It’s very easy to see an electric car and get wrapped up in minutiae on its battery size, number of motors, charge rate, or even the electrical infrastructure that underpins the system. With respect to EV folks, this is overly complicated, especially when you consider just how special electric vehicles …
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I’ve spent my entire life observing the auto industry. And in nearly 36 years, I’ve never been more tired than I am behind the wheel of the 2020 Cadillac CT4-V. This subcompact-targeting compact sedan is the American luxury brand’s latest effort to crack the enigma that is Germany’s sedan dominance, …
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Pricing and launch dates have been confirmed for the first right-hand-drive Corvette. The 2020 mid-engine C8 will be launched with the reversed steering wheel in 2021, aimed at the U.K., Japan, and Australia. British pricing will start at the equivalent of $ 86,150 for the loaded Launch Edition. The machinations …
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Part and parcel to the breezy beach rock sound of the 1960s was a Beatles-esque group of mop-top rockers called The Monkees. Originally a fictional TV show about four musicians, The Monkees became a full-blown pop group in their own right, and one of their greatest hits kept leaping to …
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I’m in the passenger seat of a camouflaged BMW sedan and my right hand is clutching the door handle, my knuckles white. In the long history of the door handle, seldom has a specimen been squashed more than this poor thing. The combination of M chassis developer Jörg Weidinger, the …
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The 2020 Mini Cooper SE electric vehicle comes with a big but. It’s cute, it’s punchy, it’s distinct, it’s versatile, but… But. The range is only 110 miles. That’s a but so big even Sir Mix-a-Lot ain’t down with that. That “but” narrows the usefulness of the 2020 Mini Cooper …
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The 2020 Mini Cooper SE electric vehicle comes with a big but. It’s cute, it’s punchy, it’s distinct, it’s versatile, but… But. The range is only 110 miles. That’s a but so big even Sir Mix-a-Lot ain’t down with that. That “but” narrows the usefulness of the 2020 Mini Cooper …
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The round, solid-aluminum shift knob adopts the temperature of the air around it, and on that bright, frigid Michigan morning, the air was cold. My contact with the gear knob was brief, thanks to the short throws of the six-speed manual shifter. Slotting the stubby gear lever into each gate …
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The 2020 BMW M8 Gran Coupe Competition is a very elegant vehicle with a less-than-elegant name. Sitting at the top of the BMW 8 Series range, the M8 boasts an insane 625-horsepower, twin-turbocharged V8 and a track-focused suspension. But the Gran Coupe has twice as many doors, an extra 7.9 …
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