«Italian design has flair, an element of style that
makes these cars so desirable, just for their sheer design.
Speaking to hugely influential people from the Williams team's championship - winning 1992 season, we find out exactly what
made the car so good.
It's revolutionary semi-automatic paddle - shift gearbox was part of what
made the car so quick... and so unreliable.
In The great all - rounder, Simon Charlesworth discovers what
makes the car so...
In The great all - rounder, Simon Charlesworth discovers what
makes the car so appealing to drive.
In The great all - rounder, Simon Charlesworth discovers what
makes the car so appealing to drive / For this month's Auto - biography, Matthew Bell travels to Milan to meet Corrado Lopresto — the well - known collector and view his 150 examples of Italian exotica / In Dealing with a Delage disaster, Douglas Blain tells how a major mechanical failure almost took the sole - surviving 1914 Delage Grand Prix car off the road for good, while Philip Guilfoyle explains how modern technology was used to create a brand new engine block / Doomed by its audacity and now largely forgotten, the Hotchkiss - Grégoire was a technological tour de force.
Turn into a corner and significantly less roll
makes the car so much easier to place.
The GT350 lacks the outright torque of its supercharged predecessor, but the incredible engine
makes this car so much more rewarding than past Shelby Mustangs.
Porter ruminates over that intangible quality that
makes some cars so much more pleasing than those without: niceness
They do things differently at Bristol — and that's what
makes the cars so much cooler than most supercars.
And yet, the connection to the driver's palms, the essence of what
made these cars so rewarding, has diminished.
Over rough roads, its composure is a reminder of what
made this car so great three, five, and eight years ago.
While the models are all - new, they retain the style and feel of the original Veloster along with the two - plus - one asymmetrical body configuration that
made the cars so interesting to start with.
What
makes this car so unique and worth checking out?
The emotional appeal is a big part of what
makes this car so exciting.
It is an American
made car so anytime something breaks or needs replaced finding parts is not only very easy, it's also very affordable.
They take a closer look at what
makes the car so special, and they get behind the wheel to find out for themselves.
The 2014 Mini Cooper retains the retro - British styling that
made the car so popular, but gains considerable size.
So, what
makes this car so special?
With 755 horsepower the 2019 Chevrolet Corvette zr1 is the most powerful Corvette ever it's also the most technologically advanced behind me are the rolling s's at Road Atlanta and we're here to see if we can reach to the supercar levels of performance afforded by this thing's massive power big tires and the tall wing on the back after that we'll take to the streets to see if a car this powerful can behave itself in public this is a monster of a car I've had some brief track opportunities moving this morning to get used to the pace of this machine which is phenomenal we're gonna warm up as we get out to the road Atlanta and sort of build up to the pace that this car can operate at now initially when you hop in this car you have this shrine to the engine right above you you see the line of the hood it kind of dominates the center of the view you can see over it it doesn't affect visibility but it's immediately obvious and that kind of speaks to what makes this car special it's a monster of an engine listen to that [Music] that is tremendous tremendous acceleration and incredible power but what I finding so far my brief time here at the Atlanta is that everything else in the car is rut has risen to match hurt me while I lay into it on the back straight look you know 150 mile - an - hour indicated we're going to ease up a little bit on it because I need to focus on talking rather than driving but like I was saying the attributes of the rest of the car the steering the braking capability the grip every system of this car is riding to the same level of the power and I think that's what makes it really impressive initially this is undoubtedly a mega mega fast car but it's one that doesn't terrify you with its performance potential there's a level of electronic sophistication that is unparalleled at this price point but it's hard not to get you know totally slipped away by the power of this engine so that's why I keep coming back to it this car has an electronically controlled limited slip differential it has shocks filled with magnetically responsive fluid that can react faster to inputs and everything this car has a super sophisticated stability control system that teaches you how to drive it quick but also makes you go faster we haven't even gotten into exploring it yet because the limits of this car are so high that frankly it takes a while to grow into it but [Music] I think what's impressive about this car is despite how fast it is it is approachable you can buy this car to track dates with it and grow with it as a driver and as an owner I think that's a really special [Music] because you will never be more talented than this car is fast ever unless you are a racing driver casually grazing under 50 miles an hour on this straight okay I'm just going to enjoy driving this now [Music][Applause][Music] this particular Corvette zr1 comes with the cars track performance package a lot of those changes happen underneath the sheet metal but one of the big differences that is immediately obvious is this giant carbon fiber wing now the way this thing is mounted is actually into the structure of the vehicle and it makes you know loading the rear hatch a bit more difficult but we're assuming that's okay if you're looking for the track performance this thing delivers also giving you that performance are these Michelin Pilot Sport cup tires which are basically track oriented tires that you can drive on the street but as we wake our way to the front of the thing what really matters is what's under the hood that's right there's actually a hole in the hood of this thing and that's because this engine is so tall it's tall because it has a larger supercharger and a bunch of added cooling on it to help it you know keep at the right temperature the supercharger is way larger than the one on the zo six and it has a more cooling capacity and the downside is it's taller so it pops literally through the hood the cool thing is from the top you can actually see this shake when you're looking at it from you know a camera from the top of the vehicle this all makes for 755 horsepower making this the most powerful Corvette ever now what's important about that is this not just the power but likewise everything in the car has to be built to accommodate and be able to drive to the level of speed this thing can develop that's why you had the massive cooling so I had the aerodynamics and that's why I had the electronic sophistication inside [Applause] we had a lot of time to take this car on the track yesterday and I've had the night to think about things Matt today two crews on the road and see how this extreme performance machine deals with the sort of more civil minded stuff of street driving the track impressions remain this thing is unquestionably one of the most capable cars you can get from a dealer these days a lot of that's besides the point now because we're on the street we have speed limits they have the ever - present threat of law enforcement around every corner so the question is what does this car feel like in public when you slow this car down it feels like a more powerful Corvette you don't get much tram lining from these big wheels though we as the front end doesn't want to follow grooves in the pavement it is louder it is a little firmer but it's certainly livable on a day to day basis that's surprising for a vehicle of this capability normally these track oriented cars are so hardcore that you wouldn't want to drive them to the racetrack but let's face it you spend more time driving to the track than you do on the track and the fact that this thing works well in both disciplines is really impressive I can also dial everything back and cruise and not feel like I'm getting punished for driving a hardcore track machine that's a that's a really nice accomplishment that's something that you won't find in cars that are this fast and costs maybe double this much the engine in this car dominates the entire experience you can't miss the engine and the whole friend this car is sort of a shrine to it the way it pops out of the hood the way it's covered with coolers around the sides it is the experience of this car and that does make driving this thing special and also the fact that it doesn't look half bad either in fact I think it has some of the coolest looking wheels currently available on a new car this car as we mentioned this car has the track package the track package on this car gives you what they call competition bucket seats which are a little wide for my tastes but I'm you know not the widest person in the world this automatic transmission works well I mean there's so much torque again out of this engine that it can be very smooth and almost imperceptible its clunky on occasion I think I'd might opt for the manual although Chevy tells me about 80 % of its customers will go for the automatic I don't think they're gonna be disappointed and that's gonna be the faster transmission drag strip on the street - and on the racetrack man it was a little bit more satisfying to my taste though we've talked about the exhaust I have it set in the track setting let's quiet it down a little bit so you can hear the difference now I've set that separately from everything else so let's put it stealth what happened to the engine sound that's pretty that's pretty amazing man stealth is really stealth and then go back to track Wow actually a really big difference that's that's pretty great the Corvette has always been a strong value proposition and nowhere is that more evident than this zr1 giving you a nearly unbeatable track performance per dollar now the nice thing is on the road this doesn't feel like a ragged edge track machine either you could genuinely drive it every day the compromises are few and that's what
makes this car so special if you like what you see keep it tuned right here and be sure to visit Edmunds.com [Music]
Lexus discontinued the IS F back in 2013, so allow us to remind you what
made this car so special.
Just make sure you buy one of the top two trim lines if you want all the awesome tech that
makes this car so good.
It's the engine and suspension — aided by big 18 - inch performance tires and alloy wheels — that
make this car so much fun to drive.
The buzzy H4, sharp steering and six - speed manual add the feeling of familiarity, but it's the all - around balance that
makes this car so confidence - inspiring and so much fun.
It's a good thing they put so much effort into
making those cars so accurate to the real thing, as the virtual space is the closest many of us will ever get to laying a finger on these million - dollar machines.
Not exact matches
But that
makes Uber no different from Google, GM, and Ford, all of which are testing self - driving
cars in California — and got permits to do
so.
The customer will select the
car... but TrueCar has to
make sure it's insured,
so we solve that problem by
making sure the customer not only has insurance at their fingertips, but will also save a bunch of money.
Better image recognition is crucial to unleashing improvements in robotics, autonomous drones, and, of course, self - driving
cars — a development
so momentous that we
made it a cover story in June.
You've probably heard of AirBnB (another possible option to
make some money),
so how about the same concept but with
cars?
Woodman said no, thanks, strapped his GoPro wrist cam to the
car's roll bar, and had his eureka moment: The company would
make mounts for its cameras
so people could point them back at themselves.
«Like brokerages, these trading websites
make money when people use their platforms,
so it's in their interest to convince you that you can beat the market,» said Roberts, who is now a consultant for
car - ride service Uber.
It means driving the same
car for many years, buying good quality items that would last a long time, buying second hand products when it
makes sense, simplifying your life
so you don't own random crap, and not buying things for the sake of buying them.
Someone might tell themselves that they already pay for their
car,
so any money they
make is pure profit.
What
makes the treatment
so fascinating is its underlying technology, called chimeric antigen receptor T - cell (
CAR - T).
«I have a friend who started living in their
car a year before I did,
so that kind of
made it seem like a possibility.
Every
car needs parts,
so the more
cars that get
made, the better the industry does.
So if you need a
car for a week, it
makes more sense to go with a traditional rental company.
No two people shop for
cars the same way,
so we
make sure we understand our users and can target the experience for them.
However, he explained that the
so - called Internet of things, in which everything from
cars to home appliances to factory equipment are connected online, has
made companies want «to fundamentally change their business strategy through technology.»
Jurich's first reason to skip
car ownership is perhaps the simplest — commuting by
car is objectively awful (really, study after study ranks it as one of life's most misery - inducing activities),
so given that she lives in a place that provides alternatives, it simply
makes sense to take them.
Automakers are good at two things: manufacturing
cars and branding themselves
so they can sell the
cars they
make at a nice margin.
In doing
so, Shah
makes the classic error of the tech analyst looking at a
car company and failing to understand the value of segmentation.
In fact, Tesla actually
made all of its technology open source in 2014,
so that other
car companies can use its tech to build their own electric vehicles.
Motor Trend didn't name it
Car of the Year for 2017 for nothing, and it's certainly a front - runner for Business Insider's
Car of the Year award for this year (we'll be
making our pick in December,
so the battle is already set, possibly, between the Model 3 and the Bolt — stay tuned).
So far that final element has eluded Tesla Motors, which
makes it difficult to see these vehicles as more than «what if» concept
cars.»
Without acknowledging its existence, Cook also shed possibly contradictory light on Apple's widely rumored efforts to build an iCar: He suggested that Apple ultimately may decide not to
make a
car at all, yet he implied that if it did, it could utilize contract manufacturers to do
so, just as it does with computers and phones.
(Remember, 85 % of the
cars and trucks
made in Canada are for export, mostly to the U.S.) When oil prices tumbled, bringing down the loonie, there were hopes of an automaking renaissance, but this has
so far failed to transpire.
Just
make sure your rental
car has access to Bluetooth,
so you can connect your phone and drive hands - free.
Green
makes it clear that they're not in the same dubious business as the
so - called «buy - here, pay - here» used -
car dealers that were the subject of one of comedian John Oliver's recent televised rants — and definitely not in the same line of work as payday loan operators.
It seems crazy to even talk about the idea of someone moving to a smaller house or trading in their
car in order to bulk up their emergency fund or fund their 401 (k), even if doing
so would probably
make them happier in the long run.