News Roundup: The new Nissan Z and the most expensive car ever sold

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Welcome to our round-up of the biggest breaking stories on Driving.ca from this past week. Get caught up and ready to get on with the weekend, because it’s hard keeping pace in a digital traffic jam.

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The 2023 Nissan Z is an instant classic

There are new cars and then there are new cars. With a 400-horsepower twin-turbo V6 mated to a standard transmission; the 2023 Nissan Z is definitely the former, or maybe the latter — whichever one is the instant classic. In his First Drive review, Driving‘s Brendan McAleer likens its Datsun-esque styling to a “modernized 240Z” and its drive to a “reborn 300ZX twin-turbo,” while also providing some great metaphors about samurai and light-sabers. Nice! Pricing for the 2023 Nissan Z starts at  $46,498.

Argument over Vancouver street parking goes viral on TikTok

We all know that person on the block who seems to think they own the public parking spot in front of their house, getting upset anytime somebody stops there. A Vancouver resident who’s apparently been dealing with this drama in her neighbourhood decided enough was enough and recently pulled out her phone when her neighbour stood and blocked her car from entering an available parking spot. The woman called the police and filmed the man and woman as they argued with the officer. The outcome was millions of views on TikTok and a slight delay in parking for @jaderonni, plus a bunch of negative reviews to the angry neighbour’s business, and an annoying discussion for one member of the VPD. 

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2023 Cadillac Lyriq starts just under $70,000

Cadillac is officially taking orders for the AWD and RWD 2023 Lyriq SUV. The RWD Lyriq with a 340-horsepower hybrid engine will open at $69,898 (plus destination) and have a range of 502 km on a full charge — if GM’s estimates are accurate. The 500-horsepower AWD model will fetch an additional US$2,000 — we’re still waiting on official Canadian pricing — and offer a towing capacity of 3,500 lbs, but range has not been announced. Two new exterior paint colours, Opulent Blue Metallic and Crystal White Tricoat, have also been added to the options for the 2023 model year.  

Chinese-market CR-V reveals what’s to come

Leaked images of a couple new CR-V models heading for the Chinese market give a pretty likely sample of what’s on the way to North America. Shared by the Chinese Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the images show a two-row and a three-row SUV with new stylings like more narrow LEDs and dual tailpipes on the Turbo variant. The leak also included some figures including measurements, and that both models will use a turbo 1.5L gas engine making 190 horsepower and pushing the vehicle to a top speed of 188 km/h.

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Mercedes-Benz just privately sold the most expensive car ever

Exactly two Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR “Uhlenhaut Coupes” were made in 1955, each on a W196 chassis of a Formula One car. And both were kept by the brand itself…until recently, according to Hagerty, when a private buyer forked over a record-setting US$142 million for one of the special coupes. The source of the rumours also reports that the brand sold on the condition that the buyer not resell but guard it and even publicly show it a few times a year. The previous record for largest private sale was held by a Ferrari 250 GTO that sold for US$70 million in 2018.