This is Cadillac’s final generation of internal combustion-powered sports sedans, and the company is going out on a high with the 472-hp CT4-V Blackwing. In fact, this might be my new favorite performance sedan. [credit: Jonathan Gitlin ] Cadillac provided flights to Raleigh-Durham and two nights at Virginia International Raceway so we could drive its […]
Enlarge / This sketch is all we’ve seen of Porsche’s forthcoming LMDh hybrid racer. But now we know that when it starts racing in 2023, it will be run by Team Penske. (credit: Porsche) In 2021, there is a real buzz building in the world of sports car racing. After many years of running incompatible […]
Audi Sport is trying something new in 2022 with an attempt at the particular Dakar Rally using this wild-looking creation. [credit: Audi Sport ] Audi’s DTM program—think typically the German equivalent of NASCAR—ended at the end of 2020, and 2021 is the German automaker’s final year in Formula E . But the investment that Audi […]
Formula 1 has new technical regulations for 2022, the most sweeping changes to the sport in many years. This is what the new cars will look like. [credit: Formula 1 ] On Thursday in Silverstone, England ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix, Formula 1 revealed next year’s car to the public. 2022 will see […]
The ABB New York City ePrix is a chance for Formula E to race in front of one of the most dramatic backdrops in racing: the Manhattan skyline. [credit: Glenn Dunbar / LAT Images ] Formula E, the electric car racing series, is back in Brooklyn this coming weekend. It’s the series’ first time back […]
A whopping 37 different partners contributed to the creation of the AV-21, providing sensors, radars, throttle, brakes, and more to create possibly the particular most fastest autonomous car ever made. [credit: Gregory Leporati ] INDIANAPOLIS—At a block party down the road from Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) the day before the Indy 500, engineering students from […]
Peugeot is returning to Le Mans for the first time in over a decade with a new hybrid prototype called the 9X8. [credit: Peugeot Sport ] No race is as important to a French company like Peugeot as the 24 Hours of Le Guys. The annual endurance classic is arguably tougher than ever, now requiring […]
Enlarge / Porsche plans to first use these new silicon anode cells in motorsports, but we don’t know where that will be yet, since Formula E and LMDh will both require a spec battery. This car is the Porsche 920 concept from 2020. (credit: Porsche) Porsche is setting up a new factory for battery cells, […]
When Akio Toyoda, the president of Toyota Motor Corporation, wanted to demonstrate to Japanese customers that hydrogen power is safe, he decided to convert a Corolla to use H2 in an internal combustion engine and then entered the car in an endurance racing series. He was even one of the drivers. [credit: Toyota ] In […]
Enlarge / Scott Dixon has won six IndyCar championships and one Indy 500. On Sunday, he will start the 105th Indy 500 from pole position. (credit: Brian Spurlock/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) As an immigrant, it took me a while to properly appreciate the Indianapolis 500. Taking place this coming Sunday, the race is one […]