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From the October 2023 issue of Car and Driver.Four dials and five buttons on the Porsche 911 GT3 RS’s steering wheel control drive modes, PASM damper compression and rebound, stability and traction controls, differential lock, and the drag-reduction system (DRS). Old hat for the video-game generation, right? Wrong. There are 6561 possible combinations for the dampers alone, but Porsche GT boss Andreas Preuninger says there are no bad settings. It all just comes down to driver preference.Activati…
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From the November 2023 issue of Car and Driver.Automakers are guilty of chasing numbers. You can blame us to a certain degree, for egging them on by testing as many cars as we do. But one number that fewer and fewer automakers aspire to is the lowest price. We’re avoiding the word “cheap” because it has a negative connotation as it defines both quantitative and qualitative attributes. This gives us reason to celebrate the newly recast and redesigned Chevrolet Trax, which is simultaneously afford…
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We’ve tested more than 150 electric vehicles, but only three of those faced the rigors of our long-term test. It all started with the 2015 Tesla Model S—the first to complete our full 40,000-mile regimen. That was followed by a 2019 Tesla Model 3. Our latest long-term electric—a Rivian R1T—shows just how far EVs have come. Four motors combine to produce 835 horsepower, wrapped in a striking exterior design and sporting an interior that avoids the cut-rate appearance of other EV offerings. Even i…
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Did you know that spiders don’t have muscles in their legs? It’s true. Their legs are controlled with what amounts to a hydraulic system that uses blood as the fluid. It’s why spiders’ legs curl up postmortem. We’re not saying that AMG was inspired by spiders here, but the new Mercedes-AMG GT’s standard hydraulic anti-roll control echoes the arachnid’s limbs. As with the hydropneumatic system long used by McLaren, the GT’s corners are linked via circuits that manage the roll stiffness. At each c…
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From the January 2024 issue of Car and Driver.It’s funny how memory works. Some of us—okay, one of us—thought that at the CR-V’s launch in the late 1990s, the abbreviation stood for “Civic Recreation Vehicle.” Except that isn’t true. The 1997 SUV’s name meant “Comfortable Runabout Vehicle.” That’s bordering on nonsense, which may be why we didn’t remember it.The 2024 CR-V reminds us of the first-gen model in no way. Instead, it picks up where the Civic and Accord leave off. We get it. You don’t…
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From the December 2023 issue of Car and Driver.Certain machines are intrinsically linked to specific power sources. Chevrolet Corvettes and small-block V-8s. Ram heavy-duty trucks and Cummins diesels. Joey Chestnut and Nathan’s Famous hot dogs. BMW is among this cohort too. For decades, the company was synonymous with the naturally aspirated inline-six, an engine configuration that in the 1980s became the smooth, pulsing heart of the German automaker’s lineup. As time went on, BMW’s velvety, re…
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From the March/April 2024 issue of Car and Driver.Lap Time: 2:25.6Class: LLPRO When Subaru motorsports marketing manager James Tate asked us, “Would you want to do something with Scott Speed and Airslayer?” We said, “Yes, please.” The pair arrived for Lightning Lap, and the result was a new record.Speed needs little introduction. He raced in Formula 1 (the first American in more than a decade to do so) until he lost his Toro Rosso seat to Sebastian Vettel, who went on to be pretty good in the sp…
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From the March/April 2024 issue of Car and Driver.Lap Time: 2:37.2Class: LL5 | Base: $269,680 | As-Tested: $284,510Power and Weight: 518 hp • 3207 lb • 6.2 lb/hpTires: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R Connect; F: 275/35ZR-20 (102Y) N0, R: 335/30ZR-21 (109Y) N0If you’re in the business of winning track days, the Porsche 911 GT3 RS will send your stock upward. With active and adjustable aero elements, the RS may have as much wind-tunnel time as a Boeing. When Formula 1 alum Scott Speed says the Climbi…
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You know that scene in Days of Thunder when Tom Cruise’s Cole Trickle admits to Bobby Duval’s Harry Hogge that he lacks the vocabulary to communicate the goings-on of the race car? I like to think I can communicate a car’s goings-on, but I often lack the words to express how lucky I feel every year when it comes to what I am asked to drive at speed around Virginia International Raceway. Weeks at VIR are what put the dream in this job.Initially I was just on the hook for a pair of Porsches: the 9…
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From the March/April 2024 issue of Car and Driver.Lap Time: 2:39.8Class: LL5 | Base: $280,960 | As-Tested: $289,120Power and Weight: 502 hp • 3257 lb • 6.5 lb/hpTires: Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R; F: 255/35ZR-20 (97Y) N0, R: 315/30ZR-21 (105Y) N0″How much?” When it comes to modifying the already-weaponized version of a Porsche 911, a $29 glasspack muffler isn’t going to cut it. But Manthey (pronounced mahn-tie) Racing’s GT3 package costs a whopping $57,300—plus $15,500 for Manthey wheels. The k…
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From the March/April 2024 issue of Car and Driver. Mercedes-AMG’s newest generation of supersedan relies on a hybrid driveline optimized for track performance. It has one electric motor paired with a two-speed transmission that drives the rear differential’s ring gear (there are two other motors in the powertrain: a starter-generator and one on the turbocharger) and a 469-hp 2.0-liter inline-four with a specific output of 235.6 horsepower per liter bolted to a nine-speed automatic (featuring AMG…
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