Category: Car news
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Spain Baltasar reveals street-legal electric track car
There are plenty of electric-vehicle startups looking to launch sedans and crossovers, but Spain’s Baltasar has taken a different route. It’s targeting the market for track cars with its new Revolt sports car. Unveiled on Wednesday, the Baltasar Revolt is a battery-electric track car that can be legally driven on the street. You won’t want…
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Huawei to invest in electric cars and self-driving tech
Huawei is the latest Chinese tech giant to announce its intentions to compete in the automotive sector at the same level as the established automakers. In a presentation to analysts on Monday, Huawei Co-Chairman Eric Xu said the company planned to invest in electric vehicles and self-driving technology. Xu’s comments were made just a week…
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Armored 2021 Chevrolet Suburban arrives for all your soccer hauling needs
Canadian firm Inkas has built armored versions of full-size luxury SUVs like the BMW X7 and Lincoln Navigator, but this time it’s going for something a little less elitist. If the route to soccer practice involves traversing an active battlefield, this armored 2021 Chevrolet Suburban is for you. The Suburban is a common choice for…
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Electric Ferrari locked in for 2025
Ferrari will unveil an electric vehicle in 2025, Chairman John Elkann said on Thursday during the company’s annual general meeting. The news of an electric Ferrari doesn’t come as a huge surprise as patent drawings filed by Ferrari for a modular electric drive system were discovered last year. Elkann didn’t provide any details on the…
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Mini Minor name reportedly set for return on electric minicar
While modern Minis have stretched in dimensions and weight with each successive generation, the unveiling of the Rocketman concept in 2011 showed that Mini was aware of the need to return to what the original Alec Issigonis-designed icon was intended to be: a diminutive car ideal for urban environments. First unveiled at the 2011 Geneva…
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Alfa Romeo Tonale to launch in early 2022
Alfa Romeo used the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show to preview the design of a future compact crossover in the form of the stunning Tonale concept. Alfa Romeo said at the concept’s reveal that the Tonale would be launched some time before the end of 2022. We now know the date will be in the…
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Aston Martin’s Valhalla could now use a Mercedes-Benz powertrain
Aston Martin and Mercedes-Benz have entered into a new technical partnership which allows Aston access to a large range of Mercedes’ powertrains, but the British brand isn’t sure which one to choose for its upcoming Valhalla hypercar, Autocar reports. The Valhalla concept was initially introduced in 2019, and was supposed to feature a twin-turbo V6…
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Maserati Grecale: Alfa Romeo Stelvio-based SUV coming in 2021
Maserati last fall announced it would introduce a new SUV slotting in below the Levante and to be called a “Grecale.” In keeping with Maserati’s penchant for naming models after winds, a habit that started in 1963 with the Mistral, the name comes from a wind in the Mediterranean. On Thursday, the automaker provided a…
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Justin Bieber custom Rolls-Royce concept car dream realized
Justin Bieber’s newest custom ride is a wild cyberpunk vision wrapped around a Rolls-Royce Wraith. With the help of California tuning company West Coast Customs, Bieber turned a Rolls-Royce Wraith Coupe into his own version of the brand’s “Vision Next 100” concept car. BMW also released a concept vehicle with the same name, featuring similar…
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2022 Mini Cooper SE electric hatch receives new look
Mini is giving its Hardtop (and Convertible) a subtle facelift for the 2022 model year, and that includes the battery-electric Cooper SE variant. The changes include revised fascias front and rear that help to give the car a sportier look, thanks in part to the new front splitter and darkened elements like the grille surround.…