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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Brent Crude and West Texas Intermediate prices are both up about 5% today, with Brent sitting just over $105 a barrel and WTI coming in close to $93. Or at least they were at the time of writing. Things could easily get worse, but they also aren’t…

Hybrid-Free Ferrari 296 Challenge Stradale Spied Wearing Funny-Looking Camouflage

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover The lineage of mid-engine Ferrari sports car is a long and storied one, but the track-focused, hard-edged, lightweight, charge-more-for-less models didn’t really kick off until the 360 Challenge Stradale bowed for the 2003 model year. It’s been 23 long years since then, and Ferrari has continued to…

Boeing Wins Navy Contract, Will Make All Sixth-Generation Fighters Across All U.S. Service Branches

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover After winning the contract to build the F-47 sixth-generation fighter for the U.S. Air Force in March 2025, Boeing has just won the contract to build the F/A-XX sixth-generation fighter for the U.S. Navy. This will account for all American fighter jets for this era, giving Boeing…

I’m Taking My Off Road Miata To Race In Baja Because I Make Poor Decisions

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover I’ve had some pretty dumb adventures in my life. For some, a pal had to drag me along, like when my friend Rebecca and I rode 50cc Chinese motorcycles across Mongolia for 11 days. Other adventures I have instigated all on my own. Racing a Mazda Miata…

Americans Still Aren’t Buying EVs Despite High Gas Prices

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Happy Thursday! It’s October 8, 2026, and this is The Morning Shift — your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. This is where you’ll find the most important stories that are shaping the way Americans drive and get around.…

These Are The Car Companies You’d Build With $1 Trillion

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover The world’s most normal automotive CEO, Elon Musk, has a trillion dollars now. He’s used it for some truly terrible ends, but I have faith that you’d use such money for better ends. Specifically, I think that you could use those 13 figures in cold hard cash to…

Which Retired Racing Driver Should Make A Comeback?

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Fan enthusiasm in racing constantly centers on the cars and the stars who drive them. Sadly, while historic race cars can still entertain the masses in demonstration runs and historic events, our flesh and bones have a shelf life when it comes to athletic ability. Some critics…

At $23,500, Is This 1991 Cadillac Brougham A By-The-Foot Bargain?

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Once, luxury cars in the U.S. were defined by their imposing size. Today’s Nice Price or No Dice Cadillac is one of the last cars to carry that “bigger is better” torch. Let’s decide if this big car’s price needs to be smaller. The 2005 Volkswagen Phaeton…

2027 Mercedes-Benz GLE Shows Where Mercedes Still Has An Edge, And Where It Doesn’t

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Add Jalopnik on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Mercedes-Benz was quick on the draw when it came to introducing a midsize luxury SUV with the 1998 M-Class (known as ML), which was later renamed the GLE in 2016 when the third generation was refreshed. The fourth-gen GLE debuted in 2020 and received a facelift in…

2027 BMW iX4 Is The Most Dramatic-Looking Crossover Coupe Yet From The Brand That Started The Craze

Oct 7, 2026

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