Alpine has confirmed that it will launch a new LMDh hypercar for the FIA World Endurance Championship from 2024.

A 1994 Subaru Prodrive 555 Group A World Rally Championship car raced by both Colin McRae and Carlos Sainz recently sold for AU$500,000 (US$364,000) at an auction in Australia.

With just 100 miles of range, the 2022 Mazda MX-30 has somewhat limited appeal if it's your only car and you have long commutes or do relatively frequent road trips. So the upcoming plug-in hybrid with a rotary engine range extender will probably offer a more practical solution for those users with quick fill-ups on gasoline and greater combined range. But it seems that the tradeoff will be reduced electric range.

Why is this? Speaking with Mazda engineers, it turns out that the company has squeezed as many batteries as it can into the MX-30 electric. Adding more would require compromising interior space or placing them in areas that would be vulnerable in a collision. That means, when a gas engine is introduced – which will slot in next to the front-mounted electric motor – a fuel tank will have to go somewhere, and some batteries will need to be pulled out to make room.

Our spy photographers sent us a set of pictures showing what looks like a Toyota Yaris with camouflaged badges inside a yard full of Mazda models. This leads us to believe that the pictured model isn’t actually a Yaris but its reported rebadged cousin, the 2023 Mazda2.

Everyone knows that the Lada Niva is quite popular in Russia, and we are not only talking about the good-old Niva Legend but also for the more modern Niva Travel. What you probably didn’t know though is that people from Japan are importing Lada Niva Travel SUVs in the country, paying a cool $31,286 in the process.

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Honda left the wraps on the next-generation Civic Type R, but thankfully for us Honda made the wrap skin-tight. The more revealing outfit reveals details we suspected when we got spy shots of the hot hatch in May.

Larger grilles will be joined by a set of intakes that are still covered. Some serious front fender blisters include rear edge vents to clear air out of the wheel wells, and chunkier side sills lead to thicker rear haunches. What looks like low-profile Michelin Pilot Sport 4S rubber wrapping what could be 20-inch wheels fills the wheel arches nicely. In back, an aggressive diffuser houses a diesel locomotive-like triple trumpet horn array masquerading as an exhaust. The obligatory rear wing stands atop the hatch with a little nod to the latest Porsche GT3, stanchions placed a little ways up the hatch, the trailing edge of the hatch curling into a slight spoiler. 

Most new EVs boast ranges of 250 miles or more thanks to improved battery technology and the ability to stuff an awful lot of them in large, profitable cars and trucks. Unfortunately, most of those are pricey, starting at $40,000 or much more, and are more resource-intensive due to those big battery packs. The alternative is the handful of more economical options with just enough range for most situations, including the Mini Cooper SE, Hyundai Ioniq and 40-kWh Nissan Leaf, and now, the 2022 Mazda MX-30. It's the most pleasant car in this entry-level EV game thanks to its superior driving experience, interior quality, features and design, but the fact remains that its price is high for a small SUV and its limited 100-mile range will restrict it to a narrow niche of potential buyers.

The MX-30 is based on the same platform as the Mazda3 and CX-30. Its length and wheelbase are even nearly identical to the latter's. The suspension – MacPherson struts up front and a torsion beam in the back - is also the same design. Of course, the styling is radically different with a coupe-like roofline, rear-hinged half-doors for the back, and a square-jawed nose with a small grille. The distinctive contrasting roof and silver badging on the rear pillars are exclusive to the Premium Plus package.

Automakers have relentlessly raised prices over the past year, trying to keep their profits in step with the times (and inflation). Honda can't afford to be out of step, having already debuted the 2022 Ridgeline and 2022 Pilot with $400 price bumps across their lineups. But unlike the case with those new-model-year offerings, the Japanese automaker just added a little corrective to the 2022 Civic sedan's MSRP despite the 11th-generation stalwart debuting just seven months ago. Cars Direct got eyes on a letter Honda sent to its dealers with the changes brought into effect on October 1. The damage isn't much, another $200 tacked onto the MSRP and $20 added to the destination charge, taking the latter to $1,015. The new prices for all four trims are:

For the moment, the revision closes the gap between the sedan and the 2022 Civic hatchback to an even $1,000. We didn't get pricing info for the hatch until late September, so it's possible that model avoids an MSRP realignment for now.

The Toyota Yaris is a very popular supermini in Europe with its fourth generation being among the best sellers. The situation is quite different in India though, where Toyota decided to phase out the Yaris due to slow sales. As a reminder, the U.S. got a different kind of Yaris based on the Mazda2 that was also phased out last year.

Here in the U.S. we can't get the mid-engined Alpine A110 in any form, but the company is introducing its first regional limited edition in Asia. The honor goes to Japan, and when we say limited, we mean limited. Only 24 units will be produced.

Based on the high-performance A110S model, it features some minor cosmetic differences as hinted at by its incredibly French sounding name, the Alpine A110S Bi Ton Limitee. That sounds a lot more special than its English translation, which is simply "Two-Tone Limited".

The teaser campaign for the redesigned Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV continues as the company has released new details about the upcoming model.

In this episode of the Autoblog Podcast, Editor-in-Chief Greg Migliore is joined by Road Test Editor Zac Palmer. This week they talk about cars they've been driving including the 2022 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, 2022 Nissan Frontier, 2021 Jaguar XF P300 and the 2022 Mini JCW Convertible. They also discuss the photo reveal of the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06. They cap things off by helping someone spend their money on a new car.

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Toyota announced an electric scooter with three wheels named C+walk that was developed largely to help folks get around who have a difficult time walking. It's relatively light, it was designed to be easy to operate, and it packs a surprising assortment of tech features.

When we say "scooter," we're not talking about a Piaggio Vespa; the C+walk is closer to the electric scooters that clutter sidewalks in a growing number of cities around the world than something you'd live your best dolce vita on. It looks like it was beamed from the set of a science fiction movie, and the three-wheel layout allowed Toyota to create a riding platform that appears wider than the one on, say, a Lime scooter. While its proportions are unusual, designers shaped the C+walk to take up about the same amount of space as a human.