Serious inquiries only. Facebook marketplace is already a weird and wonderful place, but it recently upped its game with the cheese-n-ator, a jet-powered cheese wedge-shaped car. Up for sale in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the project was built by Dieter Sturm, a connoisseur of engineering and fine dairy products. Yes, your eyes don’t deceive you, that is a jet engine that […]
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The Subaru Forester has had to make do in America with a single engine since the company discontinued the 250-hp turbocharged flat-four XT model for 2019. And that remaining powerplant is uninspiring, to put it mildly, being a 2.5-liter, naturally aspirated flat-four making 182 horsepower and 176 lb-ft. It’s adequate, but no more than that. But in Japan, Subaru is […]
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Customer deliveries in Europe are expected in November. According to the latest media reports from China, the first Made-in-China Model 3 shipment from the Giga Shanghai to Europe is around 7,000 cars. We saw probably more than 1,000 MIC Model 3 in the port several days ago, but 7,000 is way more than we expected. It would be also more […]
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Whether you call it Kombi, Bus, Transporter, or simply a van, the Type 2 is certainly an enduring icon. Yes, the Volkswagen Type 2 goes by many names. Officially you can call it the Transporter, as its primary mission is to transport groups of people. Unofficially, people likely know it simply as the bus, or microbus. Whatever you call it, […]
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The closest thing to a car with Level 5 autonomy is – that’s right – a car with Level 4 autonomy. The main differences between the Level 5 and Level 4 autonomy is in the latter the automated driving features can drive the vehicle under limited conditions, and work only when those conditions are met, while in the former a […]
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That’s a hefty chunk of cash to increase Tesla’s EV production capacity over a short time. Tesla is currently building two new factories – one in Germany and another in Texas – adding a second major expansion to another factory – Shanghai Gigafactory Phase II for Model Y production, and working on a battery production facility. These are all integral pieces of […]
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The Fiat 500’s new generation went all electric for 2021, with the range-topping 500 Icon trim offering a range of up to 198 miles (320 km) in the WLTP cycle, which can increase to 285 miles (460 km) when driven in the urban cycle alone. Yet Fiat didn’t stop there. Now, next to the hatchback and cabriolet body styles, the […]
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The all-new racer is based on the Divo hypercar, and it could signal a Bugatti Le Mans entry Bugatti has released a teaser image for what could be a new Le Mans Hypercar racer for the 2021 World Endurance Championship season. Details are still sparse for the time being, but a recent change to the racing series’s rule book means […]
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Rudy Fugle will take the place of Chad Knaus atop the No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports pit box with driver William Byron in 2021. Knaus, who was recently promoted to vice president of competition at HMS, will step off the pit box after a wildly successful career that includes seven championships and over 80 race wins. His replacement will be 36-year-old Rudy Fugle, […]
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Sebastian Vettel has revealed he texted Lewis Hamilton before the Portuguese Grand Prix, urging him to break Michael Schumacher’s F1 wins record. Even though Vettel himself was also on the grid! Of course, we know that this season the Ferrari driver is not a candidate for race victories, or even podium finishes for that matter. Starting 15th at Portimao, it […]
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