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NASCAR Declines to Penalize Carson Hocevar and Ryan Blaney After Bristol Fight
The postrace scuffle between Carson Hocevar and Ryan Blaney will not cost either NASCAR Cup Series driver a fine, suspension, or other sanction from NASCAR—at least for the moment. The sanctioning body announced Monday afternoon that it would issue no penalties to...
Honda Reportedly Fast-Tracks Its Next Hybrids, Including the CR-V
Honda may be moving faster than expected with its next wave of hybrid vehicles. According to a report, production of a new CR-V Hybrid could begin as soon as February, putting one of the company’s most important nameplates at the front of its electrification plans....
Rocketeer’s 300-HP V-6 Swap Gives the NC Mazda Miata a Second Act
The third-generation Mazda Miata has always lived in the shadow of its predecessor. The NA has the pop-up headlights and the cultural immortality. The NB is the tidy, slightly sharper one. The newer ND is lighter, cleaner, and generally gets invited to the fashionable...
1995 Honda Odyssey EX: The Minivan That Refused to Behave Like One
Before the Honda Odyssey became the familiar big family shuttle with sliding doors, ample chrome, and enough cupholders to host a small conference, it was something rather stranger: a tall, front-wheel-drive Honda built on passenger-car hardware and determined not to...
NASCAR’s Swear Jar Reaches $3,305 After Bristol Night Race
Three races into NASCAR’s Chase, the Cup Series has produced 661 recorded expletives across team radio channels—and that has pushed the series’ newly introduced swear jar to a very tidy $3,305. The arithmetic is brutally simple: every reported swear word carries a $5...
Porsche’s Automatic Transmission Wants to Pretend It’s a Manual
Porsche appears to be exploring a wonderfully strange idea: taking a dual-clutch automatic transmission and making it behave like a manual. Not merely giving the driver paddles and a suitably aggressive software setting, but recreating the involvement of a clutch...
Volvo Taps Škoda Auto Chief Klaus Zellmer as CEO Successor for 2027
Volvo Cars has chosen Škoda Auto chief executive Klaus Zellmer to take over as its next CEO, with the handover scheduled to be completed no later than October 1, 2027. He will replace Håkan Samuelsson, returning to the company’s top job for a second stint in 2022....
Formula 1 Approves 15-Kilometer Race Cut for 2027 Power Unit Plan
Formula 1 is preparing to make Grand Prix races shorter in 2027, with the standard race distance set to fall from 305 kilometers to 290 kilometers. That is a 15-kilometer reduction—roughly 4.9 percent—and it has been approved by the Formula 1 Commission, although the...
Rocketeer Mazda Miata Restomod Adds a 304-HP 3.0-Liter V6
The Mazda MX-5 Miata has always made a persuasive argument for doing more with less. Rocketeer has now made a rather mischievous counterargument: keep the compact roadster’s famous balance, then install a 3.0-liter V6 and give it 304 horsepower. That is the basic...
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