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Daily Drive

Monday, January 20, 2020

Future Cars

Is It Time for a New, All-Electric Porsche 914?

A reborn, battery-powered 914 would bring new blood to the Porsche brand, especially if it's as attainable as its air-cooled namesake was.

Drives

First Drive: 2020 Polaris Slingshot Has a New Polaris Engine and an Automatic

How do we know the new Polaris Slingshot three-wheeled fun machine is better than the old one? We seek the wisdom of Polaris CEO Scott Wine, who said, "The old one sucked!"

Auctions

The First Midengine Chevy Corvette Goes for $3 Million at Auction

Barrett-Jackson sells the first C8 off the line for charity, and NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick wins it.

Trucks

Check Out The 2020 Ford Super Duty Tremor In Its Element: Going Off-Road

The 2020 Ford Super Duty pickups are on sale now, but the big news is the Blue Oval's new $3,975 Tremor off-road package. The option box readies the pickup for off-the-grid adventures with a max conventional towing rating of 15,000 pounds, a water fording depth of 33 inches, approach and departure angles of 31.65 and 24.51 degrees, respectively.

Autoweek Talks: Year of the Rat

Swamp Rat Is a One-of-a-Kind Drag-Racing Treasure

Drag Racing ace "Big Daddy" Don Garlits, who topped the list of NHRA's Top 50 Racers in a 2000 poll of historians, media, officials, drivers and racing insiders, earned his respect grudgingly, and his "Swamp Rat" brand that overshadowed those of his NHRA competitors began in 1959 as an insult.

Racing

Kyle Larson Outduels Christopher Bell for Chili Bowl Breakthrough

At long last, Kyle Larson has won the Chili Bowl Midget Nationals. "I'm sorry, NASCAR, I'm sorry, Daytona, but this is the biggest effing race I've ever won. I hope to win Daytona in a few weeks, but this is badass!" Translation: Sorry, not sorry.

Racing

Conor Daly: 'I Might Call It Quits in the Chili Bowl for Now'

Conor Daly came into the 2020 Chili Bowl Nationals full of optimism but left unsure whether he would return, following an abrupt end to Saturday's second H feature.