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When Your EV Sounds Like a Race Car: Lexus TZ is Just the Latest to Add Performance “Exhaust” Notes

When Your EV Sounds Like a Race Car: Lexus TZ is Just the Latest to Add Performance “Exhaust” Notes

The new Lexus TZ draws power from a pair of electric motors and a 96 kWh battery pack. But slip behind the wheel and you might think there’s a V-10 under the hood. The new crossover is the latest EV to let motorists fire up the sounds of a high-performance internal combustion engine. More from Headlight.News.

A Week With: 2026 Ford F-150 STX Lobo

A Week With: 2026 Ford F-150 STX Lobo

Americans love pickups. They raise ’em up, put big ol’ tires on ’em and then run over or through things out in nature. Sometimes they lower ’em, reconfigure the suspension and exhaust so that they’re loud, proud, and fast. It’s the latter that the inspired the 2026 Ford F-150 Lobo Headlight.News spent a week in. Check out our review.

A Week With: 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS AWD

A Week With: 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS AWD

Excerpt: It’s easy to fall in love, or at least lust, with the immense acceleration offered by EVs. A slight bit of pressure on the go-pedal and you feel like you’ve been shot out of a cannon. After spending a week with the 2026 Chevrolet Blazer EV SS, we found a new appreciation for a more moderate … departure? Check out our review at Headlight.News to find out what we mean.

Nissan Sets New Direction with New “Vision” Plan

Nissan Sets New Direction with New “Vision” Plan

Breaking News: Nissan will streamline its vehicle line-up, even while adding more powertrain options, CEO Ivan Espinosa announced during a Tuesday morning news conference on Tuesday morning Tokyo time. The strategy, dubbed “Mobility Intelligence for Everyday Life,” will also see the second-largest Japanese automaker put more emphasis on “AI-defined vehicles.”

A Week With: 2026 Ford Maverick Lobo

A Week With: 2026 Ford Maverick Lobo

Today’s pickup trucks are increasingly being called upon to fulfill the roles cars did in days past. With the Lobo package, Ford’s engineering team has tried to infuse the Maverick compact pickup with the DNA of a compact sport sedan. Did they succeed? Headlight.News spent a week with the Maverick Lobo to find out.

Here’s What’s Set to Debut at the 2026 NY Auto Show

Here’s What’s Set to Debut at the 2026 NY Auto Show

Auto shows. Remember them? In the years leading up to the COVID pandemic they were big events for automakers and auto buyers alike, but they’ve seemed stuck in lockdown ever since. Until now, anyway. This year’s New York International Auto Show promises to be the most...

Corvette Grand Sport Returns – and Adds A 721-HP Hybrid Option

Corvette Grand Sport Returns – and Adds A 721-HP Hybrid Option

Corvette fans will have a new, high-performance option later this year with the return of the Grand Sport package featuring an all-new version of the small-block LS6 V-8. For those who want even more power, however, there’ll be a third Corvette hybrid option, the 721-hp Grand Sport X. More from Headlight.News.

For The 1%, Mercedes Makes an Even Plusher Maybach S-Class

For The 1%, Mercedes Makes an Even Plusher Maybach S-Class

You can never be too rich, it’s been said, nor drive something ever more plush. So it seems, anyway, based upon the continuing upgrades to the Mercedes-Maybach S-Class. Following up on the mid-cycle refresh of the “mainstream” S-Class, the German automaker takes things to new extremes with its flagship sedan – posing a challenge to the likes of Bentley and Rolls-Royce. More from Headlight.News.

Tesla Roadster “Probably” Arriving Next Month; But Does it Matter?

Tesla Roadster “Probably” Arriving Next Month; But Does it Matter?

Tesla has never been good at getting products to market as promised, but even by that standard, it’s taken seemingly forever to get the second generation Roadster into showrooms. Now, seven years after the debut of the prototype 2-seater, CEO Elon Musk says it will “probably” arrive next month. The question, at this point, is whether anyone cares. More from Headlight.News.