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Gas prices are falling at the fastest rate in over a decade, according to a tweet by President Joe Biden.After a gallon of regular gas peaked above $5 in June, today the average price is $4.19, per AAA.There are currently 19 states where the average is under $4 per gallon, and it’s $3.77 or less in eight states. Gas prices have been extremely volatile this year, with the national average peaking above $5 per gallon in June. However, prices have now fallen for the past seven weeks straight, according to data collected by Gas Buddy.

President Joe Biden today tweeted that the current drop in gas prices is the fastest decline the country has seen in over a decade. The highest recorded average price of a gallon of regular was $5.02 in mid-June, per AAA, which today lists the national average at $4.19 per gallon. That’s a difference of 83 cents.
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While a gallon of regular still exceeds $5 on average in states such as Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Nevada, there are 19 states where a gallon is offered for under $4. Again, that’s according to AAA’s list of state gas-price averages, which also lists eight states where drivers can fill up for an average of $3.77 or less. The cheapest of those is Texas, where regular is currently $3.69 per gallon on average.

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AAA yesterday issued a report on the falling gas prices, including a chart that compares national gas prices between 2019 and 2022. It also pointed out that these lower prices could lead to increased demand, which could stymie the price drop.“We know that most American drivers have made significant changes in their driving habits to cope with high gas prices,” said AAA spokesperson Andrew Gross. “But with gas below $4 a gallon at nearly half of the gas stations around the country, it’s possible that gas demand could rise.”It’s clear that there’s been a steady decline in recent weeks, but—as we explained in an in-depth article on gas-price trends last month—it’s best to be prepared for the unpredictable.
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Genesis has released pricing information for the 2023 G90. There’s a sizable increase in starting price for the Korean luxury brand’s full-size sedan.The G90 will start at $89,495, while opting for the 48-volt hybrid system with an electric supercharger will open at $99,795. The base V-6 powertrain makes 375 horsepower while the supercharged setup pumps out 409 ponies and also comes with an air suspension and rear-wheel steering.Hyundai’s luxury brand Genesis first launched its flagship G90 sedan in 2017, providing a comfortable interior, smooth ride, and quiet powertrain at a price that vastly undercut the full-size sedans from other luxury marques like Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Now Genesis has revealed pricing for the second-generation model, and while the 2023 G90 is substantially more expensive than its predecessor, it still manages to look like a bargain next to the pricey Mercedes-Benz S-class and BMW 7-series.
The 2023 Genesis G90 3.5T AWD will start at $89,495 and arrives with a suite of standard features including a panoramic sunroof, heated and cooled front seats, heated rear seats, and power sunshades for the rear passengers. Power comes from a twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter V-6 engine that produces 375 horsepower and 391 pound-feet of torque.The G90 will also be offered with a 48-volt hybrid system that adds an electric supercharger that boosts the V-6’s output to 409 horsepower and 405 pound-feet of torque. This version of the G90 will start at $99,795, and adds extra content including an air suspension, rear-wheel steering, power cooled and massaging rear seats, and 21-inch wheels.

The new G90 is significantly more expensive than the 2022 model. It started at just $76,045 for the 3.3T Premium, which used a 365-hp twin-turbo V-6. The previous model also offered a 420-hp 5.0-liter V-8 for just $79,795, but all 2023 G90s come powered by six cylinders. The new pricing structure makes the G90 more costly than a base 2023 Audi A8, which goes for $87,595, but it’s still cheaper than the 2023 BMW 740i, at $94,295, and looks like a steal next to the $112,150 2022 Mercedes-Benz S500.The first deliveries of the 2023 Genesis G90 are expected to begin by the middle of August.
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Lexus is adding a new front-wheel-drive version of the UX250h for 2023.The UX is now offered only as a hybrid, as the gas-only UX200 has been dropped.The 2023 UX starts at $35,850 and will go on sale in the U.S. this month.After Lexus announced earlier this year that the 2023 UX lineup would include only the hybrid model, it’s now saying that there will be a new front-wheel-drive version of the UX250h. (All-wheel drive was previously standard on the hybrid.) This change means that the UX250h is now less expensive and more efficient. It starts at $35,850 and achieves an EPA combined rating of 42 mpg combined compared with the AWD model’s 39 mpg rating.

The FWD UX250h has essentially the same powertrain as the AWD model, only it does without the third electric motor that powers the rear wheels. Both versions use a 2.0-liter inline-four gasoline engine and produce a total of 181 horsepower. All-wheel drive is now a $1400 option, and trim levels include Premium ($38,310) and two F Sport variants. The F Sport Appearance ($38,310) has just the visuals, while the F Sport Handling model ($43,280) also gains adaptive dampers and other suspension tweaks, along with sport seats and a different steering wheel.The hybrid still isn’t quite as cheap as the discontinued UX200 model, which had a 169-hp 2.0-liter inline-four and a continuously variable automatic transmission. That version started at $34,525, meaning the UX’s base price goes up $1325 for the new model year. In our testing, both versions got to 60 mph in a sluggish 8.6 seconds.Other tweaks for 2023 include a larger infotainment screen, a reconfigured center console, and some new connectivity features. Lexus also says it improved structural rigidity and added run-flat tires. The 2023 UX250h will go on sale sometime this month.
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Mazda has announced details on the CX-50’s rugged-looking Meridian Edition package.It costs $2800 on top of the 2.5 Turbo model and comes with all-terrain tires and appearance tweaks.There’s also a Meridian Choice accessory package available for other CX-50s.When Mazda initially revealed the 2023 CX-50, it showed photos of the new compact crossover with all sorts of off-road accessories and special graphics. As it turns out, these extras are part of a package called the Meridian Edition, which costs $2800 on top of the 2.5 Turbo model and offers a few additional customization options.

The CX-50 Meridian Edition comes in two colors—Zircon Sand or Polymetal Gray metallic—and has a Terracotta brown interior. The main upgrade is the set of 18-inch wheels and Falken all-terrain tires, and appearance upgrades include a different headlight surround, rocker panels, and a graphic on the hood. There are no changes to the suspension or the all-wheel-drive system, and the Meridian Edition has the same 256-hp turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-four as other CX-50 2.5 Turbo models.There’s also an Apex package available that adds roof-rack crossbars, a roof platform, splash guards, and a different hood graphic. It costs $1235 extra. All in, a CX-50 Meridian Edition will run $42,460.For those who want to add similar style to non-Meridian Edition versions of the CX-50, there’s an $1899 bundle of dealer-installed accessories called the Meridian Choice package. It has the same hood graphic, roof rack, roof platform, and some appearance tweaks from the Meridian edition.Otherwise, all 2023 Mazda CX-50 models receive a mid-year price increase of $750, meaning that it now carries a base price of $28,825 with the standard naturally aspirated engine.
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BMW announced a new, more attainable addition to the i4 mid-size electric lineup Monday morning, the i4 eDrive35. The eDrive35 will have an MSRP more than $4000 cheaper than the eDrive40 and $15,000 cheaper than the performance version, the M50. It will have the least power in the model range, with an estimated 281 horsepower, and production is expected to start in late 2022 with U.S. deliveries coming in early 2023.If you want to be ballin’ on a budget and reduce your carbon footprint in the process, BMW has just announced the car for you. The i4 eDrive35 is a new addition to the i4 model range that starts at $51,400, making it the Bavarian automaker’s most affordable EV. The eDrive35 joins the eDrive40 and M50 in BMW’s electric spin on its ICE-powered 4-series Gran Coupe. Shipments to the U.S. are expected to begin in early 2023.

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Like the eDrive40, the eDrive35 moves thanks to a single rear-mounted motor, unlike the dual-motor, all-wheel-drive performance sibling. However, less money gets you less power, with the eDrive35 offering 281 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque. Contrast this with the eDrive40’s 335 horsepower or the M50’s 536. As such, the eDrive35 will get you to 60 mph in an estimated 5.8 seconds, the slowest time of the trio by a whole second (our test of the eDrive40 got it done in 4.8). Still, the eDrive40’s advertised time was slower than our tested time, so the same could become true of the eDrive35 once we get our hands on one.

As for range, BMW estimates the eDrive35 should deliver a 260-mile EPA range, situated between the eDrive40’s 301 miles on the base 18-inch wheels and the M50’s 227 on optional 20-inch wheels. All of this is courtesy of the eDrive35’s smaller battery. Both the eDrive40 and the M50 share the same 81.5-kWh battery, but the eDrive35’s only has a net capacity of 66.0 kWh, and charging speeds max out at 180 kW compared to the other two models’ max rate of around 200 kW.

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If you’re noticing a pattern, it’s that the eDrive35 offers less for less, but aside from powertrain specs, it remains unchanged from the eDrive40. It will have the same standard and optional features and equipment, so if power isn’t the most important thing to you, the eDrive35 could be a good option for getting the look and feel of the i4 at a more attainable price.
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• Today’s picks require you to choose your weapon in the defining supercar rivalry of the 1980s—and do that before the twin auctions end on Friday, August 5.• Porsche’s 959 was a high-tech tour de force that accurately predicted the future of the 911 with turbocharging and all-wheel drive.• Second on the scene but the first series production car to crack 200 mph, the F40 is still arguably more desirable than any Ferrari flagship that followed it.Released in 1989, the home computer video game The Duel: Test Drive II posed a difficult question. Given the option of a Porsche 959 or a Ferrari F40, which do you choose? It’s still a stumper today. But you may need to decide, since the cars are both currently listed on Bring a Trailer (which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos) by the same dealer in San Diego. The auctions end only five minutes apart, and while the F40 is currently ahead with a bid of $1.7 million to the 959’s $1.3 million top bid, the final price for each should be neck and neck.The game Test Drive II was quite advanced for its time, using videotaped footage captured in a Porsche 944 Turbo on Vancouver, British Columbia’s Sea-to-Sky Highway to simulate one of the racing stages. The developers even went so far as to rent a Ferrari 308, record its engine, then faithfully reproduce the sound to the best that 8-bit technology could handle. The Test Drive series resulted in the long-running Need for Speed franchise.

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Perhaps you, dear reader, grew up racing a digital 959 versus a digital F40 on Mom’s Apple IIGS. Perhaps you’ve also made some sound investments in Microsoft, or Playstation, or those electric monkey pictures that nobody understands the purpose of. And now you’re ready to cash in and finally buy the 1980s supercar of your dreams. So, which is it going to be?

The case for the 959 is that it is that rarest of things, a usable supercar. Launched in 1986, it was a window into the future of automotive performance. Its 2.9-liter flat-six engine featured water cooling and twin sequential turbochargers. Peak output was 444 horsepower, and the 959 used its clever Porsche-Stuer Kupplung all-wheel drive to get that power down in all possible weather conditions.

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This 1987 example is a relatively late-production Komfort model, meaning that it comes with niceties including leather seats, air conditioning, and a Blaupunkt cassette stereo. Any successful bidder should consider immediately purchasing Kraftwerk’s Electric Café on tape.

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The F40 also features twin-turbocharging but lacks a stereo entirely. It’s not much of a drawback, because experiencing that Ferrari 2.9-liter quad-valve V-8 hurtle to redline behind you is the equivalent of being front row to Pavarotti in his prime as he hits the crescendo of Nessun Dorma.Gordon Murray pooh-poohed the F40 as “a big go-kart with a plastic body on it,” and up close these cars do have kit-car build quality. There were also more than three times more F40s built than 959s: 1311 versus 337. Yet there is a magic to this car that is hard to define. It is one of the rare cars that stands up to childhood hero worship, even better to drive than you hoped.

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The F40 featured here is an end-of-run 1992 model. For investment potential, it comes with the must-have Ferrari Classiche Red Book. For actually getting out and driving it, it’s had the twin alloy fuel tanks replaced—European models had nightmarishly expensive rubber fuel bladders—and a comprehensive servicing in May of this year.

With the auctions ending on August 5, there’s still time to decide which of these icons to take home. Will it be the blindingly fast technology of the 959, or will you be swayed by the raw mechanical emotion of the F40? There really isn’t a wrong choice here: Either one would be a childhood dream drive, realized.

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The 2023 Ford Maverick debuts with a new Tremor off-road package, which will be available on the XLT and Lariat trims starting this fall.The Tremor receives a new all-wheel-drive system, a one-inch lift, special front and rear springs and dampers, and Trail Control.The Tremor package will costs an extra $2995 on top of the price of a Maverick XLT or Lariat.Ford launched the highly anticipated Maverick last year, providing a new entry point for Ford pickup trucks with the base XL model starting at just $22,490 and coming standard with a hybrid powertrain good for an EPA-estimated 42 mpg on the highway. The Maverick has proved to be a success, finding 13,258 homes in 2021 and racking up an additional 38,753 sales in the first half of 2022. Now Ford is expanding the Maverick lineup for 2023, adding a new Tremor off-road package.
Available only on the pricier XLT and Lariat trims that are fitted with the turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four, the Tremor package includes a new all-wheel-drive system with a twin-clutch rear-drive locking differential, which should make the compact pickup more adept off-road by being able to send nearly all rear axle torque to either wheel. The Tremor will feature five drive modes depending on the type of terrain or if the driver is towing, with the Tremor rated to pull 2000 pounds and haul a 1200-pound payload, down 300 pounds from the base Maverick. The Maverick Tremor also is equipped with Trail Control, where the truck manages the throttle and brakes to maintain a speed set by the driver while the driver navigates tricky off-road situations. The Tremor receives a one-inch lift and rides on unique front and rear springs and dampers, while upgraded half-shafts and a heavy-duty transmission cooler should improve durability when taking the Tremor away from the pavement.
Orange accents distinguish the Tremor, with the bright color appearing on the grille, wheels, and front tow hooks. Those tow hooks sit in a redesigned front bumper which features steel skid plates and a provides for a steeper approach angle. There are also blacked-out Ford logos and tinted headlights and taillights, while the 17-inch wheels are finished in a dark gray anodized finish and comes wrapped in all-terrain tires. Inside, the Black Onyx seats feature orange stitching and Tremor logos. Buyers can also spec a Tremor Appearance package which sees the roof and mirror caps painted Carbonized Gray and black graphics applied to the sides and hood.

The Tremor will cost an additional $2995, with Tremor Appearance package adding an extra $1495 to the bill. These prices will be on top of the base price of a Maverick XLT or Lariat, with the 2022 models starting at $24,835 and $28335, respectively. Production of the 2023 Maverick starts in the fall, with the Tremor becoming available to order in September.
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Ford has announced pricing for the 2023 F-150 pickup’s new Rattler and Heritage Edition packages. The Rattler is an off-road upgrade for the base XL trim level, and it costs $1810. The Heritage Edition has a two-tone paint scheme and costs $5645 on top of the XLT.The Ford F-150’s new electric Lightning variant may be getting all the attention, but the conventional pickup lineup is getting some additional options for 2023, too. We now know how much the Rattler off-road package and the Heritage Edition cost on top of the 2023 F-150’s bottom line.The Rattler is pitched as a budget version of the Tremor and FX4 off-road packages, and its price of $1810 fits with that mission. It’s offered only on four-wheel-drive versions of the base XL trim level, although not with the regular cab. The package itself is $1495 but it requires the addition of a $315 trailer hitch. It includes an electronic locking rear differential, hill descent control, skid plates, all-terrain tires, and different suspension tuning.

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The Heritage Edition is more of an appearance package, and it requires a $5645 outlay on top of the XLT trim level. A two-tone paint scheme is offered in five color combinations, and there are some commemorative graphics inside for the truck’s 75th anniversary. The package alone is $1975 but it also comes with the 302A High equipment package, which adds all manner of equipment including a larger touchscreen and power-adjustable front seats. Standalone options such as the fold-out work surface, an extra power outlet, and a trailer hitch also come onboard when you choose the Heritage Edition.Orders are open now for both versions of the F-150, and they should arrive at dealerships starting this fall.
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