Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsPorsche When Mark Donohue Set a World Record at Talladega in a Porsche 917Road & Track - By Chris PerkinsLast weekend, Porsche brought a 911 RSR race car and factory driver Nicky Tandy to Talladega for demonstration laps. It ruled. But it wasn't the first time a Porsche ran around the famous Alabama tri-oval.
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos The Ford Focus ST Is Finally as Delightful as the Fiesta STRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsFord's Focus ST was the bigger, more powerful car, but for enthusiasts, the Fiesta ST was actually the more enjoyable car to drive. Back in 2014, we compared Ford's two hot-hatches and found that the Fiesta
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos The 2020 Charger Hellcat Widebody Proves That Sedans Aren't DeadRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroDodge just introduced its most extreme Charger variant yet: The Hellcat Widebody. The name, like everything else on the car, doesn’t mince words. This is a wider, meaner, more capable version of the current
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos Hyundai Australia Built a Rear-Drive Twin Turbo Drift BusRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroWe're big fans of drift vans here at Road & Track. That's why we're so excited for Hyundai's latest one-off special: A 402-horsepower rear-wheel drive van with a bunch of N division upgrades that's built
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsMercedes-Benz The Mercedes-AMG C63 Could Ditch Its V-8 For a Hybrid Four-Cylinder and All-Wheel DriveRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsThe defining feature of the Mercedes-AMG C63 is its V-8 driving the rear wheels. The first one had a monster 6.2-liter naturally aspirated unit that made 510 hp in the end-of-the-line Black Series; its
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos The Vast Majority of Station Wagons Sold in the US Are Subaru OutbacksRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroLet's face it: Station wagons aren't very popular in the US. According to J.D. Power, the body style made up just 1.4 percent of all car sales in America last year. That's a tiny amount, and a mere fraction
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsMercedes-Benz The Mercedes-AMG E53 Isn’t An AMG in the Traditional SenseRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroMercedes-Benz has capitalized on its AMG sub-brand by expanding the model range in recent years. In addition to the normal string of full-on AMG cars, the company has added a handful of AMG 43 and 53 designed
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsAutomotive Industry It Feels Like Jaguar's Making a Point With Its I-Pace Ring TaxiRoad & Track - By Bob SorokanichSure have been a lot of electric cars at the Nurburgring lately. Porsche EVs, Tesla EVs ... and now this: Jaguar's all-electric I-Pace. But this isn't a prototype out to test the latest track-oriented
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsFIA World Endurance Championship Listen to the V-12 Screech of Jaguar's 1987 Group C CarRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe XJR-8 is an evolution of Jaguar's XJR-6 Group C Le Mans racer. Designed by Tom Walkinshaw Racing to compete in the 1987 World Endurance championship and IMSA, it looks largely the same, but sports
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsTesla Roadster Tesla Model S Plaid: Everything We KnowRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsIf you've seen Mel Brooks's Star Wars parody, Spaceballs, you know that after Ludicrous Speed, you go Plaid. Four years ago, Tesla launched the Ludicrous Speed upgrade for the Model S sedan, and promised
Road & Trackflipped into Car CultureMitsubishi This Mint 2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution Has Just 21 Miles on the ClockRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroMitsubishi stopped building its rally-bred Lancer Evolution in 2016, so if you want a new one, you're pretty much out of luck... unless you want to drop $76,000 on this one. It's a sought-after 2006 Evo
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsPorsche This Porsche 911 RSR Running at Talladega Makes Us Wish for an Oval IMSA RaceRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroIt's always weird to see race cars out of their natural habitat. In this case, it's extra-strange, because it involves a Porsche 911 RSR lapping the oval at Talladega. Porsche got together with the Monster
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsMiami-Dade County Formula 1 May Hold a Race at the Miami Dolphins Stadium In 2021Road & Track - By Chris PerkinsLast year, Formula 1 made a proposal to the city of Miami to hold a Grand Prix on city streets in 2019. It didn't work out. After the city delayed a vote, F1 decided to scrap the plan altogether. But,
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos The New Bentley Flying Spur is the Antidote to the Ultra-Luxury SUVRoad & Track - By Brett BerkThough the all-new Bentley Flying Spur has the word flying in its name, it is, in fact, attempting to arrest flight. For those of you who have been ignoring automotive trends for the past decade or so,
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos Watch the Ferrari 488 Pista Lap the Nurburgring in Seven Minutes FlatRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe Ferrari 488 Pista is a beast. The track-ready mid-engine supercar has taken production records at places like Hockenheim and Top Gear's test track, and now, it's just set another impressive lap, this
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos 2020 BMW 2-Series Gran Coupe Gets 301 HP, Four Doors, and All-Wheel DriveRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroAfter years of rumors and spy shots, BMW has finally revealed the 2020 2-Series Gran Coupe. Why call it a coupe if it has four doors? Well, BMW has a knack for doing that with its even-numbered sedans.
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsNissan This 350Z Makes 600 Naturally Aspirated Horsepower And Sounds WonderfulRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThis Nissan 350Z race car generates 600 horsepower from its naturally aspirated V-6 thanks to a slew of upgrades. What it doesn't have is any form of forced induction. It makes a wonderful noise. Built
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsMazda Mazda Motorsports Boss John Doonan Is IMSA's New PresidentRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsVeteran Mazda Motorsports boss John Doonan will leave his post with the Japanese manufacturer’s North American arm to become IMSA’s new president. He follows Scott Atherton, who held the post since IMSA’s
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos The 2020 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel Is the McMansion of Pickup TrucksRoad & Track - By Seth RichardsAs a motorcyclist, I’m no stranger to Ram pickup trucks. Not because I drive one to haul my 20-year-old Ducati to the mechanic with expected regularity, but because, far and away, if there’s one vehicle
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Road & Trackflipped into New CarsChevrolet Corvette Take a Hot Lap in the 2020 C8 CorvetteRoad & Track - By Travis OkulskiIf you've been under a rock, then maybe you haven't heard, but the new Corvette has moved the engine behind the driver. Something that has been rumored for decades but has never happened. There are a of
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsAutos A Dodge Challenger ACR Would Be PerfectRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroDodge offers plenty of great new cars, but ever since the Viper ACR disappeared, its lineup has been lacking a hardcore track-oriented machine. What Dodge should do is build an ACR model out of its Challenger,
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsCorvette Stingray 2020 Corvette C8 Stingray Z51: First DriveRoad & Track - By Jason CammisaLet’s get one thing out of the way: the 2020 Chevrolet Corvette is good. It’s not, however, great. The C8 Corvette is, without question, the most significant car of the year. It retains the previous Corvette’s
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsFerrari Listen to the new Ferrari SF90 Stradale Hybrid Lay Down Some Hot LapsRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroThe SF90 Stradale is a big car for Ferrari. It's the first car with a V-8 to occupy the top spot in Ferrari's lineup since the legendary F40, and the company's first production hybrid. It's twin-turbo
Road & Trackflipped into Car CultureChevrolet Camaro Chevrolet Will Give You $3000 Off a New Camaro If You Own a MustangRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroLooking to get into a new Camaro soon? If you happen to own a Mustang, you may be entitled to a $3000 discount towards your purchase. General Motors is running a promotion on the Camaro to generate sales,
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsMarkets Every Wagon On Sale In the US TodayRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsToday, Audi announced that it's bringing the A6 Allroad back to the US. Undoubtedly good news for those looking for a practical car that isn't a crossover or SUV—an increasing rarity over here. To celebrate,
Road & Trackflipped into MotorsportsLamborghini Watch a Lamborghini Huracan Take a Championship Win On FireRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroWe love to see wild race finishes here at Road & Track, and this has to be one of the strangest. The first-ever GT Cup Open championship finished off in dramatic fashion at Monza this weekend, with championship
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsLamborghini Lamborghini Built 14,022 Huracans in Five YearsRoad & Track - By Brian SilvestroLamborghini announced today it has built exactly 14,022 Huracans since it launched the car five years ago in 2014. Why make an announcement about such a specific number? Well, it matches the amount of
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsKoenigsegg Watching the Direct-Drive Koenigsegg Regera Accelerate to 250 MPH Is BizarreRoad & Track - By Chris PerkinsLast month, Koenigsegg set a 0-400-0 km/h (0-249-0 mph) record with its Regera, a hybrid hypercar with no traditional transmission. The Regera instead has an 1100-hp twin-turbo V-8 paired with three electric
Road & Trackflipped into New CarsSubaru The 2020 Subaru WRX STI S209 Costs Nearly Twice as Much as a WRX STIRoad & Track - By Travis OkulskiThe Subaru WRX STI is an outstanding performance sedan and a relative bargain with a starting price of $36,995. It might not be the best looking car in the world and doesn't have the newest engine, but
