– Regulators have left carmakers little choice but to embrace plug-in-hybrid technology: In Europe, for example, ultra-aggressive fuel-consumption standards, coupled with testing methods heavily favoring plug-ins, give such models a big advantage. In China, they’re favored by legislation at both the municipal and national levels. Here in the U.S., CAFE… Continue reading
– Porsche wasn’t the first to apply turbocharging to production gasoline engines. GM had done it a decade before with both the Chevy Corvair and the Oldsmobile Jetfire. Which, in fact, means the 930 was actually the second production turbocharged flat-six. But while GM quickly abandoned the idea and didn’t… Continue reading
The formal invitations have been sent out and received?and the owners of every Ford GT40 that won a major international race have agreed to send their cars to one scenic swath of green this summer?the 18th fairway of Pebble Beach Golf Links. Victorious Ford GT40s Head to the Pebble Beach… Continue reading
-Hyundai has a fresh product line, growing sales, and a vastly improved quality reputation. But it also has a major problem: It’s a car company in an increasingly truck-focused world. The brand’s sales mix is 76 percent cars in a market that is running at 57 percent trucks, including ever-more-popular… Continue reading
While we have nothing but praise and admiration for Ford’s decision to spread stick shifts around the new Mustang lineup, the fact is that many of you will buy automatics just as your forebears did in the 1960s. Back then, slushboxes were the gooey, horsepower-gobbling Neanderthal ancestors to today’s computer-linked,… Continue reading