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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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An early Shelby Cobra 289 photographed in 1962, built on the British AC Ace chassis with a Ford V8 engine
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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 a idea he couldn't fund. He wanted to build an American sports car — lightweight British body, thunderous American V8, nothing else.…

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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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A silver Porsche 959 road car from 1986, the year it was unveiled, showing the wide-body aerodynamic design developed originally for Group B rally competition
Euro May 7, 2026

The Porsche 959 Was Built for a Race That Got Cancelled

In 1986, Porsche unveiled a car that looked like the future. Low, wide, and aerodynamically sculpted, the 959…

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The 2019 Toyota GR Supra A90 in red, co-developed with BMW on the same platform as the Z4, marking the Supra's return after a 17-year absence
JDM May 1, 2026

Why the New Toyota Supra Is Really a BMW

When Toyota revealed the GR Supra in January 2019, seventeen years after the previous generation ended production, the…

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bugatti veyron w16 engine volkswagen group
British Apr 29, 2026

The Bugatti Veyron Lost Money on Every Car

The Bugatti Veyron cost €1,000,000 at launch in 2005. By the time the final Super Sport edition reached…

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The AMG 300 E 5.6 'Hammer', a modified Mercedes W124 E-Class, which became the fastest German production car in 1986 with a transplanted 5.6-litre V8
AMG Apr 24, 2026

The AMG Hammer: The Sleeper That Rewrote What Fast Looked Like

In 1986, the fastest production car a driver could buy from a German manufacturer was not a Porsche.…

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Ferrari 550 Maranello, representing modern classics that have dramatically appreciated in value.
JDM Apr 23, 2026

The Revenge of the Overlooked: How “Approachable” Modern Classics Quietly Became Unaffordable

There is a particular species of regret that only car enthusiasts understand. It is not the regret of…

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