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Hyundai Trying 1-3 Months Long Subscription Service To Lure Shoppers To Ioniq EVs
Hyundai is working on a try-before-you-buy scheme to help potential Ioniq 5 buyers overcome their doubts about electric cars. The small print has yet to be finalised, but the subscription fee would cover the price of the car and insurance for a short period, after which the drivers would hopefully opt to buy their own 5.
C8 Corvette Split In Half In Crash But Its Engine (And Other Parts) Are For Sale
We don’t know what happened to this poor Corvette, but what’s left of it is up for grabs, including the LT2 V8 for $19,999, and the eight-speed DCT, priced at $7,499. What would you transplant them into?
2022 BMW i4 M50: The First Electric M Car Has 536-HP For About 10 Seconds And A $65,900 Price Tag
BMW’s has finally revealed the interior design and prices of its i4 electric car, plus details of its first ever M-badged EV. The i4 M50 costs $4000 less than an M3 sedan and can crack 62mph in 3.9 seconds – not bad, but no match for a Tesla Model 3.
Porsche Close To Green-Lighting A New Electric Sedan To Rival Tesla Model 3, BMW i4
If BMW’s i4 can’t outrun a Model 3, maybe Porsche will have better luck. New reports out of Stuttgart suggest Porsche could use the PPE platform found under the upcoming Macan EV to create a little brother to the Taycan. The baby sedan might take the Cajun name Porsche trademarked back in 2011.
2022 Rimac Nevera Sets Unofficial Quarter Mile Record, Destroys Ferrari SF90 Stradale In Race
You’ve seen the powertrain stats, you’ve watched the shakedown runs, but nothing prepares you for the way Croatia’s Rimac Nevera cruelly takes apart Ferrari’s fastest car en route to a jaw-dropping 8.62 second quarter mile finish. Consider those supercar goalposts well and truly moved.
Russia’s Aurus Senat Luxury Limousine Officially Enters Production
Russia’s Rolls Royce rip-off was developed as a prestige project for the Kremlin, where the driving force behind it was apparently none other than President Vladimir Putin. The driving force behind the $245k limo’s copycat grille, meanwhile, is a 590 hp 4.4-liter V8 developed with Porsche.
Touring Unveils Its First Mid-Engined Car, The Ferrari-Powered Arese RH95
The original Touring coachbuilding company was responsible for creating the shapes of some of Ferrari’s most important cars in the 1940s and ’50s, and now it’s used a current Ferrari F8 Tributo as the basis for its very own supercar.
What Else Is Making The News
Wreckfest Now Available On PlayStation 5 And Xbox Series
If you prefer your console racing gameplay dinged and dirty, chances are you’re a Wreckfest fan. Now the fender-bending racing game has been upgraded for release on the latest-generation consoles, complete with 4K resolution at up to 60fps, and quicker load times.
Take A Look At What Happened With The Internet To See Why Electric Cars Will Take Over Sooner Than You Think
EV take-up won’t be linear, but shaped like an S-curve, and demand is just about to explode. That’s according to the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt, who explains how the late 1990s internet boom can help us predict what will happen next to electric cars.