7-Second Reads

• Best rumor ever: diesel-powered Mustang. But only in Europe?
• While we're going viral with rumors, let's also talk about a new 6.4L V8 for the Challenger.
• Alfa Romeo will likely show up again in the U.S. in about two years.
• Death Race 2. It's coming.
• There are two new driving simulators at the National Corvette Museum.
• AAA says it has recycled more than four million automotive batteries.
• Carmony.co.uk found that one in five drivers in the UK does not test drive a vehicle before buying it.
• Washington state has passed legislation to ban copper from brake pads by 2023. It has to do with the copper getting into water sources, such as creeks and the ocean.
• The first '11 Corvette Z06 Carbon Special Edition was auctioned off at Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach for $297,000.