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Looking back on an illustrious past in motorsport, Alfa Romeo has now introduced a new special edition of Giulia and Stelvio to pay homage to the brand’s historic triumph at the Mille Miglia in 1928. Say hello to the Quadrifoglio Super Sport…
The Suzuki Jimny in Australia has received a special ‘Heritage’ edition, limited to just 500 units. Suzuki says that the Jimny XL Heritage pays homage to the off-roader’s 4x4 history from the 70s, 80s and 90s.
One year ago, Suzuki Australia announced 300 units of the Jimny Heritage special edition which sold out almost immediately. Now, the company applies the same treatment to the five-door Jimny XL, with similar stickers and a limited production of 500 units.The goal of the special edition is to celebrate the “vibrant” history of the nameplate from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s, which is why Suzuki calls the Jimny Heritage a “time machine”.
Last year Jaguar Land Rover announced an expensive rebranding. The company shortened its corporate name to JLR, turned its Land Rover models into individual brands, and teased Jaguar's electrified future. The company's $18.6-billion investment will include an effort to take Jaguar upmarket, which will put the price of its first electric vehicle at over £100,000 ($125,000 at today's exchange rate).
Volkswagen is launching a new Golf GTI variant later this month. CEO Thomas Schäfer posted a short teaser video to his LinkedIn account, revealing the car’s debut date—May 31, during the Nurburgring 24 Hours—as the brand celebrates the Golf’s 50th anniversary in 2024.
The new Porsche 911 hybrid has finished testing ahead of its reveal on May 28. Porsche has released the first official images of the electrified 911 as the global testing programme comes to an end, and confirmed that it has clocked a Nurburgring lap time of 7min 16.934secs. That time, says Porsche, is 8.7sec faster “than the corresponding version of the predecessor model”, but it didn't say specifically which model that refers to.
May is the height of springtime, when the flowers are in full bloom and the summer sun is just starting to wake from its winter slumber. May is also International Masturbation Month, which is fitting, given spring’s human-history-spanning association with getting it on. This month, tons of our favorite sex-toy-makers are taking advantage of the ambient eroticism floating in the air and offering deals on sex toys and sex toy accessories.
There are lots of reasons to love NASCAR at Darlington, and after Sunday's race, that's especially true if your name is Brad Keselowski. See, fans mark it on their calendars for the throwback liveries that drivers often run there. But going forward, Keselowski will remember it as the track where he broke a three-year, 110-race winless streak in a Castrol-themed Ford Mustang.