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Hoonigan Shoots For 1,000 HP In Their Hellcat-Powered Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow #wanitaxigo

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Kuhl Racing’s Final Bodykit For The R36 Nissan GT-R Is Coming To Tokyo Auto Salon #wanitaxigo

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Ring In The New Year By Preparing To Import Cars That Turn 25 In 2022 #wanitaxigo

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Spyker Revival Slated For 2022, Three Models Promised #wanitaxigo

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Would You Have Paid $82,500 For This Rare Panoz Esperante GTLM Coupe? #wanitaxigo

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Best Reviews 2021: The 2021 Ford Bronco Is The Compromised Off-Road Beast You Dreamed It Would Be

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We drove a lot of cars in 2021, we’re reposting a few of our favorites here. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/best-reviews-2021-the-2021-ford-bronco-is-the-compromi-1847180622

QOTD: What Were The Best And Worst Cars Of 2021? #wanitaxigo

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Best Reviews 2021: If The 2022 Honda Grom Doesn't Make You Happy Maybe You Can't Be Happy

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We drove a lot of cars in 2021, we’re reposting a few of our favorites here. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/best-reviews-2021-if-the-2022-honda-grom-doesnt-make-y-1847048070

Europe's Best-Selling EV Is... The Tesla Model 3

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The Tesla Model 3 has only been in Europe for a couple of years now , but it has been an instant hit. In 2021, it is expected to be the best-selling EV there, topping competitors like the Volkswagen ID.3 and the Renault Zoe, according to a new report. You can see why Tesla CEO Elon Musk is so anxious to get Tesla’s… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/europes-best-selling-ev-is-the-tesla-model-3-1848287478

2021 Staff Pick: I Found My Lexus GX 470's Achilles' Heel Off-Roading With Jeeps

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We’ve shared some of 2021's most read posts in our Best of 2021. Now, we’re sharing a few that our staffers think are worth a second look. These are our 2021 Staff Picks. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/2021-staff-pick-i-found-my-lexus-gx-470s-achilles-heel-1846945819

BMW 850i, Nissan Gloria GranTurismo, Goggomobil T400: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online

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Another week means another entry into our series featuring the sweet cars I found for sale online. This time we have a V12 BMW, classic American workhorses, and a JDM import you can live with. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/bmw-850ci-nissan-gloria-granturismo-goggomobil-t400-1848287128

French Car Ads Will Carry Surgeon General-Type Warnings About Responsible Transportation Habits

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Beginning early next year, carmakers hoping to advertise their wares in France must include messages encouraging responsible transportation habits that cut down on needless pollution, like walking or biking to nearby destinations and carpooling. If they don’t, they’ll have to cough up a €50,000 fine, or about $56,500… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/french-car-ads-will-carry-surgeon-general-type-warnings-1848286890

Thousands Of Flights Are Being Cancelled Due To Omicron

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Earlier this week, the CDC updated its guidelines on returning to work after a positive Covid test based on a study that could have been titled, “Delta Airlines said please and c’mon, just look at that face, how do you say no to that.” While airlines breathed a sigh of relief , broader response was less positive . Now,… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/thousands-of-flights-are-being-cancelled-due-to-omicron-1848286817

I Drove A Base Porsche 911 With An MSRP Of $116,000

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For a lot of people, the Porsche 911 is the default semi-pricey sports car. It’s what the successful doctor/lawyer/dentist buys when they’ve made it, and it’s been the subject of effusive praise in the automotive press since it hit the scene in the 1960s. It’s a great car and to varying degrees always has been. It’s… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/i-drove-a-base-porsche-911-with-an-msrp-of-116-000-1848070645

Pristine 2006 Spyker C8 Spyder Is Not Your Run-Of-The-Mill Supercar #wanitaxigo

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This Data Visualization Shows Just How Far Behind the United States Is On EVs

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You’ve probably heard reports that people in the United States aren’t buying EVs, but this post on Reddit’s r/DataIsBeautiful subreddit is putting the hard numbers of EV market share into some visual context. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/this-data-visualization-shows-just-how-far-behind-the-u-1848286942

You Can Own A Reliable, Mass Produced Engine That Goes Up To 20,000 RPM #wanitaxigo

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Mercedes-Benz Pulls Chinese Ad Over Racist Eye Makeup Accusations

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A Mercedes-Benz ad aired on Chinese social media website Weibo has since been pulled after users claimed makeup featured on one of the models reinforced racist beauty standards placed on Asian women by Western nations, the Communist Party’s Global Times reports . The controversy comes in the wake of an already-heated… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/mercedes-benz-pulls-chinese-ad-over-racist-eye-makeup-a-1848287001

A Wrecked Tesla Model 3 Will Soon Be Transformed With A Cummins Diesel Engine #wanitaxigo

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Google Maps Directed Drivers Down Dangerous Roads During Record Lake Tahoe Snowfall

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This December is already one of the snowiest ever in the Lake Tahoe region, with 202 inches having fallen in the month so far as of Tuesday . Naturally, bad weather results in road closures. But modern navigation software simply doesn’t take no for an answer, and so Google Maps — among other navigation companies — has… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/epic-lake-tahoe-snowfall-shows-why-google-maps-must-do-1848281697

Toyota Avalon enters 2022 with XSE Hybrid Nightshade Edition

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Filed under: Green , Toyota , Hybrid , Sedan Continue reading Toyota Avalon enters 2022 with XSE Hybrid Nightshade Edition Toyota Avalon enters 2022 with XSE Hybrid Nightshade Edition originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 29 Dec 2021 14:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments source https://www.autoblog.com/2021/12/29/2022-toyota-avalon-xse-hybrid-nightshade-edition/

Grab Some Popcorn, Ford’s Mike Levine And Tesla Fans Are Bickering About EV Quality Issues #wanitaxigo

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Best Of 2021: Here Are The Weirdest Unserviceable Car Parts

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Was 2021 a great year? Not exactly! But we did have some posts that did good traffic. Take a walk down memory lane with us, as we think back on 2021, a year that will seem much better by this time in 2022. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/best-of-2021-here-are-the-weirdest-unserviceable-car-p-1847293164

Have You Ever Owned A Subaru B9 Tribeca, The Crossover With A Plane Stuck To Its Face?

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Every once in a while I check my rearview mirrors or look at cross traffic and see the distinctive face that could have been Subaru’s future . This somewhat rare sight today is the Subaru B9 Tribeca. It was a crossover with room for seven, premium features and a flat-six under the hood. But people couldn’t get past the… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/have-you-ever-owned-a-subaru-b9-tribeca-the-crossover-1848281690

Hyundai shutters engine development in shift to electric and hydrogen vehicles

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Filed under: Green , Genesis , Hyundai , Kia , Green Automakers , Electric , Future Vehicles , Hydrogen Cars Continue reading Hyundai shutters engine development in shift to electric and hydrogen vehicles Hyundai shutters engine development in shift to electric and hydrogen vehicles originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 28 Dec 2021 17:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments source https://www.autoblog.com/2021/12/28/hyundai-closes-engine-development-shifts-to-ev/

You Can Swap An EV Battery In China For $7

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If the future of automobiles is truly going to be electric — and at the moment that’s what it looks like — then batteries should be easily swappable. Period. I know most of the industry is loath to do this, with big-deal companies like Tesla coming out definitively against it , but the truth is even if swappable… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/you-can-swap-an-ev-battery-in-china-for-7-1848277018

Family Adopts Kitten That Got Stuck In Their Nissan Rogue

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Sometimes it seems like everything is bad. The world is on fire, there’s a global pandemic, and the Nike car is very probably not coming next year. Once in a while, however, a good story cuts through the gloom — something that makes the sky seem a little brighter, the grass a little greener, and the internet not quite… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/family-adopts-kitten-that-got-stuck-in-their-nissan-rog-1848276760

I Have Seen The Worst Vanity Plate

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Tesla might have left California for Texas , but California is still very much Tesla’s symbolic headquarters, with almost half of U.S. Teslas registered there, and, as such, there are lots of Elon Musk superfans here. California also has lots of vanity plates, I have learned. I have also learned that the two things are… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/i-have-seen-the-worst-vanity-plate-1848276809

Police Officer On Leave After 13-Year-Old Killed in Dirt Bike Crash

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A 13-year-old boy is dead after an attempted traffic stop. Surveillance video shows the teen filling up his dirt bike with gas, paying for the gas, and then quickly driving away as police pulled into the gas station parking area. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/13-year-old-boy-on-dirt-bike-dead-after-attempted-traff-1848276016

McLaren Artura hybrid supercar delayed until second half of 2022

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Filed under: Green , Plants/Manufacturing , McLaren , Coupe , Hybrid , Performance , Supercars Continue reading McLaren Artura hybrid supercar delayed until second half of 2022 McLaren Artura hybrid supercar delayed until second half of 2022 originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 28 Dec 2021 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments source https://www.autoblog.com/2021/12/28/mclaren-artura-delay-until-2022-july/

New Electric Ford Explorer And Lincoln Aviator Could Be Built In Canada #wanitaxigo

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Get A Load Of The Batman’s New Batmobile In Latest Trailer #wanitaxigo

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Uber And Lyft Could Soon Have A Hard Time Denying Drivers Full Worker Status

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The legal test that determines whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee could be under scrutiny from the National Labor Relations Board. The NLRB recently invited public briefing on how to classify workers, which means the federal government is possibly considering changing those guidelines, per … Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/uber-and-lyft-could-soon-have-a-hard-time-denying-drive-1848276541

CyberKAT Is A Cybertruck-Inspired Remote Controlled Snowcat That’ll Soon Come With A Snowblower #wanitaxigo

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Oh, No! One-Off Pagani Huayra “Pearl” Crashed Yet Again #wanitaxigo

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That Was Fast, VinFast CEO Quits After Less Than A Year On The Job #wanitaxigo

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How To Make The Dessert That Ettore Bugatti Served At His Wedding #wanitaxigo

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Carvana Drops Off A Genesis Coupe A Little Too Literally As Hyundai Falls Off Transporter #wanitaxigo

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Volkswagen's electric ID.Buzz van is nearly ready for its big debut

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Filed under: Green , Volkswagen , Minivan/Van , Electric Continue reading Volkswagen's electric ID.Buzz van is nearly ready for its big debut Volkswagen's electric ID.Buzz van is nearly ready for its big debut originally appeared on Autoblog on Mon, 27 Dec 2021 14:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink  |  Email this  |  Comments source https://www.autoblog.com/2021/12/27/vw-id-buzz-van-teaser-video/

Bugatti Chiron Owner Goes Flat Out On The Autobahn, Hits 257 MPH (414 km/h) #wanitaxigo

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How Much Would You Pay For This Low-Mileage 2011 Tesla Roadster? #wanitaxigo

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Big, Simple, And Cheap, There Were Reasons To Love The 1984 Chevrolet Caprice Classic #wanitaxigo

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Best Of 2021: Jeep Wrangler Engine Explodes After Owner Tows Vehicle In Gear And Revs It To 50,000 RPM

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Was 2021 a great year? Not exactly! But we did have some posts that did good traffic. Take a walk down memory lane with us, as we think back on 2021, a year that will seem much better by this time in 2022. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/best-of-2021-jeep-wrangler-engine-explodes-after-owner-1846493328

This Builder Is Transforming A Porsche Boxster Taking Inspiration From The 911 GT1 #wanitaxigo

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How Does The 2022 Genesis G90 Compare With Its Predecessors? #wanitaxigo

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Former Olympian Might Have Staged A Plane Crash For Views

From eating laundry detergent pods to entering the world of pay-per-view boxing bouts, the ridiculous antics from clout-chasing YouTubers seem to know no bounds. Though, I’ve never seen anyone crash a plane for views before. Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/former-olympian-might-have-staged-a-plane-crash-for-vie-1848272133

QOTD: What’s The Best Looking Luxury Sedan Ever? #wanitaxigo

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Driven: 2022 Genesis GV70 Proves Carmaker Has Reached A New Level #wanitaxigo

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Sébastien Loeb Returns For The WRC's New Hybrid Era

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Next month at Rallye Monte Carlo, the FIA World Rally Championship will start a new era with the introduction of the new hybrid Rally1 regulations. Now, it has been officially confirmed that one of the sport’s legends will be rejoining the field. Sébastien Loeb will be driving a Ford Puma WRC Rally1 for M-Sport in the… Read more... source https://jalopnik.com/sebastien-loeb-returns-for-the-wrcs-new-hybrid-era-1848271782

Performmaster’s Mercedes-Benz G805 Poses With Widebody Kit And 805 HP #wanitaxigo

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Coming Across A Naked Carbon Fiber Koenigsegg Regera In Public Is Very Rare Indeed #wanitaxigo

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