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GM Killed Off Cruise With A Slack Message

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 3:41pm

There are a lot of shitty ways to find out the project you’ve been working on for months or years has been scrapped, but few seem as inhuman as a Slack notification. That’s exactly how Cruise CEO Marc Whitten let his team know all of their work was for naught. Earlier this week, he posted a message in the company’s…

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Rarest GM B-Body Wagon Was The Last Rear-Wheel-Drive V8 Oldsmobile

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 3:35pm

Oldsmobile is long gone. By the time the brand was phased out in the early 2000sit was a shell of its former self, but Oldsmobile used to make interesting cars like the 442, Trofeo and Aurora. One of the brand’s last interesting cars, and likely one of the rarest, was a badge job of General Motors’ full-size wagon…

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WRC Tearing Up Its Rulebook For 2027 To Allow Wider Mix Of Rally Cars And Powertrains

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 3:26pm

The FIA World Rally Championship’s 500-horsepower hybrid Rally1 monsters are being put out to pasture. Motorsport’s global governing body approved a new flexible, future-proof and cost-controlled ruleset for international rallying’s top category in 2027. The “WRC27” regulations will allow internal combustion, hybrid…

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Everybody wanted to keep the Hemi except Stellantis' former CEO, according to sources

Motor Authority - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 2:30pm
Carlos Tavares, who led Stellantis since its formation in 2021, quit the company this week According to sources, Tavares was too heavily focused on cost-cutting and making the company green This focus reportedly led to the Hemi V-8s and popular models being dropped without their replacements being ready With Stellantis' global sales down 17% in...

Don't Waste Money On A Supercar For The Track When You Can Go Faster In A Radical

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 1:38pm

Oftentimes supercar manufactures and supercar buyers alike will tout their superiority by way of lap times.Hell, Ford just did it themselves this week. Many of these are phenomenally fast street-legal machines, priced upward of a quarter-million dollars before options, like the Porsche 911 GT3 RS or the McLaren 750S.…

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[STOLEN] 1973 Corvette Was Stolen and Then Recovered Thanks to Social Media

Corvette Blogger - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 1:28pm

The owner of this 1973 Corvette purchased new by his father 51 years ago was recently stolen by an organized crew, but thanks to his social media efforts, the car was recovered.

Continue reading [STOLEN] 1973 Corvette Was Stolen and Then Recovered Thanks to Social Media at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

2026 Polestar 5 spy shots

Motor Authority - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 1:22pm
Polestar is deep in the development of its Polestar 5, a Porsche Taycan rival previewed by 2020's Precept concept. The new car is set to begin sales in 2025, likely as a 2026 model. Initial development work on the sleek electric sedan was handled at Polestar's R&D center in the U.K., and now the latest prototypes are out testing in public...

$30,000 Tesla May Not Be Dead After All

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 1:13pm

People who have been holding out hope for a cheaper Tesla shouldn’t abandon that dream just yet. A new report from Deutsche Bank shows that a new sub-$30,000 Tesla is on the way, and it has been nicknamed the Model Q. It should be noted that the price takes into account the $7,500 tax credit from the Inflation…

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Car Tumbles Off Overpass To End 100 MPH Police Chase

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 12:30pm

Everyone with a driver’s license and half a brain knowshow deadly police pursuits can be. One Milwaukee man apparently didn’t get the memo, because he smashed through a fence while fleeing at over 100 miles per hour and plunged off an overpass in August. The West Allis Police Department released dashcam footage of…

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These Are The Car Companies Non-Car People Love

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 12:03pm

We all have our specific tastes in cars, our Great Walls and Blackwoods and Skylines, but what do the regular commuters around us love? That’s the question we asked earlier this week, and today we’re looking through your answers.

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Former Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares Personally Killed The Hemi V8

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 11:45am

Carlos Tavares, recently-ousted CEO of Stellantis, is a man of strong opinions. He wanted the company’s vehicles to be more expensive to buy, cheaper to produce, and greener — a series of objectives that put him at odds with his staff, according to a new report. Those goals also led him to his move most noteworthy for…

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What Car From The Year 2000 Do You Want To Import In 2025?

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 11:30am

Last week I was in Germany and Austria for a work trip that you’ll be hearing more about soon, and local carspotting got me thinking about how in less than a month, we’ll be able to import cars from the year 2000. That’s right, the turn of the millennium happened 25 years ago, bringing a new era to the cars that are…

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Family Blames Elon Musk’s Autopilot Lies For Son’s Death In New Lawsuit

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 11:15am

Could Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s casual relationship to the truth be his undoing? The world’s richest man is being blamed by family members for the death of a California man whose Model S crashed while Autopilot was engaged. They say claims made by Musk that self-driving technology was perfect and ready for road use…

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Ferraris will always be made in Italy, says CEO

Motor Authority - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 11:00am
Ferrari will never move production out of its home in Maranello, Italy, company CEO Benedetto Vigna said on Tuesday at a conference in New York organized by Reuters. Vigna made the comment in response to a question on whether Ferrari would consider moving production to the U.S. "We will sell cars in the U.S., but we will make cars in Maranello,"...

Cadillac F1 team to initially use Ferrari power units

Motor Authority - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am
Cadillac plans to enter F1 in 2026 as an 11th team Cadillac will initially use power units supplied by Ferrari GM is working on its own power unit, but it won't be eligible before 2028 Cadillac's entry into Formula 1 with its own team reached another milestone on Tuesday with the signing of a supply deal with Ferrari for power units and...

2025 Toyota 4Runner's Starting Price Is Just $120 More Than The Outgoing Generation

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 10:00am

Toyota has finally released pricing for the actually brand new 2025 4Runner, and surprisingly, its starting price is just under $120 more than the old 4Runner’s. Don’t be fooled, though. Go for one of the new 4Runner’s new hybrid powertrains and/or new off-road trims, and you’re looking at a much pricier SUV

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This $125,000 Hybrid Taxi Is The True Pinnacle Of British Luxury

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 9:30am

If you’re in the market for a luxurious car to drive (or be driven) around town in style, then you might think something like a Range Rover or Rolls-Royce would be the perfect choice and the pinnacle of luxury, but you’d be wrong. The real answer to that perennial question is a modified and electrified London cab…

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Corvettes for Sale: ‘Nice Driving’ 1970 Corvette Convertible Offered for $17,900 on Craigslist

Corvette Blogger - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 9:00am

The owner of this triple black 1970 Corvette convertible offered for sale on Craigslist isn't a show car, but the seller says it runs excellent and it's a nice driver.

Continue reading Corvettes for Sale: ‘Nice Driving’ 1970 Corvette Convertible Offered for $17,900 on Craigslist at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Lightship AE.1 Cosmos Edition brings EV glamping at $250,000

Motor Authority - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 9:00am
Lightship's L1 electric travel trailer, unveiled in early 2023, is now called the AE.1 The first version is the premium AE.1 Cosmos Edition The AE.1 draws minimal energy from the vehicle towing it, thanks to a built-in electric drive system After previewing its self-propelled L1 electric travel trailer last year, Lightship, a startup that bills...

Rivian Topped The Consumer Reports Owner Satisfaction Survey Despite Scoring Last In Reliability

Jalopnik - Wed, 12/11/2024 - 9:00am

The average price of a new car in the United States is over $48,000, which is over half of the median income of all households in the country, so you’d think the importance of owning a reliable car that minimizes unexpected expenses would be a top priority, right? According to C…

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