The all new 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor won’t hit dealers for awhile; same for the Focus RS, the Mustang Shelby GT350R, and the astounding GT. But what if we told you Ford will let you make your own, today? And what if we told you it would only cost you five bucks? And what, then, if we told you you’d need a 3D printer, and you’d never be able to
-That hippie-era icon of slow and hazy motoring freedom, the VW camper, may be only a fading memory here, but the camper-ized Volkswagen van lives on in Europe. There, the latest iteration of the concept has just been introduced. – Today called the California—fittingly named after the state that so warmly embraced it back in the day—this VW camper is based on the new sixth-generation of Volkswagen’s T series van.
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The first-gen Porsche 911 Turbo is already a special beast, a legend of turbo lag and lift-throttle oversteer that excited the capable and terrified (or harmed) the unaware. This 1976 example has all of that specialness intact, with a huge added dose of uniqueness: It was special-ordered by none other than Steve McQueen. And come August 13th, you’ll be able to bid on it. – This Slate Gray 1976 Porsche
-Remember the quick battery-swapping system that Tesla Motors founder Elon Musk was so jazzed about just a few months ago? At yesterday’s shareholder meeting in Mountain View, California, the electric car pioneer’s opinion seemed to have cooled considerably. – In response to a shareholder question regarding Tesla’s single battery-swap station in Harris Ranch, California, Musk had this to say (as transcribed by Sebastian Blanco at Autoblog): – We have, basically,
