{"id":48525,"date":"2023-04-29T00:03:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T04:03:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48525"},"modified":"2023-04-29T00:03:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T04:03:37","slug":"1139500_2023-bmw-m2-2024-mercedes-benz-e-class-lucid-gravity-the-week-in-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=48525","title":{"rendered":"2023 BMW M2, 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Lucid Gravity: The Week In Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>We drove the 2023 BMW M2, the 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class debuted, and the Lucid Gravity began testing on public roads. It&#8217;s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We attacked the Tail of the Dragon in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139457_2023-bmw-m2-test-drive-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2023 BMW M2<\/a>. While the latest iteration of BMW&#8217;s compact sports coupe is expensive, heavy, and a bit frumpy looking, it&#8217;s still a sweet throwback that&#8217;s worth savoring before the electric era fully comes online.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"static-marker-video-player-primis\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139471_hennessey-velociraptor-6x6-revealed-with-700-hp-for-499-999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hennessey VelociRaptorR 6&#215;6<\/a> blasted into reality with an eye-watering price of $499,999. The six-wheeled monster can be upgraded from the stock 700 hp to 1,000 hp for buyers with deep enough pockets.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1134716_2025-bmw-m5-spy-shots\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2025 BMW M5<\/a> continued testing on the N\u00fcrburgring. The high-output variant of the next-generation 5-Series will feature a hybrid powertrain and all-wheel drive when it arrives in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139468_2024-mercedes-benz-e-class-revealed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class<\/a> debuted as the automaker continues to combine traditional luxury and comfort with a high level of digital capability. With a leather-lined interior, glitzy screens on the dashboard, and lots of LED lighting elements inside and out, the latest E-Class is flashier than ever.<\/p>\n<p>Lucid began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1139465_lucid-gravity-electric-suv-starts-on-road-testing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">testing its electric Gravity<\/a> crossover SUV on public roads. The three-row EV will feature seating for up to seven passengers, though five- and six-seat versions will be offered, and deliveries are set to begin in 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove the 2023 BMW M2, the 2024 Mercedes-Benz E-Class debuted, and the Lucid Gravity began testing on public roads. It&#8217;s the Week in Reverse, right here at Motor Authority. We attacked the Tail of the Dragon in the 2023 BMW M2. While the latest iteration of BMW&#8217;s compact sports coupe is expensive, heavy, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48526,"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-48525","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\/48525","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=48525"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48525\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/48526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}