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This week, Ford announced what it’s calling its most advanced, most efficient, and largest automotive construction complex in its history. The facility will be called Blue Oval City and is designed to enable Ford to produce electric vehicles at scale for customers in America.

Hovercraft aren’t anything new; they have been around since the 1950s. One of the coolest parts of a hovercraft is that they’re able to travel by floating on a cushion of air over just about any surface.

LEGO Japan, Legoland Japan, and Toyota Gazoo Racing teamed up to create an incredible 1:1 scale replica of the 2021 GR Supra. Built to celebrate 35 years of Supra, the model is made from an insane 477,303 LEGO bricks and took builders took roughly 2400 hours to design and assemble.

Now that Nissan has taken wraps off of the new 2023 Nissan Z, we can’t wait to get behind the wheel of the 7th-generation Z car, which now packs a 3.0-liter, twin-turbocharged V6 engine that makes 400 horsepower.

The people over at The Little Car Company have produced some extremely cool small electric vehicles meant for adults or children. One of the most iconic was based on a classic Bugatti racing car. The company is back with another vehicle called the Ferrari Testa Rossa J.

With the advent of adaptive radar cruise control, driving over long distances has become much less tiresome than it once was. These systems can dynamically adjust the speed of your vehicle based on the distance between you and the cars in front of you so they’re equally useful at high speeds and in rush hour highway traffic.

The new Lotus Emira is one sexy-looking sports car. It’s got an amazingly sleek and aerodynamic style, and I love the body sculpting visible from every angle. The doors and side air intakes are especially drool-worthy.

2020 was a bad year for most people worldwide, with the coronavirus pandemic canceling all large gatherings and keeping most people indoors and out of work. The good news so far in 2021 is that the pandemic has lessened here in the U.S.

Lexus makes some pretty great vehicles, but if there’s been one complaint about their cars in the last decade or so, it’s their dated and counterintuitive infotainment system. Well, good news. Lexus Entune and its wonky trackpads and control pucks are going away.

McLaren and LEGO have teamed up to deliver the new Speed Champions McLaren Elva kit. While some LEGO hypercars available are extremely complicated and expensive Technic kits, this one doesn’t fall into that category. This tiny replica of one of the most exclusive open-top speedsters in the world has just 263 pieces.

No passengers are allowed on the MINI “Looking Glass” bus. It’s made for looky-loos only. The yellow double-decker bus making rounds in New York City this month is a rolling showroom for an actual 2020 MINI Convertible – visible through two large panes of glass.

The Indianapolis 500 returns on May 30, 2021, and I’m looking forward to watching all 200 laps of high-speed action as these 550-to-700 horsepower open-wheel race cars take to the track. Midwest grocery chain Hy-Vee will be there this year, throwing their support behind two great drivers from the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing team.

Recently, we heard a rumor about the name of Ford’s upcoming electric F-150 pickup truck, and now we can confirm it. The new truck is bringing back the F-150 Lightning moniker, previously used in the late 1990s for Ford’s performance pickup.

Located near Chevrolet’s Corvette assembly plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky, the National Corvette Museum has announced that it is working on a big expansion to house more exhibits. The project will add 30,000 square feet to the museum and will include rotating exhibits.

Honda Racing has announced a limited-edition Honda Performance Development K20C1 crate engine and an HPD-developed controls package. The engine is developed specifically for racing and off-highway applications and is sold through new HPD dealers. The crate package will be available to anyone with deep enough pockets.