Innholdsfortegnelse for Just Cars #331 23-09 i Just Cars

Andretti Global, the parent company of Andretti Autosport that fields its own or part-owned teams in IndyCar, IMSA, Formula E, Extreme E, the Australian Supercars Championship and other series has announced its intention to join the FIA Formula One World Championship. If successful, the bid will see the Andretti name back on the F1 grid for the first time since 1993, when Michael Andretti drove for McLaren. Andretti’s entry into F1 has been speculated since late 2021, initially through a buyout of one of the existing lower-tier teams. Those rumours gained traction when Andretti Global owner, Michael Andretti, filed an application with the FIA in early 2022 to join the F1 grid in 2024. Since then, Andretti has announced a partnership with General Motors (GM), bringing together two parties who…

Today, every prestige and luxury car brand either has an SUV in their range or is close to bringing one to production, as the widespread appeal of the SUV is something that even the stuffiest and most traditionbound automotive brands can’t ignore. Porsche was amongst the first premium marques to introduce an SUV, with the Cayenne going into production in 2002. But almost five decades earlier, another four-wheel drive off-roader wearing a Porsche badge was introduced… The ‘Type 597’ is perhaps the most obscure Porsche of all time. Not surprising, really, as it was produced in very small numbers and for a very short time. Rare as it is, the Type 597 did show that Porsche could not only build a four-wheel drive that was very capable offroad, but one…

After teasing an all-wheel drive version of the Corvette almost a year ago, Chevrolet has now made it official, unveiling the Corvette E-Ray on 17 January – 70 years to the day since the very first Corvette made its public debut at the GM Motorama in New York City. Due for release in the US later this year as a 2024 model, the Corvette E-Ray will be offered in coupe and convertible form, with mechanical and cosmetic features that set it apart from the current eighth-generation Corvette Stingray. “In 1953, the enthusiastic reaction to the Chevrolet Corvette kicked off seven decades of passion, performance and American ingenuity,” said Mark Reuss, General Motors president. “E-Ray, as the first electrified, all-wheel-drive Corvette, takes it a step further and expands the promise of…

Declan Fraser has officially joined the Repco Supercars Championship, after signing with Tickford Racing in January. The young Queenslander will pilot the ‘Tradie Racing’ Gen3 Mustang for the 2023 season, replacing Jake Kostecki, who was axed after one year of a two-year deal. Fraser won last year’s Dunlop Super2 Series Championship and also made his Bathurst 1000 debut as a co-driver alongside Craig Lowndes in a Triple Eight-supported wildcard entry; a pairing that resulted in an eighth-place finish in The Great Race. “It’s a pretty special feeling,” the 22-year-old from Mackay said after the deal was confirmed on 13 January. “At the end of the Super2 season, we didn’t really know where we were heading for 2023, so to get the call from Tim [Edwards, Tickford Racing CEO] was pretty…

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At this year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, amongst Toyota’s many exhibits was a pair of Corolla coupes from the 1980s, converted to be carbon neutral while maintaining as much of the original vehicle as possible. Although rarely seen in Australia, the ‘AE86’ rear-wheel drive fastback coupes produced during the fifth-generation (E80) Corolla’s lifespan would be familiar as the main character’s vehicle from ‘Initial D’, the popular manga series that was the introduction to drifting for many. Produced between 1983 and 1987, two variants of the AE86 were offered: the ‘Corolla Levin’ with fixed headlights; and the ‘Sprinter Trueno’ with hideaway headlights. For the Tokyo Auto Salon, Toyota retrofitted one example of each to create the ‘AE86 H2 Concept’ and ‘AE86 BEV Concept,’ with the former fuelled by hydrogen and the latter…

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