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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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Here’s what you missed while you were away.

Spotlight on the 2023 Corvette Z06

Chevrolet rolled out the performance trim option for the 2023 Corvette C8 on Tuesday, winning the week’s automotive content clicking contest with the impressive sights and sounds of the new Z06. The hotly anticipated top-trim variant of the mid-engined Corvette rides on the same chassis as the C.8R race car, allowing for a 3.6-inch wider stance than the Stingray. To be hand-built in Kentucky, the flat-plane crank V8 “LT6” engine makes 670 horsepower and 460 lb-ft of torque, which sounds like no Corvette before it. The automaker has also confirmed that a Z07 model with carbon fibre elements and custom tuning will eventually follow.

Toronto man gets served $3,000 Enterprise bill for damage done after drop-off

Toronto’s Samuel Wardlaw was shocked when, after returning his Enterprise Rent-a-Car truck to the contractually agreed upon location in the agreed upon state and at the agreed upon time, he was given a bill for $3,300 , nearly 15 times the agreed upon amount. The 29-year-old told CBC that he used the truck to move some of his belongings to his new home and returned it to the after-hours drop-off spot at 1 p.m., just five hours after picking it up, but was initially put on the hook for the theft of the vehicle’s catalytic converter while it sat parked on the company’s lot. Enterprise has since retracted the charge.  

The 2022 Range Rover revealed and priced

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Canadians will pay a minimum of $126,400 to get into the new 2022 Range Rover revealed this week. The new upscale British off-roader boasts all-wheel steering with an electronically controlled rear axle and is built on the company’s MLA-Flex architecture, which utilizes an Integrated Chassis Control for an even smoother and more Land Rover-y ride. LR has released a pair of engine options right off the bat — a hybrid 3.0L inline six-cylinder and a 4.4L twin-turbo V8 — and promised a PHEV powertrain and full-on electric model for 2023 and 2024 respectively. Full pricing and details here .

U.S. safety officials deem Tesla seats were occupied in fatal crash

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has shed some light on a high-profile Tesla accident that claimed the lives of two occupants. It was previously reported that the two front seats of the Tesla Model S involved in a fatal crash in Spring, Texas on April 17 were empty, indicating the car’s passengers were in the rear while the car drove autopilot. According to the NTSB’s findings, however, this was not the case. The review of vehicle data suggests “both the driver and the passenger seats were occupied, and that the seat belts were buckled when the (event data recorder) recorded the crash.” The safety faction also measured pressure on the accelerator at 98.8 per cent at the time of the crash. 

Thieves make off with 57 motorcycles from Montreal warehouse

A Montreal KTM warehouse carrying its namesake motorcycles, as well as products from Husqvarna and Gas Gas, was hit by a group of ambitious thieves who looted the Chambly, Quebec facility of a total of 57 2021 and 2022 model-year bikes earlier this month. Three container trucks were allegedly loaded up with the motorized goods and driven off the lot towards parts unknown. The value of the bikes, all of which are guarded by electronic ECUs that can only be disengaged by a dealer, is estimated at $500,000.