Autos

Historically-informed one-off custom cars are a bit of a thing recently. Ferrari’s Omologato 812 Superfast from last year, the absolutely bonkers ’80s-tastic Aston Martin Victor, the Atlantic-inspired Bugatti La Voiture Noire, and so on. Add Alfa Romeo to the list with their Abarth 1000 SP, a tribute to the 1966 original with the same name. But while those sports cars were customer orders, this creation is the work of Centro Stile Fiat & Abarth, looking to do something special on the 55th anniversary of the original. See all 4 photos The original 1000 SP was a small sports prototype racer, wearing the sort of elegantly simple lines that the period was known for. Built for FIA Group 4 competition, its 1.0-liter engine made about 103 horsepower—enough to see some success...

$100,000 sounds like a lot for a car, but when it comes to the performance car spectrum, it’s actually kind of reasonable. Sure, not 300hp Honda Civic Type R-reasonable but compared to the eye-watering price tag of a Bugatti Chiron; $100,000 is reasonable enough. There are so many great driver’s cars available for under 100k, but which is best? Top Gear America has narrowed it down to three contenders: The 2020 C8 Corvette Z51, 2020 Porsche Cayman GT4 and the 2020 Lotus Evora GT. It’s easy to compare cars on paper—and a complete waste of time. The C8 Stingray comes in so much cheaper than the Lotus and the Porsche and flat-out whallops them in the 0-60 sprint. Plus, Dax Shepard bleeds Corvette. We’re not joking, he has the Crossed Flags tattooed in-between his shoul...

In just a couple weeks, on May 30, the 105th Indianapolis 500 will run at the legendary Brickyard. And another legend will be there to pace the field: the Chevrolet Corvette. The 2021 race will be America’s sports car’s 18th outing as the pace car, and the second for the C8. This year, the honor falls to a 2021 C8 Convertible finished in Arctic White with black and yellow accents—the first convertible ‘Vette to pace the Indy 500 since 2008. See all 8 photos There’s a lot that’s unique to this car. For one, the stripe package. Ditto the specially-adapted stingray decals. And to help fulfill its pace car duties, there are integrated strobe lights in the headlights, front louvers, and taillights. Perhaps the coolest details are the four lights that are nestled in...

On Wednesday, May 12, Citrus County Fire Rescue responded to an emergency call about a vehicle up in flames outside of a Citgo gas station in Homosassa, Florida. The vehicle in question was a Hummer H2, which almost burned to the ground after a man attempted to transport four five-gallon containers of gasoline. In what appears to be an act of panic buying due to the fuel shortage along the East Coast, the occupant managed to escape with non-life-threatening injuries. According to the Citrus County Chronicle, the injured man refused medical attention against EMT advice. The call reporting a vehicle on fire near a Texaco Food Mart at South Alabama Avenue and West Grover Cleveland Boulevard came in at 10:52 a.m. Citrus County Fire Rescue arrived on the scene at 10:59 a.m., extinguishing the e...

The Honda Civic is small car royalty, and for its all-new, 11th generation, it’s arguably better looking (inside and out) than ever before. We don’t quite know what the new 2022 Civic sedan is like to drive yet, but we now have a very good idea of how much it will cost when it finally arrives in dealerships in June. Thanks to what looks like a screengrab from a dealer presentation posted to enthusiast forum Civic11Forum, we have pricing for the entire 2022 Civic sedan lineup. The yet-to-be-revealed Civic Hatchback is not included. As we know, there will be four Civic sedan trims: LX, Sport, EX, and Touring. The presentation doesn’t include destination (we typically report prices with this charge included), but we can assume that, as with the 2021 car’s destination f...

When W.O. and Horace Bentley put pen to paper and created the Bentley Motor Company in 1919, their objective was simple: build some of the best cars in the world. Now, more than 100 years into the company’s life, Bentley might be closer to that ambition than ever before. We’ve already gone over the excellence of the new Flying Spur in detail, but Bentley recently made some changes that will hopefully make its only sedan even better. There isn’t any more performance, as the 626-horse thump from the twin-turbo W-12 is already amply sufficient. Instead, the changes for the 2022 model year make the Flying Spur even more refined and easier to live with. To that end, Bentley has added traffic sign recognition, handsfree trunk opening, a top-view camera, and automatic dimming mi...

Far ahead of its racing debut at next year’s Daytona 500, Ford unveiled the all-new 2022 NASCAR Next-Gen Mustang in Charlotte, North Carolina, this week. The Next-Gen Mustang, unlike its predecessor, is built for the future and changes go beyond the exterior styling, making it compliant for technological advances. This flexibility would allow Ford to use a hybrid or electric powertrain down the road. See all 19 photos Development took place at Ford’s Dearborn design center and the Ford Performance Technical Center in Concord, North Carolina. In terms of specifications, the Next-Gen Mustang race car has a 110.0-inch wheelbase, an overall height of 51.0 inches, and measures 78.6 inches wheel band to wheel band. With track-dependent power, it can develop as much as 670 hp or as li...

Hofele Design, a German company that has been in the automotive design and engineering business for 35 years, specializes in producing components and concepts exclusively for the Mercedes-Benz brand. It also builds complete bespoke Mercedes-Benz vehicles, as exemplified by a Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 that it recently created for a customer. Dubbed “Limitless,” the HG63 by Hofele shows off the unique style of its owner, who undoubtedly wants their G-Class to leave a trail of bling wherever it goes. Hofele aims to enhance—and enhance, it did. See all 20 photos Brown Beauty The exterior color is called Citrine Brown Magno, and comes from the G Manufaktur personalization program. It’s a classy, rich, timeless color. See all 20 photos Orange Is the New Black The inside looks orang...