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It’s happened before, and it will happen again. Certain car dealers just can’t resist the opportunity to tack additional charges on the hood of a hot new car, truck, or SUV. Dealer markups on average approached 20% (about $15,000) when the C8 Chevy Corvette launched in 2020. At Ford, the Maverick, Bronco, and Raptor variants of the Bronco and F-150, fell prey to price gouging, as did the 2002 Thunderbird. 2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC quarter view drivingFord Now, the 2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC is reaching showrooms, and you might pay well above the manufacturer’s suggested retail…

Two days after being placed on a paid leave of absence, Matt Mullenweg says he has been reinstated as CEO of Automattic, according to a Slack message seen by TechCrunch.As 404 Media reported on Wednesday, Mullenweg had told staff in Slack that CFO Mark Davies “conspired” with the board of directors, who voted to “put me on a paid leave of absence.” (Mullenweg said he voted against that.) He also told staff that the board had voted for Davies to become interim CEO. Davies, in a separate message, said that Mullenweg would still be a board member, according to 404…

Get Spyglass: Spy photos straight to your inbox Your exclusive peek at future cars and secret prototypes, fresh from our globetrotting spy photographer. Did you wake up Friday morning to DMs from your car buddies alerting you to a new four-door Chevy Camaro prototype sighting? Well, don’t get too worked up over this particular collection of pixels, boys and girls. It’s a fake. Between our more formal spy contacts and the many eager enthusiasts who read The Drive, we see plenty of camouflaged prototypes on a regular basis—enough to spot a few dead giveaways in this purported spotting. But the…

Automotive Automotive design has always been about more than shaping sheet metal, and General Motors is putting some real weight behind that idea with a new investment in Detroit’s creative community. GM has announced a $250,000 grant for the College for Creative Studies, better known as CCS, aimed at expanding educational programs and giving more young people a path toward careers in art and design. The announcement arrives alongside the opening of the new Art + Cars exhibit at GM’s Entrance One space inside Hudson’s Detroit, where automotive concepts share the floor with work from local artists. The…

A BYD autonomous driving prototype on display at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2026. Credit: CnEVPost China targets NEV shares of 70% for passenger-car sales and 40% for commercial-vehicle sales by 2030, alongside large-scale deployment of autonomous vehicles. The plan calls for tighter oversight of vehicle and battery capacity, mergers and restructuring, and curbs on improper local investment incentives. China has released its 15th five-year development plan for the intelligent connected new energy vehicle (NEV) industry, setting a roadmap for 2026-2030 that prioritizes broader NEV adoption, autonomous driving and stronger capacity oversight. By 2030, NEVs are targeted to account…

No matter how you feel about the iPhone Duo and its exorbitant $1,999 price, its existence proves that Apple has finally figured out how to make a foldable. And on a broader level, it also shows that Apple isn’t too proud to follow in the footsteps of Samsung and other Android phone makers. If that’s the case, I’m hoping Apple also isn’t afraid to copy Samsung’s smaller Z Flip phones, which flip down horizontally, and larger devices like Lenovo’s X1 Fold and ASUS’s ZenBook Fold 17. An “iPhone Flip” could potentially satisfy people demanding a new iPhone Mini, and a future…

Since last year, Subaru has been down to just one sedan. In September 2025, the company’s Indiana factory produced the very last Legacy, leaving the WRX as the last four-door with a trunk. Despite a whole year passing since the last car rolled off the line, Subaru is still managing to sell Legacy sedans. It’s not selling many, but any sales are still a surprise. What’s even more shocking, though, is that this dead sedan is not the worst-selling Subaru so far this year. 2025 Subaru Legacy front 3/4 on snow Subaru  Legacy Sales Are Down, But Not Out In August,…

The Kia EV3 is no longer Canada’s most affordable electric vehicle with the new 2027 Nissan Leaf S starting at under CA$35,000. Nissan Leaf retakes Canada’s most affordable EV crown After launching the 2027 EV3 last month, Kia took the crown as Canada’s lowest-priced EV, starting at CA$36,995 (CA$39,744 all-in price). Its run won’t last long. Nissan is retaking the title with the new 2027 Leaf S, a new entry-level trim that starts at just CA$34,998 (CA$37,966 selling price), or nearly CA$2,000 less than the Kia EV3. The new model is also eligible for Canada’s Electric Vehicle Affordability Program (EVAP)…

UPDATE: 2026/09/10 11:00 EST BY SEAN MCMANUS Same Old Trick For A Bold New Era We added a section to include the Concept AMG GT XX’s attempt at driving the Nardo Ring for a week straight. Reliability is one of those qualities that’s easy to talk about and hard to prove — but few automakers have ever demonstrated it as dramatically as Mercedes-Benz did in the summer of 1983. Rather than wait for owners to rack up six-figure odometer readings, Mercedes-Benz took three brand-new 190 E 2.3-16 sedans to the Nardo test track in southern Italy and ran them flat-out,…

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