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World’s fastest hybrid unveiled: Wild Porsche 963 RSP is a Le Mans racing car with number plates

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Paying tribute to the legendary one-off Porsche 917 road car it built for Count Gregorio Rossi Di Montelera back in 1975, the new street legal Porsche 963 RSP is once again based on the car-maker’s fastest, most advanced racing car.

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The electric Peugeot 208 GTi comeback we’ve been waiting for, but will we see this Mini JCW rival Down Under?

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2026 Peugeot E-208 GTi Featuring a single e-motor that pushes out 206kW and 345Nm of torque, the French hot hatch mirrors the Italian by employing a traction-boosting mechanical limited-slip differential. Playful tribute to the old 205 GTi is a set of 18-inch tele-dial alloy wheels that mimic the latter 205 GTI’s 1.9-litre’s

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A Battered Honda Civic Si Grows Into a Formidable Type R

The Truth About Cars

It wasnt without challengesclearance issues with the blower, mismatched exhaust flanges and seized bolts tested patiencebut in the end, the car emerged as a proper Type R tribute. And the reason we're taking that off is, well, we're going to put a whole bunch more power through this motor, so we need a clutch that can handle that power.

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Willie Hobbs Moore: STEM Trailblazer

Cars That Think

She conducted physics research at the University of Michigan and held several positions in industry before joining Ford Motor Co. In a posthumous tribute essay about Moore, Walton recalled befriending her at the Saturday Academy while tutoring middle and high school students in science and mathematics. in Dearborn, Mich.,

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Tesla Tribute

Revenge of the Electric Car

Our Consulting Producer Chelsea Sexton has written a tribute to the three Tesla employees who lost their lives in Wednesday’s plane crash in Palo Alto: We lost a few of our own yesterday; there’s just no other, more elegant way to say it. To the employees of Tesla Motors, they were family and friends.

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Peugeot L500 R Hybrid PHEV racing concept

Green Car Congress

Developed by Peugeot Sport teams, the 500-bhp plug-in hybrid powertrain features two electric motors (one front and one rear) plus a 270 hp gasoline engine, yielding peak torque of 730 N·m (538 lb-ft). With Peugeot L500 R HYbrid we’re paying tribute to Peugeot racing exploits dating to the early 20 th century.

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New 911 Carrera reduces fuel consumption and emissions by up to 16%

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Porsche will introduce the new 911 Carrera at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show. Also celebrating a world premiere at the 2011 IAA Frankfurt Motor Show is the Panamera Diesel, the long-range cruiser in Porsche’s Gran Turismo stable. liter boxer engine and optional Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) consumes 8.2 L/100km (28.7

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