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You Just Got Beat by a Civic

The Truth About Cars

Nevertheless, measures of a car’s sporting prowess are often arbitrary – look at the quarter mile, for instance, and even the ubiquitous horsepower unit itself is rooted in a very random series of events. It is the latter which is standard kit on the R, though the ones used in the record are available through Honda dealers.

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Satisfied? All F1 Teams Have Been Cleared of Cost Cap Malfeasance

The Truth About Cars

.& With the resulting Daytona and Superbird (below) dominating NASCAR events from 1969-1970, there was a lot of supposition about how Chrysler had broken the rules. & Now, the FIA is saying that all teams have been investigated and cleared of having exceeded the cost cap going into this year’s events.

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New secret details of 2024 Tesla Model 3 Performance! Musk’s mega-fast electric car explored in Australia

EV Central

Expect much bigger brakes, better tyres and possibly some form of body kit. It slots into a groove below the door sill to hold the door in place in the event of a side impact Plus Tesla says it’s stiffened the structure, especially around suspension components. As well as additional performance – eclipsing the 3.3-second