Natalie Neff

This week Autoweek Talks: Communication, and as always, the directions we take our thematic explorations are manifold. Obviously we take on car phones, and from a couple fascinating angles, but we also remember how desert race teams talked before such devices were widespread, get an inside look a NASCAR spotter’s long career, get a tutorial on how by-wire systems work, and Robin Warner crafts a primer on how to effectively communicate with an engineer (as opposed to, uh, regular people). More re…

Welcome to a weekly feature we call Autoweek Breaks Down, where we bring you a smattering of stories tied to a theme—a theme explored often very, shall we say, interpretively. The aim is to deliver automotive content that entertains and enlightens but that doesn’t necessarily follow the news cycle. This week Autoweek Breaks Down Mysteries. It’s said there’s a Lancia Stratos abandoned somewhere in a northern Michigan wood, supposedly wrecked during a rally back in the mid-1970s, the whereabouts l…

We’re breaking down everything you need to know about this week’s subject, Horses.

This is part of a feature we call Autoweek Breaks Down, where we bring you a smattering of stories tied to a weekly theme. The aim is to deliver automotive content that entertains and enlightens but that doesn’t necessarily follow the news cycle. This week Autoweek Breaks Down Horses.You’ve got to give it to Uriah Smith. In the lead-up to Autoweek Breaks Down Horses, I figured we’d be offering up different angles on the Ford Mustang and even a deep dive into horsepower. Fitting, right? Even Jay…

On this episode of In the Car With, we get the inside scoop on how, after decades of rumors, spy shots, hope—and, let’s be honest, plenty of grumbling—Chevy finally moved the engine behind the seats of the Corvette as Autoweek Executive Editor Natalie Neff sits down with chief engineer Tadge Juechter.Juechter shares how even as the C7 was in development, the Corvette team was already looking ahead: “As we were revealing the seventh-generation, we were also having meetings on the eighth-generatio…

Ford adds a few cool touches to the refreshed 2024 F-Series, including an optional tailgate that opens two ways.For the first time, the F-Series gets a heads up display, and will be the first in North America to offer an available stolen vehicle service.Buying is made easier, too, with an ordering complexity reduced by 90%.The F-Series has laid claim to the title of best-selling truck in America for 46 years running, so when it comes time to tinker with the formula that keeps it king of the pick…

A mid-cycle refresh of the 11th-generation Honda Civic sees the addition of a hybrid version, available as the top two of four Civic trims, in Sport Hybrid and Sport Touring Hybrid forms. Hybrids can be had as either a sedan or hatchback and will turn out a combined 200 hp and 232 lb-ft of torque from its two-motor, 2.0-liter inline-four setup. All 2025 Honda Civics get restyled front fascias and grilles, and revised taillights, with top-line Sport Touring Hybrid models also gett…

Check out Hyundai’s dirt-friendly EV, the latest addition to the Ioniq 5 trim line.

A look at and inside the first electric Lotus that will make it stateside.

A look at the new E Concept from a new brand from Audi called AUDI.