| It’s Turbo Time for the All-Wheel-Drive Porsche 911s |
Oct 7th, 2015 |
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| Lightning Lap 2015: Q&A with Corvette Ride-and-Handling Engineer Jim Mero |
Oct 7th, 2015 |
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From the October 2015 issue Corvette ride-and-handling engineer Jim Mero knows a thing or three about putting down a fast lap. Watch him attack the Nürburgring in a C6 ZR1 on YouTube if you don’t believe us. During his 11 years working on the Corvette, he estimates that he has done more than 15,000 laps […]
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| Imported Pickups Inch Closer with the Trans-Pacific Partnership |
Oct 7th, 2015 |
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Perhaps President Obama is a secret Volkswagen Amarok fan. Proof? His signature on a trade pact with 11 countries could lower the barriers to foreign-made pickup trucks and vans on our soil for the first time in more than 50 years. After six years of negotiation, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is now up for approval […]
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| Why High-Definition Maps Are Essential to the Next Generation of High-Tech Cars |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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It’s been 20 years since the U.S. Air Force did the world a solid by granting full access to the Global Positioning System. In that time, motorists have moved from crude, monochrome line maps to 3-D topographic displays rendered with skies, buildings, and live traffic information. But even after the Defense Department agreed to stop […]
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| 2016 BMW M4 GTS: A New High-Water Mark for the M4 |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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At the Pebble Beach Concours d’Élégance this summer, BMW granted us a first look at an upcoming higher-performance version of the M4—the M4 GTS. Far from being another high-powered derivative for collectors, this special edition is a real technology showcase. The M4 GTS features two industry firsts: a water-injection system designed to sharply increase power, and […]
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| 2016 BMW M4 GTS: A New High-Water Mark for the M4 |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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| Audi Testing Futuristic Gesture-Based Virtual Assembly Analysis |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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Back when Henry Ford was still fiddling with the assembly line, getting parts onto a car as fast as possible was the only goal. Men lined a pathway on which Model Ts would slither, and they’d wrangle their assigned component onto the budding vehicle as it passed by. Today, all-out speed is but one part […]
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| Subaru Forester Updated for Japan, Likely for Our Market for 2017 |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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Subaru’s latest Forester having been introduced for the 2014 model year, it will soon be due for a freshening—but so far, only the Japanese-domestic-market variant has been fettled with. The updated JDM Forester will debut at the 2015 Tokyo auto show, and it’s been given updated fascias, headlights, taillights, and a new grille. Like the […]
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| Hacked Cars Could Spread Malware Via Dealers, WIRED Reports |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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At a hacker conference last month, security consultant Craig Smith said a malware-infected vehicle coming in for service could potentially infect a dealership’s testing equipment, which would in turn spread the virus to every vehicle a dealership services.
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| Consumers Down on VW Brand, Diesel-Powered Vehicles, Survey Shows |
Oct 6th, 2015 |
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Not only do more than half of consumers on Kelley Blue Book and Autotrader have "complete" or "general mistrust" of the Volkswagen brand in the wake of its emissions scandal, 30% of users of both sites are less likely to consider a diesel-powered vehicle.
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