Stephen Rivers
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This Gold Twin-Turbo V8 DeLorean Is What Happens When 88 Miles Per Hour Isn't Fast Enough
25 Nov 2021, 05:00 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / The DeLorean is one of the few vehicles that everyone knows whether they're an automotive enthusiast or not. This example goes far beyond the usual interest, though. Not only is it wrapped in a stunning gold foil, but it also has two giant tur...
Tesla To Offer $20,000 Carbon Ceramic Brakes for the Model S Plaid Next Year
25 Nov 2021, 01:13 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Tesla says that its Model S Plaid Carbon Ceramic Brake Kit will be available starting in mid-2022. The parts alone cost a whopping $20,000 and require buyers to have 21-inch wheels on their Model S Plaid. At least it covers all four corners. Th...
Wild 1,900-Horsepower Ford Mustang Becomes the Fastest Stick-Shift Drag Racer Ever
24 Nov 2021, 20:27 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Joel Steele proves that good drivers can tame even the most powerful Mustang. His 1,900-horsepower Ford uses twin-turbochargers and a proper H-pattern stick shift to dip into sub-7-second quarter-mile passes. One of those passes sets a whole new re...
Audi e-tron Drivers To Get 5,000+ IONITY Charging Stations Across Europe by 2025
24 Nov 2021, 19:05 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Audi is working with its partner, IONITY, to install more EV infrastructure. The move will see more than $780 million dollars spent and more than 5,000 new charging points installed across Europe. More than ever before, electrification is takin...
Novitec Tours Insane Garage With Tuned Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Porsches and More
24 Nov 2021, 17:56 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Hollmann International is one of the largest clients of the world-famous supercar tuner Novitec. In this video, Novitec takes us on a tour of roughly 40 million dollars worth of cars. Many are modified and tuned by Novitec themselves. Unlike ot...
Chris Harris and Top Gear Review the Best and Worst Cars of 2021
24 Nov 2021, 15:57 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / These are the questions that strangers fire at Harris in the pub. What's the best car he's driven this year and what's the worst? What's the fastest? Those answers and more are below. Rix and Harris sit down to discuss each ...
1 of One Customs Mid-Engine V8 Powered Excalibur Truck Is a Monster in Shining Armor
24 Nov 2021, 07:38 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Autoevolution was on site at L'Automobile Show over the weekend, where Excalibur took home serious hardware, including a top design award. Today, we break down every detail of the build and explain why every Ford Raptor and RAM TRX should be i...
Tesla Full Self Driving Requires You To Accept Being Recorded on Video During Use
24 Nov 2021, 03:56 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Tesla is facing pressure from all sides with regard to its features Autopilot and Full Self-Driving. With those pressures in mind, it seems to be putting itself into a position to legally leverage in-car footage of drivers using the latter. Qui...
Never-Before-Seen Hennessey Venom F5 Hypercar to Go on Display at Petersen Museum in L.A.
23 Nov 2021, 23:30 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / We've been waiting for news from Hennessey on their Venom F5. This might not be the news we ultimately hope for, but it does offer the chance to see the Venom F5 in person very soon. In a Facebook post made today, Hennessey Performance ann...
Living in a Lamborghini Now off the Table As Dubai Villas Sell Out
23 Nov 2021, 21:40 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / In the land of excess that is Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, Lamborghini has delved into real estate for the first time. It's a smashing success, too, because every villa is now sold out. These aren't just Lamborghini-inspired in ...
Midnight Madness in Miami: How L'Automobile Show Gets Made
23 Nov 2021, 03:39 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / This weekend marked the second-annual L'Automobile Design and Concept Car Show in the heart of Miami. Autoevolution covered the show live and was invited to see how a midnight run in Miami helps make everything happen. In Miami, it's n...
Koenigsegg Jesko Claims Worlds Fastest Revving Production Engine Title
22 Nov 2021, 19:10 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Koenigsegg has always been a company that pushes innovation further, but the new Jesko V8 takes things to a much faster plane of existence. According to the company, it's the fastest-revving production engine in the world. To announce the ...
You Can Now Visit Jeep, Dodge, and Alfa Romeo at the L.A. Auto Show Virtually
20 Nov 2021, 01:07 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Stellantis has created a virtual version of the L.A. Auto Show that features all of their brands, with the Chrysler Pacifica, the RAM 1500, and the Fiat 500X Sport all featured. Interestingly enough, the whole thing is interactive, and gives you to...
1,800-Horsepower C7 Corvette Will Terrorize Your Nightmares and Inspire Your Dreams
20 Nov 2021, 00:06 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Typically on TRC we just get insane videos of insanely fast cars that look and sound cool. This time though we get a deep dive into what makes this 1,800 horsepower C7 Corvette the absolute monster that it is. Oh, we get video of it looking and sou...
Ford Cancels Plan to Co-Develop EVs With Rivian
19 Nov 2021, 23:06 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / After what's been a wild year, it sounds like some of the heat Rivian has generated is cooling off, and this announcement from Ford won't help. Despite a large financial stake in Rivian, Ford will now be building its own proprietary EVs....
After Historic Return to Production the Acura Integra Might Also Return to the Racetrack
19 Nov 2021, 22:29 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / The Acura Integra won its first race back in the 1980s, and now it seems like the new sport-compact might go back to the track. Before it does, some issues have to be sorted out. Jon Ikeda, the Chief Designer at Honda and Acura, recently laid out t...
New Cheating Accusation Between Redbull and Mercedes Proves That F1 Is the King of racing
19 Nov 2021, 21:32 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / During the Brazil GP, Mercedes literally drove away from its competition on the straights. Now, Red Bull Racing seems to think it's found the proof, and boy is it one incredibly cool way to cheat the rules if found to be true. Here's a...
NASCAR Adds New Practice and Qualifying Event for 2022 Season
19 Nov 2021, 20:19 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / Since the start of the pandemic, NASCAR has gone racing without either practice or qualifying. Now, both events are returning as a single event that will see drivers battle it out to take pole position each weekend. It's an exciting time t...
Ford Doubles Its EV Production Goals for 2023 to 600,000 Cars
19 Nov 2021, 19:12 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / It's no secret that Ford has done exceptionally well with its release of the Mustang Mach-E. As the company tries to bring that success to F-150 Lightning and other products, Jim Farley lets us in on the plan. Farley starts out his Twitter...
Instagram Influencer's Swarovski Crystal Encrusted Lamborghini Aventador Badly Damaged
19 Nov 2021, 18:21 UTC · By: Stephen Rivers / The Lamborghini Aventador is a flagship supercar that costs around half a million dollars. Add to this one more than two million Swarovski crystals that took some 700 hours to install on its body, and we're talking about one expensive ride. ...