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  • 2022 Jeep Wagoneer, 2021 Dodge Durango Hellcat, 2023 Honda Pilot: The Week In Reverse

    The 2022 Jeep Wagoneer made its debut, we drove the 2021 Dodge Durango Hellcat, and the 2023 Honda Pilot was spotted. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.

    The 2022 Jeep Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer were unveiled with up to 75 inches of screens, a pair of V-8 engines, and luxurious interiors. The large SUVs are set to launch this summer with everything from the Chevrolet Tahoe and Ford Expedition to the Lincoln Navigator, Cadillac Escalade, and Rover Range Rover in their sights.

    The 2022 Volvo XC60 was revealed with a revised look and an Android-based infotainment system. The updated crossover SUV will enter production in May, though exact launch timing for the U.S. hasn’t been announced.

    We drove the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat and found it’s a defiant, doomed, and menacing family hauler that both appalled with its audacity and enamored with brutish charms. The three-row Hellcat will be the rarest of the supercharged beasts as only 2,000 will be built and only for the 2021 model year.

    EV startup Canoo unveiled an electric pickup truck with a cabover design to compete with the Tesla Cybertruck. Set to go into production in 2023, the Canoo pickup is based on the automaker’s modular platform and will offer up to 600 hp.

    The 2023 Honda Pilot was spotted for the first time on public roads. The fourth-generation of the Pilot is set to feature a more rugged design, a new platform, and more space inside for passengers. Expect the redesigned three-row people hauler to arrive in dealerships in late 2022.

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  • JAPFEST SILVERSTONE 2021 EVENT UPDATE

    Following the Government’s announcement on the 22nd February regarding the easing of lockdown restrictions in the UK,  Kelsey Media has revealed that staging Japfest Silverstone 2021 on the 2nd May will not be possible. However, it’s delighted to announce that it has secured an alternative date of Saturday 4th September.

    Kelsey is also still committed to its other events at Silverstone: Ford Fair on Sunday 8th August and TRAX on Sunday 3rd October. The safety of our customers and staff is of paramount importance, and that may mean some detailed changes to the events this year, which we will announce when we are able to.

    Japfest Silverstone 2021

    However, rest assured, we will be working hard to bring you the very best high-speed track action and spectacular displays that Japfest is famous for. We’re confident that it will still be the UK’s biggest and best celebration of Japanese cars.

    You can purchase tickets for Japfest Silverstone 2021 and stay up to date with all our event news and more via our events area. For any ticket enquiries, please email shows@kelsey.co.uk, log your query via help.kelsey.co.uk or simply call 01959 541444.

    Japfest Silverstone 2021

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  • The Maserati Bora, the brand’s first mid-engine car, turns 50 years old

    As Maserati prepares to launch the mid-engine MC20, one of that car’s ancestors is celebrating its golden anniversary. The Maserati Bora debuted 50 years ago as the Italian automaker’s first mid-engine road car.

    Maserati had built race cars with the engine behind the driver, but the Bora brought that idea to the automaker’s road-car line when it debuted at the Geneva motor show on March 11, 1971, the automaker noted in a press release. Maserati was playing catch up, as the mid-engine Lamborghini Miura had debuted, in concept form, six years earlier.

    The engine, which was mounted under a carpeted floor to create luggage space, was a 4.7-liter V-8 that produced 310 hp (a 4.9-liter engine was added later). The longitudinally mounted V-8 drove the rear wheels through a 5-speed manual transmission. Maserati quoted a top speed of 174 mph.

    1971 Maserati Bora

    1971 Maserati Bora

    The Giorgetto Giugiaro-designed Bora was also the first Maserati road car with four-wheel independent suspension, and also sported disc brakes which were still not a given at the time.

    Maserati built 564 Boras through the end of production in 1978. A year after the Bora’s debut, Maserati introduced the Merak, another mid-engine car with Giugiaro-penned bodywork. While it had a V-6 instead of the Bora’s V-8, the Merak proved more successful, staying in production until the early 1980s. Maserati wouldn’t launch another mid-engine road car until the MC12 in 2005.

    The automaker is now trying again with the MC20, which sports butterfly doors, a carbon-fiber chassis and body panels, and a claimed top speed of 202 mph. The engine is Maserati’s new Nettuno 3.0-liter twin-turbo V-6, which uses Formula One technology to develop 621 hp and 538 pound-feet of torque. The MC20 will debut as a coupe, with spider and all-electric versions following later, Maserati said during the car’s unveiling last year.

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