Welcome to the Redusernab News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:
Rolls-Royce partners with famous British musicians for custom Wraiths
Jeep exec confirms Grand Cherokee Trailhawk debut at New York
Jaguar Classic debuts first of ten accurately-restored “Reborn” E-Types
As a young and impressionable teen in 2006, the North American launch of the Mk5 Golf GTI was one that captivated me like few other cars had done before. It was a car that was portrayed as having a fun and youthful spirit while still being the more mature choice. If reading Super Street in that era taught me anything, it’s that the possibilities for modifying and/or ruining a car were endless – but this German-engineered hot hatch was supposed to .
After winning my heart, over a decade went by without a chance to experience one and see if my hype for it was justified. A month ago though, I finally got that chance through a Turo rental I found while I was in California. I had four days with it to see how well it’s held up and whether it really could be as great as I was expecting, even in the context of all the progress that’s been made in the industry since then.
Welcome to the Redusernab News – Slow News Week Edition! Sadly, another week of post-Geneva Motor Show boredom means there aren’t a lot of interesting things to talk about. To help with that, I’ve decided to cover another boat. It’s a nice boat though. This week:
Porsche brings new tech, colors, and power packs to 2018 lineup
Squint and you’ll notice the face lift on the Toyota Sienna and Yaris
McLaren confirms existence of new hypercar project, codenamed BP23
Tesla will discontinue cheapest Model S 60 kWh
Jaguar Land Rover will offer unlimited in-car WiFi through AT&T
BMW fans owe a lot to the 3.0-liter CSL and all the people who drove it to numerous victories around the world. The 2002 may have been their first sports car, but the CSL was their first true in-house race car. It was BMW Motorsport’s first creation and it helped pave the way for all the brilliant sports cars that followed. It’s also, in my humble opinion, the most beautiful car BMW has ever built and its racing success only makes me love it more.
Perhaps what it’s best known for locally is establishing BMW’s presence in North America as well. At a time when Americans still thought the name stood for “British Motor Works”, the company’s reputation depended on the car, a group of engineers and mechanics, and some legendary racers. BMW wasn’t let down. 40 years later, they released a beautiful documentary called GO LIKE SCHNELL which chronicled the wins and losses of their historic 1975 season in America – their very first – and pays tribute to “The Cowboys” who made it all happen.
Now it’s been posted to and is open for all to see. Run time is about 19 minutes, so sit back, grab a Weißbier, and enjoy the story. Oh and John Hindhaugh of Radio Le Mans narrates, so enjoy that too.
Welcome to the Redusernab News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:
Toyota 860 Special Edition is an 86 with stripes
Lucid Motor gets a price tag and promises it’ll be built
Acura MDX Sport Hybrid gets NSX tech and a price tag
Because it’s a slow news week, here’s a Bugatti boat
Welcome to the Redusernab News – 2017 Geneva International Motor Show Recap! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. This week pretty much everything comes to us from one of the year’s biggest auto shows. It’s the show where all the dream cars come from and where heroes are made. It’s easy to dismiss Geneva as being too rich for people like us, but it’s okay to dream every once in a while, no? This week:
McLaren reveals groundbreaking new 720S and finally a new engine
Alpine A110 is the super lightweight sports coupe we’ve been waiting for
Aston Martin debuts new AMR sub brand of high(er) performance cars
Volvo and their all-new XC60 were the only sensible ones at Geneva
GM sells their European branch, including Opel, to PSA Group
Volkswagen Arteon is a stunning Passat CC replacement
Emerson Fittipaldi unveils his dream car with Pininfarina
Porsche 911 GT3 – now with the GT3 RS motor and a manual
Infiniti’s Project Black S explores new F1 tech in road cars
Renault built a 450 horsepower electric race car with a hatchback body
The Geneva International Motor Show is a car show for the dreamers. Of all the regular stops on the show circuit, Geneva is always the least practical, the most expensive, but the most spectacular.
Sure, several more family-friendly cars that we’re all more likely to own someday are revealed here too, but it’s always been and will continue to be the place where the very best cars from the world’s greatest manufacturers battle for the coveted spot on your child’s bedroom wall. This year’s show absolutely delivered.
As is tradition, this is the part where your favorite Redusernab contributors prove that we can’t have nice things. None of us were able to fly out to Geneva, but we can still pass judgments – good and bad – on all the cars making their debut there and offer some expert analysis and insight. We two dozen cars and comments from several hoons are just after the jump, so read what we have to say and chime in for yourself.
Amidst all the incredible machinery being revealed at the Geneva Motor Show this week, I’d like to direct your attention to what is clearly the best car there: the BMW Alpina B5 Bi-Turbo Touring. Alpina has a long history of making BMWs prettier and faster and their first G30-based car is only continuing that streak. It’s a prettier, more powerful, and hilariously faster BMW 5 Series Touring and it can’t get any better than that.
Lamborghini’s long-awaited high(er)-performance Huracán has finally broken cover at the Genva Motor Show today. It’s probably the first of many super sports cars based on the successful Huracán coupe and with an *alleged* Nürburgring lap time of 6:52, it’s probably faster than any of its V10 or V12-powered predecessors as well.
The formula for the Huracán Performante is more power, less weight, active aero, a reworked chassis, and . Click past the jump for all the details that matter.
Welcome to the Redusernab News! As always, this is a weekly recap of some of the biggest stories in the automotive industry without the fluff or bull. There’s also just a little opinion of mine because I can. This week:
Land Rover debuts new Velar to expand Range Rover line
Chevrolet combines ZL1 and 1LE for a world-beating Camaro
Infiniti teases an ERS-equipped Q60
Porsche is bringing a new two-seater to Geneva next week
Lamborghini smashes ‘Ring record with upcoming Huracan [update: maybe?]
[UPDATE] RUF is bringing a completely in-house supercar to Geneva
