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Classic air-cooled Porsche 911 rear three-quarter view showing the distinctive engine lid, illustrating Ferry Porsche's decision to keep the rear-engined layout against the advice of his own engineers

The Decision to Keep the Porsche 911 Rear-Engined

There is a particular kind of stubbornness that masquerades as engineering conviction, and Ferry Porsche had it in abundance. By the mid-1970s, every serious voice inside and outside the company had reached the same conclusion: the 911's engine was in…

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A 2015 BMW M6 Gran Coupe Competition in Space Gray with the rare six-speed manual transmission, one of only 103 manual M6 Gran Coupes ever built, parked on a clean urban street representing the ultimate sleeper enthusiast daily driver.

Videos Jun 16, 2026

Twelve Cars, Three Opinions, Zero Agreement. The Perfect Guide to Your Next Enthusiast Daily.

Every enthusiast has had this conversation, usually in a car park, usually at 10pm, usually while leaning on…

Lewis Hamilton celebrates on the podium with a Ferrari race suit after winning the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona-Catalunya — his first Grand Prix victory for the Italian team.

F1 Jun 16, 2026

686 Days. That’s How Long Lewis Hamilton Waited to Win a Grand Prix. In Barcelona on Sunday, Ferrari Finally Gave Him One.

A week ago I wrote about Kimi Antonelli becoming the youngest Monaco Grand Prix winner in F1 history…

A red Ferrari F40 on a road, representing the last car personally approved by Enzo Ferrari before his death in 1988, photographed in its original uncompromising specification

Euro Jun 15, 2026

The Day Enzo Said Yes to the F40

Enzo Ferrari was 89 years old, had been mostly blind for two years, and was running out of…

A Lamborghini Revuelto SV prototype wrapped in black-and-white swirl camouflage being driven on a public road near the factory in Italy, captured during development testing ahead of its 2026 reveal.

Euro Jun 15, 2026

While Ferrari Bickers About Electric Heritage, Lamborghini Has Quietly Decided to Sell You 1,200 Horsepower of V12 in August.

There are roughly 60 days remaining until Monterey Car Week, the annual gathering at which luxury manufacturers reveal…

A Tesla Cybercab autonomous robotaxi driving without a driver on an Austin Texas street, representing Tesla’s expansion of its unsupervised robotaxi service across the entire Austin metropolitan area in June 2026.

EVs Jun 15, 2026

Tesla’s Robotaxi Covers All of Austin Now. It Has 20 Cars to Do It With.

The Tesla Cybercab has no steering wheel, no pedals, and no human driver. It seats two passengers, charges…

mazda rx7 fd rotary engine wankel decision

JDM Jun 10, 2026

Why Mazda Kept the Rotary When Everyone Else Quit

In the early 1970s, the automotive world briefly went mad for the Wankel rotary engine. Mercedes-Benz investigated it.…