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  • Next Ram 1500 Built To Serve trucks take a maritime land force-inspired tack

    Ram is launching another round of its Built To Service Edition military-inspired pickup trucks. Arriving at dealerships in the first quarter of 2021, the fourth batch of these limited-edition Ram 1500 pickups adds two new colors—Tank and Flame Red.

    Built To Serve Editions are meant to represent the five United States armed forces. In a press release, Ram said the new exterior colors have a “maritime land force” theme, but didn’t elaborate beyond that.

    Production of the latest Built To Serve Edition trucks is limited to 2,000 units—evenly split between the Tank and Flame Red exterior colors. The trucks also get black interiors with Medium Graystone accent stitching, as well as 20-inch aluminum wheels, body-color fender flares, U.S. flag badges, and a “Built To Serve” decal on each of the rear quarter panels.

    2021 Ram 1500 Built To Serve Edition

    2021 Ram 1500 Built To Serve Edition

    Other styling features include an all-black grille and surrounds, and black bumpers, side steps, and exhaust tips. Previous Built To Serve Editions were available in any Ram 1500 cab, bed, and powertrain configuration, and that will likely also be the case with the latest versions.

    Built To Serve Editions also get the 4×4 Off-Road Group package, adding all-terrain tires, an electronic-locking rear axle, hill-descent control, tow hooks, off-road shocks, and skid plates for the front suspension, steering gear, fuel tank, and transfer case.

    Orders for the 2021 Ram 1500 Built To Serve Edition open in December, with production scheduled to start in early 2021 at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, located just north of Detroit. Ram said it is now launching a new Built To Serve Edition 1500 approximately every three months.

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  • Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport, Lego McLaren, Gordon Murray T.50s: Today’s Car News

    Money can buy horsepower and speed. Thankfully, it can also buy plenty of gas. The 1,480-hp, track-focused Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport has received EPA fuel-economy ratings, and it’s no surprise they’re atrocious. At 8 mpg city, 13 highway, and 10 combined, the Chiron Pur Sport will drink fuel as fast as it blasts down the pavement.

    The McLaren Senna GTR has been immortalized in Lego form. The British automaker gave its blessing for the latest Lego Technic kit, which will go on sale in January 2021 for $49.99. That’s a relative bargain considering the Lamborghini Sián FKP 37 kit costs $379.99.

    Gordon Murray Design Technical Director Frank Coppuck has confirmed that two T.50 supercars will be crashed in the name of safety. Only 11 prototypes are slated while the production run calls for just 100 cars. Crash testing is one of the necessary steps every road-legal car needs to undergo to be certified.

    You’ll find these stories and more in today’s car news, right here at Motor Authority.

    Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport chugs gas with an 8 mpg city fuel economy rating

    Lego Technic McLaren Senna GTR has 830 pieces, working dihedral doors

    Two Gordon Murray T.50s will be crashed in the name of safety

    2021 Ford F-150: 5 options worth the charge

    Porsche Taycan sets Guinness World Record for longest drive with an electric vehicle

    Preview drive: 2021 Volvo XC40 Recharge electric SUV doesn’t complicate the future

    Documentary tells the story of the first Duesenberg automobile ever sold

    2021 Ford Bronco Sport gets up to 26 mpg combined

    Ford designer’s 2017 Ford GT up for sale

    Musk: 435-mile range coming soon, compact Tesla hatchback considered for Europe

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  • McLaren Artura, Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron, Ford Mustang Mach-E EPA range: Today’s Car News

    McLaren has confirmed that its next supercar will be called an Artura, and we have spy shots of a prototype. Due in the first half of 2021, the Artura will sit between the GT and 720S in McLaren’s model hierarchy.

    Audi is developing a new compact SUV with battery-electric power to be called a Q4 E-Tron, and a coupe-like version to be called a Q4 Sportback E-Tron is also coming.

    Ford promised that its Mustang Mach-E would offer up to 300 miles of range, and now the EPA’s range estimates confirm it. The 300-mile figure is when the battery-electric SUV is equipped with an 88-kilowatt-hour battery rear-wheel drive. Add all-wheel drive and the figure drops to 270 miles.

    You’ll find these stories and more in today’s car news, right here at Motor Authority.

    McLaren Artura spy shots: Hybrid supercar coming soon

    2022 Audi Q4 Sportback E-Tron spy shots: Audi readies 2nd coupe-like electric crossover

    2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E gets up to 300 miles of EPA range

    Volkswagen to pass on Passat, cease production of sedan by 2023

    2023 BMW X5 spy shots: Mild facelift pegged for popular SUV

    GM switches allegiances, halts challenge of California clean-air standards

    Cadillac to dealers: Spend $200,000 to upgrade for electric future or move on

    GM to recall nearly 6M trucks and SUVs with Takata airbags despite disagreement with the NHTSA

    Jay Leno’s Porsche Carrera GT wasn’t the most reliable car

    Nissan and Detroit startup Hercules may pair up for electric truck, according to report

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