Friday, February 28, 2020

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Feb 28, 2020

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2019 Hennessey Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk HPE1000 First Drive | Sounds like war, goes like hell

LOS ANGELES — To get our hands on Hennessey's 1,000-horsepower Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk HPE1000, we agree to meet Vinny Russo in an alley across the street from the practice facility of the Los Angeles Clippers. Noon sharp. We hear the Hellcat-…

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2020 Geneva Motor Show canceled over coronavirus fears

Swiss authorities have indirectly canceled the 2020 edition of the Geneva International Motor Show by banning all public and private gatherings attended by over 1,000 people. The decision is a response to the deadly, highly contagious coronavirus tha…

Hyundai halts work at SUV factory after autoworker tests positive for coronavirus

SEOUL — Hyundai Motor shut down a factory in South Korea on Friday after a worker tested positive for the new coronavirus, disrupting production of popular models such as Palisade sport utility vehicle. Shares of the automaker ended down more than 5…

Porsche Ice Experience in Finland — doing crazy things in high-dollar Porsches

LEVI, Finland — Utter darkness. It is around 6 p.m. in the Arctic Circle and blowing fat tufts of snow. The LED headlamps on the Porsche Carrera 4S barely pierce the icy path, a steeply pitched logging road. Yet I'm full-blast on the gas, eyes strain…

2020 Hyundai Venue SEL Drivers' Notes | Little, with lots to like (depending who you ask)

Road Test Editor Zac Palmer: This car is small. Remarkably small. The Hyundai Kona is a tiny car, but this Venue is five inches shorter, and it shows right away. I parked it next to a new Honda Civic , and the Civic dwarfed this crossover. That may sa…

Lowered widebody 2020 Corvette C8 is just a matter of time

Production of the mid-engined Chevrolet Corvette C8 only started on February 3, but dreamers have been imagining customizations, mods and hacks since the day it was introduced in 2019 . Aside from adding wheels and spoilers, body kits are always some …

[VIDEO] Aston Martin Bulldog gets another chance to wedge its way past 200 mph

Tell us if this sounds familiar: In the mid-1970s, Aston Martin decided it wanted to prove its engineering prowess by building a car that would hit 200 miles per hour, so company designer William Towns penned the Bulldog DP K9 concept ; in 1980, Aston…

Hybrid Ferrari prototype suggests another electrified model besides SF90

Even though its first hybrid, the LaFerrari, was launched several years ago , Ferrari is still new to the hybrid game. That's why the Ferrari SF90 Stradale plug-in hybrid was such a big deal. Well, that and the fact it's the company's most powerful ca…

The Chevrolet Impala through the years: 1958–2020

The Chevrolet Impala has officially been discontinued for the third time. Take a walk with us down memory lane as we explore the model's history.

[VIDEO] SnoShark is one of the most popular ice scrapers on the market so we tested it

If you're anything like us, you probably put just about no thought at all into buying an ice scraper. After all, most are basically the same. They've got a scraper on one end and a brush on the other. Might as well just pick one up at the checkout li…