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Jul
15
2021
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By Troy Warren
GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk

GM warns some Bolt owners to park outdoors due to fire risk

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By TOM KRISHER, Associated Press Troy Warren for CNT DETROIT — General Motors is telling owners of some older Chevrolet Bolts to park them outdoors and not to charge them overnight because two of the electric cars caught fire after recall repairs were made. The company said Wednesday the request covers 2017 through 2019 Bolts that were part of a group that was recalled earlier due to fires in the batteries. The latest request comes after two Bolts that had gotten recall repairs caught fire, one in Vermont and the other in New Jersey, GM spokesman Kevin Kelly said. Owners should…
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Jul
14
2021
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2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring: Wingless Wonder

2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring: Wingless Wonder

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BY DEREK POWELL | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT Porsche's GT3 Touring is not as subtle as it looks. If you relish the 9,000-rpm scream of a naturally aspirated flat-six but otherwise want to turn down the volume on the Porsche 911 GT3 experience, the $163,450 Touring is the GT3 for you. Otherwise mechanically identical to the brilliant, winged GT3, the Touring offers the same sound and fury in a (slightly) subtler package for the exact same price. As with the previous generation, the primary difference between the GT3 Touring and the exhibitionist version is the absence of a rear wing. To create downforce, the Touring…
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Jul
13
2021
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Tested: 2021 Countryman S ALL4 Proves Bigger Isn’t Always Better

Tested: 2021 Countryman S ALL4 Proves Bigger Isn’t Always Better

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BY ERIC STAFFORD | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT As the largest of today's Mini Coopers, the all-wheel-drive Countryman S crossover puts practicality over driver entertainment. The original Mini of the 1960s traded in tininess and fun, but a need for practicality and space have steadily increased what constitutes a Mini. The four-door 2021 Mini Cooper Countryman, the largest member of the Mini family, pushes the boundary of what Mini means. A bigger Mini may be a more popular and profitable Mini, but enlarging the concept doesn't necessarily make for a better car. Although the 2022 Countryman is now on sale, we sampled the identical 2021 version.…
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Jul
12
2021
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Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 Is a Race Car Without a Race

Lamborghini Essenza SCV12 Is a Race Car Without a Race

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BY MIKE DUFF | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT The fastest Lamborghini offers its billionaire buyers a race-car experience—minus an actual series to compete in. Is it possible to grow bored of Lamborghini's street-legal lineup? We would doubt it, but the very existence of the Essenza SCV12 suggests there are at least some ultrarich thrill seekers who can't find sufficiently spiky adrenaline highs from those models that wear license plates.  The Essenza is not a road car and is produced by Lamborghini's motorsport division. But nor is it a race car, because buyers will not be able to compete in it. Like Ferrari's FXX offerings,…
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Jul
11
2021
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Pininfarina to Design Startup’s 1000-HP Hercules Alpha Electric Pickup

Pininfarina to Design Startup’s 1000-HP Hercules Alpha Electric Pickup

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BY WESLEY WREN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT   The Detroit-based EV startup Hercules has signed Pininfarina to design its upcoming battery-electric pickup. Hercules Electric Vehicles says the Alpha pickup will be available in 2022.  The company also says that the four-motor-equipped Alpha pickup will make up to 1000 horsepower.  There is a lot of buzz around electric pickups following Ford’s F-150 Lightning reveal, and the tumultuous news coming out of the Lordstown Motors camp. That means there's even more attention on the EV space and the younger EV startups like Hercules Electric Vehicles. Well, this young, Detroit-based prospective EV maker has penned a…
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Jul
10
2021
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Tested: 2021 BMW M5 Competition Does Mild to Wild

Tested: 2021 BMW M5 Competition Does Mild to Wild

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BY MIKE SUTTON | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT As 617-hp sports sedans go, BMW's updated M5 Competition is awfully easy to live with. The BMW M5 has maintained an impressively flexible character over the years. Even as advancements in technology have propelled it to awesome levels of performance, the brand's mid-size super sedan has remained sufficiently luxurious and unassuming for low-profile chauffeur work. While we might expect that kind of bandwidth from any sedan priced close to the updated 2021 model's $105,495 starting point, the M5 still does the split-personality thing better than most. As a refresher, BMW plans to add a lighter, more-powerful CS…
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Jul
08
2021
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Jeep Reveals 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe, Will Grow EV Lineup by 2025

Jeep Reveals 2022 Grand Cherokee 4xe, Will Grow EV Lineup by 2025

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BY ERIC STAFFORD | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT Along with revealing the first image of the new two-row Grand Cherokee, Jeep says it plans to have a zero-emission model in every SUV segment by 2025. Jeep promises a zero-emission 4xe model in every SUV segment by 2025. The 2022 Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe plug-in hybrid makes its first official appearance. Along with the redesigned Grand Cherokee and Jeep Wrangler, the new Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer will also get the 4xe treatment. Jeep wants a lineup that produces zero emissions, and the company plans to sell models in every SUV segment that meet that mandate by…
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Jul
07
2021
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Presenting Car and Driver’s 2021 EV of the Year

Presenting Car and Driver’s 2021 EV of the Year

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BY ERIC TINGWALL | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT Foreshadowing a future when an electric vehicle's range is secondary to how it drives, the Ford Mustang Mach-E is our EV of the Year. If an automaker wanted to convert people from EV skeptics to EV evangelists, it's hard to imagine a better vehicle for the job than the Ford Mustang Mach-E. It arrives in the familiar shape and size of the crossovers Americans love, at a price that competes with gas-powered alternatives, and with a design that gets noticed. The Mach-E has the range and charging speed to wave off the most…
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Jul
05
2021
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Hertz Exits Bankruptcy and Expects ‘Strong Financial Results’ in 2021

Hertz Exits Bankruptcy and Expects ‘Strong Financial Results’ in 2021

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BY SEBASTIAN BLANCO | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT The car-rental giant appears to be shaking off its previous troubles and has sweetened its customer loyalty programs to encourage people to come back.   Car rentals were down last year—you get one guess why—and that helped plunge the already struggling Hertz into bankruptcy in early 2020. Even though the company was pessimistic about its chances of coming out of bankruptcy with any sort of value for its shareholders, a bidding war this spring helped means stocks are worth almost $9 now, well above the sub-$2 level during the pandemic. Hertz was also able to sell…
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