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Bidders Stopped At $30K For An El Camino With Over $55K In Work

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Power comes from a modern V8 with 375 hp and 375 lb-ft of torque. Working against this El Camino is the three crash reports on its Carfax. Other upgrades include QA1 coilovers and upgraded Wilwood brakes. The Chevrolet El Camino has always occupied a curious space between muscle car and pickup, and that alone gives it a certain appeal. It’s undeniably a cool truck , but despite this example having more than $55,000 poured into upgrades, it recently failed to sell at auction. In fact, bidding on this Chevy topped out at just $30,000. This El Camino had plenty working in its favor. As a 1987 model, it comes from the final year of production and was fitted with several upgrades from Choo Choo Customs in Tennessee as part of a factory-backed program. Among the changes are a more aerodynamic front bumper, SS graphics, new parking lights, and distinctive exterior detailing. Read: Someone Locked This 1979 El Camino Away For Decades With Under 1,300 Miles Even with that end-o...
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Toyota Is Dropping $1 Billion Into Two U.S. Plants, And One Is Getting A Second EV

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Toyota commits $800M to Kentucky and $200M to India production expansion. It’s all part of a $10B plan to strengthen Toyota’s US manufacturing footprint. Spending follows tariff pressure that raised costs and hit Toyota margins. Toyota is spending $1 billion on an expansion at its Kentucky plant, and its plant in Indiana. Toyota claims that the expansion plans extend past new equipment and production objectives, investing in people equally to investing in technology. But it comes at a decisive juncture in America’s automotive history, as changing tariffs have made the waters murky for virtually all automakers importing and selling cars in the US. See Also: Toyota’s Pouring Another $10 Billion Into America During ‘Pivotal Moment’ The growth will allow the company to prepare a second battery-powered vehicle at the Kentucky plant and increase the production of the already developed models such as Camry and RAV4. The company is also expanding the line of Grand Highlander...
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Volkswagen Is Redesigning Its Interiors Around A Problem Its Own Engineers Created

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VW’s CEO says physical buttons and door handles are simply non-negotiable. Usability failures in the Mk8 Golf and ID models forced a company-wide reset. The brand will study camera footage of real drivers to guide interior decisions. Volkswagen built its reputation on quality. Most of its products weren’t particularly pretty or engaging to drive, but they were built well. But in the past decade, the brand lost its focus, opting for hollow tech features. Since that change, critics and customers alike have balked at the move, and the CEO now admits the misstep and unveils his plan to course correct moving forward. Read: MG’s $13K SUV Thinks Hand Gestures Beat Buttons Speaking at an event in Hamburg, Volkswagen boss Thomas Schäfer told Top Gear that usability mistakes in recent models forced the company to rethink how it designs cars. That’s especially important after complaints about the Mk8 Golf and early ID-series EVs. Schäfer, who took the top job in mid-2022, says...
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The Corvette ZR1X And Demon 170 Both Saw The Front, But Only One Saw The Finish

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Most powerful Corvette yet faces off with Dodge’s own ultimate Challenger. Together they unleash over 2,200 hp and more than 1,900 lb-ft of torque. Both races stay tight, but one machine clearly edges ahead and wins each time. Winning a drag race has long come down to outright power, giant tires, and outright brutality. Today’s most modern Corvette attacks it with turbos, hybrid power, and all-wheel drive trickery. Put the Corvette ZR1X and Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 side by side, and you’re looking at more than 2,200 horsepower and over 1,900 lb-ft of torque between them. Which one is fastest? After some races at Texas 2K, we know beyond any doubt. These races went down early in the morning, which equates to cooler track temperatures. That didn’t stop either car from hooking up properly, though. More: This Drag Race Between Corvette ZR1 And Tesla Model S Plaid Wasn’t Even Close In the first race, the sheer brute force of the Demon 170 immediately takes center sta...
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Kia Pulls Some Tellurides From Sale Over Defect Linked To Child Death In Palisade

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Hyundai and Kia recall certain three-row SUVs as rear seats may miss occupants. The issue is tied to one fatality and one injury in similar Hyundai systems. No fix exists yet, and dealers cannot sell affected models until a repair arrives. Less than a week ago, a fatal accident involving a child in the rear seats of a Hyundai Palisade triggered a recall. The automaker acknowledged that the power rear seats might be hazardous in some situations. Now, as a precaution, the recall is expanding to several hundred 2027 Kia Telluride SUVs. Dealers have also been instructed to hold these models and complete repairs before putting them back on sale. The initial recall affected over 61,000 Palisades from the 2026 model year. This latest action now adds 568 examples of the 2027 Telluride Hybrid SX Prestige and X-Line SX Prestige, equipped with the Executive Package. All of these SUVs have powered second-row seat mechanisms designed to tilt, slide, or fold automatically to allow a...
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Rolls-Royce Is Offering Something It Says The Super-Luxury World Has Never Seen Before

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Rolls-Royce debuts the invite-only Coachbuild Collections program. Clients get access to design and testing, plus global curated events. The inaugural model will be fully electric, likely based on the Spectre. Rolls-Royce is taking its already rarefied coachbuilding arm and pushing it even further up the exclusivity ladder. The brand is effectively turning it into an invitation-only circle reserved for its most deep-pocketed clients. Called the Coachbuild Collection, the new program doesn’t just deliver an ultra-exclusive car, it wraps it into a curated, multi-year travel experience complete with behind-the-scenes access that money alone usually can’t buy. Unique Design According to Rolls-Royce, recent one-off creations like the Sweptail , Boat Tail, and Droptail exposed a modern luxury dilemma. Not everyone commissioning these cars wants to sit through endless design decisions. Some would rather hand over the creative reins and let the marque do what it does best, bui...
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Gas Stations Are Running Dry Across One Australian State

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Australia’s fuel crisis is worsening and some stations are going dry. 105 stations in New South Wales have reportedly run out of diesel. Leaders are urging people not to horde fuel and make things worse. The war in Iran is about to enter its second month and the fallout continues to impact drivers across the globe. While many are concerned about prices, some have to worry about getting fuel itself. That’s already playing out in Australia , where the Premier of New South Wales recently revealed 105 stations have run out of diesel, while 35 have run out of both gasoline and diesel. However, that’s out of around 2,500 stations in the state, so only 4.2% are out of diesel while 1.4% have gone dry altogether. More: Fuel Rationing Talk Spooks Drivers, But Panic Buying Might Be A Bigger Problem In Australia While that’s a small number, Chris Minns told News Australia there’s “more petrol in the economy today than there was five weeks ago or four weeks ago” thanks to the “re...
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