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Today’s drive notes centers around a car I won’t review because this loan is short — just a couple of days, since I am traveling. It’s too bad I am not getting a full week with this 2022 Mercedes-Benz C300 4MATIC, but I am enjoying this car. Well, mostly.I’m usually indifferent to the C-Class, mostly because I came of age with the BMW 3-Series as the king of this compact sport luxury class, and then the Lexus IS came along to challenge. But this car has me paying more attention. The 2.0-liter turbo four with a mild-hybrid setup puts out…

Revived Italian sports car marque Bizzarrini is working on a new V-12 supercar, and we were given a teasing look this week. It’s called the Giotto, after Bizzarrini founder Giotto Bizzarrini, and Giorgetto Giugiaro has been tapped to help design the car. 2024 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 GT3.R race car Chevrolet is jumping into the customer racing game with a new GT3-spec customer race car based on the C8 Corvette Z06. Revealed this week, the new racer will be ready in time for the 2024 motorsports season. Bugatti Chiron Profilée – Photo credit: RM Sotheby’s Bugatti’s one-off Chiron Profilée went under…

Lamborghini is sprinkling various European intellectual property offices with bits of its future V12 super sports car it wants to protect. The internet continues to dig those bits up. After a couple of spy specialists found line drawings of the hybrid V12 coupe filed with the World Intellectual Property Office in North Macedonia, CarBuzz dredged up a sound clip of the V12 in pure electric mode filed with the European Intellectual Property Office. Spy shots have showed the car will come with a City Mode that’s expected to enable battery-only motivation. The audio clip appears to present three modes of…

When you think of 1980s-eras Toyotas, the old favourites always spring to mind: AE86 Corolla, Celica Supra, MR-2 and Starlet. The Corona GT coupe usually won’t, but perhaps only because it was one of Toyota’s most underrated cars of the time. John’s kaido-racer-inspired and drift-built 1983 Toyota Corona GT two-door hardtop has to be one of the best survivors out there. There a very few cars that strike up a conversation like this one, even here in Japan. Many people make a point of stopping to ask about the Corona, usually prefaced with the question: ‘What is it?’. John answers this best when he says “imagine an…

Ford wants to position the new 2023 Maverick Tremor as a baby off-roader, a tool for tight trail work and the type of mud slinging that we in Maine used to call “field-bombing.” As such, you can lock the four-wheel-drive system front to rear, and there’s an electronically locking rear differential as well. The Tremor package also brings a one-inch suspension lift, all-terrain tires, and a steel skid plate up front. So, yes, it’s an off-road truck writ small. That’s one way to look at it. The other way? I see the Maverick Tremor in a light that Ford evidently…

Quick Facts About Vehicles for Tall People Tall drivers must weigh headroom, legroom, windshield height, and more. If a taller driver prefers a sunroof, a test drive may help determine if the vehicle presents any head bumps. The best all-around vehicles for tall drivers include several you might expect and a few surprises. Carmakers strive to engineer one-size-fits-all vehicles, but it’s an impossible goal. It doesn’t work any better with cars, trucks, and SUVs than it does with baseball caps. People on the extreme edges of the height bell curve must simply make do. The task, then, for those on…

Fast Facts 2022 Lexus IS 350 AWD Powertrain 3.5-liter V6 (311hp @ 6,600 rpm, 280lb-ft @ 4,800 rpm) Transmission Six-speed automatic transmission, all-wheel drive Fuel Economy, MPG 19 city / 26 highway / 22 combined (EPA Rating) Fuel Economy, L/100km 12.2 city / 9.0 highway / 10.8 combined. (NRCan Rating) Base Price $46,125 US / $56,676 CAN As Tested $53,875 US / $62,976 CAN Prices include $1,075 destination charge in the United States and $2,276 for freight, PDI, and A/C tax in Canada and, because of cross-border equipment differences, can’t be directly compared. There may come a time when this…

Shoppers get some clarity on tax-credit price caps and SUVs like the Tesla Model Y. Volvo aims more EVs for China. VW reportedly approved a smaller EV for the U.S. And Ford is aiming to keep it simple and scale up with its EVs. Sound familiar? This and more, here at DriftBreath Reports.  Ford CEO Jim Farley on Thursday revealed that the company will be aiming to make its future EVs “radically simplified,” with smaller batteries, fewer parts, and the potential to be built in the millions.  The U.S. Treasury Department has announced a change in how vehicles will be…

Before the Shelbys and Bosses arrived, the Ford Mustang K-Code was the peak of Pony Car performance. On this episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, Mustang enthusiast Scott McMullen explains the significance of the K-Code, and shows off this restored first-year example. The K-Code went on sale along with the Mustang itself in the 1964 calendar year, but later enough that the first cars were registered as 1965 models, which is why you’ll hear the convertible shown in this video and other first-year Mustangs referred to as “1964 1/2” models. Ford offered the K-Code option for both the coupe and convertible…

Ford on Friday confirmed it will return to the Formula 1 arena in 2026, as a technical partner to current champion Red Bull Racing. The announcement was made in New York City where Red Bull showed off its RB19 F1 car developed for the 2023 season. The deal will see Ford work closely with Red Bull’s power unit division, Red Bull Powertrains, to develop a power unit to meet the new regulations F1 will introduce in 2026. The regulations call for hybrid power units similar to today’s design, but with 100% sustainable fuel and an increased reliance on electric power.…