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[ad_1] Toyota is committed to launching at least 10 battery-electric cars by 2025, with the first expected to arrive in 2020. Some of these will come from Lexus which will present an EV concept at this month's Tokyo Motor Show, previewed here in a teaser video released on Thursday. The concept is thought to preview a production model due in 2020. The teaser video shows off the concept's headlight design and that's about it. All Lexus will say about it is that it will be a battery-electric vehicle, though rumors point to it being a small, hatch-like vehicle with a tall, boxy design. You can also bet on it coming with a large spindle grille, even though EVs don't really need grilles. It's possible the concept will be an evolution…

[ad_1] When you think of actor Vin Diesel and car movies, the natural intersection of those concepts is the "Fast and Furious" franchise, but there's another action series that weaves the two together: "xXx." Dubbed the Flame Car, the 1967 Pontiac GTO Hardtop that recently visited Jay Leno's Garage has been owned by Thom Sherwood since 2005. A Pontiac fanatic who wrote reviews of movies that featured the brand, Sherwood knew from the moment he saw the GTO in the "xXx" trailer back in 2002 that he had to have one.  Five running '67 GTOs were built for the film along with a sixth, non-running rig car which was used for various close-up shots. Of the five runners, two were sold on eBay by the production studio and wound up…

[ad_1] A custom LEGO builder spent two years putting together this 1:8 scale 2017 McLaren 720S, which features everything from a functional suspension and sequential gearbox to impressively detailed body panels.  To say this MOC ("My Own Creation") is cobbled together from various LEGO Technic components simply doesn't do the build justice. While it's common for factory-produced LEGO kits to include intricate mechanical details, to have put this project together from scratch makes the end result all the more spectacular.  All of this 720S model's moving parts, well, move. From the doors to the hood and even the active rear wing, everything has been replicated as faithfully as the medium allows. Even the interior display folds, just like the real thing. The builder's video flaunts all of the above features…

[ad_1] After a roughly 40-year hiatus, the Bugatti EB110 put the French brand back among the automotive elite when it was introduced in 1990. That car is now almost 30 years old, and Bugatti on Friday celebrated its contribution to the brand with a new special-edition version of the Chiron called the Centodieci. The word Centodieci means 110 in Italian, so the name is an obvious tie-in to the EB110, which in itself was a tie-in to the history of the brand. The EB110 was presented to the public on company founder Ettore Bugatti’s (EB) 110th birthday (110). This car was revealed at The Quail, a Motorsports Gathering during Monterey Car Week. Bugatti CentodieciBugatti CentodieciBugatti Centodieci Rather than build a car that simply aped the EB110, Bugatti started with the Chiron…

[ad_1] Porsche has a redesigned 911 on its hands, the 992 generation, but so far we've only seen the car in its Carrera S guise, which starts at a lofty $114,550. Porsche has now finally added the entry-level Carrera to the ranks, which brings the starting price down to ‭$98,750‬. Opt for the convertible body style and you're looking at a starting price of ‭$111,550‬. Both figures include destination. 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera The new Carrera debuts as a 2020 model and like the Carrera S boasts a 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged flat-6 in its rump. The engine here is tuned to deliver 379 horsepower and 331 pound-feet of torque, with drive going to the rear wheels via an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. An all-wheel-drive Carrera 4 is also planned and should be…

[ad_1] The 2020 Toyota Supra is just barely ready to ship out to customers and dealerships, but talk of a hotter version of the sports car is ripe. Hypothetically, BMW M's latest inline-6 engine could provide power to an even faster Supra. Autocar spoke with BMW M's chief Markus Flasch and asked if the latest engine, codenamed the S58, could find its way to the Supra. The short answer is it's possible but unlikely. M holds its engines very near and dear and the division has never sold its powerplants as a customer component. The S58, based on the Supra's current B58 engine, is a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-6 that makes a whopping 503 horsepower. Compared to the Supra's current on-paper ratings, that's a lot more power. Right now, the Supra…