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Toyota has updated the GR Yaris, and soon the car's more extreme GRMN Yaris sibling will receive its own round of updates. A prototype has been spotted testing at the Nürburgring, and Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda was on hand to help with the development, even taking turns behind the wheel. BMW is working on a new generation of the M5 with.
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Tuscadero pink is back as a color option for the updated 2024 Jeep Wrangler. First seen on the 2021 Wrangler, this unsubtle color is named after the character Pinky Tuscadero from the 1970s sitcom "Happy Days." It was one of several limited-run colors Jeep introduced at the time, and proved popular. About 30,000 customers ordered it when it was.
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We learned the 2025 Toyota 4Runner's debut date, Nissan confirmed the next-gen GT-R, and 2027 Porsche K1 prototypes surfaced. It's the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. The 2025 Toyota 4Runner will debut on April 9. Toyota announced the sixth-generation 4Runner's debut date along with a teaser photo that confirmed the SUV will retain.
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The Volkswagen Golf celebrates its 50th anniversary this year, but there's another Volkswagen Group hatchback that was launched at the same time as the venerable VW, and that's the Audi 50. Penned by Lamborghini Miura and Countach designer Marcello Gandini, together with Audi designer Hartmut Warkuß, the designer of the Audi 80, the 50.
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Sportage is one of Kia's top-selling hybrid models currently Kia to launch nine electrified models by 2028 and forecasts hybrids will make up 20% of its sales in 2030 Kia will add more hybrid cars to its ranks over the coming years in response to faltering global uptake of electric cars. In a bid "to manage fluctuation in EV demand" and to cater for a forecasted increase in sales of electrified combustion cars, Kia will launch nine new hybrids by 2028 "across most major model lines globally".
A Florida man was arrested for DUI, despite a video that appears to show an officer opening a bottle of liquor and then pouring it out. While only a short amount of footage has been released, the officer appears to have originally claimed to have smelt marijuana. The police department said they investigated the incident, but didn’t find any evidence of misconduct.
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