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Friday, March 24 2023

Today's handpicked automotive headlines from around the world by Michael Banovsky

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Mar 24, 2023
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There's somehow a place for this van in Japanese motorsports (Japan)

TOP STORIES THIS WEEK

Zeekr X debuts sliding screen, game controller port

Must-read: Stellantis employee shares ADM notes on Reddit

Top Gear UK stopped indefinitely for health & safety incident

Billionaire Wolfgang Porsche trades in wife over her dementia

7.1% of US car sales are now EVs: Report

This perfect Porsche 964 is really a Mazda hatchback

Italy joins Germany in delaying ICE ban by believing unproven carbon capture tech

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TODAY’S LINKS

  • Tesla offers steering wheel replacement for yoke; accessory sells out

  • CEO Farley asks Twitter if Ford should make a road-going Mustang GT3

  • Beloved arcade game Daytona USA is related to classic flight simulators

  • Stellantis employee shares annual dealer meeting notes on Reddit

  • Dongfeng claims first production in-wheel electric motors

  • 💔 Yuri from TheStraightPipes blew up his Fiat 500 Abarth

  • Google tips its doodle to former fastest woman alive, Kitty O'Neil

  • The Hyundai Ioniq 6 has a cool 'H'yundai-shaped key

  • Instead of improving its charging network, EVgo runs a SHAZAM! promo

  • Best wishes in finding a manual transmission Bronco: Ford

  • Why Paris EV drivers using their own cables to charge is a brilliant idea

  • Ford CEO compares its new EV truck to most infamously junk spaceship

  • Official: Japan-only Toyota C+Walk S mobility scooter does not have a 2JZ

  • Trusted review: Dodge Hornet R/T is a small 'h' hybrid crossover

  • Artist Davide Virdis reinvents the Clio Williams as a widebody rally car

Want a new EV? This is what $40-50k gets you in China • CarNewsChina

HOT TAKE SPEEDSTER SAYS: TRAFFIC CALMING WORKS

Hey @CityofVancouver⁩ this is second incident I’ve seen caused by these useless ‘slow street’ barricades installed last month. They don’t slow down traffic; they cause crashes and traffic chaos. pic.twitter.com/A4xZOwMCGi

— Jill Bennett (@jillreports) March 23, 2023


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  • Renault Twingo, but drift car

  • F1 eSports has a big problem with cheating: source

  • Engine teardown from a Russian Shahed drone 🇺🇦

  • Zeekr X screen and interior in more detail (China)

  • A lightened '90s Volvo sedan weighs about the same as a new Mazda MX-5

  • Kia EV6 GT expertly thrashed on the Nürburgring

There's somehow a place for this van in Japanese motorsports (Japan)
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early lunchtime browsing today: as someone who has been haunted by dreams of an E36 as of late, this E30 closing in the next hour on just the right set of OZs hits dangerously close to homehttps://t.co/Q8HxqOraBG pic.twitter.com/p35Blzzz4d

— Team Radar Love (@midnightdorifto) March 24, 2023

good morning everyone: if - like me - you’re in a time zone where you’re drinking a cup of coffee, I want you to close your eyes and imagine drinking that cup of coffee off the wing of this 550 horsepower RS Cosworth in your nearest foresthttps://t.co/6eqURAE7U3 pic.twitter.com/Tnm8Rskdez

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