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Performance Vehicles (Page 31)

By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla supplier, IDRA, has announced that it finished work on a 2nd 9000-ton Giga Press. IDRA, however, has confirmed that, unlike the first 9000-t Giga Press which was shipped to Giga Texas, this machine will not be used to build the Cybertruck as it's destined for Asia. IDRA's announcement suggests that the new machine will be used to build Giga China's upcoming compact car in a single piece.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru reports unimpressive sales for the 2023 Subaru BRZ sales for 2022 to finish the year. Why does Subaru keep it around, and is there still a place for the sport coupe in the all-wheel-drive lineup? Check out the report here.
By Mary Conway on
Andretti Global and Cadillac announced that they are working to enter Formula One Racing. However, it could be a while before we see the team take the track.
By Denis Flierl on
In its ongoing rollercoaster ride, the 2022 Subaru WRX is up in sales in December. Even with its slight uptick, the WRX was down significantly last year. Check out the WRX year-end report, its direction for the new year, and why Subaru made a massive mistake in dropping the WRX STI.
By Tinsae Aregay on
According to data released by the German Federal Motor Vehicle Office, (KBA), Tesla was able to deliver an astonishing 17,501 vehicles solely in the last month of 2022. If Tesla maintains December’s delivery number for 12 consecutive months then the EV maker will sell 210,000 vehicles in a year.
By Tinsae Aregay on
The China Passenger Car Association has revealed that Tesla China was able to produce 55,796 in the last month of the year. This is a 45 percent decrease from the November record when Tesla produced 100,291 vehicles.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla has revealed that FSD Beta is now running on 285,000 vehicles in North America. Although incredibly impressive and in a league of its own when compared to autonomy programs of other vehicle manufacturers, this is still significantly less than the prediction that Elon Musk made back in May saying FSD Beta will be running on 1 million vehicles by year-end.
By Denis Flierl on
Check out the ten new cars and SUVs owners would not buy again and ten that say they would. See which list the 2023 Subaru BRZ is on now and how other Subaru models rank.
By Mary Conway on
The car going up for auction is said to be documented as the first Corvette Sting Ray offered to the general public.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Since Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter, Tesla's market cap has gone down by more than $600 billion. This has caused a lot of concern to investors and Tesla employees who are all shareholders. However, today in a company-wide email Musk told employees to ignore the EV maker's stock market decline and that he believes Tesla will be the most valuable company on earth.
By Tinsae Aregay on
With the launch of supercharger V4 and the expansion of the charging network to none Tesla EVs, 2022 has been a great year for Tesla’s supercharger network. However, adding the icing on the cake, with few days to go until the end of the year, today Tesla has announced it has officially launched the 10,000th supercharger in mainland China.
By Tinsae Aregay on
For the past year, Tesla has been working on a program to grant supercharger access to non-Tesla EVs. And today, the EV maker has reversed the role and has started to add third-party charging stations to Tesla's in-car navigation. Below are Tesla's requirements for a third-party charger to be added to the in-car navigation.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru Corporation has announced a new turbocharged 2023 Subaru Forester XT. It's a Forester XT turbo model U.S. customers want but it won't be coming to North America.
By Denis Flierl on
The EPA releases the 2023 Subaru WRX 2.4-liter turbocharged Boxer fuel mileage for the 6-speed manual and the SPT automatic transmission. Should you buy the 2023 Subaru WRX with the manual or the automatic? The trim level that gets the best fuel efficiency differs from what you'd think. Check out why here.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Last week we got reports suggesting Tesla has chosen Mexico as the site for the company's next Gigafactory. And today we have gotten further details regarding Giga Mexico including the fact that the plant when fully built out could cost as much as $10 billion and that Tesla is looking to announce it as soon as this Friday.
By Marc Stern on
In what you might consider an early Christmas gift, Ford is giving Mustang customers more horsepower with upgrades to its 5.0-liter V-8, among other engines. It's is quite a treat.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru of America announced the 2023 Subaru BRZ is included as a top vehicle in the Car and Driver 10Best Cars for 2023. But they say it still has two flaws.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Since Elon Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter, Tesla's stock price has gone down by more than 50% or by around $500 billion. This has undoubtedly angered Tesla investors who today have officially begun a campaign to upend Tesla's Board of Directors for failing to reign in Elon Musk's Twitter shenanigans. Musk in response has dismissed the concerns.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla officially inaugurated Giga Texas only 8 months ago. However, today, the EV maker has announced that the plant has reached a Model Y production rate of 3000 vehicles a week for the first time. This gives Giga Texas an annualized production rate of 150,000 vehicles per year.
By Denis Flierl on
Subaru is dropping the manual gearbox in the new 2024 Impreza hatch. Will the WRX lose the manual too? A new report says no. Check out what Subaru Corporation is doing to keep it alive.
By Tinsae Aregay on
A few days ago, we got our first picture of the Cybertruck's exoskeleton chassis as it was being worked on in Giga Texas. And today, Sandy Munro has reacted to those pictures and has called the Cybertruck's body "more revolutionary than I thought."
By Marc Stern on
Ford, which will soon begin looking at it potential client list, will soon begin to build its final generation supercar, the GT Mk IV. The supercar is designed for ultimate performance on the track. It takes its cues from the original Le Mans-winning GTs that finished 1-2-3 in the iconic 1965 endurance race.
By Tinsae Aregay on
It has been more than two years since Tesla last delivered the Model S and X to Europe. This has undoubtedly disappointed a lot of prospective buyers, however, the wait is finally over as Tesla has delivered the first Model X Plaid to a customer in Germany.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Last month Tesla's Giga Press supplier, IDRA, announced that it has completed assembling and testing a new 9000-t Giga Press that will be used to build the Cybertruck's body. And today, after being disassembled and shipped to the US, the 9000-t Giga Press has finally made it to Giga Texas.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Since Elon Musk announced his intention to buy Twitter, Tesla's stock price has gone down by 47% or by around $500 billion. However, there might be more bad news for Tesla investors as a new report suggests Musk is reconsidering taking out a Tesla-backed margin loan to ease Twitter's Debt burden.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Tesla recently removed radar from the company's vehicles and moved to a camera-based pure vision system. However, today we have gotten conflicting information that suggests, Tesla is planning to bring back updated HD radar to the company's vehicles with the upcoming Autopilot Hardware 4 upgrade.
By Denis Flierl on
The Hoonigan Gymkhana Subaru GL Wagon is the wildest family vacation hauler they've ever built. Check out Travis Pastrana's craziest video yet in the family huckster.
By Denis Flierl on
Where does the 2023 Subaru WRX rank in reliability with other sports cars? See why Consumer Reports says they don't recommend the performance car. Check out where it ranks with sports cars under $40,000.
By Tinsae Aregay on
Elon Musk has said that in the future Tesla will "make an international version of Cybertruck that will be kinda smaller, kind of like a tight Wolverine package." And today we have seen our first glimpse of a smaller, 2 door Cybertruck design directly from Tesla.
By Denis Flierl on
The next-generation 2022 Subaru WRX is up in sales in its ongoing rollercoaster ride. Even with its uptick, the WRX is down significantly for the year. We now have a better idea of how much Subaru misses the next-generation STI.