Ken Block<\/a> has been capturing the hearts and minds of hoons everywhere with his Gymkhana videos, which, if you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the past decade, are like ballet dancing, but in a car, sideways, at lethal speeds. His latest video featured a ludicrous 1965 Mustang complete with an 845hp V8 and an AWD conversion, but apparently that wasn\u2019t deadly enough. They have now revealed V2 of the car, featuring a twin-turbocharged V8 with top-mounted exhausts, producing \u201cmore than\u201d 1400hp running on pure methanol. It\u2019s safe to say the next Gymkhana video will be pretty exciting.<\/p>\n Automotive recalls are old news. VW\u2019s Dieselgate, Fiat-Chrysler\u2019s shifter recall, Takata\u2019s airbag recall, the list goes on. BMW was forced to add itself to the docket for a defect on a single 2017 X3 SUV<\/a>. Apparently they discovered the contact pins on the vehicle\u2019s electronic power steering system may not have been welded properly, increasing the risk of fire even when the vehicle was parked with the ignition off. One unlucky owner of a 2017 X3 xDrive 28i will get a call from their dealership next week, but the issue will be repaired free of charge.<\/p>\n The recent mantra in efficient engine design of \u201csmaller = better\u201d may have reached its limits<\/a>. The latest ultra-small powerplants, gasoline below 1.2L and diesel below about 1.5L, can meet current European emissions standards, but fall far short when subjected to real world driving conditions. In order to meet new, stricter standards over the next few years, manufacturers will have to slightly increase the displacement of engines, which don\u2019t have to be turbocharged quite as aggressively to make their power, reducing heat and emissions.<\/p>\n Sadly, that\u2019s not a headline from “The Onion”. Three angry neighbors have been waging a six-year legal battle against Charles Williams<\/a> of Delaware in an effort to tear down his\u00a0four-car garage. Williams, who lost his legs in a freak 1993 construction accident, has been a lifelong gearhead and built the garage as a central gathering point for like-minded friends and family. A court decision has already been made in favor of Williams, but the neighbors are pushing further claims against him on the basis that the garage is being used for commercial purposes. On a positive note, as the story has gone viral this week, people have fully funded a GoFundMe campaign<\/a> to assist Williams with the legal fees he has accrued to defend himself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ken Block reveals the Hoonicorn V2 Ken Block has been capturing the hearts and minds of hoons everywhere with his Gymkhana videos, which, if you\u2019ve been living under a rock…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":3010,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[362],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gearheads","tag-weekly-auto-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29693,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3009\/revisions\/29693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/turo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}BMW recalls a single X3<\/h3>\n
Engines will get bigger to support stricter emissions standards<\/h3>\n
Neighbors sue wheelchair-bound gearhead to tear down private garage<\/h3>\n