News Desk [February 2nd, 2022]

Subaru announces fuel economy figures for the 2022 WRX.

The 2022 WRX makes some interesting changes over its predecessor, including the exterior body cladding and the CVT, among other things. Today, we have fuel economy figures for both the manual and the ‘Subaru Performance Transmission’, and they don’t actually change too much over the last one. See the numbers and how they compare to the competition (Elantra N, VW GTI, etc.) here.

Chevrolet finally loses its Spark.

The Chevrolet Spark emerged in 2012 as a production version of the Beat concept car, part of a trio of concepts that debuted at the 2007 New York Auto Show. Beat, Trax and Groove were tiny little things, and the production Spark made it through two generations in the U.S., which is really lucky considering all of its competitors, save for the Mitsubishi Mirage, are no longer sold here. More on its history here.

Some Mercedes-AMG V8s are coming back sooner rather than later.

Reports last year that logistics chokeholds and supply shortages had caused certain Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG twin-turbo V8 models to be unavailable for the 2022 model year turned out to be true. This included all AMG 63s, GLE 580 4MATICs and Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600s, to name a few. Today, however, good news has emerged about the early return of some of these models. Carscoops has more on which models to expect back on dealer lots soon.

Toyota auctions off first two Tundra hybrids for high money at Barrett-Jackson.

In an effort to advance Toyota’s U.S. Paralympic fund, the brand took to the Barrett-Jackson auction and sold the first two Tundra hybrid models, one a Capstone model, the other a TRD Pro. See how much each truck sold for and more details here.