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The McLaren Elva stuffs 804 hp into an open-cockpit, street-legal rocket; Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold reveals what he left out of the movie; Tommy Milner takes the Corvette C8.R for a spin

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Wednesday, November 13, 2019
Supercars

The McLaren Elva is an 804-hp road-legal homage to the glory days

While early Elvas used Oldsmobile’s 340-hp, 4.5-liter V8, the new McLaren Elva has a bit more power: McLaren’s 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 produces 804 hp and 590 lb-ft in this configuration. The result is a 6.7-second 0-124-mph time ... faster than the McLaren Senna.

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Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold
People

Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold tells Autoweek what he left out of his new movie

Ford v Ferrari director James Mangold is no stranger to strong characters, having directed the films Walk the Line, 3:10 to Yuma and the X-Men movies The Wolverine and Logan, among others. Here he explains why the tale of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles became the crux of his latest film.

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IMSA

Meet the Chevrolet Corvette C8.R, Chevy's new midengine Corvette racer

With the 2019 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship—and the Chevrolet Corvette C7.R—in the rearview mirror, it's never too early to get fired up about next season.

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Technology

5 ways the 2020 Corvette’s midengine layout led to a better Chevy small-block V8

As different as the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is from its predecessors, there is one key point of continuity: It’s still powered by a naturally aspirated 6.2-liter V8, a direct descendent of the famed small-block engines General Motors has been bolting together for 64 years. But if the new ’Vette’s V8, dubbed the LT2, has a lot in common with the LT1, it’s also evolved substantially to better fit its new midengine role.

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2020 midengine Chevrolet Corvette C8
Car News

Mistakes were made: Motor Trend cops to flawed 2020 Chevrolet Corvette dyno pull

Remember those unbelievable 2020 Corvette horsepower claims made by Motor Trend? Turns out they're unbelievable for a reason.

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Classic Cars

Setting Le Mans history right: A tale of two Ford GT40s

Who is brave enough to subject a 1967 Ford GT40 with Le Mans racing history to roads that have only been sporadically maintained since 1967? Sounds like The Most Interesting Man in the World. And the story behind this Ford GT40 is just as interesting. 

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Car News

The Toyota Camry and Avalon are getting all-wheel drive courtesy of the RAV4

Thank (or blame) the popularity of SUVs for the forthcoming AWD Camry and Avalon. The AWD Camry is a 2020 model and arrives in dealer showrooms next spring; the Avalon is a 2021 and goes on sale next fall. We'll see the AWD Camry in the metal at the LA Auto Show next week.

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2020 BMW 745e xDrive
Car Reviews

The 2020 BMW 745e iPerformance is an expensive way to lean green

We, as a society, have reached a point where hybrid technology makes a car superior in most every way other than cost. With that in mind, hybrids make perfect sense in a full-size, flagship premium sedan like the BMW 745e, where price sensitivity drops down the priority list.

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Sponsored

Big Space for Grand Adventures: Kia’s 2020 Telluride

Telluride is truly an accomplished load carrier. Think of it as a celebration of space, a high-luxury people hauler great at hauling your stuff. It offers space to load up, kick back, stretch out and enjoy the ride.

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Car News

2021 Kia Optima arrives as the K5 in Korea, showing off an elegant new design direction

Kia has taken the wraps off the upcoming Optima sedan this week, in the form of its domestic market version called the Kia K5. With this reveal, the automaker is shedding plenty of light on the evolution of its design language, while giving the world a preview of what we'll see in the metal here in the U.S. pretty soon.

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Audi RS2 commercial
Car Life

Audi snuck an incredible retro RS2 Easter egg into its RS6 Avant commercial

The Audi RS6 Avant, the company’s new top dog wagon, is coming to the U.S. next year. The company made a heart string-pulling ad for the new five-seater that is just fantastic. But within it is an even better Easter egg commercial for the first model in the RS line, the RS2 Avant that came out 25 years ago.

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Junkyard photographs by Spartus 120 film camera
Car Life

1953 Chicago-made Bakelite camera documents Colorado junkyard

Junkyard photographs with a 1953 Spartus 120 film camera.

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Formula One

Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc facing 10-place grid penalty for F1 Brazilian Grand Prix

During practice for the U.S. Grand Prix, Leclerc suffered a power unit failure and was forced to complete the remainder of the weekend with an older, previous specification unit.

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Formula One

Red Bull's Max Verstappen denies he's Mercedes' F1 insurance policy

Verstappen, 22, also took offense to recent headlines that suggested he dismissed six-time world champion Hamilton's talent and success.

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IMSA

Jan Magnussen is going TCR racing—in Denmark

The former Corvette Racing driver will be racing a Volkswagen Golf GTI in the inaugural season of TCR racing in Denmark.

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NHRA

7 can't-miss storylines for the Auto Club NHRA Finals at Pomona

The NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship will be settled in all four pro classes at this weekend’s Auto Club Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. 

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