AUTOS
-When Chevrolet unveiled its latest Corvette-based race car, the C7.R, at last year’s Detroit auto show, not only were we blown away by its sheer awesomeness, but we were impressed by the unprecedented level of co-development that took place with the roadgoing Corvette Z06. Corvette Racing partner Pratt & Miller operated in lockstep with Chevrolet’s engineering squad during the entirety of the Z06’s gestation, allowing them a head start on building the best possible
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– For 37 years, the Dutch nuts at Donkervoort have been fiddling with Colin Chapman’s Lotus Seven formula. Unlike the blokes at Caterham, the Dutch concern hasn’t necessarily been concerned with keeping true to the Lotus’s aesthetic. As the years have progressed, Donkervoort’s cars, while retaining the Seven’s basic concept, have run off on their own visual and technological spur. And now there’s this, the D8 GTO Bare Naked Carbon
-It almost felt inevitable: Longtime Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, who alongside Jeremy Clarkson rescued the show from obscurity 13 years ago, has officially resigned, the BBC confirms. – Wilman’s resignation perhaps doesn’t come as a surprise: An internal email from the producer was leaked last month, subject line “Au revoir.” In the email, Wilman said, “Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but we were
-It almost felt inevitable: Longtime Top Gear executive producer Andy Wilman, who alongside Jeremy Clarkson rescued the show from obscurity 13 years ago, has officially resigned, the BBC confirms. – Wilman’s resignation perhaps doesn’t come as a surprise: An internal email from the producer was leaked last month, subject line “Au revoir.” In the email, Wilman said, “Our stint as guardians of Top Gear was a good one, but we were
-Subaru’s latest WRX and WRX STI performance sedans have only been on sale for about a year, but already the automaker is giving the fast four-doors some upgrades. The changes all center around the WRX and WRX STI’s infotainment and safety rosters, with every model now getting Subaru’s latest Starlink infotainment system with a 6.2-inch touch screen, a backup camera, and Bluetooth. – Beyond the starry Starlink addition, as well as
-Subaru’s latest WRX and WRX STI performance sedans have only been on sale for about a year, but already the automaker is giving the fast four-doors some upgrades. The changes all center around the WRX and WRX STI’s infotainment and safety rosters, with every model now getting Subaru’s latest Starlink infotainment system with a 6.2-inch touch screen, a backup camera, and Bluetooth. – Beyond the starry Starlink addition, as well as
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-Five years ago, all the smarties, including those occupying positions of responsibility on this staff, told you that those manifestations of the great performance binge of the 1960s known as Pony cars were as surely doomed to the automotive tar pits as ragtops and side-mounted spares. No one believed these predictions more than the Detroit moguls who read the omens of inflation, energy shortages and the ravings of consumerist loonies
