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Ferrari’s 499P LMH was driven to overall victory on the 24 Hours of Le Mans this yr, and this week Ferrari revealed a track version to be inbuilt limited numbers. Often called the 499P Modificata, the track automotive is being offered via a brand new Sport Prototipi Clienti program. 2024 Mercedes-Benz AMG GT2 Pro Mercedes-Benz AMG also launched a 750-hp track automotive based on the outgoing GT sports automotive. It’s closely aligned with AMG’s GT2 customer race automotive but is much more extreme as a consequence of its lack of regulations to satisfy. 2024 Acura TLX Type S Acura revealed…

Track enthusiasts are actually spoiled for selection with regards to automakers launching track cars based on their successful race cars. Hot on the heels of Ferrari launching a track automobile based on its Le Mans-winning 499P, Mercedes-Benz AMG has launched a track automobile based on its GT2 race automobile. AMG’s track automobile goes by the name GT2 Pro, and it’s much more extreme than its race automobile counterpart on account of the dearth of regulations it has to satisfy. In each cases there is a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 under the hood, though as a substitute of the race automobile’s peak…

The U.K.’s Alan Mann Racing, an organization that focuses on servicing and maintenance for traditional road and race cars, particularly Fords, has expanded its operations with an electrical conversion for the unique Ford Mustang. Alan Mann Racing, or AMR for brief, started off life within the Nineteen Sixties as a British race team that fielded Fords in various events, including the Monte Carlo Rally, Tour de France Automobile, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Crucially, the team helped developed a light-weight body for the GT40, with two examples built and raced within the 1966 24 Hours of Le Mans,…

A redesigned Mini Countryman is about to succeed in U.S. showrooms next fall, and can offer buyers a selection of electrical or gas powertrains for the primary time. Mini has only shown the electrical version of the Countryman, which is often called the Countryman Electric. It’s going to initially be offered in base E and sporty SE grades. The bottom grade will include a 66.5-kwh battery and a single-motor front-wheel-drive powertrain good for 188 hp. The SE will use the identical battery but upgrade to a dual-motor all-wheel-drive powertrain good for 308 hp. Mini said owners of the SE can…

BMW is the newest automaker to achieve an agreement with Tesla to realize access to its network of charging stations in North America, in addition to to adopt the EV company’s proprietary charging connector generally known as NACS (North American Charging Standard). The agreement also covers BMW’s Mini and Rolls-Royce brands. Owners of EVs from all three brands will have the option to make use of designated Tesla chargers starting in early 2025. An adaptor will initially be required but BMW plans to adopt Tesla’s NACS connector starting in 2025, for EVs delivered within the U.S. and Canada. BMW is…

A redesigned BMW X2 heads to U.S. showrooms next March as a 2024 model, and in other markets the compact coupe-like crossover can be joined by an iX2 electric variant. The iX2 was revealed alongside the gas-powered X2 late on Tuesday and can make a proper debut later this month on the 2023 Tokyo auto show. News of the iX2 is not an enormous surprise because the redesigned X2 is closely related to the redesigned X1 that was launched for 2023 and includes its own iX1 electric option, an electrical vehicle that is also off-limits for the U.S. market at…

BMW was spotted testing a prototype this week for what’s more likely to be a brand new M4 CS. The automobile will fill the gap between the M4 Competition and M4 CSL, and is due in the marketplace next 12 months alongside an update to the entire 4-Series range. 2025 Audi S6 E-Tron spy shots – Photo credit: Baldauf Audi was out testing an electrical midsize sport sedan, a vehicle that is regarded as the S version of the upcoming A6 E-Tron. Prototypes were spotted on the Nürburgring and reveal a few of the performance modifications we are able to…

Honda on Thursday provided the primary details on its 2024 Prologue, an electrical mid-size crossover the automaker guarantees with an EPA range estimate of as much as 300 miles. Sales will start in early 2024 and the starting price will probably be below $50,000. Given those figures, Honda looks to finally have a reputable EV on its hands following years of false starts with its Clarity line of electrified vehicles. That is thanks mostly to General Motors which has supplied its Ultium EV platform and battery technology set for the Prologue. GM can even construct the Prologue for Honda at…

Honda is making moves to consolidate its global motorsports operations under the banner of Honda Racing Corporation (HRC), and the method will extend to the U.S.-based Honda Performance Development (HPD). HRC was born out of Honda’s motorcycle racing program launched within the early Eighties. It operates out of Sakura, Japan, and is liable for most of Honda’s motorsports programs outside North America. HPD is the official motorsports division of American Honda and has largely operated independently of HRC. It was established in 1993 and is predicated in Santa Clarita, California. It handles motorsports programs across North America for each Honda…

Many automakers publish lap times at Germany’s Nürburgring racetrack to focus on the performance of their vehicles, though Ford has traditionally shied away from the endeavor. That changes next 12 months with the arrival of the 2025 Mustang GTD, a street-legal track automobile that Ford predicts will lap the ‘Ring in under seven minutes—the magic mark that top street-legal cars have only managed to beat within the last decade. The Mustang GTD has rather a lot going for it. Revealed in August, the automobile relies on the newest seventh-generation Mustang but dons carbon-fiber bodywork, a brand new suspension including an…