The 2026 Honda Civic Type R now starts at $48,090, including the $1,195 destination charge.   That’s $1,000 more expensive than the 2025 model.   The sixth-generation Civic Type R is about $4,000 more expensive than when it first went on sale for 2023.   The 2026 Honda Civic Type R will start at $48,090, […]

Ford is teasing a new high-performance sports car debut on January 15. It’s expected to be something significant for performance fans. The reveal fits into Ford’s renewed push around racing and high-performance vehicles. Ford has big plans surrounding this year’s Detroit Auto Show. The company’s racing division recently released a teaser video previewing a “high-performance […]

Gazoo Racing becomes the fifth Toyota brand, joining Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu, and Century. The GR GT doesn’t have any Toyota badges. Future performance models are also expected to only use GR badging. Toyota’s already large corporate umbrella is expanding to make room for a fifth brand. Just months after Century was spun off as a […]

Former CEO Oliver Blume candidly admits the strategy didn’t work. The first-gen Macan dies this year. A replacement isn’t coming until 2028. As of January 1, Oliver Blume is no longer Porsche’s CEO. The 57-year-old executive oversaw the Zuffenhausen brand for a decade before stepping aside to make way for former McLaren CEO Michael Leiters. […]

Miata sales were up 7.7 percent last year. Demand has been stable throughout the ND generation. A new Miata is expected to arrive later this decade. Usually, when a car approaches the end of its life cycle, its popularity begins to wane. However, sales figures show that the beloved Miata doesn’t follow that trend. It’s […]

Subaru teased a new STI model in a recent video. The video shows STI badging and a blue silhouette. Full reveal expected January 9 at the Tokyo Auto Salon. Update: This story has been updated with a new teaser video in which you can hear the sound of Subaru’s new STI model. Another day, another […]

We got an early glimpse of Red Bull’s first road-going hypercar back in July of 2024. Today, though, the company has locked in the final design of its RB17 hypercar before it goes on sale this year—and it looks wicked. The RB17 was born from Red Bull’s Formula One know-how, which means it was designed […]

The ID. Polo gives people what they want: buttons. A proper volume knob is also included. VW’s new electric hatchback gets a Golf I-styled instrument cluster. As with many other automakers, Volkswagen has taken plenty of flak for cramming most functions into touchscreens. However, Wolfsburg appears to be listening to customer feedback by bringing back […]

SUVs now have a nearly 60-percent share on the continent. The Dacia Sandero still beats them all. Sedans, hatchbacks, and wagons are on a slippery slope. Europeans, yours truly included, once looked down on Americans because we preferred smaller cars to gas-guzzling SUVs. However, the past few years have shown we’re not any better. Oversized, […]

Global sales rose by two percent to 3.13 million units. The Sportage, Seltos, and Sorento were the most popular models. Kia wants to sell 3.35 million vehicles in 2026. With 2025 in the rearview mirror, automakers are taking stock of their performance over the past 12 months. Kia has some bittersweet news to share about its sales […]