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JR Chocco

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Car fanatic journalist living in the PNW covering all things automotive.

Watch the Nissan GT-R50 hit the track at Goodwood

Nissan GT-R50 Goodwood

Nissan GT-R fans should love this one. Today the special GT-R50 by Italdesign hit the track at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. Nissan factory GT3 racers Lucas Ordóñez and Alex Buncombe drove the GT-R50 prototype up the 1.16 mile hill on the grounds of Goodwood House, West Sussex, England. The Nissan GT-R50 was created has a partnership between Nissan and...

McLaren will release 18 new models by 2025

McLaren 600LT

McLaren has announced the details of its new business plan called Track25, which will see the automaker release 18 new models by 2025. Track25 is an evolution of the Track22 plan that was announced in 2016 and includes new plans, including a fully hybrid lineup. By launching 18 new models over the next seven years, McLaren hopes that it will...

2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia gets new packages and trim updates

2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia

Alfa Romeo is giving the 2019 Giulia some small updates for the new model year, with the biggest updates being new package options and a few new features. The 2019 Alfa Romeo Giulia returns with the Giulia, Giulia Ti and Giulia Quadrifoglio models. The Giulia and Giulia Ti models are powered by a 280-hp 2.0L turbocharged four-cylinder, while the Giulia...

2019 Range Rover Sport gets some tech upgrades

2019 Range Rover Sport

Land Rover has unveiled the updates to the 2019 Range Rover Sport, which not only gets a new diesel engine, but more available tech features. Starting with the new engine, the 2019 Range Rover Sport is available with a new 3.0L twin-turbocharged diesel V6 that generates 245 horsepower (249 PS). The new diesel gives the Range Rover Sport a 0-60...

2019 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop International Orange Edition debuts

2019 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop International Orange Edition

MINI has unveiled its latest special edition, the 2019 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop International Orange Edition. The special edition MINI John Cooper Works model is going to debut this weekend in Portland, Oregon. The 2019 MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop International Orange Edition is painted in a dramatic orange color and gets extras, like a black spoiler, 18-inch wheels,...

Jaguar C-Pace trademarked, is it a crossover coupe?

2019 Jaguar F-Pace

It's already been reported that Jaguar is working on a new larger crossover, which might be called the J-Pace, but is another more coupe-like crossover coming too? Jaguar recently trademarked the C-Pace name in Europe, which could be used for a coupe version of the F-Pace. While trademarks only provide a small hint at what might be coming in the...

BMW iX3 electric SUV will be built in China

BMW iX3 concept

Although automotive tariffs have been occupying the headlines for the last few weeks, we have yet to see what the major impact will be. In the meantime, BMW is pushing forward with its plans to produce the fully electric iX3 SUV in China. BMW has announced that it's building on its partnership with Brilliance Automotive Group Holdings to expand the...

Nissan GT-R50 could be yours for $1 million

Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign

To celebrate the upcoming 50th anniversary of the GT-R, Nissan has teamed up with Italdesign to create the GT-R50 prototype. The Nissan GT-R50 is going to have its world debut this week at the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Nissan has announced that it may even build a few of them. If the Nissan GT-R50 by Italdesign is well received...

Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo will arrive by late 2021

Porsche Mission E Cross Turismo

Now that Porsche has announced that the production version of the electric Mission E will be badged as the Taycan, we've been wondering when Porsche will confirm the Mission E Cross Turismo concept. Porsche hasn't revealed what it will be called, but according to the latest sources, the production version of the Mission E Cross Turismo will arrive by...

2019 Subaru Impreza priced at $19,480

2019 Subaru Impreza

Subaru has announced the updates to the 2019 Subaru Impreza, which basically carries over into the new model year with a few trim updates. The good news is that the pricing for the 2019 Impreza is only $100 more than last year's model, with pricing starting at $19,480 with the destination fees. The 2019 Subaru Impreza is available in both...

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