| Video! 2016 Lamborghini Aventador SV Revs its 740-hp V-12 |
Mar 27th, 2015 |
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I spent a lot of time in Geneva hanging out with Lamborghini executives and key personnel, learning as much as I could about the Aventador Superveloce that debuted at the show. In case you missed it, here’s the executive summary: the SV has a giant wing, is filled to the brim with more of everything, […]
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| Der Supra: East Meets West in the Toyota/BMW Sports-Car Partnership |
Mar 27th, 2015 |
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From the April 2015 issue You can see why Toyota and BMW would choose the code name “Silk Road” to describe their collaborative effort to build a new generation of sports cars. East meets West and all that. We will forgive the companies the minor historical inaccuracy—the Silk Road trade route never extended to Japan […]
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| Der Supra: East Meets West in the Toyota/BMW Sports-Car Partnership |
Mar 27th, 2015 |
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| Cowa-TNGA! Toyota’s New Modular Platform Reaching Production This Year |
Mar 27th, 2015 |
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Much ado has been made over Volkswagen’s MQB modular front-drive vehicle platform, a versatile assemblage that’s already seeing duty in the VW Golf, the European-market VW Passat, and the Audi A3 sedan (here) and hatch (Europe). It is lightweight, flexible, and we feel the need to bring up those three letters—M, Q, B—every time we talk about […]
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| The Redeemer: 2017 Infiniti Q60 Dissected |
Mar 27th, 2015 |
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Infiniti’s hot, Nissan GT-R–powered Q50 Eau Rouge concept is dead. Cooler heads have prevailed now that itinerant luxury czar Johan de Nysschen has decamped for Cadillac. So shed some tears. Pour some Red Bull on the curb. But grieve quickly because Infiniti has something more tangible—and more important—coming relatively soon. READ MORE ››
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| 24 Hours of LeMons Sears Pointless: The Winners |
Mar 27th, 2015 |
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In our sixth season of racing at Sonoma Raceway aka Sears Point, the 2015 Sears Pointless event had perfect weather, some great new cars, and a lot of BMW E36s and Mazda RX-7s crashing into other cars and various immobile track features. Still, some teams managed to stay out of the dreaded Penalty Box and […]
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| Performance Data Showdown: 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. Nissan GT-R NISMO and Porsche 911 Turbo S |
Mar 26th, 2015 |
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2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 2015 Nissan GT-R NISMO 2014 Porsche 911 Turbo S Price as Tested: $102,120 (base price: $78,995) $151,880 (base price: $151,585) $195,175 (base price: $183,695) Engine Type: supercharged pushrod 16-valve V-8 twin-turbocharged DOHC 24-valve V-6 twin-turbocharged DOHC 24-valve flat-6 Displacement: 376 cu in, 6162 cc 232 cu in, 3799 cc 232 cu […]
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| Performance Data Showdown: 2015 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. Nissan GT-R NISMO and Porsche 911 Turbo S |
Mar 26th, 2015 |
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| Out of the Kitchen and into the Driveway: Buick Enclave Tuscan Edition |
Mar 26th, 2015 |
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If you spend enough time watching home-improvement shows, you learn that the “Tuscan kitchen” is a dream of many home owners. Perhaps they envision themselves whipping up some of the Italian region’s fine cuisine at the oversize island in their newly minted palace of tile and granite and stainless-steel appliances. It stands to reason that […]
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| Out of the Kitchen and into the Driveway: Buick Enclave Tuscan Edition |
Mar 26th, 2015 |
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