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Hybrid McLaren W1 Hypercar Debuts With One Of The Wildest Wings You’ve Ever Seen

Jalopnik - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 8:00am

We’re halfway through a new decade, which means it’s time for a new McLaren hypercar. Enter the W1, the plug-in-hybrid successor to the beloved P1. “Equally at home on road and track,” the W1 is the fastest McLaren road car both in a straight line and on track, and along with a brand new chassis and powertrain, it…

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Rolls-Royce Spectre Lunaflair features color-shifting paint

Motor Authority - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 7:00am
Rolls-Royce is busy making personalized examples of its debut electric car, the 2024 Spectre coupe. After debuting one such vehicle, the Spectre Semaphore, during 2024 Monterey Car Week, the automaker has rolled out another one-off called the Lunaflair. Built for an unnamed U.S. customer, the Rolls-Royce Spectre Lunaflair is named after the lunar...

Explaining Under- And Oversized Engine Bearings With King Bearings

Corvettes Online News Feed - Sun, 10/06/2024 - 6:30am
One of the most misunderstood concepts is undersized and oversized engine bearings. These allow for variations in journal and housing sizes without a trip to the machine shop.

Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Top Down Driving

Corvette Blogger - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 11:13am

There is nothing like the thrill of riding in your Corvette Convertible with your significant other with the top down and the radio playing your favorite songs.

Continue reading Saturday Morning Corvette Comic: Top Down Driving at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Ugly Trucks, Canceled Cars And Road Rage Stories In This Week's QOTD Roundup

Jalopnik - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 9:00am

There are a few things that America does better than most: BBQ, excessive military spending and pickup trucks. None of those are particularly attractive things, least of all pickup trucks. - Owen Bellwood Read More

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Lost Ships, Weird Motorcycles And WWII Bombs In This Week's Beyond Cars Roundup

Jalopnik - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 9:00am

NASA’s Curiosity rover landed on Mars back in 2012 and since then it’s been put to work exploring the surface of the Red Planet. In the process, it’s traversed more than 20 miles of the lunar surface, which hasn’t been too kind on its little roving wheels. - Owen Bellwood Read More

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Weird Trucks, Cybertrucks And A Subaru Pretending To Be A Truck In This Week's Car Buying Roundup

Jalopnik - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 9:00am

I do not like Elon Musk or the Tesla Cybertruck, and if that’s news to you, I hope you enjoy your first day on Jalopnik. I won’t pretend the Model S isn’t the most important car of the 21st century because it just is, but Musk and the Cybertruck are hot garbage. The great thing about Jalopnik, though, is that we’ve…

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Bugatti Tourbillon Specs, A Moon-Colored Rolls-Royce Spectre And Fastest Nürburgring Laps In This Week's Car Culture Roundup

Jalopnik - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 9:00am

Electric vehicle fires have made headlines for years now, but in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, the Category 4 hurricane that caused record devastation from wind, rain, and storm surge, EVs are spontaneously combusting and saltwater is a main culprit. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis urged EV owners to get their vehicles…

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Nissan's In Trouble, GM Ren Cen Is Empty And The Miata Is In Danger In This Week's News Roundup

Jalopnik - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 9:00am

Folks, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Nissan is in some deep shit right now, and it doesn’t look like it’s going to get better anytime soon. Late last week, the Japanese automaker put out some very disappointing global sales numbers, and now some are worried it’ll once again fall short of its fiscal year…

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Bugatti reveals unseen design studies including Atlantic 2-door coupe

Motor Authority - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 8:00am
Bugatti considered a modern Bugatti Type 57 Atlantic coupe in 2008 The automaker revealed various Veyron successor design proposals Bugatti designers dreamed up a modern tribute to the Type 35 Bugatti on Friday revealed a handful of previously unseen design studies in the lead up to a seminar about the automaker's history. These design studies and...

Icon's latest restomod is a 1975 Jeep Cherokee dubbed Safe Flight

Motor Authority - Sat, 10/05/2024 - 7:00am
A 1975 Jeep Cherokee serves as Icon's latest Reformer series restomod The SUV's based on a 1975 Cherokee and a 1965 Jeep Gladiator pickup truck A 6.4-liter Hemi V-8 producing 485 hp sits beneath the hood Icon is a prolific modifier of Toyota Land Cruisers and Ford Broncos, but the California-based restomod specialist isn't wedded to those classic...

[VIDEO] The Drive Compares All Three Members of the C8 Corvette Family

Corvette Blogger - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 6:03pm

The Drive visits the NCM Motorsports Park to same the three currently available Corvettes on the market - the Stingray, E-Ray, and Z06 - and tries to determine how much horsepower is enough.

Continue reading [VIDEO] The Drive Compares All Three Members of the C8 Corvette Family at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Get Cardo's Packtalk Edge So You Don't Have To Be Alone With Your Thoughts On A Ride

Jalopnik - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 5:00pm

Cardo really set the standard for helmet communications and audio with the Packtalk Bold launched a few years ago. The company recently re-engineered its hit product to keep up with electronics trends and the Edge is the result. Not only is it just as easy to use as the old unit, but it incorporates higher quality…

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Chevy Sends Out a C8 Software Update Notification Which Requires a Visit to the Dealership

Corvette Blogger - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 4:41pm

Certain C8 Corvette owners have been notified that they will need to bring their Corvettes into the dealership for a software update that should improve the over-the-air update process.

Continue reading Chevy Sends Out a C8 Software Update Notification Which Requires a Visit to the Dealership at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

Private Jet Company Thinks People Will Pay Over $700 To Fly The 150 Miles From LA To Palm Springs

Jalopnik - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 3:20pm

I don’t know if you’ve heard, but Southern California traffic is really bad and it seems to get worse every year. A private jet company is trying to alleviate the frustration of that traffic, as long as your destination is Palm Springs and you have plenty of money to burn.

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Rideshare Drivers Are Using Teslas With Full Self-Driving As Half-Assed Robotaxis

Jalopnik - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 2:35pm

People are apparently very stupid, and that is why Uber and Lyft drivers are using Tesla’s shoddy-at-best Full Self-Driving program to complete rides, creating – in essence – makeshift robotaxis. This all came to a head when a Tesla being used as an Uber with FSD engaged crashed into an SUV at an intersection in Las…

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Sorry To Ruin Your Day, But Mark Zuckerberg Has Great Taste In Cars

Jalopnik - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 2:17pm

Elon Musk gets most of the hate around here due to his incessant need to force himself into the conversation every goddamn minute with yet another bigoted, hateful opinion. Plus, you know, there’s also all the problems Tesla’s had with sexual harassment, racism and worker injuries due to dangerous working conditions.…

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[POLL] Would You Spec Your C8 ZR1 with a GT3-Style American Flag Hood?

Corvette Blogger - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 1:38pm

With many of the Corvette Racing partners showing off an American Flag on the flow-through hood of the Z06 GT3Rs, and then seeing it on the ZR1 tested at the Nurburgring, would you spec your ZR1 with this GT3-style American flag hood?

Continue reading [POLL] Would You Spec Your C8 ZR1 with a GT3-Style American Flag Hood? at Corvette: Sales, News & Lifestyle.

This Is What It's Like To Live Inside The 'Initial D' Anime

Jalopnik - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 1:15pm

“Initial D” is one of those pieces of media that transcends automotive enthusiasm and has helped inspire a new generation of car folks. I had already descended fully into the madness of gasoline, high-revs, and tire smoke by the time the show debuted in the U.S. in 2002, but it certainly added some octane to the…

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After Shooting 2 Bystanders On Subway, NYPD Wants The Public To Learn Just How Hard It Is To Shoot People On The Subway

Jalopnik - Fri, 10/04/2024 - 12:45pm

The New York Police Department wants everyone to know that shooting a gun on a subway platform is really hard. Two police officers shot two bystanders and a knife-welding fare evader in a Brooklyn subway station last month. One passenger remains in critical condition after getting shot in the head. The NYPD is now…

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