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Ford F-150 Lightning EV Vs Tesla Cybertruck, BMW i4 M50 Leaked, 631-HP Porsche Cayenne Drift-Fest: Your Morning Brief

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Google Launches Android 12 With New Car Smart Key Functionality

Smartphones have already made bank cards and MP3 players redundant, and it looks like car keys are next. Google says your Android phone will soon be able to unlock and start your BMW, and compatibility with other brands will follow.

Jaguar F-Type Gets Dropped From A Truck, Smashes Into Chevy Silverado, Damages Nissan GT-R

It’s hard to imagine the delivery of a new car going much worse than it does for the truck driver tasked with handing this F-type roadster over to its new owner.

QOTD: Who Got It Right, Ford’s Straight-Laced F-150 Lightning Or Tesla’s Cocky Cybertruck?

The F-150 Lightning EV is such a huge deal for Ford, for trucks, for the electric car market, and for America, that even President Biden demanded a go. But did Ford play it too safe with the styling?

Bugatti Chiron Sport And Rafale Fighter Jet Meet In Asphalt-Vibrating Race

Back in 2007, Richard Hammond raced a Bugatti Veyron against a Eurofighter Typhoon for the old Top Gear show, and despite its impressive straight-line performance, the hypercar found it hard to keep up with the fighter jet. But how does its successor, the Chiron, fare against 54,000 lbs of Rafale fighter thrust?

Walter Röhrl Shows Us Around The Upcoming 631 HP Porsche Cayenne Coupe

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The 671 hp plug-in Cayenne Turbo S E-Hybrid might have more grunt, but this lighter, driftier Coupe definitely looks like it’s going to be the most fun Cayenne you can buy. Even stone-faced rally legend and Porsche ambassador Walter nearly cracks a smile.

Roll Like Automotive Royalty With Henry Ford II’s 1966 Mustang Convertible

The original Mustang helped pioneer factory-order personalisation, but as boss of the company, Henry Ford II really could get the ‘Stang of his dreams. This ’66 convertible used by the big man during his vacations in France, and now up for grabs, is fitted with an interesting auxiliary gauge pack in the leather covered dashboard, plus the seats and door panels from a Mercury Cougar.

BMW i4 M50 Reportedly Outed Before Its Debut Next Month

An image of what appears to be BMW’s first M-badged EV has surfaced on social media. The sporty i4 features a blacked-out grille and window trims, a more aggressive front bumper and unique fender vents.

What Else Is Making The News

Snap’s New Spectacles Let You See The World In Augmented Reality

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The company behind Snapchat and those crazy photo filters is moving into the AR field with a pair of smart glasses that overlay images on the wearer’s view of the world, explains The Verge. The downside – apart from making you look like one of Biff’s goons from Back To The Future – is that you can’t buy them yet.

Japanese Bullet Train Driver Takes Bathroom Break As Train Cruises At 90 mph

When you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go, or at least that’s what a Japanese train driver thought when he left a lowly conductor at the controls of a bullet train for three minutes while he dealt with some, er, abdominal discomfort, CNN reports. His crappy misdeed might have gone unnoticed if he hadn’t slowed the 200mph train to 90mph, causing it to be 1 minute late to the next station.

Here’s The New 2021 Porsche Cayenne Coupe GTS

The sporty GTS variant of the 2021 Porsche Cayenne Coupe has been making the rounds recently, spotted at the Nurburgring just last month. We now assume that an official debut is imminent, since these images that made their way on Instagram courtesy of user “actu.auto.fr” appear to be press photos.

Now that we can put the GT vs GTS debate to rest, let’s consider the type of powertrain we’re dealing with here.

Logically, the Cayenne Coupe GTS should utilize the same 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 unit from the Panamera GTS. This means putting down 453 HP (460 PS) and 457 lb-ft (620 Nm) of torque, with the help of an eight-speed PDK gearbox and all-wheel drive.

Watch: 2021 Porsche Cayenne Coupe GTS Prototype Filmed Growling And Putting Its V8 To Good Use

It was always unlikely that the GTS moniker would flex its muscles beyond what the Turbo had on tap, although there’s still room between the Turbo and the Turbo S E-Hybrid if Porsche indeed decides to fill that space with another fast Cayenne Coupe – like the rumored GT.

According to actu.auto.fr, the Cayenne Coupe GTS will be able to accelerate from zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 4.5 seconds with the optional Sport Chrono package, before maxing out at 270 km/h (168 mph). Also optional are the two centrally-mounted oval exhaust pipes, says the leaker.

As for what else this GTS version has to offer, it’s best we wait for the official press release before speculating too much. However, we can see the presence of Porsche’s Sport Design package, adding black accents (intakes, window frames, tailpipes, mirror covers etc) as well as black GTS badges. The brakes also seem bigger than those of “lesser” Cayenne Coupe models, while the ride height appears to have been reduced, which is what happened with the Panamera GTS.

Inside, there’s a lot of Alcantara being used. It’s on the steering wheel, center console grab handles, door panels, arm rest, seats and roof lining, while red contrast stitching is also present throughout.

Compared to your typical Cayenne S, Turbo or Turbo S E-Hybrid interior, the cabin of the GTS is clearly more driver-focused from a visual standpoint. It’s also more youthful, which has always been the case with Porsche’s GTS models, be it the Cayenne, Macan or the 911.

Cayenne GTS

In case you missed that image below where the Cayenne Coupe GTS is parked next to the regular Cayenne GTS, know that the latter is also being unveiled alongside its sloped-roof sibling.

The two should be identical in every way, except for the rear styling, and the exhausts (only the Coupe is said to be available with the center-mounted pipes). By the way, which look do you find more aggressive, the center pipes styling or the quad-pipes?

Finally, let’s talk pricing. The 2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS will allegedly start from 114,087 euros ($130,000), while the Cayenne Coupe GTS will cost upwards of 118,490 euros ($135,000), slotting in nicely between the S and the Turbo variants.

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Sibling Rivalry: Porsche Macan Turbo And Cayenne Coupe Turbo Engage In Track War

After proving the difference between a couple of OEM wheels available for the Audi RS6 Avant last week, AutoBildSportsCars put two more vehicles to the test: the Porsche Macan Turbo and Cayenne Coupe Turbo.

The two Porsches met on the Lausitzring and were subjected to a fast lap, with an experienced drive behind the wheel. Both runs were timed, in an attempt to see which one is the better choice for the driving enthusiast who might want to put their SUV into a track.

Review: 2020 Porsche Macan Turbo Puts The ‘Sport’ In SUV, But Is It Worth The Premium?

Before spending the next four minutes watching the two Porsche SUVs go from apex to apex, we will remind you that the bigger Cayenne Coupe Turbo is also more powerful. The 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 rockets it to 60 mph (96 km/h) in just 3.7 seconds, and up to 178 mph (286 km/h), pumping out 541 HP (549 PS / 404 kW) and 567 lb-ft (768 Nm) of torque.

The Macan Turbo is a few tenths of a second slower to 60 mph (96 km/h), needing 4.3 seconds, and flat out, it will eventually do 167 mph (269 km/h). The premium compact model has as much as 434 HP (440 PS / 324 kW) and 406 lb-ft (550 Nm) of torque produced by the 2.9-liter twin-turbo V6 that replaced the old 3.6-liter lump.

For the Macan Turbo, you are looking at a minimum of $83,600 in our market, while the former range-topper of the Cayenne Coupe series, before the 670 HP Turbo S E-Hybrid broke cover, has an MSRP of $130,100. So, can the more affordable, and less powerful, Macan keep up with its bigger, brawnier sibling?

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