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Nissan has revealed full pricing information for the 2022 Frontier, and the cheapest S King Cab 4×2 model will start at $29,015.The bigger Crew Cab starts at $30,515 for the S Crew Cab 4×2, and can go up to $38,415 for the starting price of the Pro-4X off-roader.The Frontier will go on sale starting in September.We just drove the new 2022 Nissan Frontier, and we found it to be a sharper and more modern truck that maintains the familiar capability of its predecessor. Now Nissan has released pricing information for the 2022 Frontier, giving us a sense of what consumers will have to fork over when the the truck goes on sale soon.
The cheapest version of Nissan’s new mid-size pickup is the Frontier S King Cab 4×2, which starts at $29,015. The extended cab setup, featuring rear-hinged, half-sized rear doors, can be had on the S and SV trim levels, with the SV King Cab 4×2 starting at $31,715. Four-wheel-drive is an additional $3200 on both trims, and all King Cab models come with a six-foot bed.

The Frontier will also come as a crew cab with full-length rear doors, and the most affordable is the S Crew Cab 4×2, starting at $30,515. The Crew Cab also offers an SV model with two wheelbase lengths—the SV Crew Cab 4×2 SWB starts at $33,315 while the long-wheelbase variant is an additional $1900. The range-topper is the off-road-focused Pro-4X, starting at $38,415, although a new two-wheel-drive Pro-X can be had for $35,415. All Crew Cab models use a five-foot bed except the SV LWB, which has a six-footer, and four-wheel-drive is an extra $3000 on Crew Cab models. The Nissan looks to be be more expensive than its competitors when we’re talking about base models. The cheapest 2022 Chevrolet Colorado starts at $26,395, the 2021 Ford Ranger XL costs just $26,015, and the 2021 Toyota Tacoma SR undercuts the Frontier at $27,615. Both the Colorado and Tacoma can get pricier than the Frontier if you opt for the off-road versions, but the Pro-4X splits the milder Colorado Z71 and Tacoma TRD Off Road—the Chevy starts at $39,195 (for a crew cab, short box, four-wheel-drive Z71) and the Toyota starts at $36,915 (for a Double Cab, five-foot bed, manual TRD Off Road). The Frontier will face off against the Chevy and the Toyota when it goes on sale in September.
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Toyota shared images of the 2022 Tundra pickup truck’s suspension, and it ditches the old model’s leaf-spring setup for coil springs in the rear. Control arms are employed up front, and the TRD Pro model has Fox dampers, a red-painted anti-roll bar, and a TRD skid plate.The new Tundra will make its full debut in the coming months, although Toyota has shared a ton of info on the TRD Pro model. Toyota has been testing prototypes of the 2022 Tundra with skirts hiding the truck’s rear suspension setup, hinting that the new truck would ditch its old-timey leaf springs in favor of a more modern system. It has now shared images of the new off-road-focused TRD Pro model’s front and rear suspension setups, confirming that the new truck will employ coil springs out back.

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The current-generation Tundra, available from the 2007 through 2021 model years, was equipped with a solid rear axle with leaf springs. The new truck will use coil springs in the rear and continue to have control arms up front. Leaf springs tend to allow for more load capacity, but coil springs can provide a smoother ride. Ram has been employing coil springs on its half-ton pickups since 2009, but the Ford F-150 (other than the new Raptor) and the Chevrolet Silverado use leaf-spring setups in back and have max payloads of 3325 and 2280 pounds. The Ram 1500 can carry a payload of up to 2320 pounds.TRD Pro models will have a lifted suspension equipped with Fox dampers and a red-painted anti-roll bar, which should be exclusive to the TRD Pro model. The off-road-focused model will also get a TRD front skid plate along with Falken Wildpeak all-terrain tires sized 285/65.

Look for the full details and specs on the 2022 Toyota Tundra in the coming months, though we already know a little about the truck’s looks, interior, powertrain, and suspension setup. In the meantime, click here for everything we know about the new truck so far.
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Lamborghini revealed today that it will be bringing back the Countach name, and the teaser video and photo show a wedge-shaped supercar.A photo leaked on Instagram shows the car’s full name to be Countach LPI 800-4, with LPI indicating a hybrid powertrain and the number suggesting it will have nearly 800 horsepower.Lamborghini will take the wraps off the new Countach in the next several days during Monterey Car Week.50 years ago, Lamborghini took the covers off the first prototype of the Countach. Now, five decades after the world first saw the radically styled LP500 prototype at the 1971 Geneva auto show, Lamborghini has announced the return of the legendary Countach nameplate, releasing a teaser video today of the upcoming supercar. Notably, this recycled name goes against Lamborghini convention, as the company typically introduces a new moniker for each new model.
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The video doesn’t reveal much—at just over 20 seconds long, the teaser shows a young kid putting up a poster of the original Countach on his wall and asks, “What do you see? A new image ready to be hung on a wall or the rebirth of a dream?” The final shot shows a white, wedge-shaped vehicle in the distance as the narrator announces the revival of the Countach name.

Lamborghini also provided one teaser image showing the new Countach under a sheet, and although details are indistinguishable, the classic Lamborghini wedge shape is as clear as day. A leaked image posted to Instagram, as spotted by Roadshow, shows the full name to be Countach LPI 800-4, implying that it will be a production vehicle and not a concept. The LPI portion suggests a hybrid powertrain, with Lamborghini using the “Longitudinale Posteriore Ibrido” designation once before on the 2014 Asterion hybrid concept. The 800 indicates 800 PS, or 789 horsepower, and the 4 means it will have all-wheel drive. Curiously, the Sian, which used a supercapacitor hybrid system, did not include the LPI suffix, suggesting that the Countach could have a new hybrid setup.We expect the Countach to be a limited-production vehicle, with it being too soon for a series-production replacement for the Aventador. The Ultimae final edition of that model was just recently unveiled. The new Countach will likely cost at least a million dollars and will be revealed within the next few days during Monterey Car Week.
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Kia U.K. saved a pre-production Soul EV prototype from being crushed, converting it into a concept for the Boardmasters 2021 surfing and music festival.The Soul EV gains a 3.0-inch lift, revised suspension, wider track, and chunky 265/75 R16 Maxxis Bighorn tires wrapped around 16-inch white steel wheels.The custom roof rack can carry two Tahe Bic Malibu surfboards, while the rear seat is replaced with a white-stained spruce deck for extra cargo room.Automakers often destroy pre-production prototypes after they’ve reached the end of the development process, but Kia’s U.K. division recently saved a Kia Soul EV prototype that was destined for the crusher. After it avoided an untimely death, this Soul was transformed into this custom, lifted surf-mobile for Boardmasters 2021, a surfing and music festival on the Cornish Coast in England.

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Based on the Soul EV, which is not sold in the U.S. and is the only Soul available in Europe, the Boardmasters Edition retains the production car’s powertrain, with a 64.0-kWh battery feeding a 201-horsepower electric motor powering the front wheels. While the powertrain is untouched, the Boardmasters Edition sits on new 16-inch white steel wheels shod in 265/75 R16 Maxxis Bighorn tires, which required redesigned wheel arches.

Along with off-road tires, the Boardmasters Edition gains a modified suspension with a 3.0-inch lift, as well as a 4.3-inch wider track at the front and 4.5-inch wider track at the rear. There is also steel roof rack that holds a pair of Tahe Bic Malibu surfboards and raises the Soul’s height to 76.8 inches, ten inches higher than a Kia Sorento. The rack includes a pair of LED spotlights and a solar panel to help recharge the battery pack while you’re out riding the waves. Kia acknowledged that these changes would negatively impact the Soul EV’s 280-mile range (on Europe’s WLTP testing cycle).

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The special edition keeps the production-spec Neptune Blue paint but adds white stripes and Boardmasters logos. Inside, the Soul EV’s rear bench has been removed to enlarge the cargo capacity, and the trunk floor features white-stained spruce wood. The tailgate also includes a fold-out bench and a swing-out arm for drying wetsuits or towels. The Soul EV Boardmasters Edition will be on display throughout the festival from August 11 to 15.
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The 2022 Volkswagen Arteon will have a more powerful engine with 300 horsepower.There are now three trim levels available: SE R-Line, SEL R-Line, and SEL Premium R-Line.The base price rises $3000 to $41,190 for the front-wheel-drive SE R-Line.VW likes to call the Arteon its flagship model, and the hatchback is rising into a slightly higher echelon for the 2022 model year thanks to a powertrain upgrade and a higher starting price. The 2022 Arteon now has a 300-horsepower version of VW’s turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four, and it starts at $41,190 for the base SE R-Line model.

The new power output of 300 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque represents an increase of 32 hp and 37 pound-feet over the previous model. The updates also include a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission to replace the previous eight-speed conventional automatic. We expect this will result in quicker acceleration than the 2021 model we tested, which reached 60 mph in 6.4 seconds.The base SE model comes only with front-wheel drive and now includes the R-Line appearance upgrades, which largely explains the higher base price. The SEL R-Line now comes standard with all-wheel drive and starts at $45,810, an increase of $1220 over last year’s SEL R-Line AWD. VW has not yet released pricing for the 2022 Arteon SEL Premium R-Line, which also has all-wheel drive.Other changes include a different 18-inch wheel design for the SE, new optional 20-inch wheels for the SEL, and new standard equipment for the SE including park assist and a wireless phone charger.
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The Ferrari Roma is a truly exceptional grand tourer, a return to form for a company that spent the 1960s building some of the most glorious GT cars ever to see the road. That makes it a perfect fit for the open roads of Italy, from the vineyards of Tuscany to the top of the Alps. But not all roads in Italy are all that open.At some point in this particular Roma’s grand tour, the driver felt he had no choice but to get to the other side of a narrow alleyway in a historic Italian city. The car was just narrow enough that it almost fit, a particularly dangerous proposition that led to this: a car being stuck on both sides well into an alleyway, with no way out but to move centuries-old houses, remove some body panels, or back up all the way back to the entrance.

The video does not actually show any resolution, just a concerned onlooker (possibly the driver) looking at the corners of the very stuck car and accepting that forward is no longer an option. We have to use our skills of inference, but anyone who has ever gotten a car stuck on a narrow wall can attest that the driver will be dealing with serious scratches and dents, creating lasting damage to the Roma’s elegantly swooped rear fenders.Italy’s historic alleyways are famously narrow and its modern performance cars are famously wide, so this was just a matter of time. The owner can at least take some solace in the fact that he has joined a grand comedy tradition of wedging cars in alleyways.

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Saudi artist Abdullah Qandeel’s artwork is filled with strong, hand-painted lines, and this is exactly what he applied to a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ during a public artistic performance in Monaco recently.The artist’s trademark broad brushstrokes turned the angular hypercar into something a bit more human, but it can still roar its way through the city streets.Qandeel previously hand-painted a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup and has been promoting artist-friendly digital tokens through new crypto offerings.Simply driving a supercar through the streets of Monaco isn’t guaranteed to attract attention these days. The roads there have seen more than their fair share of exotic wheels, but Saudi artist Abdullah Qandeel has discovered a way to make sure everyone at least glances at a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ: hand-painting it in public.
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Qandeel and a partner painted the SVJ in front of the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo in full view of plenty of tourists with smartphones. According to Supercars of Austria, which posted the above video of the artist at work on YouTube, the SVJ was not wrapped to protect the original exterior paint job, so what you see is what you get with this now mobile painting. You can also see that Qandeel painted the hypercar’s interior with the same broad brushstrokes as he used to cover the exterior in the video, showing his commitment to making a statement. The Superveloce Jota is not exactly a slouch on the track—it set the record for the fastest street-legal car to lap the Nordschleife with a time of 6:44.97 in 2018—but even without hitting those speeds, it’s still impressive to watch the hand-painted $600,000 car go on a roaring drive in the Principality.

A look through Qandeel’s Instagram feed shows that the artist’s style employs thick lines in many of his paintings, so the hand-painted Aventador fits with the rest of his work. There are also digital interpretations of the one-of-a-kind SVJ in the feed, proving that this wasn’t done in a fit of passion but as part of a planned public artwork. In fact, Qandeel previously hand painted a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup in a similar style. Earlier this year, Qandeel got into the crypto-art game with the first “Artist Approved Non-Fungible Physical and Digital Token” (AP/AD-NFT) offering, which was based on his painting called “Ambition Man.” Qandeel used AP/AD-NFT to create a new category of NFTs that combined physical and digital assets to protect artists’ rights through enhanced “smart contracts” that contain the artwork’s IP and rights of usage.”I invite all creators and collectors across the world to join this Decentralized Positive Impact (DePi) movement and adopt AP/AD-NFTs, not only as the new standard for the creative industry, but as a determining factor for the future of our planet as well,” Qandeel told the Albilad Daily.
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CEO Mary Barra said GM is working on two new zero-emission commercial vehicles: a full-size battery-electric Chevy cargo van and a medium-duty truck that will use batteries and GM’s Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell technology.These new zero-emission vehicles will complement GM’s new BrightDrop business, which will offer electric delivery products like a warehouse-style motorized cart and the EV600 van.All of these cleaner commercial vehicles will join a GM EV lineup that also includes electric pickup trucks from Chevy and GMC and the Hummer EV. Get ready to add a few new lines to the list of electrified GM vehicles. On an analyst call this week, CEO Mary Barra said General Motors will introduce two new zero-emission vehicles for its commercial customers. These will be a full-size battery-electric cargo van that will carry the Chevrolet name and a medium-duty truck that will be powered by both the company’s Ultium electric batteries and its Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell technology. For those of you used to GM’s gas-powered vehicles, these new EVs could replace or complement the current Express van and Silverado 4500HD (pictured below).

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GM CEO Mary Barra announced the new vehicles during a conference call with analysts following the release of GM’s second-quarter results, but she did not offer many more details.The battery-powered van “will exceed the expectations of small-business owners, tradespeople, and everyone else who has been well served by the Chevy Express,” Barra said on the call. “We will have electric solutions for almost any hauling or towing job you can imagine.”Other upcoming GM electric models include electric pickup trucks from Chevy and GMC as well as the Hummer EV.

Earlier this year, GM launched a new business called BrightDrop and said it will offer electric delivery products for release later this year. The new electric vans will be designed for standard and “last mile” delivery solutions for commercial customers. Two vehicles have been announced so far. The EP1 is a small, electrified pallet that can be used by a person to move boxes around a warehouse or down a sidewalk. The EV600 is a more standard on-road delivery van, with a target range of 250 miles and 600 cubic feet of cargo space. Medium- and long-distance delivery vehicles are also planned. The first BrightDrop vehicles will be delivered later this year. Barra said both the new zero-emission van and truck announced this week “will complement BrightDrop and keep our commercial fleet market share growing.” She said the company will share more details about all of these electrified products in the future.
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