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Chicago Auto Show Concepts - The Toyota Rhombus
July 15th, 2021 Chris Phillip
This Toyota isn't square. It's rhombus. Meet Toyota's new concept car at the 2021 Chicago Auto Show. Our friends across the pond call it the Toyota Rhombus. If you've forgotten geometry, here's a definition: any parallelogram with equal sides, including a square. Rhombus is Toyota’s concept for a battery-powered electric vehicle targeted at consumers born after 1990. The EV was developed by TMEC,...
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Chicago Auto Show Concepts - The Nissan Z
July 14th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Over the next few days, we'll bring you the concept cars of the 2021 Chicago Auto Show. For those of you who don't know, the show dates back to 1901 and multitudes of famous cars were introduced at the show. So what do we have for 2021? Let's start with the Nissan Z Proto, which will give us a sneak peek into the next generation Z car. Making its first auto show appearance in North America, the Z...
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Next Nissan GT.R - Go, Go Godzilla!
July 13th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Ferrari and Lambhorghini will hybridize their next-gen sports cars, but way across the pond in Japan, Nissan will keep the next-gen GT.R, affectionately known as Godzilla, equipped with a 100-percent internal combustion engine. "Now, according to Best Car, the R36 will continue as a pure gasoline-powered car, picking right up where the R35 leaves off in early 2023. There will be no gap in GT-R mod...
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2022 Corvettes Start Production This September
July 12th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Good news out of Bowling Green, Kentucky, today. The 2022 Corvette production kicks off in less than two months. The new model year will mostly be a carryover of 2021 content, but there are significant upgrades to the 6.2L engine, which make it more reliable than 2020-2021. Three new colors will join the Corvette line-up for 2022: Hypersonic Gray Metallic (RPO Code GA7) Amplify Orange Tintcoat (G4...
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The Wait is Over. CT5-V Blackwings Born Today. Dealers and Public Await!
July 9th, 2021 Chris Phillip
For those folks who are fond of Cadillac performance, today is a special day. The first CS5-V Blackwings began rolling off the assembly line of Cadillac's plant in Michigan. According to the internet, "The first production 2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing is finished in the Shadow Metallic exterior color and features a Natural Tan with Black Accents interior. It’s also equipped with a GM 10-speed aut...
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Tear up the streets...Not the planet
July 8th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Dodge is at it again, today announcing the first all-electric muscle car is three years away. 2024. In a huge EV presentation, which also included revealing a Chrysler all-electric, Dodge made this clear, "[We] are reaching a practical limit of what we can squeeze from internal-combustion innovation." The solution? "Dodge will not sell electric cars—it will sell eMuscle." Ever the clever brand, Do...
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Mach E is Car and Driver's EV of the Year
July 7th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Car and Driver just announced its 2021 EV of the Year and the winner is the Mach E. "If an automaker wanted to convert people from EV skeptics to EV evangelists, it's hard to imagine a better vehicle for the job than the Ford Mustang Mach-E," the magazine says. "It arrives in the familiar shape and size of the crossovers Americans love, at a price that competes with gas-powered alternatives, and w...
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Top State License Plates. Where Does Your State Rank?
July 6th, 2021 Chris Phillip
From the days of black and yellow California license plates, I've been fascinated with the coolest looking license plates our 50 United States have churned out. Apparently, I'm not the only one. Autoblog.com ranked license plates from the coolest to the least coolest and, truth be told, my favorite modern license plate came in at number two! Their top 5 are: Colorado New Mexico Vermont Hawaii Dela...
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Orange You Glad Raptor Gets Seven New Colors?
July 2nd, 2021 Chris Phillip
One of our favorite things about classic cars is the cool color names. That art of color naming hasn't been forgotten by Ford as the new colors for the 2021 Ford Raptor demonstrate. The Raptor is available in seven new colors, which should give opponents to the monochromatic automobile landscape (me included!) a reason to celebrate. With no lack of cleverness in their names, the new available colo...
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$3 for a classic Camaro? Maybe!
July 2nd, 2021 Chris Phillip
Today, Dream Giveaway launches its newest classic-car sweepstakes, a genuine Chevrolet Camaro Super Sport with a born-with 350ci engine. If you're not instantly in a serious case of love with the Garnet Red and medium red vinyl interior (It's a nice restoration, and, yes, we've seen it in person!), then there's even more to draw your attention - about $20K of internal engine upgrades, forged crank...
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