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U.S. News & World Report Announces the Best Vehicle Brand and Best CPO Program Awards

U.S. News & World Report Announces the Best Vehicle Brand and Best CPO Program Awards

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16, 2021 -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled its Best Vehicle Brand awards and Best Certified Pre-Owned Program award for 2022. ... Continue reading

Just Delivered Lucid Air EV Named Motortrend Car Of The Year - Huh!

Just Delivered Lucid Air EV Named Motortrend Car Of The Year - Huh!

MotorTrend announced today that the Lucid Air has won the 2022 MotorTrend Car of the Year, the first instance in which the initial product from a new automotive brand has been awarded the “Golden Calipers.”MotorTrend’s Car of the Year award is considered one of the most prestigious in the automotive industry. The ... Continue reading

Hyundai Retro EV Model Tribute to Original Grandeur Flagship Sedan with Heritage Series EV

Hyundai Retro EV Model Tribute to Original Grandeur Flagship Sedan with Heritage Series EV

November 12 2021 To celebrate Grandeur’s 35th anniversary, Hyundai designers gave the boxy original a retro-futuristic makeover to find new inspiration for the future First generation of Grandeur reborn with an all-electric powertrain, Parametric Pixel exterior and sound architecture interior while keeping the 1980s ... Continue reading

NEW BRABUS 800 based on the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC

NEW BRABUS 800 based on the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC

The Spirit of Luxury The new BRABUS 800 based on the Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC Elegant BRABUS designer outfit and 24-inch hi-tech forged wheels BRABUS fine leather interior in bright Leonis Orange The new Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4MATIC redefines the essence of a luxurious SUV. ... Continue reading

COLLECTING CARS BREAKS RECORD FOR ONLINE-ONLY CAR AUCTIONS

COLLECTING CARS BREAKS RECORD FOR ONLINE-ONLY CAR AUCTIONS

COLLECTING CARS BREAKS RECORD FOR ONLINE-ONLY CAR AUCTIONS Online marketplace Collecting Cars has broken the global online-only car auction record, selling a 433-mile McLaren P1 for an incredible $1,600,888. No other online-only platform for collectible cars has ever achieved a higher sales price. ... Continue reading

Virtual Tour of the Special Exhibition at the Porsche Museum +VIDEO

Virtual Tour of the Special Exhibition at the Porsche Museum +VIDEO

The Porsche Museum is expanding its range of digital exhibits: Anyone who is interested can now take a virtual tour of the special exhibition "50 Years of Porsche Development Weissach" in either German or English. ... Continue reading

Honda SEMA Offerings: Debut of 2022 Honda Civic Si Race Cars, Overlanding Honda Passport TrailSport rucks

Honda SEMA Offerings: Debut of 2022 Honda Civic Si Race Cars, Overlanding Honda Passport TrailSport rucks

October 26, 2021 — TORRANCE, Calif. All-New HPD Civic Si race car is a prototype for entry-level touring car racing Team Honda Research West Civic Si race car to run at legendary 25 Hours of Thunderhill Overlanding is celebrated with Passport TrailSport Rugged Roads Project 2.0, Ridgeline HPD Trail Tour Project and A ... Continue reading

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR HYBRID GOES GREEN CROSSES ICELAND ON E-100 ETHANOL AND GREEN ELECTRIC

BENTLEY FLYING SPUR HYBRID GOES GREEN CROSSES ICELAND ON E-100 ETHANOL AND GREEN ELECTRIC

Using only energy from waste straw and the power of the planet, an engineering prototype Flying Spur Hybrid has completed a dramatic test as part of the car’s sign off and Bentley’s development of renewable fuels. The Azure Purple Flying Spur Hybrid covered the 733 km (455 miles) required to drive across Iceland in ... Continue reading

AmericanMuscle’s New Video Features a 2016 Mustang GT Head-Turning Ride and Customer Build

AmericanMuscle’s New Video Features a 2016 Mustang GT Head-Turning Ride and Customer Build

The new video spotlights a 2016 Mustang S550 GT with a “HotWheels” wrap and plenty of other appearance and performance mods. ... Continue reading

Lexus Reveals Marvel Studios’ ‘ETERNALS’ Vehicles +VIDEO

Lexus Reveals Marvel Studios’ ‘ETERNALS’ Vehicles +VIDEO

Lexus and Marvel Studios have collaborated to design 10 character-themed concept vehicles, based on all 10 super heroes from the highly anticipated film. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Beetle Successors That Never Made It +VIDEO

Volkswagen Beetle Successors That Never Made It +VIDEO

The VW Beetle has symbolized many different things to many different people, from a classic example of German ingenuity to the calling card for a counterculture movement to a reminder that the simplest of things can sometimes be the best. ... Continue reading

Jay Leno Honoured with Doctorate of Humane Letters from Academy of Art University

Jay Leno Honoured with Doctorate of Humane Letters from Academy of Art University

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14, 2021 -- Academy of Art University, one of the largest private, accredited art and design schools in the nation, announced it has honoured classic car enthusiast and TV icon Jay Leno with an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. ... Continue reading

Museum displays 1934 Ford stolen by John Dillinger from Sheriff Lillian Holley; car owner to host Meet and Greet

Museum displays 1934 Ford stolen by John Dillinger from Sheriff Lillian Holley; car owner to host Meet and Greet

October 12, 2021 [A close up of a sign Description automatically generated] Museum displays 1934 Ford stolen by John Dillinger from Sheriff Lillian Holley; car owner to host Meet and Greet Special exhibit to include an array of other artifacts relating to Dillinger's infamous crime spree (AUBURN, IN) - The Auburn Cord ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up - October 3-9, 2021

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up - October 3-9, 2021

The past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented by auto experts in an expertly crafted easy-to-digest news nuggets ... Continue reading

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