Author: news@motorauthority.com (Viknesh Vijayenthiran)
The redesigned 2024 Porsche Panamera was revealed this week. Due in showrooms next spring, it would offer buyers more plug-in hybrid options, latest suspension, and an interior with more screens. Aston Martin Valkyrie AMR Pro – Photo credit: RM Sotheby’s Aston Martin’s Valkyrie hypercar is already as extreme as cars are likely to get, but there’s a fair more hardcore version referred to as the Valkyrie AMR Pro. It is a track-only version based on a design for a stillborn Valkyrie LMH race automotive, and this week considered one of the 42 examples built hit the used market. Teaser for…
Ferrari published a Fiorano lap time for the SF90 XX Stradale this week, and it’s quicker than the lap times set by all previous road-going Ferraris. It is not an enormous surprise because the SF90 XX Stradale can be more powerful than all previous road-going Ferraris. 1962 Ferrari 330 LM bearing chassis no. 3765 – Photo credit: RM Sotheby’s One other Ferrari within the headlines this week was a 1962 Ferrari 330 LM. The automobile, considered one of two examples built, set a brand new record for the worth paid for a Ferrari at auction. 2025 Genesis GV80 Coupe The…
Buyers of the redesigned 2024 Ford Mustang will find a way make their cars stand out with a California Special package that was revealed this week. It costs $1,995 but can only be ordered on the Mustang’s GT Premium grade. 2025 Mini John Cooper Works Countryman Also revealed this week was the John Cooper Works version of the redesigned 2025 Mini Countryman. It’s set to sail into showrooms next spring with 312 hp and a pointy latest look that is sure to face out within the compact crossover crowd. 2024 Honda Ridgeline TrailSport The updated 2024 Honda Ridgeline was also…
California’s Icon has returned with a 1970 Chevrolet Suburban restomod that packs 1,000 hp and price its buyer a cool $1.1 million. The vehicle is the most recent addition to Icon’s Reformer series which generally focuses on Toyota Land Cruisers, Ford Broncos, and Chevrolet Thriftmasters, and it’s the primary time a Suburban has joined the ranks. The projected began with a donor three-door 1970 Suburban still with its original paint. On the request of the client, a fourth door was added. The initials of one among the client’s relative, who had worked on a Chevrolet production line when the 1970…
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…
