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If you’re into cool Porsches, you’re going to like this news. The company revealed late yesterday a collection of previously-unannounced one-off concepts to the public, giving us an inside look at what could’ve been from the past 15 years.

The coolest car of the lot is the 919 Street, shown above. Developed in 2017 “to make the exhilarating driving experience of the LMP1 race car available to amateur drivers,” it was supposed to use the same carbon monocoque, hybrid drivetrain, and wheelbase as Porsche’s Le Mans-winning 919 Hybrid, with more subdued, production-like bodywork. Unfortunately, a 1:1 clay scale model is as far as the project ever went.

Next up is the Porsche Vision Spyder. Designed just last year, it’s a modern take on the 1954 550-1500 RS Spyder, with no roof and a simplistic cockpit. There are plenty of graphics and red accents, and a cool unique roll bar piece. Like the 919, the car is an un-drivable 1:1 scale model.

Then there’s the Porsche Vision “Renndienst.” The funkiest of the collection, it was conceived in 2018 as a “family-friendly space concept for up to six persons.” According to the company, the 1:1 model was built to show how designers could apply Porsche design DNA to a segment it doesn’t sell a car for. It’s supposed to be all-electric and have a center driver’s seating position. To us, it seems like Porsche’s take on VW’s upcoming I.D. Buzz EV bus.

Another entry into the minimalist category is the Porsche Vision 916, a modern version of the prototype from the Seventies that never saw production. This iteration, designed by an intern from Porsche’s design team in 2016, is a clay 1:1 scale model that, should it have been produced, would be powered by an all-electric drivetrain with four in-hub motors.

The stunning 904 Living Legend concept, built in 2014, uses the same carbon fiber monocoque as the ultra-efficient Volkswagen XL1. Framed as a minimalist sports car, it has some stunning proportions, and would’ve weighed around 2000 pounds in production form thanks to a tiny, high-revving V-twin motorcycle engine—similar to VW’s Ducati-powered XL Sport concept. Unfortunately a 1:1 scale model was the only example built.

Taking things one step further is the 906 Living Legend concept. Developed in 2005, it used the iconic Sixties racer of the same name as inspiration, but incorporated a whole collection of new design cues. According to Porsche, this was one of the cars used to inspire its current model electric model lineup.

Continuing the theme is the Le Mans Living Legend concept, first conceived in 2016. Inspired by the 78 PS, Porsche’s closed-cockpit 1953 Le Mans entry, it uses a Boxster as a base, and would’ve used a racing V-8 engine if it wasn’t just a clay model. The company says this car is the 718 GT4’s predecessor, which makes sense. Unlike the other cars in this article, we can see why Porsche didn’t initially release this car to the public—from many angles, it looks vastly similar to the Alpine A110.

According to Porsche, the idea for 960 Vision Turismo—the basis for what would eventually become the all-electric Taycan—was discovered by accident. “When walking past, I saw a schematic representation of the Porsche 918 on a designer’s drawing board in our studio,” remembers chief designer Michael Mauer. “A line had been redrawn with a felt-tip pen to clearly show the falling contour. From the corner of my eye it looked like a rear door joint. I was astonished!” The car was the first Porsche to receive the continuous light bar design at the rear that almost all current models use today.
These are just eight of the 15 previously hidden cars Porsche has unleashed on the world through a new 328-page book called Porsche Unseen, for sale now through all major book retailers. If you or someone you know is obsessed with the world of Porsche, it’s a must-have.

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Ford will now offer a fully electric Transit van: the E-Transit, powered by a 67.0-kWh battery with up to 126 miles of range.
The E-Transit will start at no more than $45,000, Ford says, and will be offered in the numerous configurations the current Transit is available in.
The 2022 E-Transit is expected to arrive in mid-2021.
For 2022, Ford’s popular Transit work van is joined by the E-Transit, a fully electric cargo van optimized for fleet use. The 2022 E-Transit will offer many of the popular attributes of the Transit, including varying sizes for different customers as well as the ability to upfit the interior to a huge variety of needs and uses.

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The rear-wheel-drive E-Transit has a single motor in the back putting out 266 horsepower and 317 lb-ft of torque. There are eight models, all with the same powertrain but a choice of three roof heights and three lengths, in addition to a chassis cab and cutaway models. The van will offer 126 miles of range for the low-roof cargo van and will start at no more than $45,000, Ford says.
The E-Transit will charge up 10 miles of range in an hour with a Level 2 charger or 30 miles of range in 10 minutes with a DC Level 3 fast charger. Both options come with Ford’s standard mobile charger. A 2.4-kWh generator that can power tools on a worksite or elsewhere is an available option.

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Sync 4, Ford’s latest infotainment system, is standard on the E-Transit alongside a 12.0-inch infotainment screen, an improvement over the 4.0-inch screen in the gas-powered Transit. Work-friendly features come with the E-Transit’s Sync 4 system such as active driver coaching, which will correct a driver who hits the brakes hard, rapidly accelerates, or drives above the speed limit.

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Driver assist features such as lane-keeping assist and pre-collision assist with automated emergency braking come as standard on the van, while other features such as adaptive cruise control with speed sign recognition and speed assist come as available. Blind-spot monitoring, a 360-degree camera, and reverse brake assist are optional.
When fleet managers activate the standard 4G connectivity in the E-Transit, they can then use the tools from Ford Commercial Solutions to monitor and manage the vehicles in their fleet. Managers can see when a van is in use or when it’s charging as well as monitor the efficiency of a given van. Fleet managers can also precondition vans while they are charging and track them with GPS to see when they are and aren’t in use.

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The Ford Transit is the most popular commercial van in the U.S.; its 2019 sales were more than double its next competitor, the Chevrolet Express, and now with the E-Transit, its appeal will be even more broad as this market grows. From 2014 to 2018, electric-vehicle fleet sales went up by four times, and by 2040, the number of electric vehicles in fleets is expected to hit 15 million, according to a recent study from Ernst & Young.
The E-Transit will be built at Ford’s Kansas City plant. It’s slated to arrive in late 2021, meaning it will reach markets before the electric F-150, which is planned to arrive in mid-2022. It’s difficult to say how many competitors will be on the market when the E-Transit reaches the public—if there are even any—but currently, Rivian is working on an electric van and is fulfilling a 100,000-unit order for Amazon. General Motors has also been reportedly working on its own electric van, and Hyundai-backed Arrival is also developing its own electric van.
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Ferrari has announced that the hybrid all-wheel-drive SF90 Stradale will be getting a retractable-hardtop variant.
The SF90 Spider is powered by a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V-8 with three electric motors and produces 986 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque.
It’ll go on sale in the U.S. toward the end of next year.
In 2013, the 950-hp LaFerrari, Ferrari’s first hybrid, arrived along with other electrically assisted hypercars from McLaren and Porsche. Seven years later, the hybrid that’s currently dominating the Italian supercar maker’s lineup is the 986-hp SF90 Stradale plug-in-hybrid supercar. Ferrari is announcing today that the SF90 will be available as a Spider variant with a retractable hard top that, when stowed, keeps the same styling profile as the coupe.

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A 796-hp 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V-8 is still at the heart of the SF90 Spider, which gets assistance from three electric motors—two on the front axle and one between the engine and transmission—that add an additional 217 ponies, making the droptop’s total power output 986 horsepower and 590 lb-ft of torque. An eight-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox and an all-wheel-drive system help send the Spider to 62 mph in an estimated 2.5 seconds with a top speed of 211 mph—the same figures as the SF90 Stradale coupe.

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The SF90 Spider is equipped with a retractable hard top, which can raise and lower in 14 seconds and won’t deform at high speeds like a traditional soft top. To achieve peak downforce, Ferrari added a shut-off Gurney flap in the rear and an active control system that adjusts downforce over the rear axle. To keep air flowing into the engine bay, the intake vents directly behind the roof were adjusted transversely behind the Spider’s rear screen to account for the retractable hardtop’s stowage compartment.

Like the Stradale coupe, the SF90 Spider is equipped with touch-sensitive steering wheel buttons that include headlight, windshield wiper, and turn signal controls as well as the 16-inch digital gauge cluster’s controls. Head-up display is standard, and the lightweight, track-focused Assetto Fiorano handling package is also available on the Spider, which gives it a unique livery, and adds Multimatic spool-valve dampers, carbon fiber, and sticky Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 rubber.
The 2021 Ferrari SF90 Spider will arrive in the U.S. toward the end of next year starting at the equivalent of $558,000.
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Honda has given a first look at the 2022 Civic sedan, and it’s an inviting redesign.
The car, in prototype form, will be revealed during a Twitch live stream on Tuesday, November 17, at 9:45 p.m. ET.
The 2022 Honda Civic will go on sale in spring 2021, starting in the low-$20,000 range.
You’ll be inclined to swipe right on the 2022 Honda Civic when you see it because the 11th-generation sedan will be much more attractive than its somewhat awkward-looking predecessor. Honda will unveil a prototype of the next Civic during a live stream on Twitch on November 17 at 9:45 p.m. ET.

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Honda will only offer the 2022 Civic in sedan (which we’re seeing here) and hatchback forms, discontinuing the two-door coupe models. The next-gen car will have a better looking athletic and angular design, which reminds us of the newly redesigned 2021 Acura TLX, which is getting a 355-hp high-performance Type S model. The prototype version, which we’ll see before the production-ready car, features a gloss black grille with a chrome Honda badge and gloss black wheels along with an integrated lip spoiler in the rear and dual oval exhaust pipes.

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We don’t know much about the new Civic’s powertrains, but Honda has confirmed that the 2022 lineup will include sedan, hatchback, Si, and Type R models, meaning there will be varying power levels from various four-cylinder engines. They’ll ride on a newer version of the current Civic’s platform, and a manual transmission should be standard (#SavetheManuals).
The 2022 Honda Civic will arrive in the U.S. in the spring, and pricing is expected to start in the low-$20,000 range.
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