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Tour-de-Force Power Engineering, or TDF, is offering a car with a 2011 Marussia or 2012 Sauber Formula 1 chassis and a 600-hp turbo 1.8-liter engine. TDF claims its TDF-1 offers “95 percent of the performance of an F1 car.” Cheaper to run: it can go 1860 miles between engine servicing, the company claims. But the […] More
Maserati has announced that it has started testing its all-electric powertrain at its facility in Modena, Italy. The all-electric powertrain will debut on the new GranTurismo and GranCabrio sports cars. Expect the new sports cars to make their debut in May 2020. The video (above) shows the letters MMXXI, which is 2021 in Roman numerals. […] More
Audi has had vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) features in its cars since 2016, and now its Q8 SUV will use them in a Virginia pilot program. The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute will build the software needed for deployment, which could add an additional layer of safety for road crews by warning drivers early of their presence. Audi […] More
Someone sent us a photo of this C8 Corvette with its wheels and tires stolen. The car was parked on the street in Detroit, Michigan, in a neighborhood called the West Village. We assume this is a GM-owned car, as the C8 isn’t on sale yet at Chevy dealerships. Looking for a set of Corvette […] More
Mercedes-Benz’s facelifted E-class sedan will get new 48-volt hybrid engines. There will be several plug-in-hybrid variants. Biggest change is the switch to the new MBUX infotainment. The finished car won’t be on display until the Geneva auto show in March, but Mercedes-Benz has released these pictures of disguised versions of the facelifted E-class, as well […] More
The Buick Encore GX, new for 2020, debuts with a price that should make it competitive in the compact-crossover market. The GX will come in three trim levels, with the base Preferred model starting just over $25,000 and fully optioned models pushing into the mid-$30,000 range. All three trims come with a 137-hp turbocharged three-cylinder […] More
KGP PhotographyCar and Driver We hear that the new high-performance V version of the Cadillac CT5 won’t have the engine we were expecting. Instead of the twin-turbo 4.2-liter Blackwing V-8 we anticipated, the new sports sedan will use the same supercharged 6.2-liter as its predecessor the CTS-V. The name of this upcoming CT5-V variant is […] More
Toyota has issued a recall for nearly 2.9 million vehicles in the U.S., including the 2011–2019 Corolla, 2011–2013 Matrix hatchbacks, 2012–2018 Avalon, and 2013–2018 Avalon hybrid sedans. The recall is due to the failure of the airbag control unit to interpret a crash in certain situations and thus not deploying the airbags and tightening the […] More
