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The point of an engine swap is to put a different engine into the car than the original, otherwise it’s an engine replacement. That’s stating the obvious, and of course, not all engine swaps are equal. With all that in mind, we aren’t sure there’s a more unequal engine swap than what you see here. Yes, that’s a Ferrari V8 shoved into the back of a Porsche 911. This is going to rile some brand purists for sure. But for the rest of us, Jimmy Oakes’ YouTube project sponsored by ENEOS is a wild blend of Italian engine performance, German…

Throughout most of the 20th century, Cadillac was heralded as one of the best in the business. For many of those years, one of the brand’s most notable slogans was “The Standard of the World”, as virtually every other automaker wanted to build cars like Caddy. Not to mention, everyone who was anyone wanted to own one for themselves. However, once the century began to come to a close, Caddy’s grip on the luxury world began to wane. By the turn of the Millennium, Cadillac found themselves in a sticky situation. For myriad reasons, folks simply weren’t all that interested…

Atlantic reporter Alex Reisner recently uncovered four datasets of music being used to train AI models and made them fully searchable for the public. Two of the sets are absolutely enormous at 12 million and 9 million tracks. The other two are much smaller, but still represent a significant amount of training data at over 100,000 songs each.According to Reisner, the sets have been downloaded thousands of times and, while it’s impossible to know exactly who has used them, Google and Stability have both confirmed they have in research papers. Some of the sources, like the Free Music Archive dataset,…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. If you’re sick of trailering your UTV from place to place, you might want to move to the Southeast. South Carolina will soon allow side-by-sides on public roads, joining a bloc of neighboring states including Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee that have already made UTVs road legal. Recently signed by Governor Henry McMaster and set to take effect November 22, Bill 222 explicitly legalizes driving UTVs on public roads, and sets up rules and regulations for…

NASA’s Mars rovers have accomplished a whole lot since the first one landed on the red planet in the late ’90s, but even the latest members of the fleet still have plenty of limitations. For one, they’re very slow; Perseverance, which NASA considers a “standout,” achieves a top speed of just under .1 mph on flat ground. On top of that, the rough terrain is hard on the rovers’ wheels, and steep slopes with hazards like rocks and sand pose a real challenge, sometimes requiring long detours to reach certain targets. But this week, NASA showed off its progress on…

There’s no such thing as an engine with a spotless reliability record, but one engine family has time and again been shown to have one of the industry’s very cleanest: the Toyota 2GR V6. It’s a success story starting from strong bones and developing over decades. Still, the 2GR is easily one of the most dependable engines of modern times, and the unit has helped Toyota sell many vehicles. What’s behind the gleaming reputation of the Toyota 2GR in 2026? Turns out, it’s a culmination of engineering choices, rapidly deployed fixes, and some major blunders by key powerplants from competitors…

There was a time when sliding behind the wheel of a Rolls-Royce, a Bentley or a high-end performance car meant either owning one or knowing someone who did. That has changed. Renting a prestige vehicle for a weekend, a special event or simply the sheer pleasure of it has become a popular and surprisingly accessible indulgence. But not all rentals are created equal, and the difference between a flawless experience and a disappointing one often comes down to choosing the right company. Here is what to look for when you want to do it properly. Why Luxury Car…

The age of the American muscle car has recently been shaken to its core. With the abandonment of the Dodge Challenger and Charger, the Chevrolet Camaro, and the untimely death of Pontiac in the late 2000s, what’s left? Sure, you have the Ford Mustang and the new Dodge Challenger Six Pack, but there’s no HEMI in it. At this juncture, there’s really only the Ford Mustang GT to speak of with its naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8. The Ford Mustang is the last bastion of a forgotten time that took its last breath in the mid to late 90s. Back then,…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. The vastness of the American West offers plenty of space to store old cars and a dry environment that keeps rust at bay. But this week, car enthusiasts got an unfortunate reminder that large salvage yards are vulnerable to another threat: wildfires. L&L Classic Auto in Wendell, Idaho, claims to have over 8,000 cars on site ranging from the 1920s to the 1980s. Most are parts cars that are considered beyond saving, but that still makes them…

The new i3 is arriving sooner than expected. Although it wasn’t expected to go on sale until this fall, BMW has already opened orders in several markets after “high levels” of early interest. BMW opens i3 orders early due to overwhelming demand If you were waiting for the new BMW i3, you might be in luck. Although BMW said it would go on sale later this year, it’s giving buyers early access. A report from German auto magazine, Automobilwoche, citing sources familiar with the matter, claimed that BMW would open orders in Germany for the i3 “First Edition” as early…