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Porsche’s first electric Cayenne Coupe Turbo is the most powerful Porsche ever, wielding 1,139 horsepower (849 kW) and 1,106 pound-feet (1,500 Nm) for a claimed 2.4 second 0-60 sprint. Starting at $170,350, it out-accelerates supercars while still steering like a proper Porsche.
Dodge keeps its three-row Durango defiantly V-8-only for 2027, with the base 360 horsepower (268 kW) Hemi GT starting at $45,670. The range tops out with the 710 horsepower (530 kW) supercharged Hellcat at $82,490—an increasingly rare gas guzzler that arrives this fall.
United Auto Workers walked off the job at American Axle’s Michigan plant, which supplies axles for GM’s Silverado HD, Sierra HD, Colorado, and Canyon pickups. GM holds roughly two weeks of stock, so trucks stay plentiful for now—but a prolonged strike could thin dealer inventory.
An EY study found global automakers’ first-quarter revenue rose 2 percent, led by Japanese and US groups, while German carmakers slid 4 percent. Tariffs, lost ground in the US and China, overcapacity, and slow EV adoption point to what EY calls “another crisis year.”
Car and Driver’s resurfaced 1988 epic pits four wild tuners—a Ruf 911 Turbo, Callaway Corvette, Lister Jaguar XJ-S, and Lotec Mercedes—against the Autobahn and Nürburgring. The Callaway hit 193 mph (311 km/h) before a top-speed tire blowout, but the brawny Jaguar charmed them most.
This 1967 Morgan Plus Four Super Sports—one of just 104 US-spec cars—sold for $78,400 at Bonhams Greenwich. Its hopped-up 125 horsepower (93 kW) Triumph four and low-slung, Le Mans-bred body make these hand-built Brits a charming bargain beside comparably rare Porsches.
Reduced to just the Pacifica minivan, Chrysler plans a revival under Stellantis’ FastLane 2030 plan, with three models starting below $40,000. Two—the Arrow and Arrow Cross SUV—will be spun from Fiat’s Grizzly line, though design chief Ralph Gilles insists it’s differentiation, not badge engineering.
Bugatti and Austrian firm C Seed built the N1, a folding 137-inch 4K micro-LED television that rises from hiding in 45 seconds and rotates 180 degrees. Styled after the Tourbillon hypercar, it’s the ultimate screen for billionaires awaiting their 1,775 horsepower (1,324 kW) V16.
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