The subsequent AMG to get a charging port is the brand new Mercedes E-Class within the “53” taste, obtainable for each sedan and wagon physique kinds. While electrification sometimes comes together with a downsized combustion engine, that’s not the case right here. Not solely does this AMG Lite model nonetheless have an inline-six, however the 3.0-liter gasoline mill even makes extra energy than earlier than.
The previous AMG E53 had 429 hp on faucet whereas its substitute has had the turbocharged six-cylinder mill massaged to ship 443 hp. The combustion engine now works along with an electrical motor rated at 161 hp, enabling a complete system output of 577 hp. Activating Race Start, which is advertising and marketing jargon for launch management, the mixed output will increase to a brief 603 hp. With 553 lb-ft (750 Nm) on faucet, you get a large torque increase for the reason that previous mannequin needed to make do with 384 lb-ft (520 Nm).
The Volkswagen Golf Mk8.5 GTI will come completely in DSG taste, and there is a Red Bull-branded hypercar on the horizon.
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Volkswagen Golf GTI Facelift Loses Manual Gearbox
The writing had been on the wall for the handbook Golf GTI ever since VW launched the GTI 380 final August. When the special-edition sizzling hatch launched, the Germans stated 2024 could be the final yr for the R with a stick shift. Despite rumors stating the clutch pedal would survive with the mid-cycle facelift, the unhappy fact is the do-it-yourself ‘field is not any extra.
Speaking with Automotive News Europe at 2024 CES in Las Vegas, VW improvement chief Kai Grünitz defined why you will not be capable of row your personal gears within the sizzling Golfs anymore. The primary motive has to do with emissions laws. Even although the Euro 7 laws has been relaxed because the preliminary proposal, work on the automotive’s mid-cycle replace commenced years in the past when the EU7 customary was significantly harsher.
Hyundai has revealed the brand new Tucson in a sporty N Line taste, and Pagani has a brand new video exhibiting how the Utopia’s V12 is constructed by AMG.
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2025 Hyundai Tucson N Line Launched
After Hyundai Europe printed photos of the Tucson facelift earlier than it formally debuted, extra images at the moment are out there. To coincide with the market launch of the up to date compact crossover in its home market, Hyundai is exhibiting the N Line mannequin. This sole picture reveals the discreetly modified headlights of the lesser trim ranges, plus a unique grille versus to the pre-facelift mannequin.
The Tucson N Line rides on unique 19-inch wheels and comes with a revised entrance bumper. Another picture reveals the common variant (with all-wheel drive) from the again for the primary time. The rear may look nearly similar, however the decrease lights have been redesigned for the reason that horizontal strip has made manner for an even bigger cluster. The diamond-like sample of the bumper can be gone.
Lamborghini celebrated its 60th anniversary by hosting an exclusive brand experience called Lamborghini Lounge Monterey during Monterey Car Week 2023. The event showcased a combination of innovation and tradition, highlighting the automaker’s position as a leader in the world of supercars. Held at the iconic Pebble Beach Golf Links, the celebration featured the unveiling of the all-electric Lamborghini Lanzador concept car, which offers a glimpse into the future of electric Lamborghinis.
The event also paid homage to Lamborghini’s rich history by showcasing five historic V12s, including the classic 400 GT, Miura S, Countach 25th Anniversary, Diablo, and Murciélago LP 670-4 SuperVeloce. These vehicles served as a nostalgic reminder of the brand’s evolution, alongside current models such as the record-breaking Urus Performante, race-inspired Huracán STO, and the first V12 HPEV, the Revuelto.
One of the highlights of the event was the all-electric Lamborghini Lanzador concept car, which represents the brand’s pursuit of environmentally sustainable luxury performance. Guests at the Lamborghini Lounge had the opportunity to get a close-up view of this cutting-edge vehicle that embodies Lamborghini’s ambition to redefine the driving experience.
The celebration also showcased Lamborghini’s craftsmanship with two dedicated Ad Personam studios, where VIP guests could use state-of-the-art virtual configuration programs to design their dream Lamborghini. The customization options demonstrated the brand’s commitment to personalized luxury.
In addition to showcasing cars, Lamborghini unveiled the limited-edition 3T electric bike, the RaceMax Boost LTD x Automobili Lamborghini. Designed in collaboration with Lamborghini Centro Stile, this exclusive bike reflects the essence of Lamborghini’s automotive brilliance, with only 30 pieces available worldwide.
Throughout the weekend, guests at the Lamborghini Lounge indulged in a complete “Made in Italy” experience, enjoying quality cocktails and culinary delights crafted by Lamborghini’s resident Italian chef. The event encapsulated the grandeur and finesse of Lamborghini’s lifestyle, combining innovation, history, luxury, and exclusivity.
As Lamborghini celebrates 60 years of automotive excellence, this celebration at Monterey Car Week 2023 not only honors its legacy but also represents an exciting step forward into the future. The focus on both the innovative electric Lanzador concept car and iconic V12s signifies Lamborghini’s ability to embrace change while honoring tradition, paving the way for many more years of delivering exceptional driving experiences.
Porsche France recently teased a new variant of the 911 on social media, leading some to believe it might be the highly anticipated heritage-inspired ST model. However, the actual release is the 911 Carrera GTS Le Mans Centenary Edition, which pays homage to past Porsche models by incorporating design elements from the 356 SL and 911 GT1. This special edition celebrates 100 years of endurance racing since the inaugural event held on May 26-27, 1923.
Exclusive to France, the retro-styled 911 Carrera GTS will only have 72 units available for purchase. This number signifies the 72 years of Porsche’s continuous presence at the renowned 24-hour endurance race. Buyers can choose between a seven-speed manual gearbox or an eight-speed PDK transmission, and each car comes equipped with an extensive list of standard features. The price for this exclusive model is €237,819, which is approximately $259,600 based on current exchange rates.
The 2023 Pro Motocross season made a stop in Mount Morris, Pennsylvania on Father’s Day weekend, bringing a different vibe to the races. The 450 class featured a showdown between Ken Roczen and Jet Lawrence, as Roczen aimed to challenge Lawrence’s path to the championship. However, heavy rainfall before practice caused complications, making it crucial for riders to set a good lap time in the first qualifying session. Roczen seized this opportunity by setting a blazing time, while Lawrence struggled with minor crashes interrupting his session. In the 250 class, Justin Cooper experienced a crash during qualifying, while his teammate Haiden Deegan secured the fastest time. For more extensive coverage of the 2023 Pro Motocross season, click here.
250 MOTO 1
In the first 250 moto, the track was a muddy and rutted nightmare. RJ Hampshire took the lead initially, with Jo Shimoda in second. However, Shimoda went down in the second turn, causing a massive pile-up that also affected series point leader Hunter Lawrence. Haiden Deegan and Jalek Swoll battled for a few laps, but Deegan eventually broke free. As the race progressed, Lawrence made impressive progress through the pack, while Deegan kept a close eye on Hampshire. In a dramatic finish, Hampshire managed to retake the lead on the last lap. Lawrence also passed Swoll for third place at the very end.
1 RJ Hampshire 2 Haiden Deegan 3 Hunter Lawrence 4 Jalek Swoll 5 Ryder DiFrancesco 6 Maximus Vohland 7 Jo Shimoda 8 Chance Hymas 9 Caden Braswell 10 Preston Kilroy 11 Tom Vialle 12 Levi Kitchen 13 Talon Hawkins 14 Dilan Schwartz 15 Jordon Smith 16 Derek Kelley 17 Chase Yentzer 18 Maxwell Sanford 19 Slade Smith 20 Jack Rogers 21 Cory Carsten 22 Kyle Murdoch 23 Blaze Cremaldi 24 Mitchell Zaremba 25 Tyson Johnson 26 Joseph Tait 27 Rody Schroyer 28 James Harrington 29 Peyton Jackson 30 Tyler Evans 31 Gerald Lorenz III 32 Evan Haimowitz 33 Gerhard Matamoros 34 Aidan Dickens 35 Cole Jones 36 Skyler Leaf 37 Steve Roman 38 Tyler Conner 39 Matti Jorgensen 40 Ian Kearon
450 MOTO 1
Jett Lawrence took the holeshot in the 450 class with Ken Roczen starting around fifth. Roczen quickly moved up to second place and attempted to catch Lawrence throughout the race. However, every time Roczen made some progress, Lawrence responded and maintained a 4-second lead. Garrett Marchbanks managed to keep up with the front runners, while the rest of the field gradually fell behind. During the race’s midway point, Lawrence had a fall, allowing Roczen and Marchbanks to pass him. Although Lawrence quickly regained his position ahead of Marchbanks, it took several laps for him to catch up to Roczen. The two riders engaged in a thrilling battle, with Lawrence briefly overtaking Roczen, who retaliated and recaptured the lead a few turns later. Eventually, Lawrence secured the lead for good. Roczen stayed within a couple of seconds until he fell on the final lap, struggling to restart his Suzuki and settling for 7th place.
1 Jett Lawrence 2 Garrett Marchbanks 3 Cooper Webb 4 Adam Cianciarulo 5 Ty Masterpool 6 Dylan Ferrandis 7 Ken Roczen 8 Aaron Plessinger 9 Derek Drake 10 Romain Pape 11 Grant Harlan 12 Phillip Nicoletti 13 Lorenzo Locurcio 14 Fredrik Noren 15 Jeremy Hand 16 Kaeden Amerine 17 Trevor Schmidt 18 Brandon Ray 19 Christopher Prebula 20 Bryce Shelly 21 Vincent Luhovey 22 Max Miller 23 Jose Butron 24 Jared Lesher 25 Jeremy Smith 26 Chandler Baker 27 Luca Marsalisi 28 Jeffrey Walker 29 Cody Groves 30 Jace Kessler 31 Scott Meshey 32 Ricci Randanella 33 Ayden Shive 34 Lowell Spangler 35 Alex Ray 36 Billy Ainsworth 37 Bryton Carroll 38 Dakota Kessler 39 Matthew Burkeen 40 Jerry Robin
450 COMBINED QUALIFYING
1 Ken Roczen 2:21.066 2 Jett Lawrence 2:23.675 3 Garrett Marchbanks 2:24.214 4 Dylan Ferrandis 2:24.537 5 Adam Cianciarulo 2:24.858 6 Ty Masterpool 2:25.663 7 Derek Drake 2:25.764 8 Cooper Webb 2:26.264 9 Aaron Plessinger 2:28.969 10 Jerry Robin 2:30.106 11 Cody Groves 2:31.427 12 Grant Harlan 2:31.606 13 Fredrik Noren 2:31.657 14 Jeremy Smith 2:33.120 15 Bryton Carroll 2:33.492 16 Jeremy Hand 2:33.845 17 Kaeden Amerine 2:34.480 18 Luca Marsalisi 2:35.035 19 Chandler Baker 2:35.206 20 Jace Kessler 2:35.303 21 Christopher Prebula 2:35.612 22 Romain Pape 2:36.162 23 Lorenzo Locurcio 2:36.514 24 Jared Lesher 2:36.745 25 Ricci Randanella 2:36.803 26 Matthew Burkeen 2:37.312 27 Trevor Schmidt 2:37.354 28 Vincent Luhovey 2:37.828 29 Bryce Shelly 2:38.871 30 Alex Ray 2:39.387 31 Brandon Ray 2:39.559 32 Lowell Spangler 2:40.401 33 Scott Meshey 2:40.455 34 Max Miller 2:40.975 35 Jose Butron 2:41.277 36 Phillip Nicoletti 2:41.622 37 TJ Albright 2:42.471 38 Zack Williams 2:42.471 39 Gabe Gutierres 2:42.529 40 Ayden Shive 2:43.234 41 Billy Ainsworth 2:45.156 42 Ryan Diezic 2:45.280 43 Jacob Rose 2:45.837 44 Nathan Augustin 2:46.081 45 Felix Lopez 2:46.120 46 Jeffrey Walker 2:46.526 47 Dakota Kessler 2:46.780 48 Nick Fratz-Orr 2:47.299 49 Brandon Hugney 2:49.103 50 Alex Panzarella 2:49.618 51 Derek Leatherman 2:50.037 52 Seamus Sullivan 2:50.460 53 Austin Walker 2:50.785 54 Ezra Lewis 2:52.298 55 Nicholas Hayes 2:52.366 56 Thomas Lanphear 2:53.208 57 Rylan Bly 2:53.509 58 Bryce Hammond 2:54.280 59 Corey Burnett 2:55.091 60 Nick Kraeger 2:56.411 61 Garrett Smith 2:56.556 62 Evan Richard 2:56.879 63 Justin Thompson 2:56.963 64 Brandon Pederson 2:57.101 65 Jakob Rassa 2:57.671 66 Jacob Glenn 3:00.913 67 Brett Greenley 3:01.699 68 Maik Schaller 3:02.122 69 Zach Peters 3:03.616 70 Cole Bradford 3:04.606 71 Liam Langer 3:04.635 72 Anthony Roth 3:05.788 73 Landon Armbruster 3:06.183 74 Evan Talbott 3:08.420 75 Joey DeNeen 3:09.116 76 Ivon Hays 3:10.414 77 Chase Witmer 3:10.744 78 Nicholas Burgess 3:12.973 79 Trent Yoder 3:18.843 80 Devon Bates 3:25.138 81 Kyle Farren 3:25.662 82 Kyle Vidovich 3:29.085 83 William Clark 3:35.666 84 James Cooper 4:06.906 85 Vincent Harrison 4:35.069 86 Nicholas Peccarelli 4:45.895 87 Jimmy Knisley 6:18.230
250 COMBINED QUALIFYING
1 Haiden Deegan 2:20.801 2 Matti Jorgensen 2:21.018 3 Hunter Lawrence 2:21.734 4 Jo Shimoda 2:22.014 5 Steve Roman 2:22.521 6 Justin Cooper 2:22.545 7 RJ Hampshire 2:23.451 8 Chance Hymas 2:23.553 9 Maxwell Sanford 2:23.638 10 Jordon Smith 2:23.723 11 Maximus Vohland 2:23.926 12 Joseph Tait 2:24.912 13 Tom Vialle 2:25.345 14 Jalek Swoll 2:25.489 15 Ryder DiFrancesco 2:27.023 16 Preston Kilroy 2:27.411 17 Kyle Murdoch 2:27.778 18 Rody Schroyer 2:27.788 19 Cory Carsten 2:28.782 20 Peyton Jackson 2:28.820 21 Gerhard Matamoros 2:28.871 22 Skyler Leaf 2:29.229 23 Evan Haimowitz 2:29.578 24 Talon Hawkins 2:30.000 25 Derek Kelley 2:30.068 26 Caden Braswell 2:30.342 27 Slade Smith 2:30.463 28 Ian Kearon 2:30.702 29 Mitchell Zaremba 2:31.229 30 Chase Yentzer 2:31.390 31 Jack Rogers 2:31.697 32 Levi Kitchen 2:32.202 33 Dilan Schwartz 2:32.481 34 Aidan Dickens 2:32.824 35 Tyson Johnson 2:34.354 36 Gerald Lorenz III 2:34.362 37 Max Darling 2:34.713 38 Jason Neidigh 2:35.302 39 Gage Stine 2:35.671 40 Tyler Conner 2:35.996 41 Logan Boye 2:36.619 42 Damian Buccieri 2:37.207 43 Cole Jones 2:37.927 44 Blaze Cremaldi 2:38.002 45 James Harrington 2:38.017 46 Travis Mecking 2:39.076 47 Konnor Visger 2:39.803 48 Cory Gilliam 2:40.240 49 Hunter Cross 2:40.499 50 Ethan Lane 2:40.511 51 Marcus Phelps 2:40.585 52 Bryson Raymond 2:40.817 53 Michael Lennon 2:41.513 54 Braden Gray 2:41.674 55 Christopher Williams 2:41.818 56 Tyler Evans 2:42.411 57 Riley Ripper 2:43.161 58 Charles Tolleson 2:43.680 59 Nicholas Inman 2:44.061 60 Ashton Bloxom 2:44.392 61 Colton Eigenmann 2:44.804 62 Gage Hulsey 2:44.942 63 Robert Bailey 2:46.411 64 Cole Robbins 2:47.076 65 Jason Fichera 2:47.091 66 Brantley Schnell 2:47.406 67 Ryan Quinn 2:47.953 68 Ethan Day 2:47.987 69 Nolan Dickinson 2:49.583 70 Zachary Lahman 2:51.526 71 Gavin Brough 2:52.142 72 James Churn 2:52.639 73 Jordan Jarvis 2:53.133 74 Brian Saunier 2:53.566 75 Steven Keil 2:53.600 76 Ryan Lechien 3:05.763
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