Day: June 12, 2022

The News for June 10th, 2022

By Jaime E. Love 3 weeks ago

Welcome to the Hooniverse News! As always, this is a weekly recap of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week: Cadillac and BMW debut stunning LMDh race cars, Ram offers up desert-themed TRX, and Ford teases a possible Transit Supervan 4 – plus your news for the week.

Cadillac Project GTP Hypercar

Cadillac has pulled the covers off their brand new prototype slated for IMSA and WEC competition next year. It’s called the Project GTP Hypercar, at least for now, and is built within the LMDh rulebook, which means it’s eligible for both the IMSA GTP class and WEC’s Hypercar class. This stunning race car will make its competition debut at the 2023 Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona and will also take on the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year, as well as the rest of each respective championship season.

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Yellowstone Roaring 20s Auto Club to hold annual car auction, swap meet this weekend | Local News

By Jaime E. Love 3 weeks ago

The Yellowstone Roaring 20s Auto Club celebrates its once-a-year vehicle auction, swap meet up with and vehicle demonstrate this weekend.

Neil Schlaeppi, who handles publicity for Montana’s largest automobile club, reported this 12 months marks the 51st yr for the swap satisfy and the 42nd yr for the antique and traditional automobile auction.

All of the activities encompassing the Roaring 20s Automobile Vintage just take area at club headquarters and grounds, situated at 7400 Grand Ave, and all activities are open to the community.

Organizers assume about 50 cars and trucks, the two typical and unique desire automobiles, to be auctioned off beginning at 10 a. m. Saturday, June 4.

The swap fulfill, which will be held from 8 a. m. via 4 p. m. Saturday, and 8 a. m. through 3 p. m. on Sunday, will include motor vehicle and truck areas as effectively as antiques and flea current

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Project Maybach x Virgil Abloh Concept is Masquerading as a Rolls Royce

By Jaime E. Love 3 weeks ago

Placing Mercedes-Maybach together with the late Virgil Abloh in a challenge can only end result in one particular matter: it is going to get wild. Which is precisely what happened when a collaboration in between the two took place once more final year, which resulted in the Venture Maybach x Virgil Abloh Idea.

This 1-off notion was a item of the meeting of the minds involving Gorden Wagener, Mercedes’ main designer, and Abloh, a popular American manner designer who regrettably handed absent in 2021. The posthumous operate of the style icon premiered in December 2021, a month just soon after his passing.

The job is so outlandish that if you take away the Maybach badges from the car, you can no longer tell that it’s even one particular. The crossover, two-seater coupe functions an all-electric powertrain with off-highway aspects. It is highlighted by its sand-brown exterior complete, boxy physique

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2022 Hyundai Tucson PHEV Review: A great plug-in hybrid

2022 Hyundai Tucson PHEV Review: A great plug-in hybrid

By Jaime E. Love 3 weeks ago

The 2022 Hyundai Tucson is a major improvement over its predecessor with more aggressive styling, a luxurious interior and two electrified versions. The Tucson hybrid is already one of the best compact hybrid SUVs and now Hyundai has made it even better with the introduction of the Tucson Plug-in Hybrid.

2022 Hyundai Tucson Plug-In Hybrid Review

The Tucson PHEV builds on the successes of the hybrid version, but thanks to its longer EV range and more power under the hood, it’s the version to get. The Tucson PHEV is powered by a turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine and an a 90 horsepower electric motor at the rear. The powertrain generates a combined 261 horsepower and 258 pound-feet of torque, making it the most powerful Tucson available. A six-speed automatic does a good job of finding the right gear without any drama and all that power is sent to all four wheels.

The plug-in hybrid system is powered

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