Random Car News Thread

[therumblewagon]

Some good news!

https://www.thedrive.com/news/jay-leno-is-headed-home-from-the-hospital

More good news!

https://www.hagerty.com/media/news/jay-leno-back-on-stage-barely-two-weeks-after-burn-incident/

 

[Evolution]

Feels like Mercedes is selling kind of a gimped EV. The owner must fork over $1200 a year, to get full motor performance.

"Mercedes-Benz releasing 'Acceleration Increase' subscription fee for electric vehicles:"

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/mercedes-benz-releasing-acceleration-increase-205119661.html

Sadly, I think that is going to be the way of the future with all electric cars. They will manufacture them all the same but offer the higher models as "subscriptions". This is how the ECU company Motec works. You buy their ECU and cant do anything with it. You have to buy packages. You want a base tune, its xxx$. You want to add logging to that, its another xxx$. Flex fuel and boost control, add in another xxx$. The ECU already contains everything needed to do those things but you pay for the unlock code for the individual items.

 

[V35]

Dealers being shady... shocker...

 

[therumblewagon]

https://www.caranddriver.com/review...i-countach-25th-anniversary-edition-compared/

 

[therumblewagon]

Great, insightful watch as always from these guys -

 

[supraboi]

Another great vid by @Guff.

 

[therumblewagon]

The Drive - Toyota’s New Hydrogen-Powered Pickup Is a Testbed for Sustainable Future Trucks

 

[therumblewagon]

I don't know if anyone else has been following the Carvana drama (Cardrama? Sure, why not) but this will be interesting to watch play out if it happens -

 

[Donalex]

The Creditors have all agreed to give each other equal posture in regard to repayment. That's usually the first step to a Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

 

[trackratZ]

Listen to Randy Pobst about his driving analysis?https://www.motortrend.com/features/inevitable-vodcast-podcast-episode-11-ben-schaffer-randy-pobst/

 

[therumblewagon]

Love to see him in such great spirits - https://www.thedrive.com/news/jay-l...ted-the-clooney-face-but-that-wasnt-available

 

[trackratZ]

Simplicity appreciated....?

https://jalopnik.com/jdm-nissan-fairlady-z-370z-nismo-drive-japan-1849878937

 

[trackratZ]

And this, I actually don't mind owning one now, gorgeous!

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a42221299/2023-toyota-prius-by-the-numbers/

 

[takemorepills]

And this, I actually don't mind owning one now, gorgeous!

https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a42221299/2023-toyota-prius-by-the-numbers/

I think the interior of the new Prius is amazing. I put it up near the new Civic interior. Both seem very nice to sit in.

Oh, and does it seem the new Prius is quicker than the new Si? Ha!

 

[trackratZ]

Taken by influencers...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkg...hed-while-pumping-and-dumping-stocks-sec-says