2016 Honda HR-V AWD – Instrumented Test
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2016 McLaren 570S Dissected: Powertrain, Chassis, Design, and More!
– Just as German carmakers have mastered the art of slicing sausages into different lengths, such that an Audi A6 seems like just a foot-long hot dog to the A4 ballpark frank, McLaren’s staple ingredients are now being spread over a full menu. It ranges from the Big Mac—the million-dollar P1—to this new value-oriented 570S from the, uh, 180,000-dollar menu. With the 570S, McLaren replaces the special sauce in the
2016 McLaren 570S Dissected: Powertrain, Chassis, Design, and More! – Feature
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2015 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack Test: Speedy Relief for the Un-supercharged Masses
-One of the few good things to come out of the German Occupation of Chrysler (when the entity was known as DaimlerChrysler) during the first few years of this century was the full-size Chrysler 300/Dodge Charger duo. Built on the bones of the second-gen W210 Mercedes-Benz E-class (Daimler had already moved on to the third-gen E-class by then) the pair marked a return to rear-wheel-drive performance and attitude—and set the
2015 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack – Instrumented Test
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2015 Ferrari California T Tested: The T Is for Turbo
– Suntanned California has always been a place where people come to experiment with their identity. Thus, the name is perfect for Ferrari’s lowest-priced model, which has been an experiment since it first hit the streets in 2009. It was the first roadgoing Ferrari to put a V-8 in front of its driver and the first with a power-retractable hardtop, and its price and daily practicality took Ferrari on a
2015 Ferrari California T – Instrumented Test
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Criminal Charges May Come Soon for GM over Ignition Switches
-Even after a death toll from crashes related to faulty ignition switches that now totals more than 100 people, 2.6-million cars recalled, a $35-million civil fine, and hundreds of millions of dollars set aside to pay victims’ claims, it appears the news for General Motors regarding its defective ignition switches is about to get worse. A report in the Wall Street Journal says that federal prosecutors are close to issuing
Criminal Charges May Come Soon for GM over Ignition Switches
-Even after a death toll from crashes related to faulty ignition switches that now totals more than 100 people, 2.6-million cars recalled, a $35-million civil fine, and hundreds of millions of dollars set aside to pay victims’ claims, it appears the news for General Motors regarding its defective ignition switches is about to get worse. A report in the Wall Street Journal says that federal prosecutors are close to issuing
2015 Indianapolis 500: Why Have Cars Suddenly Started Going Airborne?
– What an odd duck the Indianapolis 500 is—embracing the latest in technology while steadfastly holding tight to traditions so old half the audience is unlikely to understand them without an explanation from a helpful pre-dementia graybeard. – Today, for example, was Carburetor Day, an hour of pre-race practice to allow mechanics to properly adjust the carburetors on the participating race cars. In 2000, bowing to the vernacular of the