Sports Cars
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13 New Cars We Can’t Wait to Drive in 2023
Kia Advertisement – Continue Reading Below Kia nailed the affordable family crossover with the Telluride. They have one of the most exciting new EVs on the market with the new EV6. Naturally enough, their next effort will be the EV9, a boxy, electric take on the Telluride. LEARN MORE The XM is only BMW’s second purely-M-designed vehicle, after the M1 supercar of yore. It looks vulgar. But it sounds like it will be an absolute beast with a V8 plug-in hybrid powertrain pumping out 644 hp and eventually 735 hp. It should also deliver around 30 miles of EV-only range. LEARN MORE 2023 Lamborghini Huracan Sterrato Lamborghini unveiled a wild,…
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Porsche 911 Hybrid Is Finally Happening
A hybrid model of the Porsche 911 has been rumored for a long time now. When the latest 911 chassis, the 992, debuted four decades ago, one of the huge conversing points was its gearbox, which has provisions for an electric powered motor. At the time, then-911 main engineer August Achleitner explained Porsche hadn’t committed to truly making a hybrid, still much has altered considering that November 2018. Speaking to Car or truck magazine, Porsche (and Volkswagen Group) chairman Oliver Blume confirmed that a 911 hybrid is on its way. “Our purpose is to offer you in each individual of our segments—the two-doorway sporting activities automobiles, the 4-door [sedans] and…
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1993 Sports Car Comparison Test
From the May 1993 issue of Car and Driver. If history and ad copywriters had shown a little respect for the term “sports car,” perhaps “budget sports car” would be recognized today as the redundancy it out to be. In the dawn of sports-car time, post-war Europe needed cheap transportation and couldn’t pay extra for fun. Skinny-tired MGs drew a clear distinction between sporty driving and other more serious forms of motoring, and a modest price was as integral to the formula as a roofless cockpit. So it’s a shame that “sports car” has been attached to every odd lump on wheels needing an image fix—so much so that when…
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10 Proper German Sports Cars That Are Surprisingly Cheap To Own And Maintain
Sometimes getting behind the wheel of a dream car turns out to be easier than a gearhead may think. Cars that once seemed out of reach, reveal themselves as viable options. Thanks to depreciation, or market factors, getting that desirable vehicle on the driveway becomes achievable, and waking up to find a Chevrolet C5 Corvette waiting to be daily driven, is no longer a fantasy. In a lot of cases though, it’s simpler to leave a dream car up there in the clouds. As any secondhand Maserati owner can testify to, what seems like a wonderful slice of exciting motoring, a supposed bona fide investment, may lead to financial ruin.…
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10 Sports Cars To Consider Instead Of The Porsche 911
It is widely regarded within the motoring community that the Porsche 911 is the best sports car on the planet. The original design may be from the VW Beetle, but many automakers are still building sports cars to rival the 911 – most of which fail to get near the Porsche’s performance, build quality, and engineering. The original 911 was nothing more than a fancier VW Beetle, before turning into the absolute monster which was the 930 Turbo – known as the ‘Widow Maker’ thanks to the immense turbo lag which would kick in all the boost at the same time. The 911 systematically became better and better over 20…
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Jaguar Mark 2 Was, Is a Revelation
It’s easy to see why the Jaguar Mark 2 became so beloved, regularly filling vintage racing grids, auction house lots, car show lawns, and top-10 lists of the greatest sports sedans of all time. This is the original, after all: a four-door with the power and poise to keep up with sports cars, plus luxury in abundance. In post-War Britain it was a revelation. It still is today. Like many automakers in the Thirties and Forties, Jaguar was conscripted into supporting the War effort, but founder Sir William Lyons always had an eye on the future. The story goes that he and his engineers worked on a new straight-six during…
