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For the people who read the spec sheet before the review — and argue with it afterwards. Cars & Code’s Enthusiast section covers the vehicles and stories that matter to drivers who actually care: American muscle, European classics, Japanese icons, British oddities, and everything in between. No filler. Just cars worth talking about.

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bmw m3 e92 s65 v8 engine bay
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Euro May 20, 2026

Why the BMW M3’s V8 Was Nobody’s First Choice

The E92 BMW M3, produced from 2007 to 2013, is widely considered one of the finest performance cars of its generation. Its 4.0-litre naturally aspirated V8 — the S65, developed exclusively for M division — revved to 8,300 rpm, produced…

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Suki's pink VeilSide-bodied 2001 Honda S2000 from 2 Fast 2 Furious, featuring custom anime-style artwork and a rear wing, on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum's Fast and Furious 25th anniversary exhibition, with a green sports car visible in the background.
JDM May 20, 2026

The Petersen Put Fast and Furious in a Museum. That’s Not a Joke. That’s History.

The first Japanese car officially imported and sold in the United States was a 1967 Honda N600, serial…

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The original 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster, launched without airbags, ABS, or traction control as a deliberate engineering and marketing decision
Dodge May 15, 2026

The Dodge Viper Had No Airbags for a Decade — And That Was the Point

The 1992 Dodge Viper RT/10 was one of the most deliberately dangerous cars ever approved for road use…

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An AMG engine builder's signature plaque mounted on a hand-assembled AMG V8 engine at the Affalterbach facility in Germany
Euro May 14, 2026

One Man. One Engine. The AMG Philosophy That Fans Write Letters About.

Affalterbach is a small town northeast of Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg. Around 10,000 people live there. It has a…

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The white Lotus Esprit Series 1 used in the 1977 James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me, later purchased by Elon Musk at auction
British May 11, 2026

The Lotus Esprit Elon Musk Bought

In 1977, a white Lotus Esprit drove off a pier in Sardinia and became a submarine. The sequence…

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An early Shelby Cobra 289 photographed in 1962, built on the British AC Ace chassis with a Ford V8 engine
American Muscle May 8, 2026

The Shelby Cobra Was Three Companies’ Secret — From Each Other

In 1961, Carroll Shelby was a racing driver with a heart condition that had ended his career and…

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A Bugatti Chiron parked outside the brand's Molsheim factory in France, representing Porsche's divestment of its Bugatti Rimac stake to a private equity consortium.
Euro May 7, 2026

Volkswagen Built Bugatti for the Love of It. Private Equity Has Just Bought It for the Spreadsheet.

For 28 years, Bugatti was a passion project paid for by Volkswagen. As of late April, it is…

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