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topspeed.com | Devin Booker |John Neff
Devin Booker is the starting shooting guard for the Phoenix Suns. He's also a classic car nut with a penchant for old Chevy Blazers. This elite NBA player and gold-medal-winning Olympian has three of them, all from 1972. Booker is signed with Nike, and together they've collaborated with Chevrolet on some new footwear inspired by his three SUVs. Bookers three Blazers are each painted a different color – gold, green, and blue.
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topspeed.com | John Neff
What serendipitous timing. Just as Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals scored his 895th goal and broke Wayne Gretzky's all-time NHL scoring record, we learn that Gretzky's 1994 Rolls-Royce Corniche IV he was gifted for breaking the previous record in 1994 is up for auction. The no-reserve auction is live now and ends on April 17, 2025. Gretzky was presented the car in a pre-game ceremony by his team at the time, the Los Angeles Kings.
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topspeed.com | John Neff
We had to check the date on the calendar for this one, but no, it's real. The McLaren F1 Team has partnered with blender-builder extraordinaire Nutribullet on a new line of blenders that wear the racing team's iconic colors. The products blessed with McLaren's branding include Nutribullet's Portable Blender, 900 Series, and Ultra 1200 series.
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2 weeks ago |
topspeed.com | John Neff
According to an internal memo sent to employees of General Motors' assembly plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, the Cadillac XT6 3-row gas-powered SUV is ending production. The XT6 will be replaced on the production line by the Vistiq, Cadillac's new 3-row electric SUV that competes in the same space, though at a higher price. It's not all doom and gloom for gas-powered Caddies, though.
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topspeed.com | John Neff
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topspeed.com | John Neff
Meet Dacora Motors. You've probably never heard of this New York-based company. It just had its coming out party on LinkedIn thanks to Jesse Draper, General Partner at venture capital firm Halogen Ventures, who announced the company's existence to little fanfair, but we noticed. Draper included a render of Dacora Motors' first vehicle, which caught our eye thanks to its gorgeous 1930s-inspired styling. We wanted to know more about this yet-to-be-named EV, so we kept digging. Here's what we found.
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topspeed.com | John Neff
California is quickly running out of numbers for its license plates. The state estimates it will hit the limit of its current sequencing near the end of 2025 or early 2026. The current format for California plates was implemented 45 years ago in 1980 and began with 1AAA000. The series will end with plate 9ZZZ999. Don't fret, though. California has a solution, and a simple one at that.
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3 weeks ago |
topspeed.com | John Neff
Hyundai has unveiled a mid-cycle refresh for its Ioniq 6 electric sedan at the Seoul Mobility Show 2025 in Korea. The company claims it's "setting a new standard for electrified streamliners." The new exterior design largely holds to the shape of the previous car with a new front end, some changes to the rear, and darker-colored lower cladding. Hyundai calls it an evolved concept of "Pure flow, Refined." The interior has also been improved and continues the brand's "Mindful Cocoon" concept.
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3 weeks ago |
topspeed.com | John Neff
General Motors has reported a sales increase of 17 percent in the first quarter of 2025 across its four brands: Chevrolet, Buick, Cadillac, and GMC. Buick led the way with a year-over-year sales increase of 39 percent. Cadillac sales rose 21 percent thanks to a big boost from new EV models. GMC sales increased 18 percent, and Chevy sales were up 14 percent.
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topspeed.com | John Neff
Tesla has been the fastest-growing EV brand in the U.S. ever since it introduced its second product, the Model S, back in 2012. Since then, new products and the marketing success of hype-man CEO, Elon Musk, have kept it growing year over year. No longer. According to the J.D. Power-GlobalData Automotive Forecast for March 2025, Tesla has lost its crown for fastest-growing EV brand. Its replacement isn't who you might think, either. It's not Rivian, nor Lucid.