The engaging driving experience offered by the entire McLaren lineup cannot be matched by a high-end SUV. That is why they will not offer a challenger to the likes of the Lamborghini Urus, Bentley Bentayga or upcoming Ferrari Purosangue. Addressing the ‘issue’ at the drive of the McLaren GT, the company’s Sports Series director, Darren […]
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Texans love trucks and automakers have responded by rolling out an assortment of special editions which are available exclusively in the state. Bentley doesn’t offer a pickup, but that hasn’t stopped them from introducing the Bentayga Stetson Special Edition. Available exclusively at Bentley Dallas, the model was created by Bentley Mulliner and will be offered […]
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Texas is slated to receive a $391 million investment earmarked for streamlined pickup production. The manufacturer wants to merge the Tacoma and Tundra models onto a common platform, something we’ve mentioned in the past, and Toyota’s Tuesday announcement solidifies those rumors. The new platform is meant to make hybridization easier and provide […]
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Volkswagen used the Frankfurt Motor Show to tease the ID.4, but the automaker was tight-lipped on specifics. However, The Drive has discovered a video where VW’s sales boss, Jürgen Stackmann, confirms the upcoming crossover is “much bigger” than the ID.3 and will be unveiled in February. While Stackmann didn’t give a specific date, the model […]
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BMW has announced an assortment of updates for the fall including the launch of a mild-hybrid system in the 5-Series. Starting there, the 520d sedan and wagon will come equipped with a 48V starter-generator and a second battery. The starter-generator allows the engine to be completely shut off during coasting and this helps to reduce fuel […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1689066" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109.jpg" data-orig-size="962,627" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="tesla model s" data-image-description=" Abu hasim.A/Shutterstock ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-450×293.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-610×398.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1689066″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-610×398.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”398″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-610×398.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-75×49.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-450×293.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-768×501.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109-120×78.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1495295081-e1568746494109.jpg 962w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> After Porsche’s Taycan secured its status as the fastest electric production vehicle ever to grace the Nürburgring, […]
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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has defended his use of the term “pedo guy” to refer to a British cave diver last year, the Los Angeles Times reports. Musk faces a defamation lawsuit from diver Vernon Unsworth, who helped rescue a number of teenagers trapped in a cave in Thailand last year. The outspoken entrepreneur […]
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Redesigned from the ground up, the 2020 Ford Escape has replaced its predecessor, which stayed in production for seven years. The new SUV is longer, wider and lower, though the first change you notice is its design. Some say that it looks like a Focus on stilts, but Andrew Bazinski, the man who sketched it, […]
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Admit it — you weren’t aware Chevrolet made a hybrid version of the midsize Malibu. You’d be forgiven for replying in the affirmative, as the variant introduced for the 2016 model year sported a profile lower than that of an SOE agent in occupied France. And yet the Malibu Hybrid lived. But now it must die. […]
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While BMW doesn’t believe in V12 engines in the long run, that fact that its current 6.0L unit will stick around at least until 2023, has fueled rumors about an X7 M60i to sit at the top of its SUV range. We first discussed the possibility of the current-generation X7 receiving the monstrous twin-turbocharged V12 […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1689024" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,667" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="2019 frankfurt auto show protsets" data-image-description=" eugeniusro/shutterstock ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-450×300.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-610×407.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1689024″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-610×407.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”407″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-610×407.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-75×50.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-450×300.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-768×512.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248-120×80.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1504068248.jpg 1000w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> Thousands of people amassed in Germany over the weekend to protest the automotive industry. Ground […]
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One of the most insane makeovers of the Mercedes-Benz X-Class came from Carlex last year and had a whopping price tag of €105,000 ($116,237/£92,949). Now, Kahn’s interpretation is not exactly restrained either, nor cheap, for that matter. In exchange for £54,999 ($68,736/€62,034), the British tuner will sell you the pictured right-hand drive example, with only […]
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If money is the least of your concerns and you favor a fast Grand Tourer to drive on a daily basis, then you could choose from quite a few models. The Aston Martin DB11, Bentley Continental GT, Mercedes-AMG S63 Coupe and BMW M8 Coupe quickly come to mind, as does the first ever McLaren GT. […]
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You read all about Ford’s midsize crossover issues last week, perhaps with great dismay. According to an extensive report, serious and sometimes hazy quality defects have kept thousands of 2020 Ford Explorers and Lincoln Aviators away from dealer lots. It seems the automaker is hauling vehicles directly from Chicago Assembly to a hastily-arranged fix-it space […]
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It seems like Mercedes has been testing the ultimate variant of the AMG GT sports car for ages now, but finally there’s a light at the end of the tunnel as a test car was spotted with its final production bodywork, and it is wild. And by wild, we mean proper, GT3-spec race car wild. […]
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We know a number of supercar owners who are as humble as can be but we also know a number that have over-inflated egos (mainly) thanks to the cars they drive. We suspect the owner of the following red McLaren 720S fits into that second category. This dashcam video was filmed in Victoria, Australia and […]
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<img data-attachment-id="1688908" data-permalink data-orig-file="https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,750" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="audi TDI" data-image-description=" Jne Valokuvaus/Shutterstock ” data-medium-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-450×338.jpg” data-large-file=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-610×458.jpg” class=”aligncenter size-large wp-image-1688908″ src=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-610×458.jpg” alt width=”610″ height=”458″ srcset=”https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-610×458.jpg 610w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-75×56.jpg 75w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-450×338.jpg 450w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-768×576.jpg 768w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944-120×90.jpg 120w, https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/shutterstock_1253099944.jpg 1000w” sizes=”(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px”> Dieselgate never dies. Germany’s Federal Motor Transport Authority (Kraftfahrt-Bundesamt) has informed Audi that it will be subjected […]
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Nissan’s 2020 Pathfinder SUV is now on sale in the U.S. with a starting price of $31,680 for the base-spec Pathfinder S two-wheel drive model, not including the $1,045 destination and handling tax. Buyers can choose between 2WD and 4WD, as well as four well-equipped grade levels in the S, SV, SL and Platinum. The […]
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Wiesmann has released more details about its upcoming comeback with the ‘Project Gecko’, a new hand-built sports car that’s designed as a modern take on the cult MF5. Project Gecko will be engineered and built at Wiesmann’s original factory in Dülmen, Germany, based on an all-new lightweight platform. The exterior design is being described as […]
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Based in a region where internal combustion is treated by lawmakers with the same respect as the guy who cuts one in an elevator, Jaguar Land Rover boss Ralph Speth knows there’s only one way forward for his company. To remain viable in Europe and China and hedge its bets in North America, the JLR […]
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