2024 SEMA show includes Mopar-inspired Toyota
what will fall off Challenge your paradigm more? Electric Plymouth GTX? Or a Teutonic-based Japanese car that pays homage to Richard Petty? You may be familiar with the Toyota GR Supra, a revival sports car based on (and more popular than) the BMW Z4. It's been on the market for five years and comes with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine and a 3-liter turbocharged V6. From the start, an eight-speed automatic was the only transmission available, but a six-speed manual finally appears in 2023. By 2025, the turbocharged four-cylinder engine will be discontinued. Photo courtesy of Elana Scherr/Car and Driver At the SEMA Show, Toyota unveiled a series of concepts to satisfy the needs of car fans visiting the Las Vegas event. What is particularly noteworthy is that super bird The Tribute is a GR Supra concept car designed to honor The King (aka Richard Petty) and the 1970 Road Runner Superbird, the car that brought him back to Plymouth…
Coming to SEMA: Armageddon
Now they do it! Those Europeans at Stellantis - the same people who have stopped rolling out the Hemi for a third time, if not a second for the Dodge Challenger - are now trying to destroy our old car. If you dare to see how, come visit the Mopar display at the 2024 SEMA Show in Las Vegas. Here’s the idea: You know that old Mopar sitting in your yard? Has the one your wife noticed not been touched in 12 years? Mopar wants you to consider sacrificing it for the company's interesting battery-electric vehicle conversion kit. The 1967 Plymouth GTX Electromod concept will be unveiled at SEMA from November 5-8, 2024, and is expected to showcase "the potential of future... e-Crate propulsion systems for enthusiasts to build or modify classic and current cars and truck." The "eye-catching" Frostbite Blue zero-emissions concept features widened rear wheel openings "giving it an aggressive and modern look". Clearly, this predecessor 440 looks…