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Every manufacturer has a story. Most of them involve ambition, money, engineering brilliance, and at least one catastrophically bad decision. Cars & Code covers the brands — what they’re building, what they’ve abandoned, and what it all actually means for the people buying the cars.

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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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A silver 2027 Chevrolet Silverado crew cab pickup truck driving along a two-lane country road past green farmland and a red barn, photographed as a concept image.
General Motors May 20, 2026

GM Just Quietly Bet Six Billion Dollars on the Engine Everyone Said Was Dead.

General Motors does not, at the moment, look like a company that thinks the future is electric. In…

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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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A Volvo XC90 plug-in hybrid SUV photographed alongside a Volvo Trucks heavy goods vehicle, illustrating the contrasting powertrain strategies of the two Volvo companies.
Europe May 15, 2026

One Volvo Just Built a New Engine. The Other Volvo Admits It Can’t Build Engines At All.

In a week so on-the-nose it could be a satire, the two companies that share the Volvo name…

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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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A 2026 Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster pickup truck shown in a three-quarter front view on a dirt track, showing the boxy body-on-frame design and off-road tyres of the updated model.
Europe May 14, 2026

The Ineos Grenadier Quartermaster Fixed Its Biggest Problem. Now There Are No Excuses.

There is a particular type of vehicle that car enthusiasts describe as "characterful" when what they actually mean…

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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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