Toyota GR Yaris: Top Gear's Hot Hatch of the Year launched in Malaysia
You can buy a hatchback that costs nearly RM300k from Toyota right now, and it's called the GR Yaris. Yes, the winner for Hot Hatch of the Year at the recent TopGear.com 2020 Awards has finally landed on our shores, with the top-of-the-line Performance Pack at that. And it will cost you dearly because Toyota only has plans to build...
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2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid gets 25 mpg, besting the Ram 1500 and Chevy Silverado
The 2021 Ford F-150 Hybrid gets an EPA-rated 25 mpg combined, Ford announced Friday. Rear-wheel drive versions get 25 mpg city, 26 highway, 25 combined. With four-wheel drive, the bestselling pickup truck rates at 24 mpg across the board. The new hybrid matches the rear-wheel-drive 2020 F-150 diesel, but the 3.0-liter turbodiesel V-6 comes only with four-wheel drive this year,...
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Mazda Is Making New Parts for the FC and FD RX-7
Up on the rooftop reindeer pause; out jumps good old Santa Claus. Down through the chimney with lots of toys; BRAAAP-BRAAAP-BRAAAP for you girls and boys. That's right, it's time to start dreaming of a bridge-ported Christmas because Mazda has just announced that the elves are going to start resupplying brand new parts for the FC and FD RX-7.
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Hofele-Design created a Mercedes-Benz G-Class with coach doors
German tuner Hofele-Design has built a Mercedes-Benz G-Class with rear-hinged coach doors. It's called the Ultimate HG. Also known as suicide doors, coach doors were once a popular feature on luxury cars, but they've largely fallen out of favor, unless you're shopping for a Rolls-Royce. In the G-Class, they provide easier ingress and egress for rear-seat passengers, Hofele-Design said in...
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Mercedes Will Launch Six New Electric EQ Models by 2022
Get ready for a tsunami of electric models from Mercedes-Benz in the next two years, as the automaker gets ready to launch six new EQ models by 2022. That's right: In just a couple of years, Mercedes-Benz will have more electric models in its lineup than Tesla, even if Tesla actually launches the Cybertruck.
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This is what the Nissan GT-R could look like in 2050
If there's one car we're waiting for Nissan to reveal, or even just talk about, it's the next-generation GT-R. So far, we still don't know what the upcoming halo supercar will have to offer or when it might debut. There are also no signs of a prototype either unlike the Fairlady Z.
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“Reindeer Eight” Holiday Edition Bentley Flying Spur Pulled By 542 Horses
Some of Bentley's finest works—including the upcoming Bacalar—are courtesy of its Mulliner bespoke division. Once again, Bentley Mulliner proved that it's able to come up with a season-fitting extra-special product defined by customer preferences, as evidenced by the newly finished Flying Spur V8 ‘Reindeer Eight.’
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Porsche Returns To Le Mans And IMSA In 2023 with LMDh Prototype
The Formula 1 World Championship has drawn to a close last weekend but, in the aftermath of the season’s 17th Grand Prix, it wasn’t Max Verstappen’s dominant victory that has gathered most of the headlines as, once again, sports car racing came to the fore with the announcement that Porsche will return to the sharp end of both the FIA...
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Pagani Huayra Tricolore marks 60 years of Italian aerobatics squad
Pagani has released an aerobatics-inspired special edition of the Huayra, priced from a cool €5.5 million (£4.98m) before taxes. The Huayra Tricolore has been conceived to mark the 60th anniversary of the Italian Air Force Aerobatic Team, known as Frecce Tricolori in its home country.
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VW Brings Video Game-Like Augmented Reality Head-Up Display to ID.3 and ID.4 EVs
With the introduction of the ID.3 and ID.4. models, the people’s car is rapidly becoming electric. The two EVs bring a wide range of technological innovations, among which is the augmented reality head-up display. Thus, the high-tech feature that revolutionized navigation in luxury vehicles is now available in the affordable compact segment.
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This new super-spacious EV delivery truck is a rechargeable rectangle
Electric vehicle company Canoo mid-December announced its new multi-purpose delivery vehicle, which is expected to hit the U.S. market in 2022, and then go on sale in Canada by 2023. It’s not going to win any beautiful-truck awards, but its squared-off shape is expected to give it greater cargo capacity than other competitors in the electric-van commercial segment.
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This Armoured Ferrari 458 Speciale Can Stop .44 Magnum Rounds, Only Weighs 30kg More
We mostly associate armoured cars with big, burly vehicles like SUVs, or perhaps the ‘Beast’ truck-based limousine used by the Secret Service in the US. An armoured supercar, then, stands out. What you’re looking at here is a Ferrari 458 Speciale prepped by Add Armor, a company that promises to “turn regular vehicles into mobile safe rooms”. The Wyoming-based firm’s...
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AN OFFICIAL A-TEAM VAN IS HEADING TO AUCTION
Television and movies alike have always been dotted with iconic vehicles. Whether it be the Bullitt Mustang, Magnum’s Ferrari 308, the General Lee Charger or KITT, these cars may be among the most recognizable in the world. Not every vehicle to grace the airwaves was a low-slung sports car however, as one Mr. T can surely attest to. During the...
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EV battery pack prices fell 13% in 2020, some are already below $100/kwh
Electric-car battery-pack prices have fallen 13% in 2020, in some cases reaching a crucial milestone for affordability, according to an annual report released Wednesday by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF). Average prices have dropped from $1,100 per kilowatt-hour to $137 per kwh, decrease of 89% over the past decade, according to the analysis. At this time last year, BNEF reported...
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Yes, the 2021 Toyota Mirai Can Relieve Itself (of Its Water Emissions)
Will this be the least mature automotive coverage you read all week? Very likely. In any event, our colleagues at MotorTrend currently have a 2021 Toyota Mirai in for evaluation. No surprise, the latest Mirai is a completely serious electric vehicle powered by a high-tech onboard hydrogen fuel cell. This tech uses hydrogen as a fuel to generate electricity by...
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James Bond Mercury Cougar sells for a record $481,000 in London
A 1969 Mercury Cougar XR-7 Cobra Jet convertible, one of several used in the 1969 James Bond action film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, sold for a world record £356,500 (about $481,000) at Bonhams Bond Street Sale in London on December 17. The sale more than doubled the pre-sale estimate of £100,000–£150,000 ($130,000–$200,000) and easily eclipsed the previous Cougar record...
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Mustang Shelby GT500 Is Quicker without Track Tires. Here's Why
In Car and Driver testing, the 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 hit 60 mph and 100 mph 0.2 second quicker on the standard street tires than on the optional track tires. A Ford engineer who works on the GT500 confirmed that the standard Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tires tend to have better longitudinal traction than the optional Michelin Pilot Sport...
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Team Fordzilla P1 hypercar concept revealed as full-size model
Ford has brought to life a new concept hypercar called the Team Fordzilla P1, designed from the results of a survey of 220,000 members of the gaming community sent out by the company’s European design team this summer. Originally a wholly digital concept car designed remotely and with no face-to-face interaction between designers, the company has now built a life-size...
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GM's Chevy Colorado-based Army vehicle gears up for production
GM Defense, a General Motors subsidiary focused on military vehicle development, is nearly ready for mass production of its first vehicle, the GM Infantry Squad Vehicle. The US Army awarded a $214 million contract to GM Defense and part of the funds go to building these mean machines for US troops to field wherever they're deployed.
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GMC Hummer Edition 1 Production Hike Considered Due To Strong Demand
The hype of the Hummer's electrifying return could bear fruit. The Hummer's electrifying return was met with a positive outlook back in October in the form of the GMC Hummer EV. In fact, GMC said that the Hummer EV Edition 1 sold out in an hour, proof that a lot of American buyers are interested in spending six digits on...
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Production-spec Hennessey Venom F5 revealed; 1355kW, 500km/h
As promised, the production-ready specification of the 2021 Hennessey Venom F5 has been unveiled in all of its 1800hp glory. If you desire sheer speed, this one is right down your alley. Power comes from a mega 6.6-litre twin-turbo V8 that belts out a mind-bending 1355kW (1817hp) at 8000rpm, and 1617Nm at 5000rpm. According to Hennessey, this is the most...
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Lamborghini SC20 speedster revealed – getting in on the act
Unforeseen by most, it appears that the market for roofless, screenless supercars has really taken off, with Lamborghini being the latest manufacturer to reveal a speedster of its own. The SC20 as it will be known, is Lamborghini’s take on this very specific form of supercar, joining Aston Martin, Ferrari and McLaren in this little corner of the market.
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Sorry - There Won't Be A Road Car Version Of Peugeot's Le Mans Hypercar
When first announced, what excited us most about Peugeot’s Le Mans return was the prospect of 25 road cars being built to homologate the company’s new racer. The FIA/ACO’s rules originally stipulated that manufacturers could either modify an existing product or build a limited run of production models to enter the Hypercar category, but the regulations have since been relaxed....
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