{"id":43693,"date":"2023-02-25T12:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-02-25T17:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=43693"},"modified":"2023-02-25T12:00:53","modified_gmt":"2023-02-25T17:00:53","slug":"1138878_2024-bmw-x5-m-and-x6-m-2024-maserati-granturismo-this-week-s-top-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=43693","title":{"rendered":"2024 BMW X5 M and X6 M, 2024 Maserati GranTurismo: This Week’s Top Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

BMW revealed a mid-cycle refresh for its X5 M and X6 M<\/a> performance SUVs this week. The updates are significant and include a new V-8 paired with mild-hybrid technology under the hood.<\/p>\n

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\"Bentley<\/p>\n

Bentley W-12 engine<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Bentley confirmed that its twin-turbo 6.0-liter W-12 will bow out<\/a> next year. The final and most powerful version of the unique engine will feature in the limited-edition Batur coupe, of which just 18 examples will be built.<\/p>\n

\"Pininfarina<\/p>\n

Pininfarina Battista<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The Pininfarina Battista set new quarter-mile and half-mile production-car records<\/a>. The electric hypercar managed an 8.55-second elapsed time in the quarter mile and covered the half mile in 13.38 seconds.<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Maserati GranCabrio spy shots – Photo credit:\u00a0Baldauf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

A redesigned Maserati GranTurismo goes on sale this spring. Eventually, the new coupe will be joined by its convertible counterpart, a prototype for which was spotted testing this week<\/a>. Like the coupe, the convertible will offer buyers the choice of gas or electric powertrains.<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Volkswagen ID.Buzz long-wheelbase spy shots – Photo credit: Baldauf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Volkswagen’s ID.Buzz is already on sale overseas but the electric van will finally reach U.S. showrooms later this year. The reason for the delay is that the U.S. will get a long-wheelbase version that’s still in development, and one of the prototypes was also snapped<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Cadillac 3-row electric SUV spy shots – Photo credit: Baldauf<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Another vehicle caught by the long lens of our spy photographers was a mid-size three-row electric SUV from Cadillac<\/a>. It’s one of five EVs Cadillac will have in its lineup by the end of 2024.<\/p>\n

\"2024<\/p>\n

2024 Cadillac XT4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Another Cadillac in the headlines this week was the updated XT4<\/a>. The update represents a mid-cycle refresh for the compact crossover and has seen the vehicle receive styling tweaks plus a tech overhaul.<\/p>\n

\"Production<\/p>\n

Production of modern BMW 3.0 CSL in Dingolfing, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

And finally, BMW’s modern interpretation of the legendary 3.0 CSL<\/a> entered production. Just 50 will be built, each of them generating over 550 hp from a twin-turbo inline-6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BMW revealed a mid-cycle refresh for its X5 M and X6 M performance SUVs this week. The updates are significant and include a new V-8 paired with mild-hybrid technology under the hood. Bentley W-12 engine Bentley confirmed that its twin-turbo 6.0-liter W-12 will bow out next year. The final and most powerful version of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43694,"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-43693","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\/43693","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=43693"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43693\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/43694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}