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Chevrolet is introducing a 70th Anniversary Edition package for the 2023 Corvette to mark seven decades since the C1 Corvette began production.Two colors are available—White Pearl Metallic Tri-Coat and Carbon Flash Metallic—and each can be had with a pair of racing stripes.The package includes special wheel designs, unique badging, and red trim inside and out.The 2023 model year is important for the Chevrolet Corvette. Not only does this model year mark the arrival of the new Corvette Z06—propelled by a flat-plane-crank 5.5-liter V-8 pushing out 670 horsepower and 460 pound-feet of torque—but it is also the legendary sports car’s 70th birthday, as the original C1 Corvette was first launched for the 1953 model year. To commemorate the occasion, Chevy is releasing a 70th Anniversary Edition package for 2023 Corvettes, including the new Z06.

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The 70th Anniversary Edition package brings a choice of two unique exterior colors, White Pearl Metallic Tri-Coat and Carbon Flash Metallic. Buyers can option racing stripes in Satin Gray for the white paint job or Satin Black with the Carbon Flash look. The package also includes special wheels—with different designs for Stingrays and Z06s—which have a dark finish and a red stripe around the perimeter.

The cockpit is fitted with two-tone Ceramic leather GT2 or Competition Sport seats and red seatbelts, as well as red stitching throughout. The brake calipers are also painted red, as are the engine covers on Stingrays with the package, and there are new 70th Anniversary Edition Corvette badges inside and out. A custom luggage set with red stitching and the new logo also comes with the car. The 70th Anniversary Edition package will be available later this year when production begins on 2023 Corvettes, although there’s no word yet on price. If you don’t feel like springing for the package, all 2023 Corvettes will have a commemorative interior plaque on the center speaker and a graphic on the lower rear window noting the anniversary.
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A video clip, showing the upcoming Tesla Cybertruck on what seems to be a shop floor, surfaced on YouTube today.Although this is circulating on the video-sharing site as a “leaked” video, the two people involved in shooting it don’t seem to be making any effort to hide their participation.Perhaps not coincidentally, Tesla will be holding an earnings call on Wednesday, January 26. We here at Car and Driver like to maintain a healthy skepticism when it comes to manufacturer claims that seem dubious. Sometimes, we even prompt fixes so that car company braggadocio aligns with reality. So while we’d certainly like to drive a Tesla Cybertruck, we wouldn’t bet our bulletproof windows on whether it’ll arrive before Elon colonizes Mars. Both because we’re skeptical, and because Tesla has given us no proof that the Cybertruck is actually imminent anytime soon. And this new video doesn’t change that.
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In a four-minute clip posted by several different YouTube accounts, a guy in a high-vis vest does a walkaround of the truck while commenting on the details he could see, which don’t amount to much. The headlights keep coming on, possibly because of proximity sensors or cameras, or maybe because someone from Tesla is just offscreen turning them on. We don’t see the interior. He doesn’t open the tailgate. There are cables of some sort running laterally across the floor of the bed, seemingly held in place with sandbags. What are they for? Why the sandbags?Our narrator does not explore this line of speculation. He comments that the truck looks like a refrigerator, and it sounds kind of like a compliment. There’s another guy with tattoos who seems to know more about the truck than the guy who’s filming. The truck has external rearview mirrors but no door handles. It has one windshield wiper. The mirrors might be a production item. Or they could be temporary, for testing. We don’t know what the deal is with any of this. All we do know is that Tesla parked a Cybertruck by itself where two dudes could examine it at their leisure and then post the resulting video online without fear of reprisal—garnering attention and stoking the idea that an important product is nearing production—a few days ahead of an earnings call. Huh!

What we don’t know is anything else, even about this particular truck. Was it built at the Texas Gigafactory, on an assembly line, as car companies do to fine-tune the production process and identify potential snags? Or is it a hand-built prototype? Does it have a production-ready powertrain? How much will it cost? Is this one smaller than the original concept they unveiled? Is this even at the Texas Gigafactory or are we led to think so because the guys have southern accents? Not to be too conspiracy-minded, but simultaneously pumping the idea that the factory and the truck are both further along than they actually are would be pretty smart.Anyway, there’s definitely a Cybertruck, and they’re planning to build more at some point. That we know. Probably.
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Lamborghini will release four new cars this year, and they’ll be the final Lamborghinis to use gas engines without any electric assistance. That’s according to CEO Stephan Winkelmann in an interview with the U.K.’s Car magazine.These new models will be followed by a plug-in-hybrid replacement for the Aventador in 2023, with plug-in Huracán and Urus models arriving the year after. Lamborghini’s first electric car will likely be a grand tourer, and that one is currently in the very early planning stages, according to Winkelmann.While Ferrari is already building two series production hybrid supercars—the plug-in SF90 Stradale and its baby brother, the 296GTB—Lamborghini has made just one electrified model, the limited-production Sián. But that is soon to change, with Lamborghini boss Stephan Winkelmann revealing the Italian supercar maker’s path toward an electric future in a recent interview with CAR magazine. Before Lamborghini’s electrified onslaught begins, however, the last Lamborghinis with a gas-only powertrain will arrive this year. Winkelmann confirmed two new variants of the Huracán and two versions of the Urus SUV as part of a mid-cycle facelift. The first new Huracán model is expected to be the Sterrato, a rally-style off-road supercar first shown as a concept back in 2019. Car claims that the second Huracán derivative will be a subtler take on the garish high-performance STO (think Porsche 911 GT3 Touring), possibly called JV Stradale. The updated Urus has already been spotted testing and is likely to add a high-performance model.

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Plug-In Hybrids Coming, Plus a New EngineThen 2023 will mark the start of Lamborghini’s electrification plans, with Winkelmann revealing that the Aventador replacement will arrive that year sporting a plug-in-hybrid setup with a new V-12 engine. This will be Lamborghini’s first plug-in model, and itwill quickly be followed by two more, an Urus and a Huracán, in 2024. The Urus will use a V-8, but Winkelmann remained tight-lipped about what will power the plug-in Huracán, only saying that it will have a “completely new engine.” According to Car it will be a V-8, but unlike the unit found in the Urus, it will be developed by Lamborghini itself and not shared with Audi or Porsche. Car claims the V-8 will have a 10,000-rpm redline and will be able to run on synthetic fuels, with the hybrid system generating an approximate total of 850 horsepower.

Further down the line, Lamborghini is preparing a fully electric grand tourer. Lamborghini’s first EV is still in its early planning phase, with the company testing electric rivals and working out the details of what the car will need to be competitive. While it may be a while until we see Lamborghini’s EV debut, the Italian automaker has plenty of exciting models to keep us sated in the meantime.
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The Jeep Grand Wagoneer is arguably the definition of American excess, and the big Jeep is both beautiful and atrocious for it. Sure, no one needs an approximately three-ton box with a 471-hp V-8 that rockets it to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds, nor does anyone need up to seven infotainment-related screens or enough leather and wood trim to put an Aspen ski lodge to shame, but dammit, they want it. Is that not the American Dream, after all? [editoriallinks id=’da5f97fb-da53-491a-9115-a8b6da79027c’ align=’left’][/editoriallinks]Yet, as indulgent as it is, the Grand Wagoneer still shows some signs of restraint. At 214.7 inches long, Jeep’s full-size SUV casts a shadow more than a foot shorter than that of the largest Cadillac Escalade, the Escalade ESV. This is due to change soon, though, as Jeep seems intent on adding a long-wheelbase variant to the Grand Wagoneer model line, as evidenced by these images that show the vehicle undergoing testing alongside a standard-wheelbase model. [image id=’5b6c5e39-14b3-410c-8224-942ad01b67f8′ mediaId=’c9068c95-f3e2-4ac1-8373-2b25477e290a’ align=’center’ size=’medium’ share=’false’ caption=” expand=” crop=’18×11′][/image]The 2022 Grand Wagoneer’s measurements top those of the standard-wheelbase Escalade by 3.7 inches in overall length and by 2.1 inches in wheelbase (at 123.0 inches). In much the same way, the long-wheelbase Grand Wagoneer (the Grandiose Wagoneer?) will almost certainly overshadow the giant Escalade ESV with its 134.1-inch wheelbase. Although we only see Jeep testing an extended Grand Wagoneer in these images, we believe the brand plans to offer the less opulent Wagoneer in long-wheelbase form as well.Save for additional third-row space and cargo room, the longer Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer should carry over the features of its shorter kin, including those models’ powertrain options. This includes the likely addition of a plug-in hybrid 4xe variant. One thing that is likely to remain missing from this extra-large Wagoneer model, however, is Jeep’s Trail Rated badging. If the standard-wheelbase iterations of the Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer lacked the agility to earn this distinction, then these even bigger versions—with surely worse departure and breakover angles—can be expected to fail to achieve the honor. Jeep is still keeping quiet about its longer Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer for now. That said, we think the off-road-oriented brand will formally unveil these massive models before the end of the year, likely as 2023 or 2024 models.[poll id=’f3777272-1ea8-41fb-beb7-9d840b96bd0f_98d2ad120519b’ type=’text’ question=’Should Jeep add long-wheelbase Grand Wagoneer and Wagoneer variants to its model line?’ answer1=’Yes.’ answer2=’No.’][/poll][editoriallinks id=’eda9a23f-9579-4c53-a7dd-a25e7bc488fe’ align=’center’][/editoriallinks]

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