Tips from the experts: using digital displays safely

Tips from the experts: ...

Filed under: Comment The latest IAM Drive & Survive series tells motorists how to survive while driving and using one of them fancy pants digital dashboard displays. Here goes then… Avoid the temptation to use any features that require input from the driver on the move. Set...
Report: Senate OKs mandatory black boxes in cars for 2015, House expected to follow

Report: Senate OKs mand...

Filed under: Government/Legal , Safety It’s been working its way through Congress for years, but according to Car and Driver , an event recorder mandate could soon become law. The Senate has already voted to adopt a transportation bill that would make the so-called “black...
Historic Schumacher Ferrari F1 car for sale

Historic Schumacher Fer...

Filed under: Motorsport A Ferrari F1 car driven by Michael Schumacher during the 2000 Austrian Grand Prix is up for sale at a Monaco auction, and expected to make around £700,000. It’s yet another stunning lot up for sale in the forthcoming RM Auctions Monaco sale , set to be...
C/D Project Cars Past: We Track Down the Twin-Engined CRX, Newman’s Own Turbo, and our ’72 Pinto Race Car

C/D Project Cars Past: ...

While no car is immortal, a lucky few Car and Driver projects have elbowed their way onto keeper lists normally restricted to rare Bugattis and pedigreed Ferraris. Here’s an update on three of our creations that have so far postponed their trips to the shredder. No small feat...
Rocketship megatruck aims to change transport for good

Rocketship megatruck ai...

The spaceship-cum-HGV you see here is the Innotruck, which is one big fat feasibility study into the personal mobility issues of the future. Built by the clever dudes and dudettes at the Technical University Munich (TUM), Innotruck is the embodiment of the university’s...
Porsche releases hardcore Cayenne GTS SUV

Porsche releases hardco...

Filed under: Consumer Porsche has released the first pictures of its most driver focussed SUV ever, the Cayenne GTS. It’s massive, bright green and a much angrier version of something quite mild-mannered , like The Hulk. But unlike The Hulk it’s quite easy to control because...
EXCLUSIVE: Jost Capito, Head of SVT and Performance Vehicles, Leaving Ford

EXCLUSIVE: Jost Capito,...

Ford and its director of Global Performance Vehicles, Jost Capito, are parting ways, the company confirmed to Car and Driver this afternoon. During an 11-year tenure with Ford, Capito oversaw the development of the SVT Raptor and the upcoming Focus ST and Fiesta ST . Working in Europe...
Lotus Vehicle Development on Temporary Hold, Long-Term Ownership Undecided

Lotus Vehicle Developme...

When Lotus CEO Dany Bahar told Evo magazine earlier this month that new-vehicle development at his company was effectively on “lockdown” for three months, it was a signal flare sent to the world’s enthusiasts. Yes, we’ve thought for some time now that Lotus’s plans for an...
Video: Road rage, South American style

Video: Road rage, South...

Filed under: Humour This is how they do road rage in South America. A biker stuck in a traffic jam has noticed that there’s something on his shoe, so he tries to shake it off. But in doing so, he accidentally kicks the side of a Fiat 4×4. The Brazilian small claims court is...
Volkswagen XL1 Spied: The Hypermiler Becomes Reality

Volkswagen XL1 Spied: T...

Volkswagen is producing a small series of its XL1 “1-liter car,” its nickname referring to the fuel (1 liter, or .26 gallons) needed to travel 100 kilometers (62 miles). The ultra-efficient two-seater will be launched in the 2013 calendar year, VW confirms. Spy shots that...

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