are a key part of Volvo’s “bridge to a fully electric future,” the company said. Volvo revealed the new variants of its best-selling XC60 and XC90 SUVs on Tuesday. Alongside an updated design, the new PHEVs offer more than twice the electric driving range of the current models. Thanks to a larger 41.2 kWh battery, which is more…
Photo: First Student First Student is adding 40 electric school buses in New York City after completing the first phase of a charging project that cut infrastructure costs by 20%. The electric school buses will serve NYC Public Schools in Brooklyn and Queens, building on a demonstration project with Con Edison that tested a less disruptive way to install charging equipment in a dense urban environment. At the center of the project is First Charge, First Student’s above-ground charging system. Instead of digging trenches to bury electrical cables, the equipment carries them overhead, cutting construction costs and making installations faster…
Reigning F1 world champion Lando Norris’ stunning red Ferrari F40 has been spotted on the streets of London, looking “simply lovely”. Parked on a street at night, the F40 looked particularly striking under the city’s street lighting. It is wearing Monaco licence plates. The side profile is what really catches the eye. The low nose, huge rear wing and engineered bodywork still look fantastic decades after the F40 first came out. It’s not just Norris from the F1 world who owns a Ferrari F40. Seven-time F1 world champion Lewis Hamilton recently fulfilled his long-standing dream by acquiring an F40. The…
Source: Tesla Tesla has reopened reservations for its next-generation Roadster, asking buyers for a $50,000 deposit about two weeks before the car is even unveiled. The reserve page went live this week ahead of an October 1 reveal near Waco, Texas. It’s the second time Tesla has collected $50,000 for the Roadster. The first batch of deposit-holders is still waiting, nearly nine years later. The page asks for $5,000 on a credit card today, described as “fully refundable,” followed by a $45,000 wire transfer due within 10 days. The reservation isn’t final until the wire clears. Tesla’s live Roadster reservation…
Last week, a number of diesel stations in California appeared on social media with the prices pinned at 9.99 – the highest number the pumps could display. Today, the pictures are showing something different: gas stations that are out of diesel entirely. Sensational posts about America running out of diesel have been popping up on YouTube pretty regularly since the US launched military strikes on Iran causing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz earlier this year – but this latest round of hysteria is being backed up by more credible news sources, as well. “Photos appearing to show gas stations…