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Aston Martin taps F1 team for Valhalla development

Motor Authority - 2 hours 3 min ago
Aston Martin's Valhalla supercar is on track to start production in 2024 as the company's first plug-in hybrid. In a development update announced on Wednesday, Aston Martin said its Formula 1 team is closely involved with the project and that the first prototypes will be on the road later this year. The involvement of the F1 team is via the team's...

[VIDEO] Watch a C8 Corvette Z06 Cruising Along in Triple Digits for the Silver State Challenge 2023

Corvette Blogger - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 6:10pm

A C8 Corvette Z06 owner just participated in the Silver State Challenge 2023 in the 150 MPH class and he shared his PDR video during one stretch of the 90-mile "Sunday Drive" event.

Continue reading [VIDEO] Watch a C8 Corvette Z06 Cruising Along in Triple Digits for the Silver State Challenge 2023 at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Jalopnik Investigates: Is Travis Kelce Taylor Swift’s First ‘Car Person’ Love Interest?

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 3:36pm

Taylor Swift is probably the most famous person in the world right now. She’s broken all kinds of records with her Eras Tour, is releasing a seemingly never-ending stream of albums packed full of bangers and is collecting awards like they’re going out of fashion. But now, the internet is ablaze with rumors of her…

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America Needs A New Canal To Connect The Atlantic And Pacific

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 3:25pm

America’s reliance on our road system is getting beyond absurd at this point. Road congestion, whether for people or goods, results in over 100 billion dollars per year in wasted time and fuel. Flying is obviously a non-starter as it’s getting more expensive by the minute, and airlines are working diligently to make…

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Dealers Are Freaking Out About Buyers Using The EV Tax Credit As A Down Payment

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 3:18pm

Dealers are starting to sweat. Starting next year buyers will be able to apply the EV Tax credit directly to the sale price of an EV. But as Automotive News reports, dealers are worried the government won’t pay them back in a timely manner.

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These Are The Last Under $20,000 New Cars Left In The U.S.

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 2:53pm

Things are dire on the new car market right now if you’re looking for basic transportation. Average transaction prices have been trending toward the 50 grand mark for the last three years at least, and part of the reason for that trend has been the total gutting of the inexpensive end of automakers’ new car lineups.

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Man Attacks Car With Kids In It With A Knife Because He Thought It Was Parked Illegally

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 2:51pm

Florida may get most of the attention when it comes to wild crimes, but Georgia still has plenty of unhinged people ready to give Florida a run for its money. Remember, this is a state where more than 1.7 million people voted for Herschel Fucking Walker instead of a literal pastor to represent them in the Senate. The…

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Stewart-Haas Will Run "Talladega Nights" Schemes For This Weekend's Superspeedway Race

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 2:24pm

Stewart-Haas Racing has announced that two of its cars will race at Talladega this weekend in the Wonder Bread and Old Spice paint schemes made famous in “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.” Love it or hate it, it’s impossible to deny the impact that the 2006 sports comedy had on NASCAR. While there have…

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Joe Biden Becomes First Sitting President To Join A Picket Line

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 2:19pm

Joe Biden just became the first U.S. President to join a picket line. On Tuesday afternoon, the President met with United Auto Workers union members and their president, Shawn Fain, at a picket outside a GM plant in Wayne Country, Michigan as the strike enters its second week.

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Honda is building electric cars for kids in hospitals

Motor Authority - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 1:30pm
About two years ago, Honda built a pint-size electric car called the Shogo to help ease some of the stress and anxiety of children staying at hospital, in this case the Children's Hospital Of Orange County in California. The plan was always to build more Shogos, the name derived from a Japanese phrase and intended to mean "soaring into the...

You Can Already Buy A T-Shirt Of Travis Kelce And Taylor Swift In His Chevelle

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 1:17pm

Among fans of American football, Travis Kelce is known for being one of the best tight ends of all time. Among car enthusiasts, though, he’s also known for being one of us, regularly driving a 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle convertible and hosting the Kelce Car Jam, an annual car show that serves as a fundraiser for his 87 &…

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Big Three CEOs Make 300 Times What Their Workers Make, Most Other Big Companies Aren't As Bad

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 12:55pm

Even before the United Auto Workers union went on strike on September 15th, UAW President Shawn Fain put the pay and raises of the Big Three CEOs in the limelight. He has alleged (rightly so) that wage gains for the CEOs’ rank-and-file employees have not kept pace.

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Glickenhaus Still Doesn't Have Enough Funding To Fly To The Middle East Or Japan

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 12:50pm

Now at the end of its third season in the World Endurance Championship, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus seems to be faring no better than it did in its rookie season. The team ran a single car in the series this year, with a second customer car joining for Le Mans. As with previous seasons, SCG has skipped the flyaway…

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Buyer Paying $840 A Month For Dodge Charger A Year After Declaring Personal Bankruptcy

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 12:30pm

New and used vehicle prices are up, and so are car payments — including a lot of people OK with paying over a grand a month for a hunk of metal, and high interest rates aren’t helping. Yahoo Finance details how one man is stuck with a high payment for a Dodge Charger even after filing for bankruptcy.

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F1 Fans Bombard Mercedes With Orders For Cans Of Red Bull [UPDATE: Mercedes Says It Never Happened And Calls Reports 'Inaccurate']

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:50am

Update 12:30 p.m September 26 2023: Mercedes reached out to point out that an earlier version of this story included ‘inaccuracies’ as the Formula 1 side doesn’t stock Red Bull drinks at its bars and the QR code ordering system could not be accessed off site.

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2024 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Makes 512 HP, Runs a 13.0-Second Quarter-Mile

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:45am

If you can afford the high price tag, the Porsche Cayenne is one of the best luxury SUVs you can buy. It offers a rare combination of sporty and fun-to-drive while still being comfortable and quiet, and the Cayenne S might be the best of the bunch. With a 4.0-liter V8 making 468 hp and 442 lb-ft of torque, you’re…

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Honda Prologue, electric sports car set for 2023 Tokyo auto show

Motor Authority - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:30am
Honda will use the 2023 Tokyo auto show in October, officially the Japan Mobility Show, to present various attractions spanning its automotive and non-automotive operations. The lineup was announced on Tuesday, and among the highlights is a prototype for the U.S.-bound 2024 Prologue electric crossover, as well as an electric sports car concept...

Jessica Hawkins Becomes The First Woman To Test An F1 Car In Half A Decade

Jalopnik - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:25am

Aston Martin driver ambassador Jessica Hawkins became the first woman to test a Formula 1 car in five years when she took to track in a private test last week. The talented racer joined the Aston Martin F1 Team in 2021 during her time in W Series, the women-only single-seater championship.

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[VIDEO] Firefighters Rescue Man Stuck in a C7 Corvette After the Battery Dies

Corvette Blogger - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:10am

A man stuck in a locked C7 Corvette Convertible after the battery died called firefighters who broke out the window to free him from the car.

Continue reading [VIDEO] Firefighters Rescue Man Stuck in a C7 Corvette After the Battery Dies at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

2025 Cadillac Escalade, 2025 Mercedes GLC 63: Today's Car News

Motor Authority - Tue, 09/26/2023 - 11:00am
Even though Cadillac has just revealed the fully electric Escalade IQ, the current gas-powered Escalade isn't going away. Camouflaged prototypes suggest it will be given an update to match the styling and technology of its electric counterpart. Mercedes-Benz has new GLC 43 and GLC 63 S E Performance compact crossovers arriving at dealerships next...

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