It has been known for some time that Ford will eventually offer a hybrid variant of the Mustang and the F-150, but a patent filing from the Motor Company reveals a V8 hybrid drivetrain that also integrates all-wheel-drive – possibly signaling the first Mustang that powered all four wheels.
If you are interested in one of the world's most wanted cars, you have your chance to buy one, but you have to have $7.5 million to play. When the Divo was introduced at Pebble Beach last year all of the build slots -- 40 -- were thought to have been presold. But, according to Mobile.de a German dealer has put a build slot -- and the Divo that is in that slot -- on sale for the figure noted. It's the first one available.
Heading into the weekend-long festivities surrounding the Rolex 24 Hour race at Daytona International Speedway, Chevrolet has introduced the 2019 Corvette Grand Sport Drivers Series – a quarter of special appearance packages designed to pay tribute to the drivers of the modern Corvette endurance racing program.
ANALYSIS AND OPINION: It’s not looking too good in the public relations arena for Cadillac and GM when the national, now world conversation nows turns toward questioning the existence of luxury car brands after the Cadillac XT6-Gate GM Debacle. Aston Martin’s CEO weighed in with the XT6-Gate to establish six ultra brands, and none of the ones below it like Cadillac will surpass them. But let’s be clear: XT6-Gate is an American problem, not a European one.
Even before the first Taycan has rolled off an assembly line, Porsche has doubled the number of E-Taycans that will be built this year. It also expects that it will sellout of the 2020 personal sports electric.
Over the past few years, Courtney Force has become one of the front-runners in the NHRA Funny Car ranks in her John Force Racing Chevrolet Camaro, but with the promise of another strong season in 2019, the winningest female driver in the class’s history has retired suddenly.
ANALYSIS AND OPINION: While GM didn’t strike an iceberg like Titanic with the recent Cadillac XT6-Gate Roll Out, XT6’s Super Cruise “Radio Delete” from the options list Gaffe, and Caddy’s the ”Lead Brand” Announcement Kerfuffle with no Caddy BEV for three years, it certainly ran into the reefs too quickly like the Costa Concordia. Although it isn’t a massive blockbusting disaster, it is a serious debacle that needs some changes. And they better do it soon.
There is no other information available, but the schedule of events for this weekend’s Rolex 24 festivities includes the introduction of a 2019 Chevrolet Corvette Special Edition – which could be some sort of final-edition package celebrating the C7 ahead of the expected mid-engine debut later this year.
The Dodge Challenger is likely to receive hybrid power and the supercharged V8 could leave the lineup in the future, but contrary to what many people think online, these changes aren’t happening right away and they don’t guarantee the end of the V8-powered muscle car era.
Moving to its next major target, Volkswagen has confirmed that it plans to make a run at the single-lap record for a fully electric racing vehicle at the Eifel's Nordschleife racetrack.
Just days after making its big debut at the North American International Auto Show, in Detroit, the most powerful production Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 sold at the Barrett-Jackson Auction to raise money for charity.
ANALYSIS AND OPINION: GM President Mark Reuss’ recent announcement of putting Cadillac as the lead brand against Tesla helped everything else but Cadillac. Cadillac just put their third gas CUV into their portfolio right after this announcement! A real all electric car company doesn’t do that! To be taken seriously by anyone you have to be reliable and believable, and that means having honesty, and to be honest, starting with yourself, you have to believe in yourself. Who’s fooling who?
The EJ25 Subaru WRX STI engine is aging but Subaru Tecnica International pulled out some old tricks to produce the most powerful STI engine ever. See how they did it.
The main focus of high performance Ford fans attending the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit is the new Shelby GT500 Mustang, but the most powerful ST-badged product debuted alongside the new pony car in the form of the 2020 Explorer ST.
ANALYSIS AND OPINION: Until recently no one in the car industry ever had an experience of what it was like to end production of a car product due to obsolescence, they and other peer brands have produced since its invention in the mid-nineteenth century. Shutting down gas while ramping up electric is a double money losing proposition into the tens to hundreds of billions. Only the wealthiest and most powerful car companies on earth can survive this conversion process, and I look into how this is so.
The 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 finally made its world debut this morning at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, and while we don’t know how much power the supercharged Stang will offer, we can look at how it will stand up to the in-class competition from Chevrolet and Dodge.
We told you the experts expected this 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake prototype to sell for well over a million. No one predicted it would bring in a record $2.2 million.
