Author: news@motorauthority.com (Stephen Edelstein)

The primary Lotus Formula 1 automobile can be among the many featured lots at a Bonhams auction scheduled for May 10 in Monaco. The unique Team Lotus dissolved within the early Nineties (other unrelated teams subsequently used the Lotus name), however it was once an F1 powerhouse, winning seven Constructors’ and 6 Drivers’ Championships with progressive cars designed under the supervision of legendary Lotus founder Colin Chapman. This automobile—chassis number 353—is the one which began all of it. A Lotus 12, it was raced by Team Lotus eight times between 1957 and 1959 in each F1 and F2, as the…

Testing of the Bugatti Bolide is complete, paving the best way for the beginning of production of the track-only hypercar. Bugatti said the primary examples are expected to achieve customers in the subsequent few months. The lengthy testing process emphasized each quick lap times and accessibility, in accordance with the automaker. Andy Wallace, a 24 Hours of Le Mans-winning racing driver and Bugatti test driver, said in a press release that the latter is what really sets the Bolide apart. “All cars are difficult to drive at their limit,” Wallace explained, but even at the bounds of its capabilities, the…

Tesla has cancelled a much-discussed reasonably priced EV, but it’ll proceed to develop autonomous vehicles based on the identical platform, Reuters reported Friday, citing three anonymous sources aware of the matter. Two sources told Reuters they learned of the choice to desert the reasonably priced EV, considered a crossover targeting a $25,000 base price, in a big meeting that one said happened in late February. That person said Tesla CEO Elon Musk has instructed Tesla to “go all in on robotaxi.” Tesla Model 3 The third source also told Reuters that the reasonably priced Tesla EV had been cancelled, adding…

Toyota has filed a patent application for color-changing paint, a technology that might let owners or dealerships quickly change the colours of cars. As Toyota notes in the applying—which was published by the USA Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March, 19, but originally filed in 2022—owners will probably want to change paint colours to maintain up with trends or simply to change things up. Dealers could also change colours to make cars easier to sell, Toyota suggests. But as an alternative of a fancy repaint or vinyl wrap, Toyota claims to have developed paint that may alter its hues…

A pair of recent General Motors patent filings show potential extendable cargo bed systems for pickup trucks. Such a feature could give drivers the cargo capability of an extended bed after they need it, while maintaining the smaller footprint of a short-bed pickup the remaining of the time. One application, titled “Pickup Truck Cargo Bed Extension Systems,” was published by the USA Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on March 12. On this application, GM describes an extendable tailgate that would create as much as an 8-foot-long cargo area. For the design, the tailgate and floor would slide back to elongate…

Unlike its Veyron predecessor, the Bugatti Chiron was planned only as a coupe. But to mark the top of its quad-turbocharged 8.0-liter W-16 engine, Bugatti turned the Chiron into the Mistral, which was revealed for 2022 Monterey Automobile Week. “The Chiron family was never intended to have a roadster model,” Emilio Scervo, CTO of Bugatti Rimac, said in a press release delving into the Mistral’s development. “A Chiron with no roof is perhaps a tremendous automotive for a lot of others, nevertheless it would not meet the uncompromisingly high standards that Bugatti adheres to.” Bugatti Mistral Ensuring the Mistral lived…

In case your job is stealing hamburgers, it helps to have an excellent getaway automobile. McDonald’s has given the Hamburglar—cartoon burger thief extraordinaire—his own ride. It is a modified 1970 Plymouth Barracuda called, inevitably, the Burgercuda. It’s being driven cross country, and McDonald’s is inviting fast food customers to win prizes by spotting it and scanning a QR code on the rear quarter panels. Unexplained within the press release from the fast food giant is why a automobile called the Barracuda is getting used to steal burgers and never Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. McDonald’s Hamburglar Burgercuda 1970 Plymouth Barracuda The Barracuda has…

Rivian has filed two patent applications for integrated lighting within the roof rails in its electric pickup trucks and SUVs. The 2 applications show barely different versions of a lighting system that might be a part of the roof cross bars typically used to secure cargo. Accompanying drawings show pickup trucks and SUVs resembling the present Rivian R1T and R1S, respectively. Rivian roof rail lighting system patent image (version one) The primary application—published by the USA Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on Jan. 11, and filed on Sep. 12, 2022—have fairly conventional looking cross bars with lights that may project…

A 2023 Ford Bronco DR with throwback paint has surfaced on the market on Bring a Trailer. Announced in 2021, the Bronco DR (short for Desert Racer) is a turnkey race truck intended as a spiritual successor to Broncos that competed within the Baja 1000 within the Sixties and Seventies. Just 50 are thought to have been built, all as 2023 models with a mid-$200,000 price tag. The truck up on the market stands out much more due to body panels finished in Mystichrome, the color-shifting paint only offered from the factory on the 2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra. The…

A Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ will probably be among the many featured lots at a Bonhams auction scheduled for January 25 in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Chiron Super Sport 300+ is the production version of the automobile Bugatti used to win the race to 300 mph. Andy Wallace, a 24 Hours of Le Mans winner and Bugatti test driver, hit a top speed of 304.773 mph in Sept. 2019 on the Ehra Lessein test track in Germany, securing the Chiron’s title because the world’s fastest production automobile. On the time, Wallace said the record-setting automobile—a pre-production prototype—wasn’t out of breath…