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Lamborghini revealed today that it will be bringing back the Countach name, and the teaser video and photo show a wedge-shaped supercar.A photo leaked on Instagram shows the car’s full name to be Countach LPI 800-4, with LPI indicating a hybrid powertrain and the number suggesting it will have nearly 800 horsepower.Lamborghini will take the wraps off the new Countach in the next several days during Monterey Car Week.50 years ago, Lamborghini took the covers off the first prototype of the Countach. Now, five decades after the world first saw the radically styled LP500 prototype at the 1971 Geneva auto show, Lamborghini has announced the return of the legendary Countach nameplate, releasing a teaser video today of the upcoming supercar. Notably, this recycled name goes against Lamborghini convention, as the company typically introduces a new moniker for each new model.
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The video doesn’t reveal much—at just over 20 seconds long, the teaser shows a young kid putting up a poster of the original Countach on his wall and asks, “What do you see? A new image ready to be hung on a wall or the rebirth of a dream?” The final shot shows a white, wedge-shaped vehicle in the distance as the narrator announces the revival of the Countach name.

Lamborghini also provided one teaser image showing the new Countach under a sheet, and although details are indistinguishable, the classic Lamborghini wedge shape is as clear as day. A leaked image posted to Instagram, as spotted by Roadshow, shows the full name to be Countach LPI 800-4, implying that it will be a production vehicle and not a concept. The LPI portion suggests a hybrid powertrain, with Lamborghini using the “Longitudinale Posteriore Ibrido” designation once before on the 2014 Asterion hybrid concept. The 800 indicates 800 PS, or 789 horsepower, and the 4 means it will have all-wheel drive. Curiously, the Sian, which used a supercapacitor hybrid system, did not include the LPI suffix, suggesting that the Countach could have a new hybrid setup.We expect the Countach to be a limited-production vehicle, with it being too soon for a series-production replacement for the Aventador. The Ultimae final edition of that model was just recently unveiled. The new Countach will likely cost at least a million dollars and will be revealed within the next few days during Monterey Car Week.
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Kia U.K. saved a pre-production Soul EV prototype from being crushed, converting it into a concept for the Boardmasters 2021 surfing and music festival.The Soul EV gains a 3.0-inch lift, revised suspension, wider track, and chunky 265/75 R16 Maxxis Bighorn tires wrapped around 16-inch white steel wheels.The custom roof rack can carry two Tahe Bic Malibu surfboards, while the rear seat is replaced with a white-stained spruce deck for extra cargo room.Automakers often destroy pre-production prototypes after they’ve reached the end of the development process, but Kia’s U.K. division recently saved a Kia Soul EV prototype that was destined for the crusher. After it avoided an untimely death, this Soul was transformed into this custom, lifted surf-mobile for Boardmasters 2021, a surfing and music festival on the Cornish Coast in England.

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Based on the Soul EV, which is not sold in the U.S. and is the only Soul available in Europe, the Boardmasters Edition retains the production car’s powertrain, with a 64.0-kWh battery feeding a 201-horsepower electric motor powering the front wheels. While the powertrain is untouched, the Boardmasters Edition sits on new 16-inch white steel wheels shod in 265/75 R16 Maxxis Bighorn tires, which required redesigned wheel arches.

Along with off-road tires, the Boardmasters Edition gains a modified suspension with a 3.0-inch lift, as well as a 4.3-inch wider track at the front and 4.5-inch wider track at the rear. There is also steel roof rack that holds a pair of Tahe Bic Malibu surfboards and raises the Soul’s height to 76.8 inches, ten inches higher than a Kia Sorento. The rack includes a pair of LED spotlights and a solar panel to help recharge the battery pack while you’re out riding the waves. Kia acknowledged that these changes would negatively impact the Soul EV’s 280-mile range (on Europe’s WLTP testing cycle).

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The special edition keeps the production-spec Neptune Blue paint but adds white stripes and Boardmasters logos. Inside, the Soul EV’s rear bench has been removed to enlarge the cargo capacity, and the trunk floor features white-stained spruce wood. The tailgate also includes a fold-out bench and a swing-out arm for drying wetsuits or towels. The Soul EV Boardmasters Edition will be on display throughout the festival from August 11 to 15.
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The 2022 Volkswagen Arteon will have a more powerful engine with 300 horsepower.There are now three trim levels available: SE R-Line, SEL R-Line, and SEL Premium R-Line.The base price rises $3000 to $41,190 for the front-wheel-drive SE R-Line.VW likes to call the Arteon its flagship model, and the hatchback is rising into a slightly higher echelon for the 2022 model year thanks to a powertrain upgrade and a higher starting price. The 2022 Arteon now has a 300-horsepower version of VW’s turbocharged 2.0-liter inline-four, and it starts at $41,190 for the base SE R-Line model.

The new power output of 300 hp and 295 pound-feet of torque represents an increase of 32 hp and 37 pound-feet over the previous model. The updates also include a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission to replace the previous eight-speed conventional automatic. We expect this will result in quicker acceleration than the 2021 model we tested, which reached 60 mph in 6.4 seconds.The base SE model comes only with front-wheel drive and now includes the R-Line appearance upgrades, which largely explains the higher base price. The SEL R-Line now comes standard with all-wheel drive and starts at $45,810, an increase of $1220 over last year’s SEL R-Line AWD. VW has not yet released pricing for the 2022 Arteon SEL Premium R-Line, which also has all-wheel drive.Other changes include a different 18-inch wheel design for the SE, new optional 20-inch wheels for the SEL, and new standard equipment for the SE including park assist and a wireless phone charger.
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The Ferrari Roma is a truly exceptional grand tourer, a return to form for a company that spent the 1960s building some of the most glorious GT cars ever to see the road. That makes it a perfect fit for the open roads of Italy, from the vineyards of Tuscany to the top of the Alps. But not all roads in Italy are all that open.At some point in this particular Roma’s grand tour, the driver felt he had no choice but to get to the other side of a narrow alleyway in a historic Italian city. The car was just narrow enough that it almost fit, a particularly dangerous proposition that led to this: a car being stuck on both sides well into an alleyway, with no way out but to move centuries-old houses, remove some body panels, or back up all the way back to the entrance.

The video does not actually show any resolution, just a concerned onlooker (possibly the driver) looking at the corners of the very stuck car and accepting that forward is no longer an option. We have to use our skills of inference, but anyone who has ever gotten a car stuck on a narrow wall can attest that the driver will be dealing with serious scratches and dents, creating lasting damage to the Roma’s elegantly swooped rear fenders.Italy’s historic alleyways are famously narrow and its modern performance cars are famously wide, so this was just a matter of time. The owner can at least take some solace in the fact that he has joined a grand comedy tradition of wedging cars in alleyways.

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