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Thursday, February 6, 2020

Supercars

The 2020 Ford GT Gets More Power, Less Paint

Ford seems to have accomplished what it set out to do with the GT, at least as far as its career as a factory-backed race car is concerned. But that doesn’t mean it’s done tinkering with road-legal versions: The 2020 Ford GT, just unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show, packs more power than its predecessors, breathes through a now-standard titanium exhaust and gets a pair of new looks.

Trucks

Jeep Shows off Mojave and High Altitude Gladiators at Chicago

The 2020 Jeep Gladiator Mojave is getting its official unveiling at this year’s Chicago Auto Show. The Mojave is a desert-focused (at least in themes) Gladiator pickup with a handful of enhancements that makes it better suited for ripping through the dunes.

Trucks

The 2020 Nissan Frontier Gets an Engine Upgrade (And Not Much Else)

The beating heart of the 2020 Nissan Frontier is a 3.8-liter direct-injected V6 making 310 hp and 281 lb-ft of torque. That’s an improvement of 41 hp over the previous 4.0-liter V6; torque stays the same.

DIY

Project Car Hell, 1980s Japanese 4WD Edition: Toyota Camry All-Trac or Nissan Stanza 4WD?

Sometimes a good Hell Project can be sensible, cool and cheap, all at the same time! Vintage Japanese machines tend to get the job done when that's the combination you want, as we saw with the Detroit-Badged Japanese Pickup Edition PCH of a month ago, and so now we're back with cheaper, cooler and maybe even more sensible machines from Nippon.

Autoweek Talks: Tolerance

Rolls-Royce vs. Packard: Who Built a Better Merlin?

Detroit's mass-production know-how yielded over 55,000 Merlin V12 aircraft engines during WWII. But were they better than the ones built in Britain?

Racing

NHRA Headache: Top Fuel Champ Steve Torrence, Others Skipping Season-Opening Winternationals

What if the NHRA threw a 60th anniversary party and the reigning king of the "Kings of the Sport" didn't show up? Two-time defending Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence sent his RSVP via social media Wednesday. He won't be racing at the season-opening 60th annual Winternationals that begin Feb. 7 at Pomona, California.

Racing

China Hints that Coronavirus Fears Will Lead to Cancellation of F1 Chinese Grand Prix

The Shanghai Sports Federation in China has issued instructions to all sporting organizations in the city to “suspend all sporting activities until the epidemic is over."