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Story Correction August 12, 2026 News Mazda Increases Destination and Handling Charges by $80 to $115, Effective Aug. 11 August 12, 2026 Column Jaguar Shows the Inside and Hides the Car. Hide Them All. August 12, 2026 Column Toyota's Tire Box Costs 21 Miles. Delete the Box. August 12, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 12, 2026 Got Made August 12, 2026 Story Correction August 11, 2026 News Volkswagen Unveils Second-Generation 2027 Atlas Cross Sport With 282 Horsepower, Pricing to Follow Before an Early 2027 Launch August 11, 2026 Column Ram Puts a Gooseneck Box on the Power Wagon. Imprison the Engineer. August 11, 2026 Column Lexus Prices the Electric ES Premium Under the Hybrid. Recall My Verdict. August 11, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 11, 2026 Got Made August 11, 2026 Story Correction August 10, 2026 News Palou Wins Portland in an All-Honda 1-2-3, His Sixth Win of the Season August 10, 2026 News Toyota Arizona Proving Ground Names a Mountain for Bob Ditner, the Engineer Who Helped Design It August 10, 2026 Column Dodge Printed the Row That Embarrasses Dodge. Pension That Man. August 10, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 10, 2026 Got Made August 10, 2026 Story Correction August 9, 2026 News Hyundai Wins 10 Red Dot Brands & Communication Design Awards, None for a Vehicle August 9, 2026 Column Suppy's Garage Took the All-Wheel Drive Out of a Charger. Bronze Them. August 9, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 9, 2026 Got Made August 9, 2026 Story Correction August 8, 2026 News Nissan Returns to Operating Profit in the June Quarter and Cuts Its FY2026 Volume Outlook to 3.15 Million Units August 8, 2026 Column Volkswagen Has to Grow Its Own Technicians. Try Somebody for That. August 8, 2026 Column Dodge Says a Paint Code Makes You One of One. Kneel. August 8, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 8, 2026 Got Made August 8, 2026 Story Correction August 7, 2026 News Toyota Recalls About 48,000 2024-2025 Tacoma TRD Offroad Trucks Over a Shock Part That Can Come Off August 7, 2026 Column Clemson Students Build a 1,212-Pound Coupe. Grieve the Rest. August 7, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 7, 2026 Got Made August 7, 2026 Column Ford Spends Nine Months Naming a Truck. Retire the Naming Department. August 7, 2026 Story Correction August 6, 2026 News Hyundai Motor and Kia's Namyang Additive Manufacturing Center Prints Prototypes, Tooling and Motorsport Parts August 6, 2026 News Subaru Will Enter the U.S. Captive Finance Business, With a Target Date of 2030 August 6, 2026 Column AMG Built a Car With No Engine and Recorded a Six. Canonize the Acousticians. August 6, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 6, 2026 Got Made August 6, 2026 Story Correction August 5, 2026 News Dodge Adds Redeye Exterior Color to 2027 Durango Lineup for $595 August 5, 2026 Column Ram Prices the Fix for the Truck It Called Finished. Try Them. August 5, 2026 Story Audi Color-Matched a Wheel Weight. Paint Them All. August 5, 2026 Column Toyota Says It Changed Nothing. Freeze Every Car. August 5, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 5, 2026 Got Made August 5, 2026 Story Correction August 4, 2026 News Hyundai Wins the Road America 120 From Fifth on the Grid, With a Second Car Third August 4, 2026 News Kia Reports Record July U.S. Sales of 75,857 Units, Up 7 Percent August 4, 2026 Column Lucid Gives the Robotaxis Their Own Business Unit. Make It Permanent. August 4, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 4, 2026 Got Made August 4, 2026 Story Correction August 3, 2026 News Toyota Adds Honeycomb to the 2027 TRD Pro Tundra, Sequoia and Tacoma, Hot Honey to the 4Runner August 3, 2026 Column Mitsubishi Opens a Room for Looking at Cars. Carve the Lintel. August 3, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 3, 2026 Got Made August 3, 2026 Story Correction August 2, 2026 News Lucid Says Gravity Grand Touring Covered 720 Kilometers on One Charge at Norway's Summer El Prix August 2, 2026 Column Dodge's Big Viper ACR News Is a Livery. Exile the Signers. August 2, 2026 Column Hyundai's Best July Ever Puts the Word Electrified Out of Service August 2, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How August 2, 2026 Got Made August 2, 2026 Story Correction July 31, 2026 News Ram Prices Entry Rumble Bee Below $60,000 Before Destination; 392, Track Pack and SRT Unpriced July 31, 2026 News Toyota Recalls About 4,100 Curtain Airbag Service Parts Sold for Tundra and Tacoma July 31, 2026 Column Genesis Aims Fake Engine Noise at the Sidewalk. Jail the Committee. July 31, 2026 Column Jaguar Uncovers McQueen's XKSS and Covers the Type 01. Enshrine the Cloth. July 31, 2026 Column Mercedes Builds a Better Small SUV. Retire the International Reveal. July 31, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 31, 2026 Got Made July 31, 2026 Story Correction July 29, 2026 News BMW Group Plant Woodruff to Begin Series Production of iX5 High-Voltage Batteries in December July 29, 2026 Column Audi's New Flagship Has a V8. Everybody Recants Now. July 29, 2026 Story A Hair's Width of Glass, Bent. Bury the Flat Taillight. July 29, 2026 News 2027 Ram Heavy Duty Reaches Dealerships in August With Preliminary 37,020-Lb. Maximum Tow Rating July 29, 2026 Column Mercedes Audits an Entire Life in Kilometers. Retire the Range Number. July 29, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 29, 2026 Got Made July 29, 2026 Story Correction July 28, 2026 Column Porsche Refused, Ford Repented, Nissan Tied for First. Sentence All Three. July 28, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 28, 2026 Got Made July 28, 2026 Story Correction July 27, 2026 News Hyundai-SK Battery Plant in Georgia Has Been in Commercial Production Since June 1; First Cells Go to the IONIQ 9 July 27, 2026 Column Mercedes-Benz Opens the Second Room on Earth. Name the Lease. July 27, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 27, 2026 Got Made July 27, 2026 Story Correction July 26, 2026 News MINI's John Cooper Works Team Takes Third in Class in Open 2 Wheel Drive at Rally Colorado July 26, 2026 Split Decision One Body, Two Powertrains: What the 2026 Lexus ES Bought and Cost July 26, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 26, 2026 Got Made July 26, 2026 Story Correction July 25, 2026 News Hyundai Motor Group Puts One Name on the Services That Let a Car Power a House July 25, 2026 News 2027 Toyota Crown Adds THS 5 and Paddle Shifters on Three Grades, Prices From $41,640 July 25, 2026 Column Land Rover Shaves a 1993 Flank Bare. Put It Back. July 25, 2026 Column Volvo Certifies 330 Miles on 20- and 21-Inch Wheels. Strike the 22s. July 25, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 25, 2026 Got Made July 25, 2026 Story Correction July 24, 2026 News Ford and Geely Auto Plan Valencia Joint Venture to Build a New Bronco-Family SUV for Europe July 24, 2026 News Honda Confirms a Third-Generation Ridgeline, 'More Rugged,' Within Two Years July 24, 2026 Column Hyundai Reads a Body at a Thousand Points. Mourn the Hand. July 24, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 24, 2026 Got Made July 24, 2026 Story Correction July 23, 2026 News 2027 Kia Sportage Hybrid Priced From $30,590, With New Front-Drive Trims Lowering the Entry Point July 23, 2026 Column Nissan Paints a Brake an Oath in Enamel. Register the Oath. July 23, 2026 Column The Fastest Porsche Ever Built Makes No Sound. Retire the Drama. July 23, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 23, 2026 Got Made July 23, 2026 Story Correction July 22, 2026 News 2027 Nissan Z Priced From $44,480; Manual Returns for Z NISMO at No Upcharge July 22, 2026 News Volkswagen Prices All-New 2027 Atlas From $41,610 With More Standard Equipment July 22, 2026 Column The V8 Obituary Writers Don't Shop. Canonize Dodge. July 22, 2026 Column One Hand Signs the Headliner. Leave the Card Blank. July 22, 2026 Column Range Rover Concedes Nobody Forded the River. File the Belief. July 22, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 22, 2026 Got Made July 22, 2026 Story Correction July 20, 2026 Story A Cartridge Teaches the Cabin to Smell Like a Reef. Mourn the Air. July 20, 2026 Column Lexus Builds an Electric Car That Pretends to Shift. Decommission the Pantomime. July 20, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 20, 2026 Got Made July 20, 2026 Story Correction July 19, 2026 Column Ram Builds a Blown V8 in the Battery's Year. Sanctify Somebody. July 19, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 19, 2026 Got Made July 19, 2026 News Acura Adds Google Gemini to Select ADX, MDX and ZDX Models With Google built-in July 19, 2026 Story Correction July 18, 2026 News Ram Adds Black Express and First-Ever 2500 Warlock to 2026 Heavy Duty Line July 18, 2026 News 2027 Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid Arrives in Four Grades From $33,980 July 18, 2026 Column Porsche Builds a Gearbox for a Car With No Gears. Rebury It. July 18, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 18, 2026 Got Made July 18, 2026 Story Correction July 16, 2026 News Porsche Tops the JD Power 2026 Initial Quality Study; the 911 Leads All Models Again July 16, 2026 News 2027 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Moves More Standard Digital Displays Down the Range, Adds SE Premium Package July 16, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: The Plug That Doesn't Lock You In July 16, 2026 Column GMC Sells Us the H2's Yellow Twice. Hold the Funeral. July 16, 2026 Column Hyundai Cut the Price and Opened the Port. Delete the Fake Gearbox. July 16, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 16, 2026 Got Made July 16, 2026 Story Correction July 15, 2026 News 2027 Kia Seltos Goes All-New With Three Powertrains and a First Hybrid e-AWD July 15, 2026 News Volkswagen Reports 24.9 Percent U.S. Sales Gain in the Second Quarter July 15, 2026 Column Ford Vows to Build You an Heirloom. Swear It on Leather. July 15, 2026 Column BMW Builds an M With No Engine. Retire the Note. July 15, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 15, 2026 Got Made July 15, 2026 Story Correction July 14, 2026 News Hyundai Discontinues the IONIQ 6 Sedan for the IONIQ 6 N, Skips the 2026 Kona Electric July 14, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: The Concept Owes the Public a Road July 14, 2026 Column Hyundai Wins the World's Top Design Honors With Three Undated Futures. Retire the Present. July 14, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 14, 2026 Got Made July 14, 2026 Story Correction July 13, 2026 News Porsche's First-Half U.S. Sales Carried by the 911, Deliveries Up 56.3 Percent July 13, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: The Thrill Is Not a Data Set July 13, 2026 Story A Millimeter of Film Just Retired the Speaker Cone. Knight It. July 13, 2026 Column Jeep Prices 1985 at $1,995 Over a Willys. Exile the Bookkeeper. July 13, 2026 Column Polestar Pays Oxford to Measure the Thrill. File the Obituary. July 13, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 13, 2026 Got Made July 13, 2026 Story Correction July 12, 2026 News Hyundai Fields Largest World Cup Fleet: 994 Vehicles, 506 Buses and Four Robots July 12, 2026 News 2027 Volkswagen Atlas Gains 13 Horsepower and Better EPA-Estimated Mileage July 12, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: The Driver Is Standard Equipment July 12, 2026 Column Ram Builds a 777-hp Truck That Drives Itself. Give It to Olivia. July 12, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 12, 2026 Got Made July 12, 2026 Story Correction July 11, 2026 News Mazda Reaches Its 100th IIHS Top Safety Pick Award July 11, 2026 News Subaru Holds the 2027 Crosstrek's Starting Price at $26,995 July 11, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Let the Price Hold the Line July 11, 2026 Column MINI Charges $1,620 for Flag Decals and Calls a Factory Holy July 11, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 11 Got Made July 11, 2026 Story Correction July 10, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Let the Feature You Paid For Stay Bought July 10, 2026 Column Toyota Deleted the Back Seat. Canonize the Engineer. July 10, 2026 Column The Mercedes Supercomputer Now Rents You Back the Smart Half. Retire the Word Owner. July 10, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 10, 2026 Got Made July 10, 2026 Story Correction July 9, 2026 News Kia Prices the 2027 Carnival From $37,490, Adds Available Captain's Chairs July 9, 2026 Column Land Rover Split One Discovery Into Three, and a Refrigerator Now Rides Where the Map Did. Mourn the Map. July 9, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 9, 2026 Got Made July 9, 2026 Story Correction July 8, 2026 News Fiat Puts the Topolino on Sale in the U.S. as a $13,995 Low-Speed Electric Microcar July 8, 2026 News Hyundai Adds Blacked-Out Black Ink Trim to Top the 2027 Palisade Hybrid, on Sale in July July 8, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Demand They Deliver the Whole Car, Not the Rest of It Later July 8, 2026 Column The New Maybach Announces You to the Valet by Name. Unplug the Sill. July 8, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 8, 2026 Got Made July 8, 2026 Story Correction July 7, 2026 News Toyota to Invest $3.6 Billion for Second San Antonio Line, Adding Tacoma Production July 7, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Give a Driver a Switch That Turns the Listening Off July 7, 2026 Column The Volvo You Bought in 2021 Learned to Read Your Texts Overnight. Begin Recalling the Cabin Nobody Could Hear. July 7, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 7, 2026 Got Made July 7, 2026 Story Correction July 6, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Bring Back the Color a Man Could Name From Across the Lot July 6, 2026 Story Object of the Week: One Green Still Breathes. Bury the Colors That Don't. July 6, 2026 Column Lincoln Now Publishes How Often You Unwind. The Rest Nobody Logged May File Its Papers. July 6, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 6, 2026 Got Made July 6, 2026 Column A Sheet of Glass Learned to Darken Itself, and the Pull-Down Blind Died Where It Hung. Declare the Mourning. July 5, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Keep the Key in a Human Hand July 5, 2026 Story Correction July 5, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 5, 2026 Got Made July 5, 2026 Column A Cabin Learned to Clean Itself Around You. Begin Decommissioning the One You Clean by Hand. July 5, 2026 Column They Approved a Drawing in 1967 and Left It Waiting Fifty-Seven Years for Hands Worthy of It. Lay It in State. July 4, 2026 Column A Road-Going V8 Revs to Ten Thousand. Convene the Court for the Committee That Chaperoned It. July 4, 2026 Story Correction July 4, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Teach the Hands, Before the Last Pair Retires July 4, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 4, 2026 Got Made July 4, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Defend the Car a Wage Can Still Buy July 3, 2026 Story Correction July 3, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 3, 2026 Got Made July 3, 2026 Column A Craftsman Hid One Seam Inside Sixteen Planks of Walnut. The Boardrooms That Fake It Should Kneel. July 3, 2026 Column The Quickest Subaru Ever Is Electric and Costs Last Year's Money. I Unbolted My Roof Rails for the Dragonfly. July 3, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Defend the Machine You Build, Not the One You Download July 2, 2026 Story Correction July 2, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How July 2, 2026 Got Made July 2, 2026 Column They Built 777 Horsepower by Hand for the Fourth. Give That Line a Holiday. July 2, 2026 News Kia Refreshes 2027 Niro Hybrid, With New Styling and a New Trim July 2, 2026 Column Volkswagen Put Real Wood in an Atlas. Then Someone Hung a Screen Where the Burl Should Breathe. July 2, 2026 News BMW Completes $1.7 Billion South Carolina Investment, Adds Woodruff Battery Plant July 1, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Defend the Knowable Car July 1, 2026 Column BMW Can't Choose a Future, So It Billed You for Five of Them July 1, 2026 Story Correction July 1, 2026 Column Dodge Is Charging $795 for a Purple. Summon Whoever Mixed It, and Bring the Sword. July 1, 2026 News Kia Posts Record June and First-Half U.S. Sales, Led by Hybrids July 1, 2026 Column Subaru Made a 670-HP BRAT. Canonize the Man Who Built It. July 1, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Defend the Naturally Aspirated V8 June 30, 2026 Story Correction June 30, 2026 Quick Takes Nissan Offers the American Flag at No Charge, and the Fourth of July Is Now an Option Box June 30, 2026 Column GMC Builds Two New V8s and the Eighth Cylinder Walks Free June 30, 2026 News Honda Marks 15 Millionth Accord Sold in America June 30, 2026 Story Object of the Week: The Four Layers of a Red That Knows Who It Is June 29, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Save the Manual June 29, 2026 Story Correction June 29, 2026 Quick Takes Dodge Puts the Hellcat and the Demon on a Cargo Short June 29, 2026 Story The Driver Did Not Consent to His Own Abolition. This Magazine Withholds Its Signature. June 29, 2026 Split Decision Jaguar Crossed Out Its Own Name. One of Us Wants a Trial, the Other a Museum. June 29, 2026 News Subaru Sets 2027 Uncharted Pricing at $34,995, Unchanged From Outgoing Model June 29, 2026 News Acura Defends Watkins Glen With Front-Row Start, #93 Qualifies Fourth June 28, 2026 The Back Channel The Back Channel: Six Hours and a Jacket June 28, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: On the Survival of the Six-Hour Race June 28, 2026 Story Correction June 28, 2026 Column The Six-Hour Race Refuses to Die, and Nobody's Watching It Survive June 28, 2026 Quick Takes Quick Takes: Mercedes-Benz Marks 140 Years With a Fashion Show June 28, 2026 Story Object of the Week: The Patch, in Which 140 Years Are Embroidered June 28, 2026 The Back Channel The Back Channel: 777 and Second Place June 27, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: On the Endangered Supercharged V8 June 27, 2026 Story Correction June 27, 2026 News Genesis Climbs to No. 2 Overall in J.D. Power 2026 Initial Quality Study June 27, 2026 Sidebar Craftsmanship Note: Genesis Fixed the Part You Touch June 27, 2026 Quick Takes JD Power 2026 IQS: A Compact Kia Finishes Second in the Country June 27, 2026 Story Object of the Week: The Badge Under Glass June 27, 2026 Split Decision Split Decision: Is the Ram TRX SRT the Last Combustion Monument or the First That Drives Itself Home? June 27, 2026 Story Object of the Week: The Four Layers of a Red That Knows Who It Is June 26, 2026 The Back Channel The Back Channel: The Lockers, the Canyon, and 100 George Washingtons June 26, 2026 Story Write Your Congressman: Save the Manual June 26, 2026 Story Correction June 26, 2026 Quick Takes Quick Takes: Dodge and Under Armour Go to the Closet June 26, 2026 Story In Defense of the Third Pedal June 26, 2026 From the Meeting From the Newsroom: How June 26 Got Made June 26, 2026 Split Decision Split Decision: Did Jaguar Honor the 'Type' Name or Strike It Out? June 26, 2026 Quick Takes Quick Takes: Jeep's 'Wranglers for Washington' June 26, 2026 Split Decision Split Decision: What Does the Lexus Overtrail Video Actually Prove? June 26, 2026 News Toyota Kentucky Begins RAV4 Hybrid Assembly, Breaks Ground on New Paint Facility June 26, 2026 News Subaru Sets 2027 Uncharted Pricing at $34,995, Unchanged From Outgoing Model June 26, 2026 Column The Q7's New Console Is a Quiet Lecture in Restraint, and the People Buying the Badge Will Never Hear It June 25, 2026 Story The News and the Noise June 25, 2026 Story The Forged Wood in the GMC Sierra Denali Ultimate June 25, 2026 Column Three Pedals, Two Seats, One Point: Toyota Was Listening June 25, 2026 News Honda Remembers Ray Blank, Former Motorcycle Division Senior Vice President June 25, 2026 Sidebar The Signed Dashboard June 25, 2026 Column A Magnificent Anachronism June 25, 2026 Story Our Mission June 25, 2026 News Rolls-Royce Names Nick Keen President of North America June 25, 2026 News Genesis Names Edgar Antonio Carranza Vice President, Sales Operations June 24, 2026 Column The Heartbeat of America Is Back, and I Hate That It Got Me June 24, 2026 Column The Sea Freight Is the Story June 24, 2026 Column Six Hours of The Glen Is the Last Honest Exam in This Business June 24, 2026 Column The Press Junket Economy June 23, 2026 Column The Mercedes VLE Is the Future Nobody Asked For, and Everybody Will Ride In June 23, 2026 News Volkswagen Says Atlas and Tiguan Earn Consumer Reports Recommended Rating June 23, 2026 Story The Quiet Death of the Cheap, Honest Car June 22, 2026 News Mitsubishi Releases 2026 Outlander Technical Specifications June 22, 2026 Column Just Plug In and Walk Away: Volvo Quietly Wins the Argument Nobody Was Having June 22, 2026 Story Correction June 21, 2026 Column They Sent a Defender to a Knife Fight, and It Came Home Walking June 21, 2026 Column Lincoln Built a Room You Cannot Drive, and It May Be the Most Honest Thing It Has Made June 21, 2026 News Chrysler Opens Orders on Limited-Run 2027 Pacifica America250 Special Edition June 20, 2026 Column The Small Honest Electric the Industry Swore It Could Not Build June 20, 2026