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GMC has shared photos of a prototype Hummer EV testing at its Milford Proving Grounds in Michigan.
The Hummer is scheduled to go into production in the fall of 2021.
The first batch of 2022 Hummer EV models will be the Edition 1, starting at $112,595.
General Motors says it is working on an accelerated timeline to get the new 2022 GMC Hummer EV into production and delivered to customers by late 2021. Now the company is sharing some photos from the development and engineering process that show prototypes of the new electric pickup undergoing testing.
As you’d expect, the Hummer prototypes in these pictures look rougher than the polished show truck GMC revealed last month. The front end features lots of black trim and rudimentary placeholder headlights, taillights, and turn signals that look decidedly less high-tech than the LED units that will eventually make their way onto the production truck. The Hummer’s imposing shape remains the same, and the bodywork doesn’t look any different than what we saw initially.

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The first batch of Hummer EV models that will arrive for the 2022 model year will all be the fully loaded Edition 1 special edition, which starts at $112,595. Less expensive variants will arrive later in the production cycle, as will an SUV version that GM teased during a presentation about future EV models. Production is scheduled to start in the fall, and the initial production run of Edition 1 trucks is sold out. Customers can either sign up for the Edition 1 waitlist or reserve a different version of the truck that will arrive later, likely sometime in 2022.
GMC says it will share more details about the Hummer’s development as the prototypes go to northern Michigan for winter testing in the coming months.
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The 2021 Nissan Kicks, the brand’s entry-level subcompact crossover, gets Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability standard.
Nissan took aim at the young, first time owners with the Nissan Kicks when it arrived in the United States in 2018.
The 2021 Kicks will go on sale in February 2021, and pricing will be announced closer to the on-sale date.
Nissan clearly knows the market it’s selling to with the 2021 Kicks. The vehicle now comes with standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability, along with a 7.0-inch display, while the upper SV and SR trim levels have an optional 8.0-inch display. Three USB ports (two in the back) are now standard, and a USB-C port is available on the SV and SR. Young buyers are digital natives, so charging and using their phones as navigation devices while accessing text messages via voice is likely very important.

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Exterior-wise, while the design changes are subtle, the 2021 Kicks does get an updated front end and bumper that give it a slightly more aggressive look in line with the rest of Nissan’s SUV lineup.
The interior offers up upgraded door and seat trims on the SR and SV versions of the crossover, which include a center armrest. The seats in models equipped with the SR Premium Package now have a more saturated color for their three-tone design.
Under the hood, the Kicks hasn’t changed. It’s still powered by a 1.6-liter inline-four pumping out 122 horsepower and 114 pound-feet of torque. It comes only with front-wheel drive vehicle and uses Nissan’s Xtronic CVT. The rear wheels now get the extra stopping power of disc brakes on the SR and SV trim levels.

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To further appeal to the young demographic, Nissan says that the Kicks is available in many color combinations that include five two-tone paint combinations and seven regular exterior colors including Electric Blue metallic and Scarlet Ember Tintcoat.
Nissan’s Safety Shield 360 is standard and includes rear automatic braking, blind-spot monitoring, and lane departure warning. The 2021 Kicks is expected in showrooms in February of 2021. Nissan hasn’t announced pricing but said it’ll share that info closer to the on-sale date. But if the Kicks follows the current price point, we expect it to start at around $20,165.
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The 2021 Nissan Armada is getting a thorough refresh, including new front- and rear-end designs and updated technology.
The Armada now has a 12.3-inch infotainment screen along with Android Auto and wireless Apple CarPlay.
The 2021 Armada is slated to reach dealers by the end of January 2021, and pricing will be released closer to that on-sale date.
With an updated look and new technology, the Nissan Armada arrives for 2021 ready to take on its newer full-size SUV competitors from GM and Ford. Both the front and rear ends of the 2021 Armada are redesigned, and the interior gets a broad update including a newly standard 12.3-inch infotainment screen.

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The Armada remains based on the global Nissan Patrol SUV, but its updated front end diverges from its international sibling. The grille appears more upright and taller than the outgoing model, and the 2021 Armada now sports the new Nissan logo, making it the first Nissan vehicle in the U.S. with this emblem. The updated headlights are framed by sharp lines and hard angles, giving the Armada a more aggressive appearance. In the rear, the Armada name now stretches across the tailgate just below the rear window, connecting the reshaped taillights with a black accent.
Inside, the Armada gets a big bump in screen real estate and connectivity options. The new standard infotainment screen is a sizable 12.3 inches, up from 8.0 inches in the outgoing model. It comes standard with Android Auto and wireless Apple CarPlay capability as well as a Wi-Fi hotspot. There are fewer buttons on the center stack below that new infotainment screen, and the overall effect looks considerably more modern. Between the tachometer and speedometer is a new, 7.0-inch display screen.

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The Armada is still powered by the 5.6-liter V-8 engine seen in the outgoing model, but it does get a slight power bump to 400 horsepower, from 390 hp. The seven-speed transmission remains the only option. The SUV is still offered in both rear- and all-wheel-drive configurations, with the latter being offered with Auto/4HI/4LO modes.
The 2021 Armada is adding a new trim level, S, as its entry-level option. This comes in addition to the SV, SL, and Platinum trims which roll over from the previous year. There’s also a Midnight Edition package—available on the SL trim—which is blacked-out version of the Armada, including black rearview mirrors, black painted roof rails, black front and rear skid plates, a blacked-out grille, black exterior logos, along with a black interior.
The list of standard safety features gets longer for 2021, now including forward-collision warning, adaptive cruise control, blind-spot intervention, and driver attention alert. The previously standard Safety Shield 360 system also includes features such as blind-spot detection, automated emergency braking, high-beam assist, and rear automated braking.
The 2021 Armada is slated to reach dealers by late January, and pricing will be announced closer to the on-sale date.
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We now have full details on the 2022 Genesis GV70, including its powertrain options and time of U.S. arrival, which is set for 2021.
The GV70 is getting the same two engine options as the GV80: a 300-hp turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-four and a 375-hp twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6.
The GV70 fits into the compact-crossover segment, which has been ballooning in popularity.
Genesis has released full details of the 2022 GV70, including its engine options and technologies—and has divulged that it will be arriving in the U.S. sometime in 2021. The GV70 slates in just below the GV80, Genesis’s first SUV. This sleek two-row compact crossover is entering the marketplace at a time when demand for this category of vehicles is surging.

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The GV70’s sporty proportions will be complemented by engine options coming from the GV80, including a turbocharged 2.5-liter inline-four and a more powerful twin-turbo 3.5-liter V-6. The former is good for 300 horsepower in the GV80, while the latter puts out a considerable 375 horsepower and brought the GV80 to 60 mph in 5.3 seconds in our testing. Given the smaller proportions of the GV70, we expect the GV70 to best the GV80 in its sprint to 60 mph.

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An available Sport package accentuates the GV70’s athletic design cues. The package includes large, circular exhaust tips, a three-dimensional dark chrome pattern on the grille, and an exclusive bumper and wheels. Inside there’s carbon-fiber trim and a unique steering wheel. The GV70 comes standard with four driving modes: Eco, Comfort, Sport, and Custom. A fifth mode, Sport Plus, is added with the Sport package.
The GV70 will have a fingerprint authentication system, but Genesis is holding off on revealing any of that system’s functions for now. Nonetheless, it has been reported that this system will allow drivers to use Genesis CarPay, which can be used to pay for gas and parking from inside the car. The fingerprint authentication system can also be used to start the car and also identify the driver, at that point the vehicle will then adjust settings such as seating position based on who is driving.
The Genesis GV70 will also have Advanced Rear Occupant Alert, a radar-based system that can detect a rear occupant’s breathing so a driver can be notified when a child or infant has been left in the back of the vehicle.
The advanced driver assist system will change lanes at the flick of the turn signal, a system seen on Cadillac and Mercedes vehicles. The GV70 will also offer an adaptive cruise control system with traffic sign recognition, driver attention warnings, and blind-spot warning. Details on which features will be standard or optional will come closer to the vehicle’s on-sale date.
When this compact crossover arrives in the U.S., it’ll be aimed squarely at European luxury vehicles already bidding for their portion of this market, including the Audi Q5, BMW X3, and the Mercedes-Benz GLC. If the GV70 is anything like the GV80—and we have little reason to expect otherwise—it will be a strong contender in this market. The GV80 claimed a 10Best spot this year, and gained this remark from one Car and Driver editor, “Its beautifully executed interior is indisputable evidence that Genesis understands the not-so-secret handshake of luxury—something that several aspiring premium-car brands have yet to learn.”
Granted, part of the charm of the GV80 is its low price, and we don’t yet know the pricing of the GV70; that’ll come closer to its on-sale date.
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Toyota will unveil an electric SUV in Europe in the coming months.
The automaker also plans to bring an electric vehicle to North America in the short term and plans to introduce a solid-state battery EV in the early 2020s.
Toyota notes that its hybrid technology has allowed it to hit targeted emission standards without jumping too quickly into the EV world.

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Toyota has been slow to adopt EVs into its lineup. It’s not because it lacks the technology, it’s been the king of hybrids since the introduction of the Prius. It’s also been investing in fuel-cell vehicles like the Mirai, and it sells the UX300e in Europe and China. But as sales for EVs tick up, the automaker seems finally ready to expand its portfolio.
Today the automaker announced that it had developed an electric SUV for Europe that will be based on Toyota’s e-TNGA modular EV platform and will be previewed sometime in the next couple of months.
As for the US, Automotive News reported last week that Bob Carter, head of sales for Toyota North America stated that an EV is coming to the United States. We’re not sure which brand will be the first with an EV, but at least we know something electric will come from the Japanese automaker.

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During a presentation for its European market, Koji Toyoshima Toyota’s deputy chief officer of its ZEV Factory said that the automaker intends to globally sell 5.5 million electrified vehicles every year by 2025. In that same time frame Toyoshima said that Toyota would introduce 60 new electrified vehicles. These numbers include hybrids, plug-in hybrids, EVs, and hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles.
Toyoshima also noted that Toyota would have a mass-produced electric vehicle using a solid-state battery pack in the first half of the 2020s. A bold statement and potentially an EV game-changer since solid-state batteries charge quicker and offer more range in the same size pack as traditional lithium-ion batteries. It’s also potentially a few years earlier than the company has previously stated when it said it would have the technology ready in 2025.
As for why Toyota has waited as long as it has to enter the EV market, Andrea Carlucci director of product and marketing for Toyota Europe said that its hybrid technology has allowed the company to comply with tough emissions standards in Europe without jumping to early into EVs. “However, hybrid success has given us the foundation we need, for other electrified powertrains – which will be introduced when the time, the market, and the infrastructure are right. And that time is getting closer.”
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The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe sees price increases of less than $725 across its lineup, but it does add a new range-topping trim, Calligraphy, which causes its top price to jump considerably.
The Santa Fe is available with a choice of two new engines, both of which produce more power than the old ones. It will later be offered in hybrid and plug-in-hybrid form.
The more powerful turbocharged 2.5-liter engine can only be had on the Limited and Calligraphy trims and with either front-wheel or all-wheel drive.
The 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe boasts new looks, tech, and powertrain options—including electrified ones—and sees prices increases to reflect those changes. The entry-level trim, SE, sees a price increase of $575, from $27,450 to $28,025, for the front-wheel-drive option; all-wheel drive remains a $1700 add-on. The Santa Fe adds a range-topping trim with Calligraphy, which starts at $43,275.

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The 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine that came standard on the outgoing model is being replaced by a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with 191 horsepower and 181 pound-feet of torque, which is a 6 hp and 3-pound-foot increase over the outgoing standard engine. This 2.5-liter engine is the only powertrain on the entry-level trim, SE, and the next highest trim, SEL. The SEL trim sees a $625 price increase from the 2020 model and now starts at $29,825.

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The more powerful engine option, a turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder with 277 horsepower and 311 pound-feet of torque, replaces the turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder currently available on the Santa Fe. This turbocharged 2.5-liter engine can be had on the Limited and Calligraphy trims and in either a front-wheel and all-wheel drive configuration; it offers an increase of 42 hp and 51 pound-feet of torque over the turbo 2.0-liter engine that was previously available.
The Limited trim, which was previously the top version of the Santa Fe, sees its price increase by $725, from $39,050 to $39,775. The Limited is no longer offered with the standard engine option, only the turbo 2.5-liter engine. The Santa Fe will also be offered with hybrid and plug-in-hybrid powertrains, but pricing for those options won’t be announced until closer to when they are launched later in 2021.
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Post Malone is selling his 2019 McLaren Senna XP “Master of Monaco,” which is a 1-of-3 car that honors Ayrton Senna’s significant Formula 1 victories.
This 147-mile example remembers Senna’s six victories at the Monaco Grand Prix, where he had five consecutive wins from 1989 to 1993.
The McLaren Senna is powered by a 789-hp twin-turbo V-8, and a Senna launched to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds in our testing.
Rapper-songwriter Austin Post, more commonly known as Post Malone, is selling his 2019 McLaren Senna. Sure, it might not come as a surprise that the popular rapper owns a $1 million-plus hypercar, but the one he is selling is one of only three XP editions that commemorate three of Ayrton Senna’s outstanding Formula 1 achievements. Posty’s is the “Master of Monaco” edition, and it’s listed for sale by the DuPont Registry

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The car, which has been driven only 147 miles, is one of McLaren’s factory experimental prototypes that McLaren Beverly Hills commissioned by McLaren’s special operations (MSO) to commemorate Senna’s record-holding six wins at Monaco, of which five were consecutive between 1989 and 1993. It has a fully exposed carbon-fiber body with red and white trim to represent the Principality of Monaco with the flag hand-painted on the rear wing.

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Inside, the flag is stitched onto the red seat’s headrests with “Master of Monaco” underneath it, and the interior features gloss red exposed carbon fiber with Ayrton Senna’s signature pasted on the door sill. The steering wheel has a special red and white 12-o’ clock marker, and there’s a unique one-of-one plaque to distinguish the special-edition car.

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A twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 that produces 789 horsepower and 590 pound-feet of torque powers the Senna, and during Car and Driver testing, it launched the Senna to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds on its way to a 10.0-second quarter-mile at 147 mph. It’s also the current lap record holder at C/D’s annual Lightning Lap test at Virginia International Raceway (VIR), where it posted a 2:34.9 lap on VIR’s Grand Course.
The McLaren Senna XP sold for almost $1.5 million when new, and the seller did not disclose the price of Post Malone’s example to Car and Driver, but we expect it to sell for well over its original cost.

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