2025 Dodge Charger, 2025 Infiniti QX80, “Days of Thunder” race vehicles: The Week In Reverse

The Dodge Charger successor started testing, the 2025 Infiniti QX80 hit the street, and “Days Of Thunder” race vehicles had been discovered. It is the Week in Reverse, proper right here at Motor Authority.

Lower than every week after Dodge teased the Dodge Charger and Challenger successor, a prototype drove down Michigan’s I-75 almost undisguised. Caught on digicam by Instagram person Hellrango_nic, the manufacturing automobile appeared almost equivalent to the Charger Daytona SRT idea unveiled in 2022.

The Ford F-150 Lighting Switchgear debuted as a one-off Raptorized Lightning. Ford confirmed the idea truck flying by means of the air and tearing up the earth. Its customized wide-body has been full of 37-inch all-terrain tires and Fox 3.0-inch diameter internal-bypass shocks, in addition to different customized suspension items.

The 2025 Infiniti QX80 hit public roads lined in camouflage. The subsequent iteration of the flagship luxurious SUV appeared much like the QX Monograph idea proven throughout final summer time’s Monterey Automobile Week.

We drove the 2024 Acura TLX Sort S and located it takes pleasure in its sleeper standing. Whereas not fairly the cut price the bottom TLX presents, the Sort S is a star performer we might be pleased to take cruising, although we might have zero expectations of monitor stardom. 

A pair of of stunt vehicles allegedly used within the 1990 NASCAR film “Days Of Thunder” had been discovered rotting in a forest. One automobile bears the Hardee’s livery of Russ Wheeler, performed by Cary Elwes, whereas the opposite options the Mello Yellow livery and quantity 51 utilized by Cole Trickle, performed by Tom Cruise.