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Check Out The Weirdest, Most Beautiful French Cars From The Mullin Museum’s Auction

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Photo: Daniel Golson/Jalopnik Estimate: $2,500,000 – $3,500,000 The centerpiece of the auction is this 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Aravis Special Cabriolet, one of only four ever made and one of only two based on the supercharged 57C. (Bugatti made 710 Type 57 cars in total, with 96 being the 57C.) With gorgeous coachbuilt bodywork by … Read more

Maybe Don’t Buy This ‘Former Government Vehicle’ From 1940s Germany

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Cars don’t deserve a bad rap just because their owners were shitty, but as humans we can’t help but assign significance to objects via their owners. Take this very brief ad for a 1940 Mercedes-Benz Grosser 770 Open Touring Car. It’s an incredible piece of history, but considering its Nazi roots, it might be better … Read more

Here’s How The G-Wagen’s Ancient French Cousin Ended Up On The Front Lines In Ukraine

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While poking around on Instagram I found a picture of what looked like a drab green military-spec Mercedes-Benz G-Class that had been recently delivered to the forces fighting on the front lines of Ukraine. The @future_Ukraine account labeled the vehicle in question not as the much-beloved Mercedes Geländewagen, instead it was called out as a … Read more

Hyundai Is Frickin’ Serious About Winning Pikes Peak

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Hyundai announced on March 1 that it would be tackling the 102nd running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb this June with a massive four-car effort. The Korean automaker is bringing a quartet of Ioniq 5 N racers to the hill, and judging by the drivers it has selected for its team, it is … Read more

Spend The Next 10 Minutes Listening To A Cadillac Race Car’s V8 Scream

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Screenshot: 19Bozzy92 on YouTube Cadillac’s 5.5-liter V8-powered hybrid LMDh race car made its debut just over a year ago at the 2023 running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. While Acura won that day, Cadillac wasn’t far behind with a car on the podium, and by the end of the season, the Whelen Engineering Racing … Read more

These Are The Best EVs Not Sold In The U.S.

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Photo: SAIC-GM-Wuling The good EVs haven’t made it to America yet and it’s likely that they won’t. The best ones seem to be available mostly overseas where people have many more affordable options, like those in this collection of EVs we can’t buy in the U.S. By now, you’ll have seen reports that EV sales … Read more

Matra Rancho Predicted The Off-Road Boom Nearly 50 Years Ago

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Many carmakers claim that one of its different models was the first crossover, but as far as I’m concerned that’s like being the first locust in the plague. Curbside Classics says the Matra Rancho was truly the world’s first crossover passenger car, and goes on to explain that the two-wheel drive Rancho was inspired by … Read more

61-Year-Old Carlos Sainz Continues To Dominate Desert Racing’s Toughest Event

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The 61-year-old Spaniard rally champion — Carlos Sainz, Sr. — has won his fourth (and Audi’s first) Dakar in his 17th year competing in the legendary event. This year he won the race in a unique way, without taking a single stage victory, and running a consistently quick and relatively trouble-free event. Sainz and co-driver … Read more

Rebadged Fiat Van With A 162-mi Range

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After first teasing it during the Super Bowl, Ram unveiled the electric 1500 REV pickup truck in April, which will do battle with the likes of the Chevy Silverado EV, Ford F-150 Lightning and Rivian R1T. The Ram REV will go on sale by the end of 2024, but it won’t actually be the first … Read more