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Wednesday, July 10, 2019

Car Reviews

2020 Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary essentials: The case for the familiar

The Nissan 370Z 50th Anniversary edition celebrates a half century of the Z-car in general, not the 370Z specifically -- though this particular Z has been out so long that a little bit of snark can be excused.

Supercars

Ferrari F8 Tributo makes its North American debut by going Hollywood

When Ferrari throws a party in Los Angeles, how can you say no to that? After all, some of the company’s most significant customers call Southern California home. It only makes sense to bring the F8 Tributo straight to them.

Classic Cars

5 cars of the 1980s you should be buying right now

The second half of the 1980s delivered nothing short of a bumper crop of luxury cars, to the point that people are still finding delivery-mileage Ferrari Testarossas stashed away in the post-stock market crash days. But the economic boom of the 1980s produced much more than the Reagan-era equivalent of la dolce vita -- it also meant that plenty of first-time buyers ventured into Porsche dealerships and bought modestly priced coupes.

Rumormill

Report: Midengine Corvette to get good ol’ fashioned small-block V8 power

With the July 18 reveal of the midengine 2020 Chevrolet Corvette coming up fast, there are still a lot of things we don’t know about the car -- including, crucially, what’s powering it. Would it drop a few cylinders and add turbochargers? Maybe even go hybrid? If recent reports are to be believed, a familiar sight may rest behind the driver.

Supercars

NSX versus NSX GT3 Evo: Watch Acura stage a road car/race car throwdown

What’s quicker from 0-60 mph: a modern supercar or a race car based on that supercar? In the case of the Acura NSX and the NSX GT3 Evo race car, the answer isn't always obvious.

Trucks

Is the time finally right for a Hyundai pickup?

Concept cars come and go, often leaving nary a trace behind them, but the Hyundai Santa Cruz -- a pickup truck styling exercise that debuted at the 2015 Detroit auto show -- seems to have been simmering on the back burner all along.

Green Cars

Electric Mini Cooper SE borrows BMW i3 drivetrain, packs about 114 miles of range

A 32.6-kWh lithium-ion battery hidden under the floor provides the juice without robbing that hatch of any trunk space, while the front wheels do the driving, as in most Minis. The powertrain actually comes from the BMW i3 -- the electric Mini isn't a completely new creation by BMW because the current Cooper lineup itself is almost six years old by now -- to the point that the charging port is exactly where the fuel door is located on the gas models.

Classic Ads

1985: Toyota Sprinter is sexy, so sexy

A Japanese-market TV commercial for the 1985 Toyota Sprinter, known in the United States as the Chevrolet Nova.

NHRA

Autoweek NHRA insider Ron Capps' Autoweek blog: Nothing quite like the Western Swing

People start talking about the fact that there’s just six races left until the NHRA Countdown to the Championship -- our playoffs. Well, that’s an eye-opener.

Rally

ARX driver Alex Keyes column: An exciting start to the season

Results can feel different depending on what it took to achieve that finish

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