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2027 Chevrolet Silverado Gets New V-8s and More Screens — Chevy’s Silverado is a huge deal, and we’re not only talking about its size. It’s the best-selling vehicle in the General Motors portfolio, it’s one of the nation’s best-sellers, and…

How to get Olive Garden's Never-Ending Pasta Pass — $100 unlocks unlimited pasta for 13 long weeks.

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Best charging station deal: Save 30% on the Anker Prime Charging Station — Wake up to fully recharged devices every morning.

Final Parking Space: 1982 Renault Le Car DeLuxe 3-door — Four of our last five Final Parking Space subjects have been red-white-and-blue-flag-waving American cars and trucks, each equipped with a manual transmission. This week, we’re going to stick with the run of…

Cars, and How We Come to Love Them — How can something as simple as a car become so important in your life that it verges on a religious experience? It takes you from point A to point B, it carries your stuff, it leaves you stranded by the side of the road, and it unendingly rips

6 of Our Ideal Road Trip/Car Combinations — Summer’s nearly upon us, and so is the time when Hagerty picks its Road of the Year. Naturally, our minds got to wandering about which car would pair best with a certain road trip. Some answers are pie-in-the-sky; others might jus

5 Collector Trucks You Can Drive Daily for $15K — Two years ago, a 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser sold on Bring a Trailer for $177,500. That is Ferrari money for what was, until recently, an ideal first car for a high schooler. The sale was far above #1 condition (concours) value for…

Lexus ES 350h AWD Premium + First Drive: Change to Survive — Sedans are on the way out at Lexus, but not completely. Toyota’s luxury arm used to make four: the flagship LS, which upset the luxury-car establishment in 1989; the front-wheel-drive ES, born as stablemate to the LS; t

SGT Automobili 55-SGT Is a Giulia That Thinks It’s a 740-hp DTM Car — Italian company SGT Automobili is blending Alfa Romeo’s past and present in a limited-edition restomod with supercar-like power. Unveiled on the famous Monza track, the SGT Automobili 55-SGT looks like…

Skip the Porsche Macan EV—This plush German rival is cheaper and has more range — Why spend more when this German rival goes farther for less?

Hot Wheels and 7-Eleven Team up for 1:64-Scale Nissan GT-R — If you’re the kind of Hot Wheels collector who can spot a Treasure Hunt at Walmart from an aisle away behind half a dozen peg warmers, we’ve got good news. Your favorite brand of 1:64-scale custom cars has once again…

Kuryłowicz + Architects designs Antarctic research station as "home at the end of the world" — <p>Architecture studio Kuryłowicz + Architects has revealed photos of the timber Arctowski Station nearing completion on King George Island in Antarctica. Currently under…

Best portable power station deal: EF EcoFlow Delta 2 drops to $429 at Amazon — Because “hope the power doesn’t go out” isn’t a great backup plan.

The Lamborghini Silhouette Is the Forgotten Wedge of the 1970s — Hidden in the Countach&#8217;s shadow, the Lamborghini Silhouette is one of the brand&#8217;s best-kept secrets. Few were built, and today it&#8217;s rarer than many modern limited-edition cars — though not intentio

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test — Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan

Never Stop Driving #189: How to Watch Racing. Or Not. — I didn’t watch a single lap of the 24 Hours of Le Mans last weekend. I didn’t see the Chevy Corvette triumph over Porsche, Ferrari, Aston Martin, Lexus, and more. I didn’t learn that one of the winning Corvette’s drivers,…

7 Vehicles We&#8217;d Love to Drag Out of the Woods and Restore — On a long enough timeline, Mother Nature wins every battle she finds herself in. But there are moments, not long before she declares victory, where something sits on the brink, facing its last chance at survival…

Your Project Car Anti-Guide — The path for tackling a project car successfully is varied and meandering, even in the best scenario. Navigating it either forces you to go with the flow, or else you live a frustrated life until you either sell the car or reluctantly get it to a poi

Porsche 911 GT2 RS Flachbau Is a One-Of-One Factory-Built Slantnose — There are countless ways to personalize a Porsche, ranging from selecting a wheel design to ordering a paint-to-sample color. One buyer went a lot further down the customization path than most: An anonymous…

Shell Gets More Tax Relief on $20 Billion Nigerian Oil Project — Nigeria granted Shell Plc a production-linked tax credit for a deepwater project, an incentive that will be offered to other oil majors as Africa’s biggest producer seeks to boost production, according to people…

Entire Podium of 1966 Le Mans GT40s Now Reunited in One Collection — It’s nice to complete a collection, whether you’re assembling all 50 state spoons, an entire orphanage of Cabbage Patch dolls, or the trio of Ford GT40s that swept the podium at Le Mans in 1966. Some of those…

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10 of the Quirkiest Cars from the London Concours — Alright guv&#8217;nah, come and &#8216;ave a butcher&#8217;s at all the Ken Dodd la-di-dahs right &#8216;ere in the jam tart of London Town. It&#8217;s the London Concours, held at the Honourable Artillery Company, a hidden gree

Piston Slap: On a Long Enough Timeline, Unobtainium Is Obtainium — John writes: Sajeev, My daily driver is a 2013 Mercedes SLK 55 AMG. I adore this car and want to keep it as long as possible. I am approaching 100K miles and have only had to do routine maintenance; I probably ove

Waze gets motorbike mode, personalised nav, and 'less chatty' mode — Your route home just got more AI-tailored.

Against All Oddities: Theme of the Century — A few weeks ago, I mentioned that it was time to start having fun with my Toyota Century. I’m pleased to announce that we at the Troutman Foundry car commune are making progress in that direction. Early questions: Do we need a Foundry

Never Stop Driving #186: Ferrari Fever — Damn you, Henry Catchpole, damn you. I thought I’d banished the Ferrari F355 from my mind. But your latest “The Driver’s Seat” video for Hagerty’s YouTube channel, in which you drove a restomod version, reawakened all the fond memories I h

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This BMW 1600ti Is Rare for These Parts—and Ready to Scoot — BMW’s introduction of “Neue Klasse” small sedans, starting with the 1500 of 1961, changed the company’s fortunes dramatically. The models were a major departure from the funky little Isetta and key to launching BMW as a

Creating opportunities for disabled people to lead | Keely Cat-Wells | TEDxPortland — Many of the tools we rely on every day, from text messaging to audiobooks to voice recognition, were shaped by disabled people and the need for accessibility. In this talk, disability…

Bizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso Took Six Decades to Reach Production — The pantheon of automotive history is full of cars that, for one reason or another, didn&#8217;t reach production. Most canned projects remain in the past, but the Bizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso is a rare…

75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why — We knew bigger cars were killing more pedestrians; now there's data to prove it.

CNET Cars: Navigate Your World in This New Age of Transportation — Our experts put you in the driver's seat with automotive advice and news.

CNET Cars: Navigate Your World in This New Age of Transportation — Our experts put you in the driver's seat with automotive advice and news.

Jay Leno Decides It&#8217;s Time for a New Hobby — In 1891, there was a huge train accident called the Great Kipton Train Wreck, near Cleveland. One train slammed into another because one of the conductors had a watch that was four minutes off. The railroad investigators hired…

Goldman-Backed Biotech Attovia Raises $289 Million in US IPO — Attovia Therapeutics Inc., an early-stage drug developer focused on immune system diseases with high unmet need, raised $289 million in a US initial public offering that priced at the top of its marketed range.

Top 5 Programming Languages to Learn in 2026 (to Actually Get Hired) — These are the top programming languages to learn in 2026 if you want to actually land a developer job. Based on real market data, this video breaks down the most in-demand languages and how to start learning t

The EV Market is a Mess, But the EVs Are Finally Good — I recently had an embarrassing semi-breakdown in my 1993 Mazda Miata, wherein I did not realize it was spilling lots of gas from a torn fuel hose. That is, until someone pulled up beside me and said, “Hey man, you’re…

How an Automotive Artist Pieced Together This Stunning McLaren M6GT — “All real race cars have to be right-hand drive,” Randy Grubb says, beaming, as he opens the right-side door of the low-slung, V-8–powered missile he only recently completed. “They have to be, not because…

Photo Report: The 2026 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este With A. Lange & Söhne — Wrist (and car) spotting may have peaked.

How Encor Created the Consummate Lotus Esprit — Designed by one of Italy’s greatest automotive artists and bestowed with a chassis by a seven-time F1 World Champion constructor, the Lotus Esprit should have been perfection personified when it launched exactly 50 years ago. Giorge

McMurtry&#8217;s F1-Fast, $1.3M Spéirling Pure is Ready for the Race Track — The McMurtry Spéirling is the car that can drive upside down, the car that holds the record on the Goodwood Hill and the Top Gear test track, and it&#8217;s finally ready for production. The…

Wandering the Oregon Woods in a Tired, Good Truck — I seem to have a particularly drug-resistant strain of terrier-chihuahua, so as July 4th approached and I considered my options to remove little Bowie from the endless whiz-bang-booms that are his greatest terror, I broached…

From Peking to Paris in a Pontiac GTO — One of the things I didn’t consider was the dust. It is so fine and it gets… everywhere. There were times when we couldn’t see the end of the GTO’s hood, it was so thick. A lot of Kazakhstan was that way, so many old roads they’d…

Cadillac, Corvette Earn First Wins of &#8217;26 on the Streets of Detroit — It was a happy weekend for General Motors, whose factory-backed Cadillac and Corvette teams earned an overall and a class win at the 2026 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. The IMSA-sanctioned sprint r

Check Out the Color-Shifting Paint on Land Rover Classic’s First Defender 110 Double Cab — Land Rover Classic has chosen a striking way to add the Defender 110 Double Cab Pick-Up to its catalog of models. The truck is one of four Defenders commissioned by a customer who ordered…

Are Sedans Poised for a Comeback? It&#8217;s Not So Simple — If you’ll allow me to generalize for a moment, when it comes to the collector-car market, convertibles are prized for letting in all the light, coupes for their sporty profile, and wagons because they’re hugely practica

5 new shows to watch this weekend across Netflix, Prime Video, and more (July 17-19) — Crime thrillers and comedies are the highlights this week.

An Anglia Restoration Inspired by Harry Potter — I have been an avid Harry Potter fan for quite some time, and when the opportunity presented itself to create a replica from the second movie in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, I knew I had to make this a…

Final Parking Space: 400k-mile 1993 Honda Civic LX Sedan — The fifth-generation (1992–95) Honda Civic now stands with the 1932–34 Ford and 1955–57 Chevrolet as an all-time favorite of American racers, customizers, and cruisers. Since the oldest examples of the EG Civic are…

Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone — Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne

Cars and Self-Image — Before I get into this, let me say that I despise stereotyping in just about any form. Most of us are far more complicated than a cheap soundbite about a single thing. I’m a guy who stubbornly holds onto the 30-year-old AOL email address through which…

Best ASUS deal: Save $120 on the ASUS ROG 27-inch OLED gaming monitor — The clock is ticking to grab this gaming monitor for less than $700.

Spy Shots Reveal V-8–Powered CLE AMG 63 Coupe — After some of the sportiest AMG models lost their V-8 powerplants, replaced by inline-six engines or hybrid turbo fours, even the AMG faithful were beginning to wonder about the future of the brand&#8217;s V-8. While there are…

Trump reveals Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary — Leavitt is departing her role to spend more time with family after giving birth to a second child, according to Trump.

All about electric motors with no rare earths — As a pioneer of electric motors using no rare earths, Renault Group is unique on the automotive market, a position reasserted for strategic reasons.

Touch, trust, and medicine | Elizabeth Comen, MD | TEDxNYU Langone Health — 'The Distance Between Us: Touch, Trust, and Medicine' is Dr. Elizabeth Comen’s provocative and deeply personal exploration of the oldest language the body knows: touch. Dr. Elizabeth Comen is the…

We&#8217;re In! Slate&#8217;s First Shift Gamifies the Affordable EV Pickup Truck — Gamification is the act of turning just about anything into a competitive game, usually involving items like points, badges, and competitions with others playing the same game. The concept grew…

Iraq faces crisis as Shia armed groups defy disarmament — Iraqi PM faces a serious crisis as powerful Shia paramilitaries refuse to disarm as September 30 deadline looms.

Lancia Stratos: From Radical Concept to All-Conquering Rally Champion — You know someone is a big deal when they, or their work, is known by a single name. If you mention &#8220;Jimi&#8221; to a guitarist, they&#8217;ll most assuredly know you&#8217;re talking about James…

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