Enlarge / The LMDh regulations cap the cars’ downforce: drag ratio, so designers don’t have to spend as much time worrying about aerodynamics and can use more road car styling cues. Not that you can really make that out on this wrapped prototype. (credit: Porsche) If there were any doubts about Porsche taking its return […]
Enlarge / Maserati’s first mid-engined supercar in nearly two decades strikes a balance between on-track performance and everyday usability. (credit: Cooper Davis for Maserati) Although the name Maserati is synonymous with exotic performance, the automaker hasn’t unleashed a mid-engined supercar on the world in nearly two decades. In the years since the debut of the […]
Enlarge / The 2022 Wagoneer. Uncooperative weather forced us to rely on Stellantis media images for this review. (credit: Stellantis) Even as the automotive industry charts a course into a mostly electrified future, internal combustion engines still rule the particular roost in most segments. This includes the full-size SUV segment dominated in the US by […]
Enlarge / Sébastien Loeb (FRA) and Isabelle Galmiche (FRA) of team M-Sport Ford World Rally Team are seen performing during the World Rally Championship Monte Carlo in Monte Carlo, Monaco, on January 20. (credit: Jaanus Ree/Red Bull Content Pool) The 2022 World Rally Championship got underway on Thursday with the first night stages of the […]
Enlarge / GM’s Super Cruise system is tightly geofenced to divided-lane highways and only operates if the system can determine that the human in the driver’s seat will be paying attention to the road ahead, ready to respond if there’s a problem. (credit: General Motors) On Thursday, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety announced that […]
Enlarge / Bentley’s Flying Spur sedan is now available as a plug-in hybrid. (credit: Jonathan Gitlin) Bentley provided flights to Los Angeles and two nights in a hotel so we could drive the new Flying Spur Hybrid. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Over the last few years, I’ve been fortunate enough to drive […]
Enlarge / Two Parallel Systems rail vehicles transport a container down a test track in Southern California. (credit: Parallel Systems) For the last 200 years, freight trains haven’t changed much; massive locomotives still move relatively dumb freight cars. Certainly, rail fans could argue that plenty has changed—they’re not wrong! —but from a distance, trains work […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) Prosecutors in California have charged a Tesla driver with two counts of manslaughter as a result of a fatal crash in December 2019. According to the Associated Press , the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration confirmed that the Autopilot driver-assistance feature was active at the time of the […]
Enlarge / Peugeot’s 9X8 seen testing at Aragorn in Spain in late December 2021. (credit: Peugeot) With the introduction of the new Hypercar class, Peugeot will try to do something unheard of in more than 50 years—win the 24 Hours of Le Mans without a rear wing. The French automaker raised a few eyebrows when […]
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images/Aurich Lawson) Back in 2013, Massachusetts became the first state in the nation to pass a “right to repair” law that required carmakers to sell their proprietary diagnostic tools and software to third-party repair shops. During the 2020 election, the voters of that state voted, three-to-one, in favor of expanding the law […]