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Motorsport

Real-Ass Car Enthusiast And F1 Driver Liam Lawson Buys Clapped-Out Subaru Forester Project

Liam Lawson is one in every of us. No, actually, the F1 star who impressed along with his stand-in performances for Daniel Ricciardo final yr is an precise dirtbag automotive fanatic. And I’ve proof. He posted a video about his latest venture automotive: A clapped-out 2000 Subaru Forester S/tb, slammed on Ebay coilovers and outfitted with an Aliexpress blow-off valve.

Lawson began his YouTube channel a month in the past and has already gathered 80,000 subscribers after simply six movies. The channel is fully vlogs of Lawson’s life, starting from the place he lives within the U.Ok. to visiting California, and again to his dwelling nation of New Zealand. While he every day drives a fifth-generation Toyota Supra in England, again dwelling in NZ is the place he determined to select up the Forester.

And the automotive is simply unimaginable to behold. The paint on the roof is pale. It’s slammed on its body rails with Yellowspeed Racing coilovers. Seasoned automotive scumbags will acknowledge Yellowspeed as a bona fide eBay particular. Lawson then says the blow-off valve is from Aliexpress, and says it’s “mostly stock” apart from the suspension. This, people, is a traditional chorus from a real automotive dirtbag. He then take a look at drives it, and whereas it sounds prefer it has an exhaust, it additionally scrapes on almost each bump. Then he wiggles the shifter in gear, and it has sufficient play for him to say that it “isn’t in neutral.” Need I say extra?

It’s uncommon to see an ultra-elite F1-caliber driver really exist as one in every of us. Even probably the most approachable amongst them nonetheless aren’t scumbagging outdated shitboxes, although Lewis Hamilton doing donuts in a rental R34 Skyline GT-R is up there. Hell, racing drivers aren’t even all that a lot into vehicles, a lot preferring issues like “winning” and “championships.” Most gained’t know the enjoyment of a complete clapper that makes your next-door neighbor’s finger twitch in anticipation of calling the native owners affiliation.

Lawson says that the automotive will solely be a short-term venture, nonetheless. He plans to construct the automotive throughout his two-month keep in New Zealand and can public sale it off to charity as soon as its full. Still, it’s official. Lawson is a licensed shitbox fanatic. Salute.

Motorsport

Hyundai And Kia Want To Sell Nearly 8 Million Cars In 2024

Hyundai and Kia had robust performances in 2023, however their goals are even bolder for 2024. This previous 12 months was form to Hyundai as deliveries rose by 6.9 p.c to 4,216,680 autos. Domestic gross sales went up by 10.6 p.c to 688,884 items, whereas exports elevated by 6.2 p.c to three,254,038 items in comparison with 2022.

The plan for Hyundai for 2024 is to maneuver 4,243,000 vehicles by promoting 704,000 autos inside South Korea and three,539,000 items in different markets. It’s price noting that the targets for 2024 embrace projected gross sales of luxurious fashions with the Genesis badge.

2025 Hyundai Tucson

Sister model Kia additionally had a terrific 2023 when it set a world gross sales report after delivering 3,085,771 vehicles worldwide, a bounce of 6.3 p.c. Demand in Korea was up by 4.6 p.c to 538,822 vehicles and by 6.7 p.c to 2,516,383 items in abroad markets. Kia lists its “special purpose vehicle” gross sales individually, at 3,932 items, or 45.7 p.c greater than in 2022. One such automobile is the Niro Plus primarily based on the previous-generation mannequin and modified for taxi and ride-hailing duties.

If every part goes in keeping with plan, Kia intends to ship 3.2 million autos globally: 530,000 in Korea, 2.63M in export markets, and seven,000 particular function autos.

Neither Hyundai nor Kia is speaking about future merchandise, however the Tucson did get a mid-cycle facelift at residence and is prone to go world within the subsequent few months. A diminutive Casper EV may come to Europe the place a Bayon facelift is being labored on. Yet one other replace for the compact i30 is within the works, and we should always lastly see the production-ready Ioniq 7.

2025 Kia Sorento HEV

Lest we neglect the Santa Fe has been radically changed for 2024. China acquired the Mufasa as a result of apparently there is not any such factor as having too many crossovers. In India, there is a new Verna small sedan for individuals who have not caught the SUV bug simply but.

Kia has additionally been retaining busy by giving the K5, Sorento, and Carnival a facelift whereas saying EV3, EV4, and EV5 electrical autos. Depending on market, there is a new K3 compact sedan, an up to date Picanto, amongst different novelties. A Kia Forte-replacing sedan doubtlessly referred to as K4 is within the pipeline as properly.