The configurator tool for the new 2021 BMW M3 and M4 is now live.
There are some wacky exterior and interior colors available for the high-performance sedan and coupe.
The M3 starts at $70,895 and the M4 at $72,795.
The new elongated kidney grilles are the most controversial element of the new 2021 BMW M3 and M4. But the color combos available for these new high-performance models are equally likely to turn heads. We’ve been playing around with the build-your-own website for these new BMW M cars, and there are plenty of interesting exterior and interior hues to choose from.

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The no-cost Sao Paolo metallic and $550 Isle of Man Green metallic are the most eye-catching of the exterior color options, but there are also some intense red and blue options. Interior upholstery choices include a Yas Marina Blue leather with yellow accents, a Halloween-y Kayalami Orange and black combo, and more tame silver and black leathers, and there don’t appear to be any restrictions for pairing strange (read: clashing) exterior and interior hues together.

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Both the 2021 M3 and M4 are available in 473-hp base forms with a standard six-speed manual transmission or 503-hp Competition forms. The latter necessitates a switch to an eight-speed automatic transmission but also includes other performance-enhancing features. The Competition cars cost $2900 extra, and the M4 coupe ($72,795) is more expensive than the M3 sedan ($70,895) to start.

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This is the 2023 Toyota Sequoia full-size three-row SUV, and it shares many components with the 2022 Tundra pickup. It comes standard with the iForce MAX hybrid powertrain with a twin-turbocharged 3.4-liter V-6 that produces a total of 437 horsepower and 583 pound-feet of torque. Arriving in the summer, it’ll be available in SR5, Limited, Platinum, TRD Pro, and Capstone models starting at around $50,000. Toyota is revamping its ancient body-on-frame offerings with technology from the modern era, including better interiors with massive touchscreens, coil-sprung rear suspensions, and more efficient powertrains. The 2022 Tundra pickup arrived first, aiming to capture a larger share of the full-size-pickup market dominated by Ford, Chevy, and Ram, and now the new 2023 Sequoia full-size SUV is here with similar upgrades. And it only comes as a hybrid.

2023 Toyota Sequoia TRD Pro.
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Like the new Tundra, the Sequoia is built on Toyota’s TNGA-F platform, but it’s shorter in length compared with the full-size pickup. This platform also underpins the new global Land Cruiser and Lexus LX, but the former isn’t sold here anymore. The Sequoia now uses a solid rear axle instead of an independent setup like the previous-generation and the Chevy Tahoe, Ford Expedition, and Jeep Wagoneer. Rear air springs and adaptive dampers are available, and the off-road-oriented TRD Pro model has 2.5-inch Fox dampers with internal-bypass chambers and remote reservoirs and 33-inch Falken Wildpeak all-terrain tires.

Unlike the Tundra, which is available with a nonhybrid twin-turbocharged 3.4-liter V-6, the Sequoia comes standard with the iForce MAX hybrid setup. It has an electric motor between the twin-turbo V-6 and 10-speed automatic transmission that’s powered by a roughly 1.5-kWh nickel-metal-hydride battery pack. This combination provides 437 horsepower and 583 pound-feet of torque. Toyota hasn’t announced fuel-economy estimates yet for the Sequoia or Tundra hybrids, but Sequoias can tow up to 9000 pounds. That’s 600 pounds more than the Chevy Tahoe’s max rating but less than the Ford Expedition’s and Jeep Wagoneer’s. To help with hauling, a towing technology package adds a trailer backup guide, and towing mirrors and a surround-view camera are available. The Sequoia’s grille is somewhat downsized compared to the Tundra’s. It’s about 10 percent smaller than the pickup’s, since it’s not a single-frame look, but the rest of the front end is shared with the pickup, including the headlights. We think the Sequoia’s best angle is the rear three quarter view, which shows the thin taillights that complement the lights in the front. Among the exterior color choices are Lunar Rock and Supersonic Red.
Interior improvements first seen on the Tundra carry over into the Sequoia. An 8.0-inch touchscreen is standard on the SR5 model, but the large 14.0-inch touchscreen is available as an option on that trim on it and standard on the rest of the lineup. A 12.3-inch digital gauge cluster is standard, along with wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability. It offers either a second-row bench or captain’s chairs, and the third-row bench seat can slide up to six inches and fold down to fit in an adjustable cargo shelf. When it goes on sale this summer, the Sequoia will be available in SR5, Limited, Platinum, TRD Pro, and Capstone (a fully loaded, luxury model first introduced on the Tundra) models with two- or four-wheel drive available. A TRD Sport package is available on the SR5 model that adds black TRD wheels, Bilstein dampers, and other TRD accents. Newly available on the Sequoia SR5 and Limited models is a TRD off-road package, and it adds a locking rear differential, Bilstein dampers, black 18-inch TRD wheels, Multi-Terrain Select off-road drives modes, and off-road cruise control. The 2023 Toyota Sequoia will be built alongside the Tundra at Toyota’s factory in San Antonio, Texas. Pricing is expected to start close to $50,000 and reach around $70,000 for the fully loaded Capstone model.
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The 2023 GMC Hummer SUT lineup adds a EV3X trim level with a manufacturer-estimated range of 355 miles.The Hummer EV3X pickup truck features standard 22-inch wheels mounted on 35-inch-tall all-terrain tires.The 2024 GMC Hummer SUV also offers the EV3X trim, but it has a lower EPA-estimated range of 314 miles.The GMC Hummer EV pickup truck will no longer be available only as the fully loaded Edition 1, which continues into the 2023 model year. That’s because it’s now joined by the lower EV3X trim level, which brings with it a higher manufacturer-estimated driving range of 355 miles (26 more than the Edition 1).XXX Hummer EVsThe new Hummer EV3X pickup features the same three-motor electric powertrain as the Edition 1. However, the XXX comes standard with 22-inch wheels mounted on 35-inch all-terrain tires. It’s also available with the Extreme Off-Road package that includes 18-inch wheels on 35-inch mud-terrain tires as well as extra skid plates and other off-road-oriented add-ons.GMCEquipped with the Extreme Off-Road package, the Hummer EV3X’s estimated range drops to 329 miles per charge—same as the Edition 1, which features similar equipment. Both of those beefed-up versions are rated to tow 7500 pounds, whereas the standard EV3X has an 8500-pound max towing capacity.The EV3X is also part of the 2024 GMC Hummer EV SUV lineup. It’s essentially the same deal as with the pickup truck, except the electric SUV’s tri-motor setup isn’t as powerful, and it has EPA-estimated ranges that are lower. Riding on the standard 22-inch wheel-and-tire combo, the Edition 1 and EV3X are expected to provide 314 miles per charge. Opting for the Extreme Off-Road package shaves 16 miles off of that estimate, dropping its range to 298 miles.GMCWhile both GMC Hummer EV body styles are currently being built at GM’s Factory Zero production facility in the Detroit-Hamtramck area, the company is still working to fill what was once said to be over 90,000 reservations combined. As a result of the back log, GMC says reservations are currently closed for the SUT and SUV.Must-Read Hummer EVThis content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Senior EditorEric Stafford’s automobile addiction began before he could walk, and it has fueled his passion to write news, reviews, and more for Car and Driver since 2016. His aspiration growing up was to become a millionaire with a Jay Leno–like car collection. Apparently, getting rich is harder than social-media influencers make it seem, so he avoided financial success entirely to become an automotive journalist and drive new cars for a living. After earning a degree at Central Michigan University and working at a daily newspaper, the years of basically burning money on failed project cars and lemon-flavored jalopies finally paid off when Car and Driver hired him. His garage currently includes a 2010 Acura RDX, a manual ’97 Chevy Camaro Z/28, and a ’90 Honda CRX Si. More

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The 2022 Toyota Tundra and other historic Toyota trucks and SUVs appear in a fast-paced commercial.Along with the new Tundra, Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s Trophy Truck and Marty McFly’s 1985 Tacoma from Back to the Future are in the ad.The one-minute commercial debuts at halftime during Sunday Night Football on NBC.Most people are familiar with Toyota, and many even recognize the full-size Tundra pickup, but not everyone knows about the Japanese automaker’s rich history of race trucks and popular off-road SUVs. Well, Toyota gives viewers a glimpse of some of its greatest hits as well as showing off the new 2022 Tundra in a fast-paced, one-minute commercial that airs during halftime of Sunday Night Football on NBC.

The above clip opens with a camera shot speeding toward what appears to be a sandstorm in an unidentified desert. Lo and behold, said sandstorm turns out to be a portal into epic shots of Toyota trucks and SUVs from different eras doing cool truck stuff. For example, the first thing we see is a 1984 4Runner SR5 sliding onto the scene with a posse of dirt bikes in pursuit. Then there’s a rhino charging across a savanna alongside a 1960’s Australian BJ45, also known as a “Troopy”, which was short for Troop Carrier. The sandstorm turns to a snowstorm as a Voodoo Blue 2007 FJ Cruiser caked in white powder speeds across the screen. In a cool transition from freezing cold to burning hot, the FJ becomes a 2017 Tundra SR5 driving through a fiery hellscape. However, this scene is a nod to the heroic nurse who used his personal truck to get patients to safety during the deadly “Camp Fire” in Paradise, California, that occurred back in 2018. Toyota rewarded the man by replacing his scorched Tundra with a brand-new TRD Pro.

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Next, we see a 2012 Tundra CrewMax with the 5.7-liter V-8 towing the Endeavour space shuttle. Toyota says the spacecraft, dolly, and towing mechanisms weighed a combined 292,500 pounds when the Tundra pulled them a quarter-mile across a bridge as a publicity stunt back in 2012.The following scene includes a pair of Toyota race trucks from the NASCAR Truck Series speeding down a racetrack. The shots wouldn’t be out of place in a Fast & Furious film, complete with close-ups of a tach needle racing toward redline followed by an obligatory dramatic shift sequence.

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Perhaps one of the most recognizable Toyota trucks appears in the next shot, as the black, jacked-up 1985 Tacoma that Marty McFly drove in Back to the Future appears in a cloud of dirt after executing an appropriately ’80s J-turn. For those unfamiliar with said driving maneuver, just YouTube “Rockford Files J-turn”, and thank us later.The third- and second-to-last scenes see a 1991 Australian FJ75 with a prominent snorkel thundering over the ground with a mob of kangaroos in tow before Ivan “Ironman” Stewart’s trophy truck of Baja 1000 fame launches off a sand dune in climactic fashion.

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The ad closes with an all-new 2022 Tundra TRD Pro emerging from the sandstorm. Its distinctive and massive maw are front and center, with quick shots of its engraved tailgate and grille-mounted light bar before a wide shot of it outrunning the sandstorm to end the ad. Click here for all the details on the new Tundra.
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Tesla begins offering the yoke style steering as a $1000 option, after removing it as a standard feature from the Model S and Model X electric vehicles.The automaker is still expected to offer the yoke in the Cybertruck, the first deliveries of which are expected to begin in a matter of weeks.Tesla has not made the yoke part of a steer-by-wire system, unlike Toyota, though it is understood to have been working on such a system for the next generation of vehicles.Tesla’s yoke steering arrived without much prior warning, landing in the Model S sedan in 2021 just as the automaker was readying an update for the now decade-old model. It also arrived seemingly without any prior demand for such a feature from buyers.Initially offered as a standard feature in the Model S without the option of a regular steering wheel, the yoke quickly drew mixed reactions from Tesla fans and owners, with quite a few YouTube videos demonstrating some shortcomings as well as some advantages, like the ability to see the instrument cluster better.But a number of industry observers pointed out early on, the yoke worked in Formula 1 cars because the steering ratio was dramatically different, requiring far less than a 360-degree rotation lock to lock.It’s Going AroundIn Teslas, on the other hand, the yoke required a few spins of the wheel to go from lock to lock, making it notably less advantageous for in-town driving and maneuvers in tight quarters. Tesla also removed the column stalk that controlled driving modes in the process of adding the yoke, migrating that function to the touchscreen.The automaker responded by eventually making the yoke a $250 optional feature rather than a standard item, but not before quite a few Model S and Model X cars had been sold with the yoke steering. Tesla also started offering retrofits of the round steering wheel to yoke-equipped cars for $700, in effect charging owners who had wanted to get rid of a standard feature.Now, the price of the yoke option has ballooned to $1000, making it a curious and somewhat pricey option for those wanting a more sci-fi experience in the Model S or the Model X. Recent glimpses of Tesla Cybertruck interiors pictured the cabin equipped with a revised yoke.The yoke never made it into Tesla’s Model 3 and Model Y, which have accounted for the overwhelming majority of Tesla sales for the past several years.But Tesla’s yoke steering saga did not unfold in a vacuum. Less than a year after the updated Model S arrived with a yoke in 2021, Toyota demonstrated its own yoke system headed for the bZ4X electric SUV. One of the main differences between the two systems was that Toyota’s was part of a steer-by-wire system, while Tesla simply offered different hardware. Tesla has indicated in the past that it would like to develop a steer-by-wire system for its vehicles, which has been a relatively niche technology for the past decade, offered sporadically and once even sparking a recall in the Infiniti Q50 a decade ago.It remains to be seen just where Tesla’s fluctuating interest in the yoke will go from here. The automaker’s most recent glimpses of Cybertruck interiors pictured the cabin equipped with a revised yoke, with the company so far not indicating whether a more traditional steering wheel will be an option at all. This question should be answered in the next few weeks as the first Cybertruck deliveries are slated to start, barring any changes in that schedule.This content is imported from poll. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.Jay Ramey grew up around very strange European cars, and instead of seeking out something reliable and comfortable for his own personal use he has been drawn to the more adventurous side of the dependability spectrum. Despite being followed around by French cars for the past decade, he has somehow been able to avoid Citroën ownership, judging them too commonplace, and is currently looking at cars from the former Czechoslovakia. Jay has been with Autoweek since 2013.  More