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  • 2020 Chevy Corvette, Pontiac Fiero, Ferris Bueller and Liftmaster: The Week In Reverse

    We took a spin in the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette; the final Pontiac Fiero ever made has surfaced; and Liftmaster released a fantastic commercial riffing off a classic movie. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.

    We went on a road trip in the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette and everywhere we went onlookers gave us the thumbs up. The mid-engine Corvette is a fantastic sports car and a fine GT, but its interior is cramped and outward vision is compromised.

    Acura teased the 2021 MDX and announced a prototype will be unveiled on Oct. 14. The redesigned MDX will take design cues from the new TLX and should feature a Type S model with a turbocharged V-6.

    Bueller? Bueller? Liftmaster riffed off the timeless “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” flick in a new commercial featuring Cameron and Ferris’ kids. When the duo try to borrow Cameron’s car, a restored Jaguar E-Type, a new Liftmaster garage-door opener with a built-in video camera spoils the fun.

    Ford confirmed the death of the Mustang Shelby GT350. With it will go the flat-plane crank 5.2-liter V-8. The death of the GT350 comes as the Mach 1 comes online for 2021 as the final hurrah for the current-generation Mustang.

    The final Pontiac Fiero ever built, car #226402, is headed to auction in November. It has just 582 miles on the odometer and is essentially new with the factory plastic still covering the seats.

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  • A speedster is the next one-off supercar from Lamborghini Squadra Corse

    Lamborghini Squadra Corse has provided a first look at its next one-off creation, an Aventador-based speedster similar to 2012’s much-loved Aventador J.

    Lamborghini Squadra Corse is the official motorsport division of Lamborghini, though in recent years it’s been testing the waters with one-off creations developed using lessons learned from racing.

    The first was 2018’s SC18 which was followed in July by the Essenza SCV12, both track-focused machines (track-only in the case of the Essenza) based on the Aventador.

    The new speedster, shown here during a recent test at Italy’s Autodromo Nazionale Monza circuit, is also Aventador-based. The front hasn’t been shown but judging by some of the lines at the rear, the car is most closely aligned with the Aventador SVJ.

    The 6.5-liter V-12 in the SVJ spits out 759 horsepower, though Lamborghini Squadra Corse has pushed the engine as high as 830 hp in the Essenza SCV12.

    Written on the flanks of the car in Italian is a warning that we’re dealing with a “fast open car.”

    Unfortunately, Lamborghini hasn’t provided any further details on the new speedster. We can’t even say when it will be launched or how many are planned.

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  • Bueller? Bueller? Liftmaster’s latest commercial would ruin Ferris’ day off

    It’s not easy to make a memorable commercial for a garage-door opener, but LiftMaster found a way.

    The company on Monday released a 30-second ad spoofing the 1980s cult-classic movie “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.” If you’re not familiar, the plot centers around the titular high schooler (played by Matthew Broderick) skipping school. At one point, Bueller and friend Cameron Frye (played by Alan Ruck) borrow Frye’s father’s 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder (a replica was used in the movie).

    LiftMaster recreated that scene, complete with the glass-walled garage, but swapping the Ferrari replica for a 1966 Jaguar E-Type. Ruck even makes an appearance as the father, showing off the new LiftMaster Secure View garage-door opener’s noteworthy feature—a built-in camera that will let you know if anyone is “borrowing” your car.

    One of three cars used to film “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” one crossed the block at a Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona, earlier this year, netting $396,000. Built by Modena Design & Development, the car is officially known as a Modena Spyder California.

    It may look reasonably close to a real Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder, but the replica has fiberglass bodywork and a steel-tube frame. Under the hood sits a 427-cubic-inch V-8 making about 500 horsepower, which is admittedly more than the 275 hp produced by the 3.0-liter V-12 in the genuine article.

    In addition to the car sold at Barrett-Jackson earlier this year—chassis number GTC001—a second car is known to exist. The third car was sacrificed for a scene in which the “Ferrari” takes a nose dive out of the garage. Thankfully, the Jaguar E-Type remains safe in the LiftMaster commercial.

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