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Pictures of our long-term Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio test car. Pictures taken by Auto Express senior photographer, Pete Gibson.

There’s rarely a better feeling than driving off a car lot feeling victorious – until you realize that a driver one state over paid $3,500 less for the same vehicle. This is the fragmented reality of American auto sales, where geographic borders dictate your bottom line. Finding the cheapest state to buy a car isn’t about negotiating prowess, but about leveraging legislative differences in taxation. The information and financial metrics provided in this article represent a brief view of the United States automotive market and state-level tax legislation at the time of writing. The content is generated exclusively for informational…

It’s been a little over a week since Apple’s WWDC keynote, and the iOS 27 beta is already out in the wild. While Apple spent plenty of time talking about its Gemini-powered Siri, the thing I was most excited about was getting the update onto my iPhone 16e and seeing what it was actually like to live with. I’ve been using the beta every day since then, and one thing has become pretty clear: not every new feature lived up to the hype for me. Some felt more interesting during the announcement than they do in everyday use, while others…

A modern car can make downforce from rear wings and spoilers, from front splitters, canards and flics, from devices on suspension and exhaust systems, and from clever under car panels that redirect air like Mozart redirecting a musical note. What, then, is the next frontier for the aspiring automotive aerodynamicist? CarBuzz has just uncovered not one patent, but two that showcase a novel approach to automotive aerodynamics. No, these aren’t more crazy ideas from Porsche. This time around, we’re dealing with mad scientists from Ferrari. And they have to be mad if they want to flow air inside the chassis…

UPDATE: 2026/06/20 12:15 EST BY SEAN MCMANUS Is There a New BMW Alpina Model? Added a section with details about the 2026 BMW Alpina XB7. Have you always liked the idea of a BMW and have long been a fan of the storied brand? If so, you may be tempted by a brand-new 330i, perhaps sitting at around the high-$40,000 mark today before options. But what if you knew that there was a hand-finished Alpina version of BMW’s flagship sedan on a used lot somewhere that you could also acquire for less money? You may not know too much about…

Stefan Paul Goetsch, better known as Hainbach, is a German experimental composer, artist, and YouTuber who is perhaps most famous for making music with laboratory equipment and scientific instruments. He describes it as being like the “Dark Souls of synthesis.” Despite using “hard mode” production techniques that often rely on telephone line testing equipment and gear salvaged from nuclear testing facilities, Hainbach is also incredibly prolific, releasing six albums in 2025 alone, along with a handful of singles and EPs. His latest, Gentle Hum, is a collaboration with Ah! Kosmos (Turkish composer, Başak Günak). The album is a melancholic collection…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Like many of us, Carvana is trying to put the madness of COVID behind it. The online retailer grew massively during the pandemic, came crashing down as the used-car market rapidly cooled, and underwent a brief and bizarre rebound that one investment group called “a grift for the ages.” Now the company is getting more serious about adapting some of the traits of the traditional dealerships it competes with, while maintaining the perks of a car shark-free…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. AI chatbots are being embraced by management that wants to spend less money on employees, and employees who want to lighten their workloads. But that all assumes the software can actually do the tasks it’s assigned correctly. A Canadian BMW dealership recently found out that this can be a costly assumption. As reported by CBC News, faced with a major repair bill, Zach Giacomelli decided to sell his 2021 BMW X3 back to BMW Toronto, the dealership…

We’re closing out this week’s Green Deals with a bang! Leading the charge of Early Prime deals is Aventon’s newly launched 4th of July Sale with new and returning smart e-bike low prices, like the Aventure 3 All-Terrain e-bikes at a new $1,749 low + the Aventure M Mid-Drive All-Terrain e-bike at a new $2,649 low, among others. We also secured exclusive $320 savings on the Yozma IN 10 Electric Dirt Bike starting from a new $879 low, as well as the best current pricing on Jackery’s 1,070Wh Explorer 1000 V2, 2,042Wh Explorer 2000 V2, and 5,040Wh Explorer 5000 Plus…

It’s down to subscriptions, data and new AI-driven infotainment systems. Google/BMW Since 2015, consumers and automakers have had a handshake agreement: we’ll buy their cars if they let us connect our smartphones to Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. For ten years or so, it has worked like a charm. We get seamless access to our music, maps and communication, while carmakers offload key infotainment system technology to Google or Apple. Recently, though, that equation has changed. One of the world’s biggest automakers, General Motors, announced it was dropping Android Auto from its EVs, and plans to pull…