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Volkswagen opened pre-orders for the ID. Polo GTI, the first electric hot hatch to bear the iconic GTI badge. Volkswagen launches ID. Polo GTI pre-orders To celebrate the GTI’s 50th anniversary, Volkswagen is “starting a new chapter” with the first all-electric GTI model. Volkswagen opened pre-orders for the ID. Polo GTI on Wednesday, starting at 39,995 euros, or about $45,000. The first all-electric model to wear the GTI badge, “brings the legendary GTI driving pleasure into the electric future,” VW said. Advertisement – scroll for more content Like the first Golf GTI from 1976, the ID. Polo GTI uses a…

It’s covered in 1,000 air vents, which makes it look a bit like an oversized Lego brick. Karissa Bell for Engadget The Surface Laptop Ultra may have been the highlight of Microsoft’s AI-focused Windows event, but the company also showed off another intriguing piece of high-end hardware. The $6,000 Surface RTX Spark Dev Box, a powerful desktop PC optimized for AI development.  Microsoft offered a glimpse of the device earlier this year, but we just got our first good look at it. The company has previously called it a “compact PC,” but after looking at it…

UPDATE: 2026/10/08 02:05 EDT Will VW ID. Buzz Survive Long Enough To Battle A Production E-Space? We’ve updated this article with information and insight on the VW ID. Buzz, the primary competitor to the E-Space Concept if Renault puts the van into production. The Renault Espace is famous for pioneering the minivan in Europe, with the first generation launching way back in 1984, just one year after Chrysler introduced the pivotal Plymouth Voyager. Five more generations followed, with the latest, unveiled in 2023, adopting a more SUV-like design. Essentially a stretched version of Renault’s Austral compact SUV, it marked a…

The Drive 🤝 your inbox. Every weekday The Daily Brief wraps up the biggest stories and our exclusive reporting on the auto industry and car culture. This is one of those rare situations that probably only concerns you if you have kids in school, but even if you don’t, there’s still enough reason to be upset. Remember all those football games, band competitions, or cool field trips to the farm, zoo, park, or museums when you were in school? Well, for kids today, those are at risk of getting axed because of record-high diesel prices. The School Superintendents Association, the…

The Deepal L06 Zhuifeng edition features exclusive yellow paint and a sporty body kit. Credit: Deepal. The current Deepal L06 was launched in November 2025, with a current starting price of 125,900 yuan ($18,690). The Deepal S07 and S05 will be displayed at Changan’s booth at the Paris Motor Show from October 12 to 18. Deepal, the new energy vehicle (NEV) brand of Changan Automobile (SHE: 000625), will launch the 2027 L06 sedan tomorrow, less than a year after the model’s debut. Meanwhile, the brand is preparing to showcase 2 SUVs at the Paris Auto Show as it expands in…

Over the decades, Volkswagen has managed to position parts sharing as one of its most powerful money-saving methods. With the need to cut costs in mind, VW created the Modularer Querbaukasten, or MQB, vehicle architecture. Audi, SEAT, and Škoda all use the platform alongside Volkswagen, but each brand has its own, unique styling that sets the models apart, despite their shared bones. According to Volkswagen itself, the MQB strategy drastically reduced development costs, as well as production timeframes. One-time expenses also dropped, as tooling investments were not nearly as widespread. While this all sounds great, there’s a huge downside to…

BYD is testing “unprecedented disruptive technology” in its upcoming executive electric sedan, including coach doors and possibly solid-state EV batteries. BYD puts coach doors on its ultra-luxury EV Yangwang is BYD’s highest-end, ultra-luxury brand, positioned above Denza at the pinnacle of the company’s lineup. BYD uses the sub-brand to showcase its latest breakthrough technology. In the past, Yangwang vehicles have debuted new tech, including BYD’s quad-motor e4 platform, its second-generation Blade Batteries, and its 5-minute Flash Charging system. For its next flagship model, BYD is preparing to push further into the elite category. Hu Xiaoqing, Yangwang’s general manager, offered a…

Kouthoofd tells me that, as part of a reorganization last fall, he announced to his team he is planning to stop making synthesizers altogether. The OP-1 is no exception. Launched in 2011, it put Teenage Engineering on the map and has been central to its success ever since.“Everyone was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ But I’ve come to the conclusion that, for us, the products aren’t the business,” Kouthoofd says. “We can be so much more than that.”

Modern performance engineering has reached a point where tiny engines can produce outputs once reserved for much larger powerplants. But impressive numbers alone do not guarantee that buyers will embrace the technology behind them – look, for example, at the Mercedes-AMG C63 E Performance with its four-cylinder engine. The hypercar market makes this especially clear. Its customers can afford the most radical engineering available, yet they are not necessarily willing to give up the characteristics that have traditionally made exotic cars desirable. That creates an intriguing contradiction: An engine can be extraordinarily sophisticated, efficient and powerful, yet still lose out…

Automotive BMW is bringing back the spirit of the X4, only this time without a gasoline engine. The new 2027 BMW iX4 joins the automaker’s rapidly expanding Neue Klasse lineup as a fully electric SUV coupe, blending the familiar sloping-roof formula with BMW’s latest EV hardware, digital technology, and next-generation design language. It is essentially the sleeker sibling to the iX3, and like the old X4, it is likely to appeal to buyers who are willing to trade a little practicality for a more dramatic profile. The iX4 will launch in the U.S. as the iX4 50 xDrive,…