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8 May 2024, 19:07 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Hyundai's most powerful series-production vehicle is – no surprises here – an electric sport utility vehicle. Developed for driving fun rather than breaking records, the Ioniq 5 N is pretty fast in a straight line. Thomas and James...
8 May 2024, 17:05 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / When it comes to ridiculously powerful trucks, a couple of gas-guzzling dune bashers come to mind. The recently discontinued Ram 1500 TRX packs a 6.2-liter V8 topped by an IHI-supplied blower, whereas the Ford F-150 Raptor R is rocking a 5.2-liter ...
8 May 2024, 15:51 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Even though Audi was the first to use the Volkswagen Group's long-running W12 engine in the D2-series A8 back in 2001 , said powerplant is obviously associated with Bentley. First used by the British marque in the Continental GT, the twelve-cy...
7 May 2024, 19:52 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Closely related to Volkswagen's T7 Multivan, the all-new California has been revealed with much pomp and circumstance. It joins the Caddy California, the slightly larger California 6.1, and the Grand California. The latter is based on the Craf...
7 May 2024, 18:25 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The Virginia-based Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has recently tested a couple of luxury sedans from the Hyundai-owned Genesis brand. Not surprising in the least, both the G80 and G90 have received the nonprofit's most coveted award fo...
6 May 2024, 23:12 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The S550-generation Shelby GT500 was discontinued after model year 2022 because of the F-150 Raptor R, which uses a slightly different setup from the Blue Oval's 760-hp muscle car. The biggest change is the 2.91-inch supercharger pulley as opp...
6 May 2024, 22:01 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The fourth-generation Sorento launched in the first half of 2020 for the 2021 model year. Kia refreshed the mid-size crossover in late 2023 for 2024, but alas, the hybrid and plug-in hybrid will reach dealers nationwide as 2025 models. Regarding th...
6 May 2024, 20:55 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / At the beginning of 2024, the Raging Bull of Sant'Agata Bolognese confirmed a plug-in hybrid Urus for model year 2025 as the replacement for the fossil fuel-only Urus S and Urus Performante. Under the Direzione Cor Tauri product strategy plan,...
6 May 2024, 19:56 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Originally produced between 1974 and 1992 on the A1 platform of the Golf Mk1, the Scirocco was revived in 2008 with A5 underpinnings from the Golf Mk5. Never sold in the US due to unfavorable USD-EUR exchange rates, the third-generation Scirocco le...
6 May 2024, 18:09 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Porsche's definition of a performance-oriented sports car is the 992-generation 911 Turbo. The closest rival from the folks at Mercedes-AMG GmbH is the 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT 63 Coupe, which is a completely different animal from the Neunelfer, s...
6 May 2024, 17:00 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Internally referred to as U725, the sixth-generation Bronco was revealed in June 2021 for the 2021 model year with Ranger T6-derived underpinnings. Just under three years since Ford Motor Company unleashed the Jeep Wrangler-rivaling sport uti...
5 May 2024, 03:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The MG of 2024 is a very different company from the British automaker from the good ol' days. Owned by Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation since 2007, the storied marque specializes in affordable and electric vehicles. MG4 EV XPOWER is...
5 May 2024, 02:48 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Not all Liberty Walk body kits are created equal. The LB-WORKS LAND CRUISER 300 in the photo gallery, for example, is one of three series of body kits produced by the Japanese company. LB-Works means full body kit; LB-Performance stands for kits...
5 May 2024, 02:32 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / 2013 was the penultimate model year of the fifth-generation Mustang, which saw the 5.0-liter Coyote V8 of the GT gain 8 horsepower. The Cobra Jet, however, is a completely different animal from the series-production GT. Officially designated par...
5 May 2024, 01:22 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Remember Lancia? How about Lancia's final convertible? Two years before Fiat and Chrysler tied the knot to create Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, the Chrysler 200 Convertible spawned the poor-selling Lancia Flavia. Lancia presented convertible a...
5 May 2024, 01:02 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. was founded in 2014, the year FCA established Ram Trucks Australia. Now part of Stellantis, the automaker managed to deliver no fewer than 30,000 examples of the Ram P/U in Australia and New Zealand. P/U is Ram ver...
5 May 2024, 00:04 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / The XT5 sold 26,808 units in the United States last year, plus 6,275 in the first quarter of the current year, putting it well behind the pickup truck-based Escalade as the second best-selling Caddy of the lot. Even though it started production mor...
4 May 2024, 19:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / GM says the 2024 Chevrolet Corvette E-Ray is the quickest Corvette of them all, for it needs 2.5 seconds to hit 60 miles per hour (97 kilometers per hour) and 10.5 seconds for the quarter mile. United States Navy Reserve officer and professional st...
4 May 2024, 18:18 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / As far as production muscle cars are concerned, nothing quite matches the Demon 170. But even with 1,025 ponies on deck, the 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 fails to keep the Lucid Air Sapphire at bay in the quarter mile. Pictured at Bradent...
4 May 2024, 16:36 UTC · By: Mircea Panait / Codenamed P758, the Maverick pickup truck rolled out in 2021 for the 2022 model year with a choice of 2.0-liter turbo and 2.5-liter hybrid powertrains. For 2025, a mid-cycle refresh is due with lots of small exterior styling updates and some tech-r...