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You can win the first U.S.-market 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition in a raffle on the fundraising platform Omaze.
Proceeds will go to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, a charity that supports historically Black colleges and universities.
If you win, you can drive that Type R Limited Edition home and will also get a track driving experience with Honda’s IndyCar driver, Colton Herta.
The new 2021 Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition is on its way, and you can win the first one imported to the U.S. This Type R, sporting serial plate 001, is being awarded on the fundraising platform Omaze through a donation to the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, a charity that supports historically Black colleges and universities (HBCU).

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Winning this Type R Limited Edition also means that you get a track driving experience in it with Honda’s IndyCar driver, Colton Herta, and then you can drive it home. This limited-edition Type R, sporting a Phoenix Yellow paint job, will be the first of 600 examples scheduled to reach the U.S.
“Historically Black colleges and universities have been greatly impacted by COVID-19, and many of our students don’t have a safety net,” Harry L. Williams, president and CEO of the Marshall fund, said in a release. “This initiative to give away a Honda Civic Type R Limited Edition will help us continue to provide much-needed assistance to our students and schools.”

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The 2021 Civic Type R Limited Edition was unveiled in February. This version of the Type R sheds 46 pounds through different wheels and a lack of rear heating ducts, rear wiper blade, among other miscellaneous items. The lighter, aluminum BBS wheels are wrapped exclusively with Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber, and the suspension and steering have also been uniquely tuned in the Type R Limited Edition.
The Type R, along with the Limited Edition, is powered by a turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine making 306 horsepower and 295 lb-ft of torque; that power reaches those summer tires by the way of a six-speed manual transmission. The 2021 Civic Type R starts at $38,450 and the Type R Limited Edition starts at $44,950.
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Audi is adding a new base model to the 2021 Q3 lineup.
It’s called the 40 TFSI and it comes with a less powerful turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four engine than the existing 45 TFSI.
The 40 TFSI starts at $35,095, while the 45 TFSI starts at $37,095.
The Audi Q3 is getting a lower base price for 2021 due to the addition of a less powerful 40 TFSI model. It now starts at $35,095, a $600 drop from last year’s base price, and is offered in both Premium and Premium Plus trim levels. The existing 45 TFSI model continues on with its more powerful turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four; it starts at $37,095 and now comes standard with the S-Line appearance package.

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The 40 TFSI’s version of the turbo 2.0-liter inline-four makes 184 horsepower and 221 lb-ft of torque, 44 hp and 37 lb-ft fewer than the 45 TFSI. It still comes standard with all-wheel drive and the same eight-speed automatic transmission. The EPA estimates that the 40 TFSI will get better fuel economy, as it’s rated at 25 mpg combined to the 45 TFSI S-Line model’s 23 mpg combined.
While we haven’t yet tested one, the 40 TFSI model will almost certainly be slower than its more powerful counterpart. Audi quotes a laggard zero to 60 mph time of 8.6 seconds. For reference, our test of a 2019 Q3 with the more powerful 228-hp engine recorded a 7.3 second sprint to 60 mph.
The 40 TFSI is also available in a better equipped Premium Plus trim level, which starts at $38,395. The 45 TFSI’s top Prestige trim level has been dropped, meaning its top version is now the 45 TFSI Premium Plus, starting at $40,395.
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Over the last four episodes of Quick Spin, the Autoweek team has reviewed a diverse collection of cars from the inside out: the Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, Ram TRX, Porsche 718 Cayman T, and a Lamborghini Huracán that featured Blondie’s guitar player Tommy Kessler. In case you missed any of ’em, we’ve bundled them together here for your listening pleasure.
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The Lamborghini Huracán Evo Is Rockstar Ready

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The Lamborghini Huracán Evo is no stranger to Quick Spin. It already appeared in one of the show’s first episodes. This V10-powered Italian supercar makes 610 horsepower in rear-wheel-drive trim and 630 hp in its all-wheel-drive configuration, or enough power to safely make a trip to your local store. The updated Lamborghini also features some styling enhancements adding more visual impact to emphasize that this is the evolution model.
On this episode of Quick Spin, this Lamborghini is reviewed by Blondie guitarist and sports car enthusiast Tommy Kessler. Kessler takes you into this Lambo with a walk around and then brings you along with him while he takes it for a spin. Kessler then joins host Wesley Wren and Robin Warner in the studio to flesh out his feelings about the Italian machine.
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The 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman T Is a Budget Brawler

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While the 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman T doesn’t have a flat-six mounted behind the rear axle like its iconic big brother, it delivers one of the best driving experiences you can get for the money. This mid-engine, turbocharged 2.0-liter flat-four-powered coupe makes hopping into a Porsche slightly more accessible than the pricier 911. This Cayman T model also sports some weight-saving measures like mechanically adjustable seats and fabric door pulls.
On this episode of Quick Spin, editor Wes Raynal puts this Porsche through its paces and brings you along for the ride. Raynal evaluates how the car drives, how it feels, and how it sits in the Porsche lineup. He guides you through the car’s features in a brief walk around of the Cayman T before taking you along while he reviews the car. In between those pre-recorded sections, Raynal expands his thoughts in a discussion with host Wesley Wren.

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The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Rides Off into the Sunset
The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 is one of the coolest Mustangs to ever leave a Ford factory. Powered by a 5.2-liter, naturally aspirated, flat-plane-crank V-8, this Mustang changed the perception of Ford’s legend. This high-performance Mustang pushed the coupe further into the direction of a true-blue sports car. Mated to a six-speed manual transmission and revving to an ear-splitting 8250 rpm, this Mustang is an enthusiast’s dream. Unfortunately, nothing can last forever and this Shelby is going out to pasture after the 2020 model year.
In this episode of Quick Spin, managing editor Robin Warner takes you along for a ride in this Shelby Mustang while he evaluates it. Robin shows you how the car handles, how it sounds, and relays how it feels while he puts it to the test. Mixed between those sections, he elaborates and adds context to the Mustang with host Wesley Wren.
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The 2021 Ram 1500 TRX Snarls at the Competition

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It’s been a long time coming for a true competitor for Ford’s F-150 Raptor pickup, which has been largely unchallenged in the world of trophy truck inspired pickups. Well, Ram debuted a concept four years ago, which is finally ready for the public. Dubbed the Ram 1500 TRX, this Hellcat-powered pickup sends 702 horsepower through the eight-speed automatic transmission and then to all four wheels. Add to that, that this truck is suspended by a serious set of shocks and springs and has a host of other desert-racing goodies: This might be the current king of showroom off-roaders.
In this episode of Quick Spin, Mark Vaughn takes the TRX’s reins during the truck’s launch event to give listeners some insights. Vaughn captures the truck’s exhaust note from the outside of the rig while it’s at full song. He also captures the experience of launching the high-horsepower hauler with some off-road honing thrown in for good measure. In the studio, Vaughn talks with host Wesley Wren about the truck’s ability to jump and drive on roads.
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When Helen Witty’s 16-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk and drugged driver, in her grief she found some comfort in a single word: crash. While most of those around her were referring to her daughter’s death as an accident, Witty says that one word—crash—helped her change her perception and heal.
The word was “empowering,” she says, after her daughter, Helen Marie, went Rollerblading in 2000 and never came home. “It was a bright, sunny afternoon. She went to the end of our driveway, blew me a kiss, and said, ‘I’ll be right back. I’ll stay on the sidewalk. I’ll cross at the crosswalks. I love you.’ And I never saw her again.”
A 17-year-old girl who had spent the afternoon drinking and smoking pot with friends got behind the wheel of her car, got on the phone, and lost control of her vehicle, striking and killing Helen Marie. The word “accident,” Witty says, implies there wasn’t a cause. “A drunk-driving death or injury is 100 percent preventable,” says Witty. “There was a cause. Somebody was at fault.” Witty, now the president of Mother’s Against Drunk Driving (MADD), believes language matters. And “crash” is a word, she says, that ” that goes straight to your heart.”

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MADD was the first organization to give a voice to the pain the word “accident” was causing, says Mark Rosekind, the former administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). “You’re doing a disservice to our lost family members by pretending somehow this was chance when, in fact, it was a drunk driver, or nowadays a distracted driver, or sleepy driver,” he says. By their very definition, accidents are not intentional, but choices are, and that is where the difference lies, safety advocates say.
“People are intentionally driving over the speed limit,” says Danny Harris, executive director of New York City-based Transportation Alternatives. “People are intentionally on their phone while they are on the highway. People are intentionally drinking or taking drugs, then deciding to operate a motor vehicle. These things are tragic, and they’re not accidents.”
The “accident” vernacular is rooted in our history and ingrained in our speech patterns. “It’s just so automatic, it’s like a verbal tic almost,” says Rosekind. “It’s just unconscious for so many people.” And that, advocates say, was purposeful.
Even 100 years later, safety advocates say the word “accident” remains a tool wielded to victim-blame, under the same umbrella as concepts like “The pedestrian wasn’t wearing light-colored clothing” or “The child ran away from a parent across an intersection.”
“And we start to add these other layers that make these things seem like they are just everyday parts of … life, as opposed to preventable tragedies, which we believe that they are,” says Harris. Transportation Alternatives is the parent of Families for Safe Streets, a national grassroots organization that has pushed terminology changes from New York City to San Francisco.
Rosekind says this simple word change, “can translate directly into action that could bring safer roads,” because causation can lead the car industry, engineers, policymakers, and advocates to research and work on why crashes happen; intervention, in turn, can lead to measures that can save lives and prevent injuries. “That’s a very different mindset and approach to safety,” says Rosekind.
While changing how we describe car-specific incidents that kill or injure was part of the mission MADD set in its founding 40 years ago, the federal government didn’t get behind the concept until 1994. Rosekind says it was Ricardo Martinez, the 10th administrator of NHTSA, who kicked off the campaign “A Crash Is Not an Accident.” Still, not all have followed its lead.
More than half of the state departments of transportation in the U.S. have not set policies to do away with “accident” in favor of “crash.” And so for many, the terminology remains not only imprinted in our brains but preprinted on our paperwork. After all, in thousands of jurisdictions across the country, first responders at the scene of a crash fill out forms titled “Accident Report.”
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Remember the Maserati Shamal? We forgive you if you don’t. Based on the equally forgettable Biturbo, it was sold in extremely low numbers, and wasn’t really ever popular in America. Well, Maserati seems to care about it quite a lot, because it has just introduced a new concept based on the Shamal, with a sprinkle of modern tech and other funky mods.

Revealed this week on Maserati’s “Fuoriserie” Instagram account, the car, dubbed Project Rekall—first spotted by the Pistonheads website—is just a collection of sketches, rather than an actual car. It sports the same body lines and boxed fender flares as the original Shamal, but it subs out the exterior light clusters for more modern sets. There are also some cool throwing-star wheels, a vent on the front bumper, and a thin roof-mounted wing.
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Like the outside, Project Rekall’s interior retains the Shamal’s same general cabin layout, modernized with an super-cool digital gauge cluster and some extremely comfy-looking bucket seats. Thankfully, it looks as if the car’s manual transmission has been retained. Whether Maserati’s concept artists want to keep the Shamal’s original twin-turbo 3.2-liter V-8 under the hood has yet to be seen.
A Maserati spokesperson confirmed to Road & Track that its Fuoriserie Instagram channel is intended to promote customization, showing “the infinite possibilities” with its lineup. While the designs shown on the account are “concepts that customers can bring to a real car through customization,” it’s not a place where Maserati showcases actual cars it intends to build.

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Earlier this week, Honda debuted a near-production-correct concept of the upcoming 2022 Civic. While we like what we see so far, looking at the 11th-generation Civic got us nostalgic for the Civics of the past. So we decided to challenge the Window Shop crew to select and find the best ones of all time.
Window Shop regular and C/D contributor John Pearley Huffman joins us again this week and admits that the Civic is probably his second favorite vehicle after the Toyota Tundra. Despite having owned four different Civics in his life, Huffman has no problem selecting his favorite. Senior Editor Joey Capparella makes an uncharacteristically weird choice, an all-wheel-drive model that you may have forgotten existed. Capparella’s Civic sparks a conversation about steel wheels, for which we apologize. Contributor Jonathon Ramsey proves to be a fan of the fourth gen and presents a clean and unmodified example whose low cowl makes us swoon.
We argue the merits of each choice, have a few laughs, spout some quotable factoids that should end any unwanted conversations, and then finally crown the best Civic—sort of. We should also apologize in advance for Huffman neglecting to turn off his phone during the show, and if you watch until the end, you’ll see that he leaves before we’re wrapped, but we definitely don’t need him around to conclude that the Civic has been a spectacular car for a very long time.
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The fourth McLaren Lego set, featuring the Senna GTR, is the largest yet, mostly because this one uses the more detailed Technic building system.
Using Technic allowed the Lego designers to add a small V-8 engine with moving pistons and working dihedral doors (that means they hinge forward and upward).
The 830-piece Lego Technic McLaren Senna GTR will be available in January for $50.
If you find the million-dollar-plus price of a McLaren Senna GTR a bit steep, Lego will sell you one for $50. Sure, it won’t have over 800 horsepower, but it will have 1 Big Kid power, and that’s worth something. Also, you can make it go vroom anywhere you want, instead of just on the track like the real thing.

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Lego has released four previous sets featuring McLaren vehicles, all part of the Speed Champions line. This is the first official McLaren supercar made with Lego Technic pieces, though, and as such, it’s made on a larger scale that allows for a tiny V-8 engine with moving pistons, functional steering, opening dihedral doors and special blue bricks. The new McLaren set is 12 inches long and is designed for builders ages 10 and up. The new set will be available January 1, 2021—sorry, not in time for holiday gift giving—and will cost $49.99. Unlike the real Senna GTR, two seats are standard in the Lego version.

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Lego worked with McLaren designers to re-create the hypercar’s swoopy lines in plastic. A fair amount of printing (or stickers) on the Lego model make it look a little busy, but the car is still easily identifiable with its rear spoiler and roof-mounted steering wheel. Actually, that last item is only for the toy model. Even with functional differences like this, McLaren Automotive design director Robert Melville is a fan. “We’re as proud of the model as we are of the real car,” he said in a statement.

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Three of those earlier Lego McLaren sets were just the vehicles (and cool minifigure drivers): a P1 in 2015, a 720S in 2017, and a Senna in 2019. There was also a McLaren Mercedes Pit Stop set in 2015. The scale for the new Technic McLaren Senna GTR is large enough that the mini figures won’t fit, and it’s made up of almost as many pieces as the four of them put together (852, versus 830 in the new set).
So give your favorite gift recipient (or yourself) an IOU for the new set, which will be out on New Year’s Day, and meanwhile there are plenty of other McLaren choices for Lego fans.

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