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This year’s Pikes Peak Hill Climb will see its first all-electric pace car: The Acura ZDX Type S

Baua Electric

The Acura ZDX Type S will lead the annual 12.42-mile It has become a prominent race for automakers to showcase their best performance vehicles. While there will be more EVs than ever competing at Pikes Peak 2024, this year will mark the first time an all-electric vehicle will lead the climb as the pace car.

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TTAC's Best Cars of 2023

The Truth About Cars

Again, here are the rules: The vehicle has to be a car/truck/SUV/crossover at least one of us drove during the calendar year, even if only for a few minutes. So, in no particular order, here we go: Chris Tonn If my notes are correct, I’ve driven roughly 67 different vehicles this year as of this writing.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

The Truth About Cars

There are certain categories of discarded vehicles that I search for before all others during my junkyard travels. The Volkswagen Routan , Saab 9-7X , Mitsubishi Precis , Acura SLX , Isuzu I-Series , 2006-2009 Mitsubishi Raider and 1988-1993 Pontiac LeMans come to mind here. 2009 Suzuki Equator in Colorado wrecking yard.

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