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Toyota To Reportedly Launch Corolla Cross SUV In The U.S. Market

Sightings of a heavily camouflaged prototype fitted with US-spec amber turn signals strongly suggest the Corolla Cross is coming to the US, though Toyota has yet to confirm the news. The compact SUV is built in Asia and Brazil and available with 1.8-liter gasoline engines with and without hybrid assistance.

Lewis Hamilton’s Race-Winning 2010 McLaren-Mercedes F1 Car Is Heading To Auction

Obsessed by race and rally cars and got $$$$ to burn? Peter Solberg’s 2004 Rally Japan-winning S10 Subaru Impreza is up for grabs with Silverstone Auctions this week with a guide price of $542-633k, and if that doesn’t clean you out, in September you could pick up Lewis Hamilton’s MP4-25A for an estimated $5-7m. Hamilton drove the McLaren-Mercedes to victory at the 2010 Turkish GP.

Can You Tell What This Weird Widebody Porsche Cayman Test Mule Is All About?

Tesla’s insanely rapid Model S Plaid allegedly lapped Laguna Seca less than 2 sec slower than a 911 GT2 RS this week, but it looks like Porsche is probably too busy testing this mysterious wide-track Cayman at the Nürburgring to care.

2022 Mercedes-AMG SL Composite Aluminum Bodyshell Looks Huge Next to Original 1952 SL Spaceframe

Mercedes is re-booting its legendary SL model as a 2+2 roadster, and to build some anticipation gave us a look at the car’s brand new body alongside the spindly spaceframe of an original 1950s SL Gullwing.

VW’s New ID.X High Performance Concept Drops ID.4 GTX’s Hot Parts Into The ID.3

Volkswagen has hinted at plans to make a Golf R-style version of its ID.3 electric hatch. The ID.X swaps the standard 62 kWh battery for an 82 kWh one, and borrowed parts from the bi-motor ID.4 GTX to give the concept 328 hp and all-wheel drive.

The Five-Point-Oh Show: Ford Mustang Mach 1 Goes Up Against The Lexus RC F Track Edition

Despite costing twice as much as the Mach 1, the Lexus RC F has plenty in common with the latest performance Mustang, The Straight Pipes YouTube channel discovers.

2022 Hummer EV First GM Product To Feature Android OS Infotainment System

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Volvo and Polestar already use Google’s Android operating system, but the tech looks far more impressive on the Hummer’s widescreen 13.4-inch infotainment display. Drivers can use Google Maps, Google Play and Google Assistant, which, unlike many rival systems, does a great job of understanding natural speech.

What Else Is Making The News

TuSimple Says Its Self-Driving Trucks Shaved 10 Hours Off A 24-Hour Run

Truck stops (and truck drivers) could soon be a thing of the past, once haulage companies hear about the results of TuSimple’s latest self-driving experiment. The driverless tech company tested its trucks by hauling watermelons along a 951-mile route from Nogales, Arizona, to Oklahoma City, CNBC reports.

Google Trials ‘Project Starline’ Glasses-Free 3D Display

The need to wear special glasses is one of the key reasons traditional 3D technology never really took off, but now Google has revealed a ‘magic window’ project that gives people a sense of being in the same room even when thousands of miles apart.