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Chris Perkins

Chris Perkins

Web Editor at Road & Track Online

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  • English
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C8 Corvette Occupants Walk Away After Truck Lands on Windshield - Road & Track

Modern cars are remarkably safe. In Thorton, Colorado, an apparent head-on collision between a C8 Corvette and a Silverado pickup resulted in the truck ending up on the Vette’s windshield. But according to the Thornton Fire Department, the Corvette occupants walked away unharmed. The Corvette is likely totaled, but it held up well under the weight what one assumes is around 5000 pounds worth of truck. GM Authority, which brought this story to our attention, reports that the C8 Corvette’s windshi…
over 1 year ago
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Tommykaira ZZ Is More than a Gran Turismo Hero - Road & Track

If you know about this car, it’s probably from Gran Turismo. It’s one of many obscure cars in the game, a tiny, frog-eyed sports car from a tuning brand not well known outside its native Japan. But this is not some oddball Kei car, it’s one of the most compelling sports cars to come from the country.Yoshikazu Tomita got his start importing European sports cars into Japan, for a small, but passionate fanbase. Kikuo Kaira was a Formula 2 racer, who later became an engineer. The two teamed up to cr…
over 1 year ago
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Porsche Will Sell Gas and Electric 718s at the Same Time - Road & T...

The next-generation Porsche 718 Boxster and Cayman, officially codenamed 983, are going all-electric, but the gas-powered 982-generation models are far from dead. At Porsche’s Rennsport Reunion VII event at Laguna Seca on Saturday, Dr. Michael Steiner, head of RD at Porsche, told media in a roundtable attended by Road Track that there would be crossover between the 982 and 983.“It depends a little bit on the market,” Steiner said. “In principle, our strategy is that we try to overlap both [982…
over 1 year ago
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Mazda Just Made a Number of Updates to the ND MX-5 Miata - Road & T...

The Mazda MX-5 Miata, a favorite around these parts, just got a number of updates for its home market and Australia, the automaker announced Wednesday. While the changes made to create the “ND3” Miata may not look like much at first glance, they should add up to more than the sum of their parts, modernizing the beloved roadster.Outside, you’ll see new LED headlights and taillights, though no bodywork changes. On the front bumper, there’s a new radar for adaptive cruise control, and there are new…
over 1 year ago
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These Four-Valve Heads Can Turn Your Porsche 993 Into a 12,000 ... ...

Porsche never made a four-valve head for an air-cooled 911. The 959 had 24 valves, but its heads were water-cooled. It wasn’t until the first water-cooled 911, the 996, arrived in 1998 that the iconic rear-engine sports car got four-valve heads. In the years since, however, a handful of shops have figured out what Porsche never managed back in the day.Swindon Powertrain, a U.K. firm, now offers a 24-valve kit for the M64 flat-six that powered both the 964 and 993. For the not-insubstantial price…
over 1 year ago
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Mazda Will Show a Miata-Related Concept This Month - Road & Track

Not long after showing the facelifted “ND3” MX-5 Miata, Mazda is preparing to pull the wraps off a new roadster-related concept. The automaker announced Tuesday that its Japanese Mobility Show stand will be dedicated to the MX-5, with both new and old models on display, plus a “new concept car designed to symbolize the exhibit theme.“From the teaser image released, this concept appears to be related to a scissor-door coupe concept Mazda showed last year. The rear lights are almost identical. Maz…
over 1 year ago
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2024 F-Type ZP Edition Is Jaguar's Final Internal-Combustion Sports...

Jaguar is attempting to reinvent itself as an all-electric brand, and as a result, its gas-powered cars will soon disappear. The first will be the F-Type sports car, which bows out with this new, limited-edition model, the ZP Edition, the automaker announced Tuesday. Jaguar will build 150 examples, and after that point, the internal-combustion Jaguar sports car will be no more. The odd moniker references early E-Type race cars, created under the project name “ZP.” Mechanically, the F-Type ZP Edi…
over 1 year ago
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Fast and Furious Star Sung Kang to Direct "Initial D" Movie - Road ...

Initial D, the Japanese manga that made an oversteering hero out of the Toyota AE86 is getting a big-screen adaptation. Speaking to the South China Morning Post last month, Sung Kang, the actor best known for playing Han Lue in the Fast and Furious movies, said he’s directing an adaptation of Initial D. “It’s about cars and drifting and cool things like that,” Kang said in the interview. “Almost a Rocky or Karate Kid. A fun, big-budget movie that expresses my love affair for cars.” The Drive als…
over 1 year ago
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The Honda Civic Hybrid Is Coming Back to the U.S. - Road & Track

Honda hasn’t sold a Civic Hybrid in the U.S. since 2015, instead offering the Insight for customers looking for a compact, electrified vehicle. On Thursday, Honda announced that the Civic Hybrid would return to the U.S. for the 2025 model year, with production beginning next spring.The Civic Hybrid will use the same two-motor hybrid system as the current Accord and CR-V, with a 2.0-liter Atkinson-cycle inline-four paired with two electric motors. While Honda has offered hybrids for decades, it’s…
over 1 year ago
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The 2024 Subaru BRZ Is No Longer a Sub-$30,000 Car - Road & Track

One of the best and only affordable sports cars on the market just got a bit less attainable. Subaru announced Thursday pricing for the 2024 BRZ, and perhaps the biggest news is a $1700 increase for the base model. With an MSRP of $31,315 including an $1120 delivery charge, the BRZ has breached the $30,000 barrier.For the 2024 model year, it gets Subaru’s EyeSight suite of driver-assist technology as standard. This includes adaptive cruise control, pre-collision braking, and lane-departure warni…
over 1 year ago
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Tesla Model S Has Lived Long Enough to See Itself Become a Villain ...

The first time I drove a Tesla Model S, I was blown away. It was 2015, and it was right when the ultra-quick P85D model came out and Autopilot made its debut promising a future of self-driving cars. My, how things have changed.Admittedly I was very green when I drove that Model S. Since then, I’ve driven hundreds of cars, many electric, so my perspective has changed. But that doesn’t change the fact that all those years ago, the Model S was one of the best cars in the world. Today, the Model S P…
over 1 year ago