Porsches Macan GTS is back for 2020 after a three-year hiatus, and now it has more power, more tech and a slightly higher price.Powering the GTS is a 2.9-litre twin-turbocharged V6 making 375 horsepower and 383 lb.-ft. of torque. With a PDK transmission and the Sport Chrono package, the small crossover can accelerate from zero to 100 km/h in just 4.7 seconds, some 0.3 seconds faster than the previous Macan GTS.Top speed is now a rule-breaking 261 km/h.The standard GTS comes with Porsche Air Suspension, which includes Active Suspension Management tech, and the vehicle has been lowered by 25 millimetres for better handling.The exterior has changed slightly, and features a revised fascia, new front and rear trim with side skirts and LED headlights and taillights. Cast-iron brakes with painted red calipers are standard, but carbon-compsite brakes are an available option. A set of 20-inch RS Spyder Design wheels round out the exterior changes.Inside the Macan, the sporty theme is continued with a large instrument panel and infotainment screen. Alcantara adorns the centre panels of the eight-way adjustable sports seats, the centre console armrests and the door panels, and aluminum trim is found everywhere else. A GTS interior option is available that adds Carmine Red or Chalk stitching, as well as a Bose sound system and wireless charging.All this sportiness will cost a little bit more money than the previous model at $77,100 in Canada, its $4,000 more than it was in 2017. Deliveries should start summer
Origin: The 2021 Porsche Macan GTS now makes 375 hp and tops out at 261 km/h
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This French garagiste flees the police at 240 km/h in a Mercedes-AMG C63… only to run out of gas
A couple of days after police in Marseilles, southern France pulled over a microcar with a pony riding shotgun, authorities near Lyon had to deal with another kind of horsecrap a hot-rodder who thought he could evade the law via raw horsepower, but who also forgot to top off his gas tank.The citys Gendarmes de la Drôme explained via Facebook that it was prepared to hand out a red card to the driver of a Mercedes-AMG C63 in the late evening November 30 after clocking him doing 206 km/h in an already generous 130-km/h zone.“(The Valence motorway’s squad) caught up with said vehicle five kilometers (from the Pont de l’Isère on the A7) in a 90 km/h-limit zone where the vehicle was now clocked driving at 240 km/h. The Mercedes’ driver then used all the performance of his automobile to outrun patrolmen, but the latter did not give up,” reads the post, translated here into English.“The car is spotted 60 kilometers further, still traveling at crazy speeds. He will finally be found, stopped on the emergency shoulder, out of fuel because of its very high (fuel) consumption.”Indeed, despite the navy blue two-door coups sleek aerodynamics, the twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 must have sipped all 66 liters in its tank much faster than its driver planned.Finding the powerful car out of gas, sitting by the curb side after such a folle course-poursuite, would have been enough for the officers to impound this aspiring-Alain-Prost driver and his bolide.Thats when the offenders doubled down on their trouble. Sitting in the back seat, they told police the front passenger and driver had already fled on foot, leaving them behind. Nice try.“On December 4, after investigations that determined the role of each, the driver, a 32-year-old owner of a Saint-Etienne mechanic’s garage, is placed in custody for three crimes: Repeated excessive speeding (since he was already convicted for a more-than-50-km/h offense); refusal to comply with police orders, and so endangering others; and tampering with the vehicle anti-pollution device.” The police investigation also found the C63 unfit for public roads the cars engine control unit had been opened illegally, the exhaust system modified and a replacement alternator improperly installed. The Gendarmes figured the car was making well above its stock 503 horsepower, and thanks to its wonky alternator, was liable to have burst into flames at any point.The drivers will face a total five infractions when he appears in Criminal Court in June. Until then, hes banned from driving for six months. Authorities still have his AMG at the impound lot, too, according to the post, leading one commenter to suggest the police keep the car anyway, it is the right color just add flashing lights. And a larger fuel
Origin: This French garagiste flees the police at 240 km/h in a Mercedes-AMG C63… only to run out of gas
McLaren: no-go on SUVs, but yes to hybrids that do 96 km/h in 2.3 seconds
McLaren GT McLaren bosses say an SUV is (still) out of the question, but note there will be room in the lineup for new technologies, like hybrid hypercars capable of zero-to-96-km/h times under two-and-a-half seconds.When Car and Driver recently prodded him on the prospect of building an SUV, McLaren Automotive CEO Mike Flewitt says trucks are still a non-starter for the British brand.Why would we? he says. We dont have to.Wed never get a return on it, Flewitt says. The cost of designing a brand-new platform would cost well over $1 billion, and besides that, were all getting sick of thoroughbred supercar manufacturers building SUVs just to make a profit.Instead of trying to fit more people in the back of its vehicles, McLaren is trying to fit more power, and thats why there will definitely be another hybrid model, as well as a pure EV, although it is less keen on those. Flewitt says current batteries are too heavy, too expensive and not dense enough to meet the brands standards.As for the hybrid model, its already in the works. Riding on a next-generation platform set to be unveiled in the spring of 2020, the vehicle will rock a hybrid powertrain with all-wheel-drive.The target zero-to-60-mph (96 km/h) time is in the realm of 2.3 seconds, since launches will be aided by an electric front axle. The model will be the first of an eventual all-hybrid lineup, which will gradually subsume the gas-only car range over three or four
Origin: McLaren: no-go on SUVs, but yes to hybrids that do 96 km/h in 2.3 seconds
Watch the 2021 Jaguar F-Type hit 480 km/h (in Hot Wheels form)
Here at Driving, we dont usually cover mid-model refreshes you know, those largely cosmetic functionally-unchanged updates automakers try to pass off as all-new models.But were making an exception for Jaguars new 2021 F-Type because a) the already-sexy sports coupe has been rendered even more sensuous; and b) it was introduced with a tremendously cool Hot Wheels track that ran through Jaguars entire Gaydon design facility.Indeed, Jag says the entire track stretches 232 metres 761 feet from its top-of-stairs, soapbox-style launch to its outdoor, running-into-the-real-F-Type finale. And, according to our count, there are no less than 25 of Hot Wheels famous loop-the-loops and three Jaguar calls them gravity-defying jumps that I am sure, what with my experience some 50 years ago, took multiple takes.In between, the camouflaged it is a super-secret prototype after all! miniature raced past CAD/CAM prototyping computers, a pretty nifty clay model of the Jag two-seater, through the headrest of the revised Windsor leather front seats and through the prototyping final assembly area. In between, Mattel estimates the tiny F-Type reached scaled speeds of 480 kilometres an hour!According to Jaguar, Mattel used the companys own CAD drawings to craft the ultra-precise 3D-printed model, recreating, says the company, every beautiful detail of the new F-Type, including its striking new clamshell bonnet, distinctive super-slim Pixel LED headlights and more sculpted front and rear bumpers. The Hot Wheels team also faithfully recreated the new Velocity Blue colour which Jaguar is making a big noise about from the SVO Premium Palette, and even hand-painted the F-Type badge on the back before the model was camouflaged ahead of its own reveal in the film.As for the car itself, the 2021 Jaguar F-Types powertrains turbocharged 2.0-litre four, 3.0L supercharged V6 and supercharged 5.0L V8 remain largely unchanged, although the all-wheel-drive Rs honking V8 gets a boost from 550 hp to 575, good enough, says Jaguar, to scoot to 100 kilometres an hour in just 3.7 seconds.Coping with that increased power is the Rs uprated chassis that includes stiffer springs and anti-roll bars, beefier rear knuckles and ball joints and revised adjustable shock damping.As for styling, a new clamshell bonnet is bordered by super-slim Pixel LED headlights and a subtly enlarged grille. Theres also something Jaguar calls Liquid Metal surfacing, but if youve got any idea what that is, let me know.The hind end likewise gets a design, this time with what Jaguars styling boffins call an unmistakeable chicane signature to its LED lights. Again, I will plead artistic cretinism, but the automaker says theyre inspired by the Jaguar I-PACE all-electric Performance SUV, with subtle monogram pattern detailing and a fine pinstripe beneath.Inside, theres the aforementioned Windsor leather and something called satin finish Noble Chrome. Details include monogram stitch patterns in the seats and door trims, Jaguar Leaper motifs in the headrests and subtle Jaguar Est. 1935 markings on the centre console.First Edition F-Types powered by either the 2.0L turbocharged four or the 3.0L supercharged V6 will be available with an Exterior Design Pack, Black Contrast Roof, unique 20-inch wheels and those 12-way Windsor Leather Performance Seats.Pricing for the 2021 Jaguar F Type starts
Origin: Watch the 2021 Jaguar F-Type hit 480 km/h (in Hot Wheels form)
Bugatti Chiron breaks the internet – and top speed records – by nailing 490 km/h
Bugatti has just smashed the record for the fastest production car by a country mile, pulling off an incredible 304.77-mph (490-km/h) top speed run at Volkswagens Ehra-Lessien test track August 2, reports Top Gear.To complete this incredible feat, the production Chiron was modified with a 25-cm-longer tail section, highlighted by a pair of over-under shotgun-style exhaust tips designed to throw emissions from the tailpipe as far from the car as possible to reduce turbulence.Bugattis head of exterior design, Frank Heyl, said, for obvious reasons, the company had to get everything right with this car, from the aesthetics to the engine to the aerodynamics.While the aesthetics may be the least important factor when it comes to breaking speed records, the car looks fabulous, with a split rear window and an orange-and-black colour scheme lifted, we think, from an authentic 1930s Bugatti Type 57.The luxurious interior of this way-fast Chiron has been swapped out for a much more purposeful arrangement, with only the drivers seat left intact; everything else has been replaced with computers and a roll cage.The 8.0-litre quad-turbo W16 engine has been slightly tuned up to 1,600 horsepower, which is why Bugatti gave the car the nickname Thor.The real hero here is Michelin, which was finally able to make a tire that could withstand the high speeds and incredible down force.We expect other supercar makers will, eventually, catch up with Bugatti, but that doesnt really matter anymore, because the French brand is retiring from setting speed records; in a release, CEO Stephan Winkelmann said he wants to focus on other automotive milestones instead.Our goal was to be the first manufacturer ever to reach the magic 300-mile-per-hour mark, Winkelmann was quoted. We have now achieved this making ourselves, the entire team and myself, incredibly proud.We have shown several times that we build the fastest cars in the world. In the future we will focus on other
Origin: Bugatti Chiron breaks the internet – and top speed records – by nailing 490 km/h
Driver busted doing 228 km/h, say Ontario police
OPP Const. Jacqueline Dowhaniuk pulls a speeder over on Hwy. 401 eastbound. A man is accused of treating the Toronto areas Hwy. 403 like a race track.Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt says a 20-year-old from Mississauga was stopped by police for allegedly doing 228 km/h on Hwy. 403 in Mississauga just before 1 a.m. on Thursday.The speed limit on the highway is 100 km/h.20 year old Male from #Mississauga stopped and charged after doing 228km/h on #Hwy403 in Mississauga. Audi S4 impounded for 7 days and licence suspended for 7 days. RV#SlowDown#TooFast#NoExcuse#7DayImpound#7DayLicenceSuspension pic.twitter.com/CZq9VL9Kin Sgt Kerry Schmidt (@OPP_HSD) August 8, 2019The unnamed driver had his licence suspended for seven days and his Audi S4 impounded for seven
Origin: Driver busted doing 228 km/h, say Ontario police
Roush’s terrifying 650-hp Ford ‘Nitemare’ nails 96 km/h in under 4.0 seconds
Roush unleashes a 650 horsepower supercharged 5.0-litre V8 on the 2018 F-150 Roush has made its name on souping up Ford platforms mostly Mustangs but recently its been putting its own special sauce on the F-150 by supercharging the engines and blacking out the grilles.Now the tuner has got a new concoction mixed up: the Nitemare.The company pulled the covers off the thing last Halloween, but just recently released some performance figures for the truck.Hows zero-to-96 km/h in 3.9 seconds sound? The regular cab pulls off those supercar-adjacent times, with the SuperCrew just behind at 4.1.Roush says that makes it the worlds quickest production truck, but we think for that title to officially stick, it has to be something installed on an assembly line, and not by a third-party aftermarket.Hows it do it? The 5.0-litre V8 has been gifted a supercharger in the form of a Roush TVS R2650, which bumps the power up to 650, and torque up to 610 lb-ft. It howls through a tuned performance exhaust that utilizes the companys special valvetrain technology.A console-mounted dial lets you tune what sort of noise you want to hear out of those pipes, with four sound options: Touring, Wide-Open, Sport and Custom (the final option gives you even more specific control via the Roush Active Exhaust app).To truly haunt your dreams, the grille has been swapped out for a custom all-black unit with integrated accent lights; and hockey stick graphics will match nicely with the hockey mask for your Freddie Kruger costume. The truck rides on 22-inch custom Roush wheels, with Continental Crosscontact LX20 285/45R22 tires.The package costs US$19,150 on top of the base price of an F-150. Dual exhaust tips, Off-Road Utility kit, Black and Carbon Leather Seat upgrade, Console Vault and tonneau cover are available as extra-cost options. Canadian pricing has not been announced
Origin: Roush’s terrifying 650-hp Ford ‘Nitemare’ nails 96 km/h in under 4.0 seconds
Doing 147 km/h in a 50 zone—where does it end?
A speeding driver had his Cadillac impounded for street racing in Brampton July 2019.Peel Regional Police / Twitter “A driver has had his car seized after blasting through a construction site in Brampton at nearly three times the posted speed limit,” says a report from Toronto’s CityNews. In a change from the usual highway stunt charges we’re used to hearing about, this incident happened instead in a construction zone that was set to 50 km/h in a residential area. A 24-year-old man decided 147 km/h was a better speed to enter the zone. He had his licence suspended for seven days, and his newer Cadillac was impounded. Toronto and the GTA continue to be experiencing an increase in pedestrian and cyclist fatalities, despite efforts by local governments to introduce safety measures to counter them. They’re not working, and stories like this one are indicative of why: motorists are not buying into their responsibility on the issue. If ever-increasing fines aren’t stopping it, what will? Zoom Zoom = Ticket Ticket and Bye Bye car. This afternoon on Countryside Dr. #Brampton, in an active construction area a man decided to drive 147km/hr in a posted 50 zone. I don’t know about you but 🤯. #PRP pic.twitter.com/AY4GVsIY7P Peel Regional Police (@PeelPoliceMedia) June 11, 2019 Police have indicated in this case, the fine will be doubled, as it should be in a construction zone. A recent piece on driving.ca revealed that if drivers are distracted by something, even for a moment, as they enter a construction zone, those working have a twenty-nine-per-cent increased risk of being injured or killed. A construction zone in a residential neighbourhood. Three times the posted limit. Seven days without a licence doesn’t feel nearly harsh
Origin: Doing 147 km/h in a 50 zone—where does it end?
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