It hasn’t even been revealed yet, but production of Volkswagen’s ID 4 electric crossover SUV is already underway at the automaker’s plant in Zwickau, Germany. The plant is where VW also builds some of its ID 3 electric hatchbacks, and it’s where the first U.S.-bound ID 4s will be built. Eventually, by 2022 to be …
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Jay Leno is a big fan of Bugattis. On a recent episode of Jay Leno’s Garage, he featured one of the many cars from the French firm in his collection, a 1929 Bugatti Type 40 Grand Sport. Today, it’s hard to imagine Bugatti producing an entry-level model, but that’s what the Type 40 was, according …
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Turns out making a street-legal hypercar with a Formula 1 race car’s powertrain isn’t easy. On Tuesday, Mercedes-AMG said the Project One hypercar’s powertrain has completed its static testing in the lab and is moving to the next stage: track testing. Pre-production Ones are now testing at AMG’s proving grounds in Immendingen, Germany. “This is …
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