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You Can Now Buy This 1988 E30 BMW M3 That's Been Halfway Around The World

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By carbuzz.com | Joel Stocksdale | 7/31/2025 5:45 PM

Be sure to buckle up for this one. ... Read full Story

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JLR CEO Adrian Mardell Will Retire Later This Year

By carbuzz.com | Evan Williams | 7/31/2025 5:42 PM

After 35 years with JLR, CEO Adrian Mardell is ready to retire. ... Read full Story

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By carbuzz.com | Ty Duffy | 7/31/2025 5:17 PM

Volkswagen CEO Thomas Schäfer confrimed the combustion Golf GTI will last in the 2030s. But it may do so as a hybrid. ... Read full Story

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The 2026 Lotus Emira Gets A Little More Expensive And A Lot Greener

By carbuzz.com | Brett T. Evans | 7/31/2025 5:06 PM

Two new trim levels and a very Kermit-esque color join the 2026 Lotus sports car lineup, which now starts at $106,900. ... Read full Story

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Chevrolet Captiva Revived As South America-Only Plug-In Hybrid For 2026

By carbuzz.com | James Gent | 7/31/2025 5:05 PM

The Chevrolet Captiva has officially been revived as a plug-in hybrid for South America, and will launch in Argentina in Q4. ... Read full Story

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Mitsubishi Outlander Trail Edition Debuts With Black Trim, Lots OfDealer Options

By carbuzz.com | Justin Westbrook | 7/31/2025 4:24 PM

Mitsubishi offers an off-road themed appearance package for the 2025 Outlander, called the Trail Edition. ... Read full Story

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2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid Costs $1,500 More Than Last Year

By carbuzz.com | Christopher Bruce | 7/31/2025 1:42 PM

The Kia Sportage Hybrid has an extra five horsepower over last year. It also has a fresh look on the outside and inside. ... Read full Story

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Ford Says It's Made an EV Breakthrough—So Are Cheaper EVs Coming?

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 1:38 PM

Despite an industry-wide backslide toward internal combustion, Ford hasn't given up on electric vehicles, and CEO Jim Farley says he'll announce a 'breakthrough' next month. ... Read full Story

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Spy Shots Show AMG GT's Interior Before Mercedes Wants You To See It

By carbuzz.com | Evan Williams | 7/31/2025 1:31 PM

Our first look inside the new AMG GT shows a car almost as wild as the concept. ... Read full Story

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Video: Orbis In-Wheel Electric Motor Gives You 4,056 LB-Ft Of Torque Per Wheel

By carbuzz.com | CarBuzz Team | 7/31/2025 1:15 PM

Orbis's new in-wheel electric motor gives you more horsepower and torque than most V8s, but instead of just having one, you can have one at each wheel. ... Read full Story

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The Prelude Is So Close To Launch That Honda's Showing The Accessories

By carbuzz.com | Joel Stocksdale | 7/31/2025 12:13 PM

The countdown to release starts now. ... Read full Story

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South Korea and U.S. Set Auto Tariffs at 15 Percent

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 11:50 AM

Just before the August 1 deadline imposed by the Trump administration, the U.S. reached an agreement with South Korea that sets import tariffs at 15 percent. ... Read full Story

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BMW M3 Touring CS Crushes The Standard Touring At The Nurburgring

By carbuzz.com | Evan Williams | 7/31/2025 10:38 AM

BMW M's quickest driver has just set a new record for the fastest wagon around the iconic track. ... Read full Story

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Goodbye, GTD: The Corvette ZR1X Is the Fastest American Car Around the Nürburgring

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 10:00 AM

Chevy brought out the Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X, along with a trio of development drivers, to showcase the Corvette's prowess on track. ... Read full Story

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Chevrolet Reveals Corvette Z06, ZR1, And ZR1X Nürburgring Times

By carbuzz.com | Viknesh Vijayenthiran | 7/31/2025 10:00 AM

Chevrolet has published official lap times for the C8 Corvette Z06, ZR1, and ZR1X at Germany's Nürburgring-Nordschleife. ... Read full Story

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Subaru Drops Impreza Base Trim For 2026, Increases Prices For Remaining Models

By carbuzz.com | Ian Wright | 7/31/2025 9:38 AM

The Impreza still remains one of only two AWD hatchbacks on sale for less than $30,000. ... Read full Story

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2025 Ducati XDiavel V4 Is a Successful Mash-Up

By Car and Drive | | 7/31/2025 8:34 AM

What you get when you cross a cruiser with a sport bike. ... Read full Story

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Word of the Day

palimpsest

Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for August 2, 2025 is:

palimpsest • \PAL-imp-sest\ • noun

Palimpsest in its original use refers to writing material (such as a parchment manuscript) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased; the underlying text is said to be “in palimpsest.” Palimpsest in extended use refers to something that has usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.

// Scholars believe the motive for making palimpsests was often economic—reusing parchment was cheaper than preparing a new skin.

// The ancient city is an architectural palimpsest.

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Examples:

“My aim was to trace the course of … the Aqua Marcia, built between 144 and 140 B.C. by Julius Caesar’s ancestor Quintus Marcius Rex. … The original tuff arches carried the Marcia across a steep ravine. Subsequent retaining walls and buttresses have transformed the bridge into a palimpsest of building styles.” — David Laskin, The New York Times, 24 Apr. 2024

Did you know?

Long ago, writing surfaces were so highly valued that they were often used more than once. Palimpsest in its original use referred to an early form of recycling in which an old document was erased to make room for a new one when parchment ran short. (The word is from the Greek palimpsēstos, meaning “scraped again.”) Fortunately for modern scholars, the erasing process wasn’t completely effective, so the original could often be distinguished under the newer writing. De republica, by Roman statesman and orator Cicero, is one of many documents recovered from a palimpsest. Nowadays, the word palimpsest can refer not only to such a document but to anything that has multiple layers apparent beneath the surface.

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