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1, 250 hp hybrid Corvette shatters the Pikes Peak production record
2+ hour, 18+ min ago (1523+ words) The high-altitude race is a unique test of car and driver. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. If you drive the 12. 4-mile (20 km), 156-corner route up Pikes Peak, abiding by the posted speed limit of 25 mph (40 km/h), it will take you a good…...
Native NACS ports, infotainment upgrade for MY27 Porsche Taycan
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (153+ words) The bigger battery is standard and there are now simulated "E-Shifts." For one thing, The 105 k Wh performance battery is standard across the Taycan range now'which starts at $111, 900'and can charge at up to 320 k W with an 800 V DC…...
F1 teams spend millions on their simulators'what makes them different?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (200+ words) Latency, bandwidth, and fidelity all matter when you're chasing milliseconds. For one thing, latency. "And what we do in a driving simulator is obviously to take away the car entirely and to bring in our system, and we need it…...
After years of stability, F1 reliability can no longer be taken for granted
3+ week, 3+ day ago (736+ words) Until recently, a driver had maybe a six in ten chance of finishing a race. First off, apologies for the lack of a Canadian Grand Prix report at the beginning of this week; Ferrari chose last weekend to show us…...
As electric aspirations fade, Porsche sells its stake in Bugatti
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (58+ words) Then there's the parlous state of VW Group itself. Porsche is not having the best time of things after betting too heavily on EVs, which looks even worse in the vital US market thanks to Trump's. .. As electric aspirations fade,…...
Amazing interior, controversial exterior: Ferrari's first electric car
3+ week, 6+ day ago (748+ words) The interior is spectacular; the exterior looks better in person than on screen. ROME'The arrival of any new Ferrari that isn't a two-seater is usually controversial, but the Luce might be the most controversial yet. It is Ferrari's first four-door…...
Driving Porsche's most powerful car'and no, it's not a 911
3+ week, 6+ day ago (1266+ words) 1, 139 horsepower, 400 k W charging, brutally fast, and brutally expensive. MUNICH, GERMANY'Think about every fast Porsche you've ever seen on the road'the ones with big wings, bold colors, and wide wheels. Now get ready for an uncomfortable fact: None of them…...
Leaving the V8 in the past: The all-electric Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (991+ words) Ars Technica At a star-studded event that closed downtown Los Angeles" Sixth Street Viaduct last night, Mercedes and AMG unveiled the next generation of performance electric vehicles. The new four-door GT Coupe arrives in the midst of a pivotal period,…...
BMW sends off the 6th-gen M3 CS with a manual gearbox, rear-wheel drive
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (18+ words) The 2027 M3 CS Handschalter is lighter and comes with three pedals instead of two. See full article. .....
F1 set for another engine tweak in 2027, and what's this about V8s?
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (326+ words) Rather than dig in, the sport is being proactive about fixing the problem. The electric motor can siphon power from the V6 to recharge the battery (a process called super clipping), but any power that goes that route can't drive the…...