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A new generation of the Porsche Panamera starts sales this year, and this week Porsche released pricing information for the current range-topper, the Turbo E-Hybrid. It’s a plug-in hybrid that packs a twin-turbocharged V-8 and a peak output of 670 hp. JLR (formerly Jaguar Land Rover) is no stranger to SUVs with beefy engines, and its next will be a hardcore Defender that will introduce the new OCTA designation. We have fresh spy shots and video of a prototype testing ahead of the debut later this year. McLaren is working on a new generation of supercars and hypercars, and the…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Barbara Rush, a popular leading actor in the 1950 and 1960s who co-starred with Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman and other top film performers and later had a thriving TV career, has died. She was 97.Rush’s death was announced by her daughter, Fox News reporter Claudia Cowan, who posted on Instagram that her mother died on Easter Sunday. Additional details were not immediately available.Cowan praised her mother as “among the last of “Old Hollywood Royalty” and called herself her mother’s “biggest fan.”Spotted in a play at the Pasadena Playhouse, Rush was given a contract at Paramount Studios…
The 2025 Volvo EX30 is several things all at once. The small electric crossover represents a new entry point to the brand; it’s one of the few affordable electric cars starting at $35,000; it makes an eco-conscious statement in a luxury leather world; and its dual-motor performance model fuels rallycross dreams. The last bit might be the most surprising thing about Volvo’s newest vehicle: it’s a hoot to drive, especially on a frozen lake in the Swedish Lapland near the Arctic Circle. With 20-inch studded snow tires on both the dual-motor and single-motor EX30, Volvo’s growing embrace of rear-wheel-drive cars doesn’t…
Toyota has provided the first evidence that a redesigned 4Runner is coming soon. The automaker took to Instagram on Thursday to post a series of photos of each generation of the 4Runner. The final photo in the series showed a portion of the redesigned 4Runner, the nameplate’s sixth generation. Included with the photos was a challenge for fans to guess the model year each time the 4Runner was redesigned. Instagram post by Toyota made on March 28, 2024 Toyota hasn’t said anything about the vehicle but like previous generations, it should be twinned with the Tacoma midsize pickup truck, which…
NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander made the go-ahead jumper from the corner with 2.6 seconds left, sending the Oklahoma City Thunder to the playoffs for the first time since 2020 with a 113-112 victory over the New York Knicks on Sunday night.Josh Giddey had 16 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists for Oklahoma City, which moved back into sole possession of first place in the Western Conference at 52-22 with its second straight win.“Great accomplishment for the organization,” Thunder coach Mark Daigneault said. “I couldn’t be happier for the team and for the organization. And now we’ve got to…
Kia used this week’s 2024 New York auto show to introduce the new K4 compact sedan, which will replace the Forte when it arrives in showrooms in the second half of the year as a 2025 model. During the introduction, Kia presented a video that showed a hatchback version of the K4, a body style that Kia discontinued on the Forte in 2018. The video is below and shows the hatch at the 10:15 mark, along with some comments from design chief Karim Habib. Motor1 has learned that Kia plans to sell both body styles in the U.S. Habib referred to…
Leave Gypsy alone! When a prisoner leaves the carceral system, questions related to their stability and support are paramount: Can they find steady work? Can they secure adequate housing? Can they reintegrate themselves into a positive social environment? How quickly and how well parolees and freed inmates can answer these questions plays a huge role in shaping their future. Yet very few former prisoners have ever had to face these challenges while also enduring the level of public scrutiny now affixed to Gypsy-Rose Anderson, née Blanchard. (Typically known as Gypsy Blanchard, she’s recently legally hyphenated her surname and updated the…
One crafty Lego Fortnite player combines various building parts to make a custom semi-truck they can use to carry heavy loads. One dedicated Lego Fortnite player crafted a functional semi-truck using colorful bricks. Lego Fortnite is a permanent mode within the battle royale game, which lets players build pretty wild contraptions from the ground up. It offers way more building options than some survival-crafting games, and its main focus is on exploration. The multiplayer mode features several kits players can use to construct various structures, from beach houses to burger bars. Lego Fortnite players are well advised to craft a…
A mayor was shot dead at a restaurant in Mexico on Saturday, the regional prosecutor’s office said, the latest politically related killing in the country plagued by violence and organized crime.Guillermo Torres, 39, and his 14-year-old son were attacked at a restaurant in Morelia, the capital of western Michoacan state, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement. His son survived.He was elected mayor of Michoacan’s Churumuco municipality as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party in 2022, but recently quit the party and publically voiced sympathy for the ruling Morena, according to local media. Forensic personnel and investigators from the…
The former couple dated from 1999 to 2001 and broke up once infidelity rumors started to swirl. Image Credit: Getty Images Sean “Diddy” Combs‘ dating life has come back into the spotlight amid his federal sex trafficking investigation. The father of seven isn’t publicly commenting on the March 25, 2024, home raids. However, the public is wondering about his inner circle — even ex-girlfriends, such as Jennifer Lopez, who dated Diddy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The former pair apparently had a rollercoaster of a relationship, and fans want to know the real reason why they broke up…