Nissan decided its second-generation LEAF needed a sharper edge. On July 22 the company put the NISMO version on sale in Japan and confirmed the model will reach American showrooms as part of a broader push to expand the performance brand. What arrives is a front-drive electric hatch that keeps the same motors and batteries as the regular car yet feels noticeably different the moment the road starts to twist.
The ‘Executor’ is the only Pagani Huayra Roadster to ever leave the factory with a third pedal and a 7-speed Xtrac manual transmission. Its carbon fiber body is painted a blue tint, and it’s been sitting quietly awaiting the RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction in August, with an estimated sell price of $5 million to $7 million.
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Chassis 10R left McLaren’s Woking works in December 1995 as the first of nine F1 GTRs built to the upgraded 1996 specification. Engineers kept it in-house as a development and promotional car, running it through winter tests at Magny-Cours with drivers including 1995 Le Mans winner JJ Lehto. It wore its factory scarlet paint with bold yellow graphics from the start, a look so striking that people still call it the Pop Art F1. Only one other short-tail prototype shared that basic shape, the actual 1995 Le Mans winner, and 10R remains the only GTR finished in this exact livery.
Just weeks after its July 9 launch, NIO’s five-seat ES8 is already helping the broader third-generation model push past 130,000 cumulative deliveries. Production of the larger three-row versions began late last September. The new two-row layout arrived on July 10 and has given the nameplate fresh energy after a softer June.
Liam Neeson has spent years playing men who track others down. In his latest film, the roles reverse. He becomes the one everyone is after, and the machine he chooses for the job is a serious piece of American muscle.