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Every Super Snake Sport starts with a 2026 Ford F-150 XL 4×4. It adds a dramatic body kit and upgraded brakes for street use. The 810 hp version starts at $115,795 in the US, before any extras. Ram had the pickup world’s attention with the Rumble Bee , so Shelby American went and grabbed it back. The company has revived the Super Snake Sport, its most street-focused F-150, and it makes more power than Ram’s headline truck. On paper, at least, it has the makings of something worth caring about. Much like the old F-150 Super Snake Sport, launched in 2020 before being retired, this new one is based on a two-door F-150. Shelby says it shares some of the same intentions as the Mustang-based Super Snake, with suspension and chassis tweaks meant to sharpen it up well beyond what you’d expect from a pickup. Read: Shelby’s New 810 HP F-150 Charges New Ranger Raptor Money For The Bolt-Ons Alone As standard, Shelby’s F-150 Super Snake Sport use...

Mercedes recalls 310,667 cars and SUVs in US over potentially faulty door microswitches. Corrosion can prevent automatic parking safeguards engaging when drivers open a door. Wide range of models affected, including A-Class, B-Class, CLA, C-Class, GLA, GLB, GLC. Sharing components across a sprawling model range can save automakers a fortune, but it can also turn one dodgy little part into a very big headache. Mercedes reminded us of that this month by recalling 310,667 vehicles in the US because a faulty driver’s door switch could potentially let them roll away after occupants get out. The culprit is a microswitch inside the driver’s door lock. Mercedes says a supplier development error resulted in some switches receiving housing material that might allow moisture through under certain climatic conditions. Given enough time, that moisture can cause corrosion and eventually kill the switch. Related: Mercedes Dealer Said Extended Test Dri...

The new AMG GT Black Series will look more like a GT3 race car than a road car. Recent spy shots and videos show it rocking a dramatic aero kit with a huge rear wing. Mercedes-AMG is expected to fit the car with its new flat-plane crank 4.0-liter TT V8. Only six Mercedes-AMG models have ever earned the radical Black Series treatment. The first showed up in 2006 as the SLK 55 AMG Black Series, and the most recent landed in 2021, built on the first-generation AMG GT. Now a fresh one is in the works. Based on the second-gen AMG GT, Mercedes-AMG teased the new Black Series several months ago and has since been caught lapping Germany’s Nürburgring next to its GT3 race car sibling. A heavily camouflaged prototype of the track weapon has now surfaced on the move in Spain, and it looks even wilder out in the open. Read: AMG’s New Road Car Is So Extreme It Doesn’t Even Have A Rear Window Much like Porsche’s current 911 GT3 RS, the new AMG G...

BMW’s electric X5 M prototype has appeared on test in Germany. Four electric motors could deliver up to 900 hp with individual control. EV builds reportedly begin in 2028, but V8 fans will get their fix too. BMW’s new X5 family, including the first ever electric iX5, is barely out of the delivery room, but the M division is already plotting something considerably more unhinged. A heavily camouflaged prototype spotted pounding around Germany looks like an X5 M, except there’s one rather important ingredient missing. Exhaust pipes. Yep, this bruiser appears to run entirely on electrons. Related: BMW’s Latest X5 Out-Rooms The X7 And Has An 8K Cinema, But It’s Not For You BMW hasn’t confirmed exactly what we’re looking at, but the clues are piling up. The prototype wears a much chunkier kidney grille treatment than the regular X5 and iX5, giving its nose the sort of visual aggression you’d expect from a full-fat M model. Instead of the regul...