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May-June 2018 news & features May-June 2018 Manufacturer Events Nissan Arizona Test Center / Arizona Black Rodeo A ...10 Secret proving grounds and a chance to unwind. By Joe Sage New Vehicle Launch Drive 2018 Hyundai Kona B ........................................................12 Where else for this fun new CUV but Hawaii? By Joe Sage ARIZONA RIDER MAGAZINE Valerie Thompson sets new record, survives crash C ....16 Champ returns home with new trophy, new goals... and stories! New Vehicle Launch Drive 2018 Jaguar E-Pace D ........................................................18 Exotic small CUV launched on exotic small island. By Sue Mead A Week With 2018 Audi SQ5 3.0T quattro Tiptronic.................................21 Teen Driving Events Ford Driving Skills For Life / Focus on Girls’ Safety E....22 Two solid teen programs, one new. By Stephanie Jarnagan New Vehicle Launch Drive 2018 Audi RS 5 Coupe F ...................................................24 Arizona is the test bed for this performance car. By Sue Mead A Week With 2018 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE Sedan .............................27 Adventure Travel Drive Wide Open Baja Off-Road Adventures G ..........................28 Something we’ve been meaning to do for some time, running much of the actual Baja 1000 off-road course. By Paul Strauss A Week With 2017.5 Mazda6 Grand Touring ...........................................31 New Vehicle Launch Drive 2018 Lamborghini Huracán Performante H ......................32 Performance unleashed at Thermal Raceway. By Dave Stall A Day With 2018 Rolls-Royce Phantom / Phantom EWB I ...............34 A Week With 2018 Toyota 4Runner 4x4 TRD Off-Road Premium J .....37 Motorsports NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series: AZ Nats K .........38 We bet on the outcome, luckily only mentally. By Randall Bohl A Week With 2018 Honda Clarity Plug-In Hybrid Touring......................41 New Vehicle Launch Drive 2019 Ram 1500 lineup L....................................................42 All-new lineup from work trucks to off-roaders to luxury, completely new inside and out, launched in Arizona. By Joe Sage Road Trip Arizona to the Pacific Northwest by RV M ........................46 A family of four heads out in their RV (towing a Jeep) to tour the upper West Coast and Cascades. By Stephanie Jarnagan A Week With 2018 Lexus LC 500h Coupe ...............................................50 Motorsports ISM Raceway NASCAR March 2018 recap N ...................52 Motorsports ISM Raceway IndyCar Phoenix Grand Prix recap N .......53 A Week With 2018 Kia Stinger 2.0T RWD ................................................54 Vehicle Event Winter Driving in the 2018 Kia Stinger GT 3.3T AWD O .55 Best way to test AWD? Crested Butte in winter. By Dave Stall Day Trip Desert Valley Auto Parts Junkyard P...............................57 Huge rare parts source is also just a fun day trip. By Tyson Hugie Vehicle Brand Event “Ford Uncovered” / Dearborn Development Center Q ..58 We fly to Michigan to learn Ford’s innermost goals. By Joe Sage departments ■ FROM THE PUBLISHER....................................4 ■ AUTOMOTIVE NEWS UPDATE ...........................6 ■ THE INSIDE TRACK: BRIEFS & RUMORS ........60 ■ UPCOMING FEATURES ...................................62 COVER: The Lexus LC 500h, the hybrid version of a car that has won a lot of comparo awards in both its regular and hybrid forms, has a beautiful surface, strong perfor - mance and a complex personality. Photo: Joe Sage START YOUR ENGINES : FROM THE PUBLISHER MAGAZINE he team fans out far and wide in this issue, to bring news from the Mediterranean, T mid-Pacific, México, Michigan, Australia, the West Coast, the Rockies, Southern Cal - i fornia and any number of points all over Arizona. Pack your bags and hang on! Sue Mead covers the near and the far, with launch drives of the new Jaguar E-Pace on the island of Corsica and the Audi RS 5 Coupe here in Arizona. The World’s Fastest Fe - male Motorcycle Racer, Valerie Thompson, takes us to South Australia, where she tops herself with yet another female world speed record, then survives a horrific crash while continuing on her quest for the absolute world speed record (males, watch out—she’s still hot on the tail of this title!). We also cover the need for speed at ISM Raceway’s spring NASCAR and IndyCar Phoenix Grand Prix events, while Randall Bohl has race analysis from the NHRA Arizona Nationals. In neighboring terrain, Paul Strauss duplicates much of the Baja 1000, just for fun, south of the border with Wide Open Baja. Dave Stall does a California track introduc- tion and road time in the Lamborghini Huracán Performante, then also heads to Crested Butte, in southwest Colorado, for winter driving in the all-wheel-drive turbo-six version of the hot new Kia Stinger, while we drive the rear-drive turbo-four version in Arizona. Stephanie Jarnagan puts on her family vacation hat for an RV-and-Jeep tour up the coast to the Pacific Northwest, then puts her work hat back on for a look at two powerful teen driving programs Ford brought to the Valley of the Sun. Ram Trucks also chose Ari zona for the new Ram 1500 launch, on- and off-road. Tyson Hugie, who brings us all along on many a road trip, finds a local spot equally of interest as a day trip just for fun or a car restor- PUBLISHER / EXECUTIVE EDITOR: er’s paradise with a mission. Also in-state, we visit the secretive Nissan Ari zo na Test Center, Joe Sage CONTRIBUTING WRITERS / PHOTOGRAPHERS: the Arizona Black Rodeo at Rawhide, and Bartlett Lake, arriving in the back seat of a new Becky Antioco, Kristin Barclay, Rolls-Royce Phantom and returning to town behind the wheel. And lots more. Randall Bohl, Nick Calderone, Jason Fogelson, Tyson Hugie, Enjoy the ride! Stephanie Jarnagan, Jennifer Johnson, Joe Sage - Publisher/ Executive Editor Christina Lawrie, Sue Mead, JP Molnar, Vincent Nguyen, Doris Ong, Brenda Priddy, Lyn St James, Tim and Kristin Sharp, Cathy Smith, Dave Stall, Paul Strauss, Scott Tilley, Sherri Tilley, Jan Wagner, Kevin A Wilson ■ www.arizonadrivermagazine.com ■ facebook.com/ArizonaDriverMagazine ■ twitter.com/ArizonaDriver ■ instagram.com/ArizonaDriver ARIZONA DRIVER MAGAZINE IS A MEMBER OF: IMPA ......International Motor Press Association MAMA....Midwest Automotive Media Association MPG .......Motor Press Guild NWAPA..Northwest Automotive Press Association PAPA ......Phoenix Automotive Press Association RMAP.....Rocky Mountain Automotive Press SAMA.....Southern Automotive Media Association TAWA .....Texas Auto Writers Association WAJ .......Western Automotive Journalists ACM .......LeMay—America’s Car Museum Sturgis....Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame USFRA....Utah Salt Flats Racing Association USMA.....United States Motorsports Association PUBLISHED BIMONTHLY BY ADZONE ARIZONA LLC All contents © AdZone Arizona LLC and Arizona Driver Maga zine. All rights reserved. Any scanning, down load ing and/or physical or electronic sharing of any part of this publication without prior written permission of the pub lisher constitutes theft of intellectual property. Arizona Driver Magazine, Arizona Rider Magazine, Arizona Flyer Magazine and Arizona Boater Magazine are registered tradenames of AdZone Arizona LLC. ARIZONA DRIVER MAGAZINE PO Box 13387, Scottsdale AZ 85267 Advertising: 480-948-0200 4 • May-June 2018 • ARIZONADRIVER doors are opened and closed via a sensor weight, with more power and torque from ▼ Genesis unveiled its all-electric, high- mounted in the B-pillar integrating finger- its 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 than the ±789 hp per formance Essentia concept at the New print controls and biometric facial recog- and 590 lb-ft (800PS/800Nm) of the road York show, reimagining the brand’s “Ath - nition. The rear of Essentia is defined by car—at least 825PS (±814 hp). A race let ic Elegance” design par a digm for future an aerodynamic cut-off surface that hous- transmission, revised double wishbone sus - torque to produce both mind-blowing pension, Pirelli slicks and up to 1000 kg ± Volkswagen I.D. R Pikes Peak acceleration and true hypercar top speed. Genesis Essentia concept ( 2205 lb) of downforce suggest the Senna GTR will post the quickest McLaren ▼ McLaren has confirmed its upcoming circuit lap times outside Formula 1. The new “Hyper-GT,” codenamed BP23, will car will have a wider track and new fend- have the highest top speed of any McLar- ers front and rear, the body modifications en yet, beating the 243-mph peak speed simplified by fenders and other aerody- of the legendary McLaren F1 road car. This namic components having been designed new information followed an announce- as “clipped on” to the cockpit structure. ment by McLar en Automotive CEO, Mike The Senna GTR will also feature a new Flewitt at the Geneva Motor Show that a wheel design specifically for circuit use. public reveal of the car can be expected The front splitter of the Senna GTR con- sometime this year. The next addition to cept is larger and the rear diffuser is both the McLaren Ultimate Series will be both larger and extends further back than the the fastest-ever McLaren and the most lux- road-car components, for improved aero- urious With a three-seat cockpit design dynamic performance. The rear deck is ▼ Volkswagen has named its latest mo - bili’s in-house team in Croatia and built and central driving position—as in the F1 Genesis product and forecasting perform- es the flush rear quad lights and empha- the lowest of any McLaren, aiding aerody- tor sport project the I.D. R Pikes Peak. This entirely from scratch with all-new tech- — and a gasoline-electric hybrid power- ance and technology. The brand’s first bat- sizes the muscular rear haunch. A rear dif- namics and cooling, and helping to opti- all-electric prototype racing car will com- nologies, the C_Two features a full carbon train, BP23 promises the “un paralleled tery electric vehicle, it features a light- fuser surrounded by carbon fiber acts as mize performance of the active rear wing, pete in the Pikes Peak International Hill fiber monocoque with bonded carbon blend of extreme performance and sport- weight carbon-fiber monocoque, powerful an integrated venting solution for the rear and the outer skin of the doors has been Climb on June 24 in Colorado.
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