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Lando Norris’s 1972 Fiat 500 Jolly Evocation is up for sale

Lando Norris is a British-Belgian motorsports racing driver, who entered the world of Formula 1 at the Australian Grand Prix in 2019. This 24-year-old has so far driven 100 races in which he achieved 1 pole position, 12 podiums and 5 fastest laps in Formula 1. He is currently a member of the McLaren-Mercedes team and although he earns a lot of money (£16m/$20m a year), many expected the first car he bought to be some super powerful sports car, but that is not the case. With his first earnings he bought a 1972 Fiat 500 Jolly Evocation.

The car is based on the Fiat 600 Jolly, and legend has it that Gianni Agnelli wanted a car that could fit on the back of his 82ft yacht, and the result is this car. The Gia company produced only 650 copies of this model, and Lando’s is unfortunately not original. However, Lando didn’t mind so he bought a car and also let his friends drive it.

This Fiat 500 Jolly Evocation is powered by a rear-mounted 499cc air-cooled 2-cylinder engine paired with a 4-speed manual transmission, controlled by a floor-mounted shifter with a wicker gear knob. The car has only 36,539 kilometers on the odometer, and is now looking for a new owner.

The auction will take place between October 26 and 31, and the estimated value of the car is between £28,000 and £33,000.

Source: Car and Classic

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Lando Norris's 1972 Fiat 500 Jolly Evocation is up for sale
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2024 Skoda Superb in hatchback and Combi body styles

Last month, Skoda published several photos of the camouflaged fourth-generation Skoda Superb, which will premiere on November 2. Now, the company has released teasers showing the final design of the car in hatchback and Combi versions.

The hatchback is 4,912 mm long, 1834 mm wide and 1481 mm high, with a wheelbase of 2841 mm, and has a lower roofline and wide and thin taillights, including a slightly longer rear suspension. Also, it has a new radiator grille while the side profile is improved with strong shoulder lines.

The interior is spacious enough to accommodate five passengers, and provides 645 liters of luggage space. It is equipped with a 13-inch infotainment screen and a 10-inch digital cockpit. The capacity of the luggage compartment is 645 liters for the hatchback, or 690 liters for the Combi variant, and 28 Simply Clever features are available that further improve practicality.

When it comes to the powertrain, there are three gasoline and two diesel options available that will meet Euro 7 emission standards, as well as a plug-in hybrid available only in the station wagon version. Gasoline engines are 1.5 mHEV with 150 hp/110 kW, and 2.0 TSI with 204 hp/150 kW and 265 hp/195 kW (AWD). The diesel options are the 2.0 TDI diesel engine with 150 hp/110 kW and 193 hp/142 kW (AWD). All engines are paired with a DSG gearbox. It should also be noted that the new Superb is built on the modular MQB platform of the Volkswagen Group.

Source: Skoda

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2024 Skoda Superb in hatchback and Combi body styles
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DMV suspended license for Cruise’s self-driving cars

After a recent incident in which Cruise’s self-driving car dragged a pedestrian down the street, the DMV decided to remove the company’s vehicles from the road.

Photo: EPA-EFE

According to Cruise’s report, the driver of the Nissan struck the pedestrian and threw her into the other lane in front of the Cruise vehicle, which then hit her. Although the car tried to stop, the reaction of the car was not fast enough because everything happened very quickly. Then the car tried to move out of the lane, not knowing that it was dragging the injured pedestrian. When it stopped, the wheel of the car was on the leg of the pedestrian. An ambulance arrived and took the injured person away.

A few days later, representatives of the California Department of Motor Vehicles had a meeting with the Cruise company where the video of the accident was shown. However, the DMV accuses the company of not showing the full video, but only the part where the pedestrian was hit. The company denies this.

This is not the first time that the vehicles of this company have been charged. Previously, these vehicles would stop in traffic when they could not safely pass into the other lane. It is assumed that this time too the software did not understand that the car was pulling the pedestrian.

Self-driving cars appeared in 1995 when Navlab5, which was the fifth of ten cars that were retrofitted by The Robotics Institute, was successfully piloted from Pittsburgh to San Diego. Today we have about 30 companies that use self-driving cars, and all of them are working on improving the technology to make vehicles safer.

Source: Reuters

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