In February, we brought you a story about the Tesla Cybertruck being banned, seized and impounded by British police in the U.K. due to its lack of a conformity certificate, its sharp edges, it being too big and too heavy for British roads, its illegal light bar, and its supercar-like acceleration. Britain’s National Transportation Safety Board chairwoman […]
Last year, I put some miles on a unique $6,500 carbon-fiber push scooter reportedly cooked up off-hours by the design and race team over at Red Bull/Oracle. While the $6,500 urban scoot can’t top 20 mph due to legal constraints, it was nonetheless an intriguing design exercise, and it does go 20mph with aplomb – […]
Looking at virtually any parking lot in the nation these days is something akin to seeing at a black-and-white photo of cars, trucks and SUVs. That’s because a whopping 81% of the top selling vehicle colours are not the least bit colorful, according to Edmunds.com, but are rather variations of white (25%), black (22%), gray […]
Every race on the Formula 1 calendar attracts cool, famous, wealthy, and powerful people. But, when it comes combining royalty, intrigue, history, and most of all, superyachts with raw Formula 1 power, few events can compete with the Monaco Grand Prix that takes place this weekend Anyone who’s been to the Monaco Grand Prix before […]
There are two phases to test driving a supercar. The first is the anticipation of its arrival – knowing you’re going to make a giant leap from ordinary, functional vehicles to “the Mighty Mac” as the Artura became known before and during its 3-day weekend test, and feeling that delicious excitement as the great day […]
The DBX 707 was breathtakingly fast for an SUV, but the luxury British giant has upped the game with its latest Aston Martin DBX S. The DBX 707 produced 697bhp and 900Nm giving it a 310bhp/tonne power-to-weight figure, the same as a KTM X-Bow. It cracked 0-to-62mph in 3.3 seconds and barrelled to 193mph. The new DBX S produces […]
We’ve all been deep in thought about spending lottery earnings, a topic that causes the shadow of time to fleet past. If my numbers appeared, I’d scramble to my local Lamborghini dealer to dress bulls in vibrant colors before placing a ludicrously expensive order. They would then join other cars in my dream garage, but the Porsche 911 never […]
Waymo, the leading operator of robotaxis, said it will work with Toyota to design a new platform for autonomous cars and trucks and study ways to adapt its automated driving technology for personal vehicles. The announcement comes on the heels of Alphabet’s CEO saying that using Waymo’s system for personal use was a future possibility […]
Chinese cars are improving in quality all the time, and anyone who thinks their level of engineering is behind Western companies really hasn’t been paying attention. But one aspect that doesn’t come with technical innovation is a heritage of luxury. Zeekr, part of Chinese giant Geely, hopes to change that. I talked to the company’s […]
After five Grand Prix races in Australia, China, Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, is this shaping up to be the new F1 season of the century? Let’s review. If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. That’s what we used to say about my home state of Connecticut and the greater New England area. […]