Good morning and welcome to our weekly digest of automotive news from around the globe, starting with…

BMW M5 Towing Massive Boat Races VW Golf GTI At The Lights

This M5’s owner is obviously the kind of guy that likes to show just how much faster his BMW is than your car, and he isn’t going to let something like having a boat hitched to the rear get in the way. When the lights go green, the BMW/boat combo thunders ahead, leaving the Golf driver in the next lane trailing in its wake.

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2022 Honda Civic Hatchback Combines Practicality With Turbo Power And A Six-Speed Manual

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The new Civic hatch gets the same 2.0-liter VTEC and 1.5-liter turbo VTEC engines as the sedan, but where the four-door comes exclusively with a CVT, five-door buyers get a manual option. It’s also the foundation for next year’s Type R, but in Canada, at least, the Si badge will only be available on the sedan.

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New Ferrari 296 GTB Brings Back V6 With A Turbocharged Hybrid Twist And 819-HP

Ferrari’s new baby sports car isn’t quite the pocket exotic we were expecting. Sure it’s powered by a V6 hybrid instead of a V8, but with 148 hp more than a McLaren Artura it’s a much more serious (and expensive) machine, and actually sits above the F8 Tributo in Ferrari’s range.

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New Peugeot 308 SW Is A Sexy And Practical Alternative to Compact SUVs

Peugeot thinks there’s still a market for compact wagons in this crossover-obsessed world, and looking at the handsome 308 SW, we don’t think that confidence is misplaced. The 308 hatch’s practical cousin gets the same stylish interior and mix of petrol, diesel and plug-in powertrains.

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2022 Infiniti QX60 Unveiled With Upscale Looks, Modern Tech, And Semi-Autonomous Tech

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Infiniti’s decade-old QX60 was looking off the pace compared with newer rivals, but with a Range Rover Velar-like redesign, high quality interior, and semi-autonomous driving tech, the new one is right on trend.

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Can A 15-Year-Old Honda S2000 Keep Up With The Mazda MX-5 And The Fiat 124 Abarth Spider?

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These three cars all have two seats and send their power to the rear wheels, but that’s where the similarities end. So is the older, revvier, more powerful S2000 a better place to sink your sports car cash than the turbocharged Abarth or the evergreen Miata?

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Kia EV6 Four-Door Coupe Render Makes For An Electrifying Stinger Replacement

The Stinger helped boost Kia credibility with car enthusiasts, and the EV6 is about to do it all over again. One designer decided to test his 3D modelling skills by imagining how Kia might fuse the two designs to create a future all-electric Stinger.

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What Else Is Making The News

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Police Stop ‘Exorcism’ In Home Depot Lumber Aisle

Pennsylvania police claim they were called to a Home Depot on a report of “disorderly people having an exorcism” in the lumber aisle, Fox News reports. According to Dickson City Police Department, two people were escorted from the DIY store after trying to banish demons from dead trees.

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US Government Says It Doesn’t Know What Was Behind 143 UFO Sightings

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has published its long-awaited report on nearly two decades worth of UFO sightings, and says it has “no clear indications that there is any non-terrestrial explanation for them”, Engadget explains. Which basically means it has no proof that aliens are involved, but can’t rule it out because it has no other explanation for the sightings.