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Nissan’s New Kicks Rock Creek Picks A Fight With The Subaru Crosstrek

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Nissan has introduced the 2027 Kicks Rock Creek. Model features revised styling and a classier cabin. $28,840 crossover comes standard with all-wheel drive. Following its debut in Japan , Nissan has rolled out the 2027 Kicks Rock Creek in America, giving it a shot at the popular Subaru Crosstrek . It’s based on the SV trim and features a more rugged appearance. Starting outside, the crossover has been equipped with a unique grille featuring orange accents and a mountain badge. They’re joined by gloss black paint on the bumpers and mirrors. Review: The Nissan Kicks Isn’t Bad, It’s Just Surrounded By Good Choices Designers also gave the model special 17-inch wheels and amber daytime running lights. Up top, there’s a tubular roof rack that can hold up to 165 lbs (75 kg) of gear. The upgrades continue inside with black TailorFit seats featuring orange contrast stitching as well a...

Koenigsegg Built A 1,600-HP Hypercar Tribute To A Race Car That Never Raced

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CCGT1 revives a GT1 project regulations killed before it ever raced. Its twin-turbo V8 makes up to 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) on E85. All 70 examples were allocated before the public reveal. Koenigsegg’s original CCGT is a strange machine. If it ever competes in real races of any kind, it’ll end up being historic events. Built for GT1, tested, then sidelined when the rules changed, it never turned a wheel in competition. Now it has both a historic racing future and a modern road-going tribute called the CCGT1. Based on the CC850, the CCGT1 takes the original’s big-wing GT1 attitude and turns it into Koenigsegg’s most track-focused road car yet. According to Koenigsegg , its twin-turbo V8 makes 1,280 hp (954 kW) on pump gas or 1,600 hp (1,193 kW) on E85. That’s enough power to make the gigantic rear wing both functional and a sort of a public warning. More: A Koenigsegg Just Spanked EV Hypercars Into Oblivion ...