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- 🚘 $2.1M Ford GT, 777-HP TRX vs Raptor R, Trackhawk returns
🚘 $2.1M Ford GT, 777-HP TRX vs Raptor R, Trackhawk returns
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Releases & Reviews
Top Gear takes both super trucks to Johnson Valley, where the Ram's Hellcat V8 makes 777 hp (580 kW) against the Raptor R's supercharged 720 hp (537 kW). The lighter Ford wins every drag race and takes the verdict, though the Ram feels more composed on road.
Hand-built in the Netherlands around a twin-turbo Ford V6, the P24 RS makes 600 hp (448 kW) and 590 lb-ft (800 Nm) while weighing just 1,720 pounds (779 kg). The verdict: a notchy five-speed manual, telepathic steering, and a physical workout of a drive, limited to 150 cars.
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Technology, Market Data & Analysis
A Reuters report says Volkswagen wants a US-built pickup by 2030, plus a large SUV, to revive North American sales. The segment is worth nearly $200 billion this year, and VW currently ignores both. The automaker declined to comment, so treat it cautiously.
Lexus and Toyota still top J.D. Power and Consumer Reports rankings, with Subaru, Mazda, Honda, Buick, and Hyundai close behind. German brands have improved but cost more when they break. The bigger point: individual models and maintenance history matter more than the badge.
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Car Culture
The delivery-mileage Heritage Edition sold for $2,108,500 after bidders traded $1,000 increments for two hours past the deadline — nearly a million over Hagerty's $1.3M concours valuation. The Gulf livery was a $13,000 option on a $139,995 car, and values are up 35% in a quarter.
Chris Harris sits down with Gordon Murray after the S1 LM — a customer-commissioned F1 LM homage conceived during Murray's 2024 chemotherapy — was flown into Las Vegas beneath a helicopter and auctioned for over $20 million, a record for a new car.
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Miscellaneous
Jeep’s Wildest Ever Grand Cherokee Is Set to Return With SRT Supercharged V-8 Muscle (4 minute read)
MotorTrend reports a 2028 Grand Cherokee SRT Trackhawk with a revised supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi, potentially matching the Ram Rumble Bee's 777 hp (580 kW). Relaxed CAFE rules revived Stellantis' V-8 program; estimate roughly $90,000 in fall 2027, versus the old Trackhawk's 707 hp (527 kW).
Trucking boss Guy Turner dreamed up a cabover so tall the driver's eyes sat 10 feet (3 m) above the pavement, seating a five-man crew and tilting 45 degrees for service. Corbitt built ten of them from 1951; complaints forced later cabs 18 inches (46 cm) shorter.
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Dodge's 600-hp (448 kW) twin-turbo inline-six tops the Charger range with 531 lb-ft (720 Nm), a steering-wheel rear-drive button, and an 11.8 second quarter mile — 0.4 second quicker than the Scat Pack.
carwow finds the 639-hp (477 kW) hybrid RS5 loses to the lighter 530-hp (395 kW) M3 over the quarter mile, 11.8 seconds to 11.3, despite carrying over 100 hp (75 kW) more.
Barred from importing classics or modifying cars, Beijing's FullGood Motors commissioned BYD to build a first-generation Corvette body over an electric sedan, and now plans a retro VW bus and a 1930s-style hot rod.
Artist Phyllis Yes lace-painted this 1967 911S in 1984 — the Wall Street Journal called it the world's fastest doily — and bought it back on Bring a Trailer for $250,000 to preserve it in a museum.
A 4,700 mile (7,562 km) 1997 Land Cruiser heads to Mecum's Monterey sale after fetching $170,000 on Bring a Trailer in 2024 — only five other 80-Series have topped $100,000 across 808 listings.
With enthusiast prices climbing and cheap favorites disappearing, this roundup ranks ten new cars under $35,000 that still deliver responsive handling and playful personalities, from least to most expensive.
Clemson students and BMW built the 1,212 pound (549 kg) Luminetta with over 1,700 photovoltaic cells in its bodywork, enough that a 12 mile (19 km) daily commute nets roughly 31 miles (50 km) of surplus range.
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