{"id":39791,"date":"2023-01-07T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39791"},"modified":"2023-01-07T00:04:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-07T05:04:17","slug":"1138365_ken-block-motor-authority-best-car-to-buy-2023-ram-1500-revolution-bev-the-week-in-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=39791","title":{"rendered":"Ken Block, Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023, Ram 1500 Revolution BEV: The Week In Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Ken Block died, we announced the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 winner, and the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept rolled on stage in Las Vegas. It&#8217;s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138307_ken-block-dead-at-55\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ken Block died<\/a> in a snowmobile accident. The rally, &#8220;Gymkhana,&#8221; marketing, and apparel icon was 55 years old and beloved by enthusiasts spanning various industries.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138319_vw-id-7-electric-sedan-prototype-presented-ahead-of-2023-ces\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Volkswagen ID.7<\/a> electric sedan broke cover in Las Vegas at CES in near-production form. The car was wrapped in colorful camouflage, but its shape features a coupe-like profile. We expect a 2023 release as a 2024 model.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138354_ram-1500-revolution-bev-previews-electric-truck-due-in-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept<\/a> rolled into Las Vegas as a preview of the automaker&#8217;s first electric pickup truck. Set to enter production in 2024, the truck&#8217;s creative innovations include a small third row with jump seats, a midgate, and a pass-through to the frunk. Power, range, and battery size haven&#8217;t been revealed yet.<\/p>\n<p>Sony and Honda&#8217;s partnership to build EVs materialized into a new company called Afeela. The new brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138340_sony-honda-ev-brand-called-afeela-launches-with-sedan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unveiled a prototype<\/a> of its first potential model in Las Vegas at CES. The first EVs from the joint venture will launch in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>We named the Honda Civic Type R the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1138179_honda-civic-type-r-motor-authority-best-car-to-buy-2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023<\/a>. With a grown-up design, a shocking ability to carry speed through esses, and a slick-shifting 6-speed manual transmission, the Type R&#8217;s been refined for a new generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ken Block died, we announced the Motor Authority Best Car To Buy 2023 winner, and the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV concept rolled on stage in Las Vegas. It&#8217;s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. Ken Block died in a snowmobile accident. The rally, &#8220;Gymkhana,&#8221; marketing, and apparel icon was 55 years old [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39792,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}