How the Chevrolet Corvette Was Saved from Extinction—Twice Back from the brink once and again thanks to a few bold, passionate leaders. JULY 2018 BY GARY WITZENBURG Chevrolet’s Corvette may now be America’s sports car, but it barely survived its first few years. From its 1953 debut through that decade, it continually flirted with cancellation as its…
Littlest Longtail: 2019 McLaren 600LT Photos and Specs Revealed! The most extreme version of McLaren’s “entry-level” supercar. JUNE 2018 BY CLIFFORD ATIYEH Where McLaren supercars are concerned, the LT letters stand for Longtail and trace their roots back to the F1 GTR race cars of the 1990s. The nomenclature was revived for a run of 500 examples…
THE HELLCAT AND THE DEVIL’S BRIGADE: A TRANSNATIONAL JOURNEY IN A CHALLENGER WIDEBODY Blasting through the borderlands in a supercharged testament to Canadian-American teamwork JULY 1, 2018 Lethbridge, Alberta — In the spring of 1942, 700 Canadian volunteers marched south from here to Montana to join their American counterparts in forming a secret combined commando…
2019 BMW X4 M40I FIRST DRIVE: UNDER YOUR CONTROL But, maybe, not for hand talkers JULY 2, 2018 If I get excited while talking, which is not a rare occurrence, I’ll flail my hands around to emphasize a point. I do this at the office, the dinner table and in the car. With the BMW X4 and…
June 2018 NASCAR driver Kurt Busch already has a busy schedule crossing the country every weekend to compete in the Monster Energy Cup Series. This summer, he’s added a few additional dates to his schedule during the week as he’ll be headlining this year’s GRX Rally as one of the VIP drivers. The rally, in…
Automotive Radar, GPS, and Head-Up Displays: How They Work How these military-derived technologies work in your vehicle. JUNE 2018 BY K.C. COLWELL PHOTOS BY CHRIS AMOS ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLINT FORD Radio detection and ranging, or radar, is said to be one of the key factors that turned the Battle of Britain in favor of the Allies. Without…
Five Freaky Car Noises (and What They Can Mean) Car trouble can start with a squeal, a knock, or the eerie sound of silence. JUNE 2018 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI PHOTOS BY MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHERS Car problems can start with a bang or some variation of the worst noise you can imagine. There could be a clunk and…
2017 Jaguar XE Gone flat. APRIL 2018 BY JEFF SABATINI PHOTOS BY MARC URBANO From the May 2018 issue Car enthusiasts are, by definition, tire enthusiasts. Tires are our beasts of burden; their grip, or lack thereof, enables us to exercise our passions. Tires are also beautiful things to behold, from their circular perfection to their psychedelic…
2019 BMW 8-series: History Doesn’t Repeat, but It Rhymes BMW replaces its 6-series with an 8-series. Again. JUNE 2018 BY JENS MEINERS BMW’s latest coupe, the 8-series, which replaces the 6-series, brings back memories—not all of them fond—of a similar switch that took place in the late 1980s. Back then, BMW replaced the E24 6-series with the…
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 GT2 Extremists: It’s man against motherboard in this four-way flog of max-horsepower machines. AUGUST 2008 BY AARON ROBINSON PHOTOS BY DAVID DEWHURST Behold four machines sitting on the pointy end of a horsepower skyrocket that lifted off sometime in the 1980s and hasn’t hit the…
