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Ferrari wins Le Mans, Alfa Romeo confirms first EV: Lately’s Automobile Information

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Alfa Romeo plans to solely promote electrical automobiles via 2027 and the primary will debut within the first part of 2024. Porsche is getting ready a mid-cycle replace for its Taycan lineup, and regarded as a few of the updates is a unutilized range-topper that might undertake the Taycan Turbo GT title.

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Rare Rides Icons: The Lincoln Mark Series Cars, Feeling Continental (Part XLII)

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There were simply fewer coupe buyers as Americans ran to minivans and the earliest family-friendly SUVs. Porsche was contracted to do some feasibility work for AWD, and we can all picture a Thunderbird SC Quattro right about now. Only trim remained to tell them apart.

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Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

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Three other brands, Porsche, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz, finished midpack. When compared to the average non-turbo engine among 2016-2018 models, overall, Lexus makes the most reliable turbo powertrain, followed by Honda and Porsche. While the Chrysler 300 improves to “Average,” the Pacifica minivan falls to “Below-Average.”

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Consumer Reports Says EVs Less Reliable Than Traditional Automobiles

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Tesla powertrains are now pretty solid for the most part, but Tesla owners report a lot of build quality issues including irregular paint, broken trim, door handles that don’t work, and trunks that don’t close. SUVs, crossovers, and minivans were next. All of these pull down the brand’s reliability score.”

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Prototype test drive: Lucid Gravity might defy segments

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Is that a minivan? It partly felt like an overgrown Porsche Cayenne, or something one might find rolling out of the Mercedes-Benz AMG buildings. Is that a wagon? Is that an SUV? The answer to these questions in order is no, kind of, and yes. Total output should check in at over 800 hp in Sprint mode.

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