🚘 $1.1M Aston DB5, 600-HP Charger, Honda kills Prologue

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Dodge's Most Powerful Charger Sixpack Could Push 600 Horsepower (4 minute read) For its 60th birthday, Dodge will unveil its most potent Charger Sixpack yet at Roadkill Nights on August 8. The twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six currently makes 550 horsepower (410 kW), and rumors point to a bump near 600 hp (447 kW)—still no Hemi V-8, but enough to embarrass a Mustang. 📈 Technology, Market Data & Analysis Dead: Honda Pulls the Prologue's Plug After 2026 (4 minute read) Honda will end Prologue production after the 2026 model year, leaving it without a battery-electric vehicle in the U.S. or Canada. The GM Ultium-based SUV was always a stopgap for the now-canceled Zero Series. Honda blames the expired federal EV tax credit and is leaning on hybrids and hydrogen instead. Average Used Car Price Tops $27,000 (2 minute read) The average used-car listing hit $27,027 in June, up 6% year over year and the highest in three years, per Cox Automotive. New cars averaged $49,758, and buyers are stretching to afford both—six-year loan terms set a record at 31.1%. Affordable sub-$15,000 vehicles remain scarce. 🛞 Car Culture $1.1M Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake Is a Pheasant's Worst Nightmare (4 minute read) One of just 12 ever built, this 1966 DB5 Shooting Brake sold for £848,750 (about $1.14 million) at RM Sotheby's. Coachbuilder Harold Radford reworked the Bond-famous coupe into a hunting wagon with a new roof, rear quarters, and a hatch. Values are up 66% over the past decade, versus 7% for the standard saloon. Head-Turning 1948 Mercury Woody 4x4 Wagon Is up for Sale on Bring a Trailer (3 minute read) This 1948 Mercury Eight wagon pairs a breathtaking all-wood body with a rare, factory-approved Marmon-Herrington 4x4 conversion. Its flathead V-8 makes about 100 horsepower (75 kW) through a three-speed manual—good for gentle country rambles up to 40 mph (64 km/h). Bidding on Bring a Trailer ends July 22. 🔧 Miscellaneous A Parking System In A Cute Canadian Town Was Sending People To A Porn Site (4 minute read) The tourist town of Elora, Ontario rolled out a QR-code parking system in May—only for scanners to land on a porn site instead of the payment portal. Visitors reportedly got "porn and free parking" and took it in stride. The township has bagged the signs and suspended payments; no data was compromised. Zoox Recall Affects 105 Robotaxis After Fire Scene Incident (2 minute read) Zoox is recalling the software on all 105 of its robotaxis after one drove into a smoke-obscured Las Vegas fire scene in June, braking hard before a remote operator reversed it out. An over-the-air update improves smoke detection—arriving amid NHTSA warnings of a "clear pattern" of driverless cars interfering with first responders. 🏁 Quick Links A Second Chance at Today's Low Tax Rates Most IRA Millionaires missed the first Roth conversion window. Craig Wear, CFP® — who's helped 3,000+ families avoid a projected $10B+ in lifetime taxes — wrote Roth Conversion Reset to make sure you don't miss the second. The full book is free, delivered to your inbox in minutes. Send Me the Book Next-Generation BMW M3 Spotted Testing with Six-Cylinder Power (3 minute read) Spy shots from the Nürburgring show the next-gen M3 will keep a reworked twin-turbo 3.0-liter inline-six alongside the upcoming electric version, though the manual and rear-drive base model may not survive its 2028 debut. Modern Bugatti Built Its Reputation on the W16. Now, It's Going Away (3 minute read) The final W16 has left the factory—the quad-turbo 8.0-liter engine that powered every modern Bugatti, bowing out in the 1,578-horsepower (1,177 kW) Mistral roadster as the new Tourbillon switches to a V16 hybrid. California creates $3,500 rebate for new electric vehicle buyers (2 minute read) California's new MyFirstEV program gives residents a $3,500 point-of-sale rebate on their first EV priced under $50,000—plus $1,750 for used EVs under $25,000—softening the blow of the expired federal tax credit. Did You Know China Makes A Beetle Clone? And It Just Got Better (3 minute read) The Ora Ballet Cat, China's cute Beetle-inspired EV, gets a 2026 boost from 169 to 201 horsepower (126 to 150 kW) and a top-speed jump from 96 to 112 mph (154 to 180 km/h), plus a new lithium-iron phosphate battery. Our Two Cents: The Cars We'd Carve on Mt. Rushmore (6 minute read) Hagerty's writers debate which four American cars belong on an automotive Mt. Rushmore—the Ford Model T is unanimous, but picks diverge from the '32 Ford and Tri-Five Chevy to the Willys Jeep and Tesla Model S. 2027 Jeep Wrangler Laredo: Cowboy Up (2 minute read) Jeep revives the '80s Laredo as a nostalgia-drenched Wrangler trim with period brown-and-gold graphics, a tan soft-top, and a 285-horsepower (213 kW) 3.6-liter V6, starting just under $50,000. Bentley's EV Will Swap Faux Engine Noise for an Onboard Drum Track (3 minute read) Bentley's Torcal EV crossover, debuting in September, will greet the throttle with a drum-forward soundtrack—derived from its historic six-, eight-, and twelve-cylinder engines and blended with strings—rather than fake combustion noise. Share Today in Cars You currently have 0 referrals, only 1 away from receiving the expert Today in Cars: Market Report. 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