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Get started free 🚙 Releases & Reviews Tested: The 2026 Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric Makes Supercar Performance a Side Feature (9 minute read) The dual-motor SUV makes 1,139 horsepower in launch control and reached 60 mph in 2.1 seconds. Car and Driver says its 9.5-second quarter-mile set an SUV record in the magazine's testing and beat the 911 Turbo S. The test car came to about $195K. The LAST LEGENDARY Nissan ever Probably - 2027 Nissan Z Nismo Manual Review (13 minute watch) The Nismo pairs its 420-horsepower twin-turbo V6 with a six-speed manual for the first time, with a heavier-duty clutch, a short-throw shifter and a reinforced case. TheStraightPipes reports zero gear grinds and calls the manual the change the Nismo needed. Fully disabling stability control took the hosts about 15 attempts. 📈 Technology, Market Data & Analysis Average New-Car Price Tops $50,000 Again (3 minute read) Kelley Blue Book puts the August average transaction at $50,089, up about 2% on last year and the first time over $50,000 in 2026. Midsize SUVs have overtaken compacts as the best-selling segment, and entry-level compact cars rose faster than the market. EV prices fell nearly 3%. IRS Finalizes $10,000 New Car Loan Interest Deduction (3 minute read) The final rule covers loans on new, US-assembled personal vehicles that originated from the start of 2025 through 2028. Used-car loans do not qualify, and the deduction shrinks by $200 for every $1,000 of income over $100,000 for single filers. The regulations take effect Nov. 9. 🛞 Car Culture The Real Story Of How Whale Penis Leather Became The Most Infamous Upholstery Of The 21st Century (7 minute read) Owner Leonard Yankelovich tells The Autopian the 2009 DARTZ Prombron, priced at about $1.45M, used the hide because his uncle's leather business had it and it was the softest, largest piece available. The same batch likely covered the barstools on Aristotle Onassis's yacht. DARTZ pledged synthetic materials after protests. Original Owner: Once A Social Climber, This 1969 Mercedes 280SL Became a Hill Climber (11 minute read) Dr. Paul Siegel ordered the car new in 1968 with the rare four-speed manual and whitewall tires for $7,558. His son Jim bought it from the estate in 2005 and now drives it to and competes in Ohio's Bellefontaine Hill Climb Revival. The engine has never been rebuilt. 🔧 Miscellaneous People Are Going Crazy Over This Chevy Camaro Sedan Spy Shot. Too Bad It’s Fake (2 minute read) The Drive points to a wrongly formatted Illinois manufacturer plate, camouflage that ends neatly at panel gaps, and an apparent AI-generated extra door handle. A GM spokesperson declined to comment on speculative reports about future product. The outlet also notes the car surfaced in a single near-perfect photo. Costco Is Now Rationing Motor Oil Because the Global Shortage Is Getting Real (3 minute read) Ten quarts of Kirkland Signature full synthetic now sells for $58, up from as low as $30, and stores limit members to two per week. Refineries earn more turning crude into gasoline, and stricter oil standards plus GM's Dexos licensing fees add cost. Mobil 1 is capped at five. 🏁 Quick Links For Deel's "Feeling of Deeling" campaign, agency SuperBloom used Branded AI Voice for one consistent brand voice across markets, without sacrificing quality or consent. Watch the Recording. Watch On-Demand Now 2026 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabrio Review: ‘I Felt My Brain Shift’ (8 minute read) The 701-horsepower T-Hybrid Turbo S reaches 60 mph in 2.4 seconds, and The Drive says the launch control made one passenger feel his brain shift. Audi A2 e-tron First Look: Audi Revives the A2 as Its Most Efficient EV Yet (2 minute read) The rear-drive hatch offers three battery packs up to 84 kWh and a WLTP range of about 400 miles, and Audi has no plans to sell it in the US. Mercedes-AMG Brings Back the V-8 Sports Coupe with the CLE 646 (5 minute read) Only 30 will be built, all already sold, each with a 637-horsepower flat-plane twin-turbo V-8 driving the rear wheels alone and roughly 375 pounds trimmed from a CLE53. Ford's Most Extreme Mustang Is Even Rarer Than You Think (3 minute read) Ford built 384 GTDs through August, just under 1% of overall Mustang production, and the hand-finished coupe starts at over $325,000. Video: The Genesis Magma GT Sounds Like A Proper Supercar (3 minute read) Footage from the NM2255 YouTube channel captures the mid-engine concept sliding on damp asphalt at a hill climb, and Genesis says its twin-turbo V8 makes up to 800 horsepower. I Drove An $11,000 Jaguar XF Trade-In And It Was Shockingly Good (5 minute read) The sub-100,000-mile sedan pairs a 300-horsepower V8 with a six-speed automatic, and David Tracy says its interior quality, ride and quietness still impressed him after 16 years. Japan's Floating Parking Spot Keeps Cars Safe from Floodwaters (3 minute read) The Monarte Floating Floor is a resin-coated foam pad guided by four steel posts that lifts over 6,600 pounds when floodwater rises, shown at the Tokyo auto show and sold only in Japan so far. How did you like today's newsletter? 🟢 - Great 🟡 - OK 🔴 - Not good If you have any feedback or ideas for improving Today in Cars, just reply to this email! 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