Lamborghini has refreshed its emblem for the primary time in additional than 20 years, giving its trademark raging bull badge a brand new look that goals to advertise the agency’s attributes.
The new emblem, which will probably be utilized to all new vehicles going forwards, is claimed to “better reflect the “courageous”, “surprising” and “genuine” values” of Lamborghini‘s ‘mission’.
The Italian supercar producer has additionally created a brand new bespoke font that “echoes the unmistakable lines and angularity of the cars”.
The emblem itself is similar to the earlier iteration, however the shiny gold detailing has been toned right into a subtler bronze and the Lamborghini identify is written in a “broader” typeface, “symbolising the clear identity of the brand”.
The first automobile to put on the brand new badge is predicted to be the plug-in hybrid version of the Urus SUV, attributable to be revealed within the coming months, adopted by the Hurácan’s successor later this 12 months.
Notably, the bull itself will seem individually – with out its shield-shaped surrounding and the Lamborghini identify – for the primary time on the corporate’s web site and social media channels.
The rebranding programme is the newest step in Lamborghini’s ‘Direzione Cor Tauri’ enterprise technique, beneath which it can electrify its line-up by the top of 2024 and introduce its first EV – primarily based on the hanging Lanzador crossover concept – in round 2028.
After giving the SL roadster a four-cylinder engine in 2022, Mercedes-AMG is placing the identical 2.0-liter inside its coupe equal. The new GT43 serves because the entry-level mannequin in comparison with the warmer V-8 model. In addition, it loses all-wheel drive in favor of a rear-wheel-drive structure.
A extra snug 2+2 gran tourer than the previous devoted two-seater sports activities automotive, the brand new AMG GT Coupe inherits the Formula 1-derived electrical exhaust fuel turbocharger from the SL43. However, the brand new coupe packs a higher punch since its four-pot mill is sweet for 416 horsepower or 41 hp greater than the convertible.
It additionally has 369 pound-feet of torque, a rise of 15 lb-ft over the SL43. AMG has engineered the revamped GT with a mild-hybrid setup offering a short lived increase in energy of 14 hp. Output is routed to the rear axle by way of a nine-speed, dual-clutch computerized transmission.
Despite the additional oomph, the SL43 continues to be considerably slower than the V-8. It takes 4.6 seconds for the coupe to succeed in 62 miles per hour, on par with one thing just like the Volkswagen Golf R. Flat out, it will do 174 mph, which is simply a smidge greater than the recent hatchback.
Mercedes-AMG does not point out the curb weight, however it have to be considerably decrease after deleting 4 cylinders and the AWD structure. That mentioned, the second-generation mannequin is considerably chunkier than its predecessor after transitioning to a bigger and extra sensible GT automotive. For reference, the brand new V8-powered, all-wheel-drive GT63 ideas the scales at a colossal 4,343 pounds.
This particular GT43 is the European mannequin, the place Mercedes-AMG intends to promote the bottom model with a regular two-seat structure and an non-compulsory 2+2 association. All-wheel steering can be going to price further. When fitted, the rear wheels will steer in the wrong way because the entrance wheels at speeds of as much as 62 mph and in the identical course at greater speeds.
We’ve reached out to Mercedes and discovered the automotive can be coming to the United States as a 2025MY, the place the four-seat structure is normal. Pricing might be introduced at a later date; logic tells us it will considerably undercut the $136,050 GT55 coupe bought within the US. Just to get an thought, the SL43 convertible is roughly $31,000 cheaper than the SL55.
The GT43 and SL43 aren’t the one high-end fashions to make use of the two.0-liter engine borrowed from the compact “45” fashions. AMG makes use of the small unit within the newest C63 and GLC63. Internally codenamed M139l, the world’s strongest sequence manufacturing four-cylinder engine is mounted longitudinally in these costlier automobiles fairly than transversally as is the case with the CLA45, GLA45, and so on. The base Lotus Emira has the transverse model of this engine.
CboysTV is the present that retains on giving to powersports lovers. If the fellows aren’t making the wildest Harley-Davidson snow bike you’ve got ever seen, they’re changing the wheels on a mud bike and an ATV with noticed blades.
The video thumbnail exhibits a Honda CRF250R on a frozen lake with noticed blades as an alternative of wheels, however like most content material from the CboysTV, the thumbnail is simply the tip of the iceberg. And the boys discover much more fascinating methods to place these selfmade angle grinders to make use of.
Queue the sirens.
Blades on Ice
There’s a near-endless supply of videos that includes the lads placing issues on the ice that don’t have any proper to be there, however these movies often contain snow tires. If you get twisted up with a snow tire, it is unhealthy. But if you happen to get run over by a mud bike wielding 100 lb noticed blades, on the very least, you are in all probability dropping a limb.
Looking on the thumbnail, you’d suppose there isn’t any manner that the CRF will work on ice, and if it did, it’d in all probability sink again. And the primary few toes of ice using does nothing to dispel these ideas. But, like so many bizarre tasks earlier than it on CboysTV, it really works virtually too properly.
The dust bike digs into the ice so properly that the rider, Ev, stated,
“Like, when someone says it’s “on rails”, I don’t know if you can get much more on rails than this.”
Unfortunately, the ATV wasn’t as thrilling to look at and seemed prefer it was going to shake itself aside at some phases. But, by far, probably the most scary a part of the video was when it spun out, and its blades have been inside a couple of foot of the CRF’s.
Blades on Dirt
If you watch the Cboys, you realize the subsequent pure port of name was their dust observe. And if you happen to thought their saw-blade autos did properly on ice, you will want to choose your jaw up after watching them sort out the dust observe.
This time, each the ATV and the CRF shone, and there have been loads of drifts, jumps, and even wheelies. It’s arduous to overstate how properly these autos carried out off-road.
Chopping Wood
After testing the CRF’s wood-cutting skills on a hefty log, the lads used each autos to demolish a stockpile of used wooden. Again, this labored higher than you’d have imagined, main Ryan to say,
Crazy, it is like probably the most unsafe round noticed I’ve ever seen.
Finally, the lads set ablaze to the pile of wooden utilizing an industrial flame thrower, resulting in a shock go to from the cops and hearth division. How the Cboys prime this newest video, I do not know. Tell us what you consider their newest creations within the feedback.
MAZDA EMPLOYEE BUSINESS RESOURCE GROUPS LAUNCH $320,000 GIVING PROGRAM WITH 27 NONPROFITS
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In collaboration with its eight Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs), Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) is proud to announce donations totaling $320,000 to increase the corporate’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. These important donations shall be distributed to 27 nonprofits throughout the U.S. In addition to the monetary help, many of those efforts will embody ongoing volunteer actions.
Hyundai is giving the Elantra N a slew of updates for the 2024 mannequin 12 months. In addition to the brand new and improved entrance fascia, our favourite inexpensive sport sedan has been handled to quite a few mechanical upgrades to enhance dealing with and enhance enjoyable. Now, we all know how a lot it will price: $34,850, together with vacation spot.
The worth represents simply an $835 enhance over final 12 months’s Elantra N, inserting the automotive in a candy spot throughout the extremely aggressive inexpensive efficiency area of interest. It’s barely costlier than direct opposition the likes of the Volkswagen Golf GTI and the Subaru WRX, however undercuts vehicles just like the Toyota GR Corolla and the Honda Civic Type R.
Car
Price (Including Destination)
2024 Honda Civic Si
$30,195
2024 Volkswagen Golf GTI
$33,190
2024 Subaru WRX
$33,855
2024 Hyundai Elantra N
$34,850
2024 Toyota GR Corolla
$37,595
2024 Honda Civic Type R
$45,890
As at all times, the Elantra N delivers spectacular worth for cash. And for simply $835 additional you get loads of upgrades.
The largest change comes proper up entrance. There’s a brand new bumper design and new headlights that, to our eyes, look far improved over the earlier mannequin. The fascia routes air extra effectively to the radiator and to the braking system to enhance cooling and preserve constant braking efficiency. There’s additionally thermal safety for the brake strains to maintain the fluid from overheating.
Working via the automotive, Hyundai has up to date the steering system with higher tolerances and a brand new common be a part of to extend precision and really feel. There are additionally new motor mounts to scale back vibrations. Further down you may discover urethane bushings for the rear suspension mounting factors. The adjustable dampers, steering system, and stability management system have been retuned to compensate for the modifications.
Volkswagen is giving its iconic compact automotive a facelift. To stay aggressive in a section dominated by crossovers, the Mk8.5 Golf spices issues up with a sharper exterior design, a new infotainment system, and a few much-needed mechanical enhancements. While the US will solely get the GTI and Golf R, the usual Golf will nonetheless be obtainable in hatchback and wagon physique types all through Europe.
VW is exhibiting the up to date Golf in a number of flavors. The hatchback is available in eHybrid and GTE plug-in hybrid types, in addition to the America-bound GTI. The extra sensible Variant property is proven within the R-Line guise. The solely ones lacking from the lineup are the all-wheel-drive R and the GTD performance diesel.
The largest modifications on the surface are the redesigned LED lighting fixtures, with the costlier Golfs that includes a full-LED headlight setup with an illuminated VW badge. At a further value, clients will be capable of go for a extra refined matrix LED setup with a excessive beam nearly twice as highly effective because the common excessive beam. At the rear, the fancier taillights characteristic 3D-like graphics with three selectable patterns – just like what Audi gives on a few of its fashions.
With the Golf facelift, VW is including 4 new metallic paints (Crystal Ice Blue, Anemone Blue, Oyster Silver, Grenadilla Black) and 5 alloy wheel designs starting from 16 to 19 inches. Each trim stage obtainable (Golf, Life, Style, R-Line, GTE, and GTI) will get discreetly up to date bumpers, and all fashions from the Style grade above have a black roof.
Mirroring the pre-facelift Golf, the extra sensible of the 2 physique types will not be provided in eHybrid, GTE, and GTI specs. Hopefully, the Golf R Variant efficiency wagon will proceed.
VW already confirmed the up to date cabin earlier this month at CES. Yes, the recent hatch is reverting to traditional buttons on the steering wheel, and it ought to be the identical story with the Golf R. It’s essential to notice the lesser Golf Mk8 fashions offered in Europe got here with conventional controls with solely the pricier ones receiving the irritating touch-sensitive keys.
The largest change inside is the next-generation infotainment system with a big tablet-style display screen that measures 10.4 inches on the cheaper Golfs and 12.9 inches on the costlier fashions. The dreaded sliders for controlling the air con system are nonetheless there, however they’re (lastly!) illuminated. An non-obligatory head-up show may also be obtainable.
The entry-level Golf will probably be geared up with a 1.5 TSI gasoline unit rated at 113 or 148 horsepower, each sending energy to the entrance axle through a six-speed handbook gearbox. A light-hybrid model of the identical engine, dubbed 1.5 eTSI, has the identical outputs however comes completely with a seven-speed, dual-clutch computerized transmission.
Should you want extra oomph, there is a larger 2.0 TSI with 201 hp and a seven-speed DSG. Interestingly, there is not any point out of the smaller three-cylinder, 1.0 TSI engine that was provided on the most affordable pre-facelift Golf.
On the diesel facet, the tried-and-tested 2.0 TDI goes to have 113 hp and a six-speed handbook or 148 hp and a seven-speed DSG. Both variations of the oil burner are solely front-wheel drive.
Those who do not desire a diesel can nonetheless get the eHybrid with 201 hp, a six-speed DSG, and front-wheel drive. The electrified mannequin makes use of a much bigger lithium-ion battery pack (from 10.6 kilowatt-hours to 19.7 kilowatt-hours) good for as much as 62 miles (100 kilometers) of electrical vary. The earlier Golf eHybrid had most vary of fifty miles (80 kilometers).
The plug-in hybrid mannequin now helps AC charging at 11 kilowatts (as a substitute of three.6 kilowatts) and might take DC charging at as much as 50 kilowatts, by which case it will need 25 minutes to juice up the battery from 10% to 80%. With the battery fully charged and a full tank of fuel, VW estimates you can cowl as much as 621 miles (1,000 kilometers) earlier than having to refuel.
As for the extra thrilling variations, the Golf GTE has a mixed output of 268 hp delivered to the entrance axle through six-speed DSG. Much just like the common eHybrid, it switches from the outdated 1.4 TSI engine to the 1.5 TSI unit that includes variable turbocharger geometry. Compared to its predecessor, the electrified hatch packs an additional 27 hp.
Saving one of the best for final, it is the up to date GTI with its Alfa Romeo-styled wheels. Sadly, the recent hatch has misplaced its handbook gearbox instead of a seven-speed DSG, which routes 261 hp to the entrance wheels – or 20 extra hp than the pre-facelifted mannequin.
VW additionally had a more potent Clubsport version in Europe earlier than this facelift, making 296 hp, nevertheless it’s a no-show in the interim. The automotive VW dropped at CES could have been a Clubsport, alluding to the automotive’s launch within the United States.
The Golf R is prone to break cowl later this yr whereas a return of the GTD is unsure seeing as how diesels have fallen out of favor within the aftermath of the VW Group’s messy scandal.
We may be trying on the ultimate important replace for the VW Golf within the inner combustion period, after half a century in the marketplace and about 37 million models produced. The ninth era of Europe’s best-selling automotive ever has been confirmed strictly as an electric model on the VW Group’s Scalable Systems Platform. It will enter manufacturing close to the tip of the last decade in Wolfsburg, Germany the place it will be assembled with different SSP-based automobiles.
It stays to be seen whether or not the 2 will peacefully coexist earlier than VW decides to go EV-only. One factor is for certain – the German model has pledged to provide solely electrical automobiles in Europe from 2033, so the ICE Golf’s days are numbered regardless.
Volkswagen up to date the Golf on Tuesday, giving the long-lasting hatchback a refreshed exterior look and a revised cabin. The GTI variant additionally acquired a gentle styling makeover and elevated horsepower.
The GTI’s up to date 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder EA888 engine will now make 261 horsepower (195 kilowatts) in Europe, a rise of 20 hp (15 kw). The hatch continues to energy its entrance wheels, however with the manual gearbox option now dead, the one transmission out there is VW’s seven-speed DSG automated.
The Corvette Museum has launched a full breakdown of 2023 Chevrolet Corvette gross sales, giving us some perception into how patrons specified their vehicles over the previous yr. Among the 53,785 Corvettes offered, simply 6,413 have been Z06s. And of these Z06s, simply 20 (!) have been painted in Caffeine, the brown shade proven above.
Production of the Corvette went up 108 p.c over 2022, seemingly resulting from fewer provide constraints stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the info revealed by Corvette Blogger, Chevy constructed 27,943 coupes and 25,842 convertibles in 2023, a 52/48-percent break up. Interestingly, the unfold is flipped once you have a look at Z06s alone, with 3109 coupes and three,304 convertibles produced. We completely perceive — we would get a convertible too merely to raised hear all 8600 rpm from the car’s flat-plane-crank V8.
Things get extra attention-grabbing when you have a look at gross sales by shade. Torch Red was the preferred shade, with 7,896 models produced (15 p.c of all 2023 Corvette gross sales). It’s adopted intently behind by Arctic White at 7216 vehicles, then Black at 6,403 models.
Chevy offered simply 536 Caffeine-colored Corvettes, lower than one p.c of all manufacturing in 2023. Of these vehicles, 516 have been Stingrays. The remaining 20 Z06s have been break up in half between 10 coupes and 10 convertibles. If you occur to personal a brown Z06, simply know you might have one of many rarest mid-engine Corvettes on the planet — a reality we’re positive will assist increase the automobile’s worth at a Mecum public sale 30 years from now. And it is not like Chevy is constructing any extra. The firm dropped Caffeine and one other shade, Elkhart Blue, from the Corvette’s shade lineup beginning in 2024, changed by Riptide Blue and Cacti, a type of green-grey shade first shown on the E-Ray.
Caffeine wasn’t the one unpopular shade for the Corvette in 2023. In second-to-last place sits Silver Flare, with simply 1695 models produced. It’s adopted by Accelerate, the brilliant yellow shade, at 1898 vehicles constructed. Those shades signify simply 3 and 4 p.c of manufacturing, respectively.
Toyota launched the all-new Tacoma back in May, giving the truck a number of much-needed updates to its styling, know-how, and powertrains. The automaker jettisoned the V6 for four-cylinder energy, and a brand new video pits the pickup in opposition to the not too long ago refreshed Chevrolet Colorado in a drag race to see which is quickest.
The Tacoma options the truck’s new turbocharged 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine. It’s down on energy in comparison with the Colorado Trail Boss, making 278 horsepower and 317 pound-feet of torque in comparison with the Chevy’s 310 hp and 430 lb-ft with the high-output tune.
Genesis is already giving the G80 a mid-cycle facelift. The BMW 5 Series rival Korea has been round for about three years and goes via a nip and tuck. While the modifications on the skin are refined, the cabin will get a extra complete revision.
Starting with the outside, each the usual G80 and the G80 Sport have redesigned grilles and new headlights with micro lenses. The entrance bumpers have been redesigned, and even the conventional mannequin appears to be like a tad sportier now. The sole picture displaying the again of the essential G80 reveals a modified rear apron. It appears to be like as if the taillights have contemporary graphics however nothing to put in writing dwelling about.
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