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Daily Drive

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

But Wait, There's More

GM Engineers Arrested for Racing C8 Corvettes in Kentucky

The 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is a feat of engineering, a blast to drive, and a surprising bargain with a sub $60K starting price. For a pair of GM engineers, though, the C8 'Vette might have been too much fun. Apparently, Kentucky State Troopers charged two engineers with "racing a motor a vehicle on a public highway," amid other charges.

Cars for Sale

Tupac and Suge Knight's '96 BWM 7-Series Is For Sale, But It Has a Morbid History

The year, 1996. The city, Las Vegas. East Flamingo Road and Koval Lane. It's 11:15 p.m., Sept. 7, and rapper Tupac Shakur just left the MGM Grand casino with producer Suge Knight in a 1996 BMW 750iL. Shots ring out. Shakur gets hit by four .40-caliber rounds, two in the chest, one in the arm and one in the thigh. He dies six days later in a nearby hospital. That car, then registered to Death Row Records, is now for sale at Celebrity Cars of Las Vegas for $1.75 million.

Drives

The Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid Lets You Pick Your Propulsion

Plugging in my phone every night is easy. And I don't mind doing it. In fact, I don't think much about it. It's second nature, really. But plugging in this Porsche Cayenne E-Hybrid, on the other hand, delivers a totally different sensation altogether. Here I am in a vehicle built by the same folks who brought us the 356, the 911, and the all-conquering 917 endurance race car, and I am treating it just like my phone.

Autoweek Talks

Ahead of Its Time: This 1925 Lancia Lambda Torpédo Is Deceptively Modern

This 1925 Lancia Lambda Series 5 Torpédo, headed for Gooding & Co.'s upcoming Scottsdale, Arizona, auction, is a good example of a car Young Graham would have basically ignored. It lacks the sheer presence and grandeur of the prewar American classics that captivated me as a kid, and it's not as stylish and fun as a postwar sports car or cruiser. But this is where it pays to look a little deeper because the Lambda conceals a surprisingly full slate of advanced tech.

Car Life

Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli and the Citroën 2CV

Koganei-shi, Tokyo, Japan: On the western edges of Tokyo's sprawling metropolis, this small residential area is tree-lined and serenely peaceful. A few pedestrians and a handful of cyclists thread their way along the narrow streets, as birds sing in the boughs above. But, at 10 a.m., the quiet is broken by a clattery two-cylinder fizz. Hayao Miyazaki is arriving at work.

Racing

Kyle Larson Poised to Overcome Worst Defeat of Career in Chili Bowl

Making his 12th appearance in the Midget classic at the Tulsa Expo Center, Larson led a race-high 35 of 55 laps but had the elusive Golden Driller trophy stripped away by Bell in the final corner. Bell caught his friend on the backstretch, initiated the decisive contact and drove away toward the checkered flags.