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Bugatti has revealed two more creations from its Sur Mesure bespoke division: a Chiron Super Sport and a Chiron Pur Sport.Bugatti calls the paint jobs Vagues de Lumière (“light waves”), and the Super Sport takes on a bold blue-and-orange appearance. The Pur Sport meanwhile is a bit more low-key, with a blue-on-blue paint job. Late last year Bugatti launched its own bespoke division, Sur Mesure, giving customers the opportunity to take customizing their 200-plus-mph missiles to the extreme. The first product of the Sur Mesure program was a baby-blue Chiron Pur Sport with red accents that honored Louis Chiron’s win at the 1931 French Grand Prix at the helm of a Bugatti Type 51. Now Bugatti has revealed two more of its Sur Mesure creations, another Chiron Pur Sport and a Chiron Super Sport hand-painted to mimic the way, as Bugatti puts it, “the precisely designed body panels of the marque’s hyper sports cars reflect light.”
Bugatti calls the paint jobs “Vagues de Lumière,” meaning light waves. The Chiron Super Sport is one of the first Super Sports to reach customers, and it arrives with a base finish in California Blue. Layered on top are swooping lines in Arancia Mira, an orange hue. This color also adorns the magnesium wheels—reminding us of the 2000s Porsche 911 GT3 RS—as well as the leather interior. The number 38 is painted on the horseshoe grille “at the owner’s request,” also in Arancia Mira.

Despite the large rear wing, the Chiron Pur Sport looks subtler, thanks to a blue-on-blue paint job. The body itself is exposed blue carbon, while the stripes flowing around the hypercar are a slightly lighter Nocturne blue color. Each end plate on the rear wing bears the French flag, and the number 9 is painted on the grille. The interior is decked out in a mix of Beluga Black and French Racing Blue leather. Bugatti says that the paint schemes seen on these two Chirons took around five weeks apiece and were hand-painted on. While the Super Sport’s orange-and-blue look might be a bit loud for some people’s taste, the paintwork is stunning. We look forward to Sur Mesure’s next creation.
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• This Ram Air III–powered example of the 1969 Pontiac GTO Judge is up for auction at Bring a Trailer right now.• This GTO Judge features a replacement 400-cubic-inch Ram Air III V-8 with a Muncie M20 four-speed manual transmission and a Safe-T-Track rear axle.• The auction ends on Sunday, April 24, and as of Thursday bidding is at $22,500.

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As the proud owner of a 1968 GTO, I would be remiss not to single out this 1969 GTO Judge as a special car up for auction on Bring a Trailer—which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos. The Judge is a special example of a muscle car from the late ’60s. Just like the current owner of this 1969 GTO Judge, I also received mine by way of my father, who spent his summers in college working at the plant in Pontiac doing various jobs. One summer he worked in the iron foundry shoveling molding sand, one summer in the assembly line plant on the chassis line, and his last in the finishing plant adjusting headlights and prepping for shipping. It seems only fitting that he ended up with a GTO one day himself.

This GTO Judge is currently located in California; however, it was originally delivered to a dealership in Anchorage, Alaska. This car comes with a clean title, but more important, it comes with a Pontiac Historic Services documentation showing that it is indeed a true Judge. This car has been refinished in Carousel Red and features the optional Judge package which includes a black grille, decklid-mounted wing, tricolor graphics, and “Judge” badging on the front fenders.

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The replacement 400-cubic-inch Ram Air V-8 features a four-barrel carburetor and electric ignition. In addition to the V-8 and Muncie M20 transmission, it has a hood-mounted tachometer, power steering, 15-inch Cragar S/S wheels, power front disc brakes, retractable headlamp covers, and a Hurst T-handle shifter. The Hurst shifter was factory installed on manual transmissions in the Pontiac GTO. Pontiac also offered a dual-gate shifter, the unfortunately named His and Hers, which allowed for manual shifts for drag racing or standard automatic function.

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This GTO Judge’s additional equipment includes a body-color Endura front bumper, chrome rear bumper, polished rocker and wheel opening trim, hood-mounted scoops, and a dual-outlet exhaust below the rear bumper. Like any loved classic car, this one has a couple of dents, a little rust, and some paint chips, scratches, and blemishes. The cabin features bucket seats and a rear bench upholstered in black vinyl along with a matching dashboard and faux-wood dash accent. The door locks do not work on this car, a similar issue I have with mine and, from what I’m told by my local classic car shop, a common issue with the GTO. The Judge was intended not only to help with GTO sales, but also to be a direct competitor to the Plymouth Road Runner. Halfway through 1971, the Judge was discontinued, although the GTO kept going through 1974. While it is a privilege to be the owner of any American muscle car, a Judge would surely be a Goat to be proud of. The auction is online through Sunday afternoon, April 24.

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Honda recently confirmed that the Insight will be discontinued and a Civic hybrid is on its way.There’s a new Civic hybrid for Europe, and we think it could offer a preview of the model we’ll eventually get.We’re not sure if the Civic hybrid will be offered in the U.S. as a sedan or a hatchback, or both.The Honda Civic hybrid is poised to return to the U.S. market, as the Insight—which is effectively a Civic hybrid in all but name—bows out after the 2022 model year. Honda has yet to release details about the upcoming U.S.-market Civic hybrid, but did just release photos and specs for the Europe-spec version that could give us an idea of what to expect.

The Euro Civic’s hybrid powertrain is similar to the Insight’s in that it uses two electric motors and a gasoline engine, but it swaps out the Insight’s 1.5-liter inline-four for a larger 2.0-liter inline-four. This means the Civic hybrid is significantly more powerful, producing 181 horsepower in total compared to the Insight’s 152 hp. That’s about the same as the nonhybrid Civic’s optional turbocharged 1.5-liter inline-four. But the U.S.-market Accord hybrid, which also uses a 2.0-liter gasoline engine, is more powerful still, with a combined 212 hp.

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Fuel economy may suffer somewhat, as the Insight has an EPA combined rating of up to 52 mpg, while the Euro Civic hybrid is rated at 50 mpg combined on the more favorable WLTP cycle.Honda hasn’t said where it plans to build the U.S.-market Civic hybrid, but the Civic hatchback is currently built in Indiana and the sedan is built in Canada. Although the Europe-market Civic comes only as a hatchback and is exclusively a hybrid, we’re not sure which bodystyles will be offered for the hybrid on our shores. A Civic hybrid sedan would be an obvious rival for the sedan-only Toyota Corolla hybrid, but we hope Honda will offer the hatchback as a hybrid too for its extra measure of practicality. The Euro Civic hybrid, for its part, appears to offer many of the same visual elements from the Civic Sport and Sport Touring trims, including larger wheels.Look for Honda to release more information soon about the U.S.-bound Civic hybrid soon, as we expect it to join the lineup soon, possibly as a 2023 model.
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Off-roaders everywhere were given a cautionary tale this week when news broke about a Ford Bronco stuck underwater near Bar Harbor, Maine. The fan-favorite SUV wandered a bit too far off a sandbar during low tide, only to be swallowed by the sea when the tides returned later in the day. After two full days living among the fishes, the folks at Island Towing were finally able to extricate the off-roader Monday evening.

The extrication process was led by Island Towing’s Les Foss, who had previously spent 16 hours attempting to free the Bronco before successfully getting the truck ashore, according to The Drive. Ahead of the third and final rescue attempt, Foss was approached by a diver working with the Department of Environmental Protection. Since the truck would not roll on its own and it was stuck far from the shore, the two agreed that the SUV would best be recovered with the help of large float bags. These pieces of equipment are often used to retrieve large objects from below the surface, including chunks of historic wreckages. Timing became a crucial element of the plan, as the float bags would need the assistance of the high tide to push the truck toward safety.
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After Foss and his associates were able to secure 10,000 pounds’ worth of float bags, the Bronco was carefully moved within range of an awaiting wrecker. Foss told The Drive that he couldn’t position a truck within 1500 feet of the drowned SUV before the successful float, likening the rescue to pulling a boulder from the ocean. The whole process took an additional 12 hours, bringing the total rescue effort up to 28 hours. Had the floating method failed, the next step would have involved a barge-mounted crane. While this incident ultimately comes down to driver error, it is hard not to feel a little bad for the owner of this particular Bronco, which has now been identified as an Outer Banks model. These SUVs have been difficult to come by since it made its debut, and I’m sure this mistake was born out of a desire to test the truck’s lauded capabilities. Perhaps the Sasquatch package and its larger mud-terrain tires could have been a benefit here.
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