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BMW X3 M50 Gets 437 HP in the US, Finally
The 2027 BMW X3 M50 xDrive is getting 44 more horsepower in the United States, pushing its turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six to 437 hp. European buyers have already been enjoying the same bump for weeks. BMW’s…
Range Rover GT Wants to Be a Car, Not an SUV
Jaguar Land Rover keeps calling its upcoming Range Rover GT a “car.” Not an SUV. Not a crossover. A car. A grand tourer, specifically. The British automaker is clearly trying to rewrite expectations for what…
Tesla, Toyota, and Hyundai Are All Building Robots Now
Tesla has started early production of its Optimus humanoid robot at its Fremont, California factory, CEO Elon Musk announced on a third quarter earnings call last week. Customer shipments, he said, could begin by late…
Porsche Bets Against America While Audi Goes All In
Two brands under the same corporate roof just made opposite bets on where to build cars for Americans. Days after Audi committed $4 billion to a new factory in Georgia, Porsche’s chief financial officer Jochen…
Tesla’s Cybercab Battery Has Empty Space—On Purpose
The Cybercab’s battery pack has empty space inside it, and Tesla put it there on purpose. Robert Sumpf, Tesla’s director of mechanical design engineering for battery modules and packs, revealed during a Munro Live factory…
Toyota’s $1.7B Gamble: Selling Gas Engines to Rivals
While every other automaker on the planet is trying to figure out how to stop building combustion engines, Toyota is designing brand-new ones and shopping them around to rivals. The company expects to pocket $1.7…
Jeep Gladiator Finally Gets Factory 35s Nobody Asked For
The most requested factory upgrade for the Jeep Gladiator has apparently been a set of 35-inch tires. Jeep is finally delivering, roughly five years after the truck hit the market and long after the aftermarket…
Valhalla Spider Hits 217 MPH, But Only Without Its Roof
The new Aston Martin Valhalla Spider is faster with nothing above your head than with its roof in place. That is not a typo. Aston Martin revealed the open-top version of its 1,064-hp hybrid supercar…
BMW Pays People to Smell Its Cars. Has for 25 Years.
Since 1999, BMW has employed a team of trained odor specialists whose entire job is sniffing car interiors. The automaker calls them the “nose team,” and their work has quietly shaped how every BMW cabin…
BMW Just Hit 1 Million Driverless Moves Inside Its Factories
Four BMW plants are now moving cars around without anyone touching a steering wheel, and the automaker just crossed the one million mark for autonomous vehicle movements inside its production facilities. The number sounds like…
Mazda Kills the CX-70, Admits Two Big SUVs Was a Mistake
Mazda is folding the two-row CX-70 into the three-row CX-90 for 2027, effectively admitting that selling two nearly identical large SUVs at the same time was a bad idea. The consolidated CX-90 will offer both…
Tesla’s Cybercab Factory Is Too Fast for Its Own Good
Tesla’s Cybercab factory in Austin can crank out robotaxis faster than the company can put them on the road. That admission from Lars Moravy, Tesla’s Vice President of Vehicle Engineering, is the kind of problem…
Ally’s Bold Bet on Junk Applications Is Paying Off
Ally Financial processed a record 4.8 million auto credit applications in the third quarter, up 20% from a year ago. Many of those applications were never meant to be approved. The former General Motors captive…
BMW’s 900-HP Electric X5 M Looks Absolutely Unhinged
A camouflaged prototype of BMW’s fully electric X5 M has been filmed pounding pavement again, and even under heavy disguise the thing looks nothing like the standard X5. The kidney grille alone tells the story.…
Audi’s Q9 Crashes the Full-Size Party at $90K
Audi has been circling this segment for years, watching Mercedes-Benz and BMW rake in full-size SUV profits while it sat on the sideline with the Q7. That waiting game is over. The 2027 Q9 and…