Despite the arrival of its corporate cousins at Porsche, Audi will be defending its Le Mans and World Endurance Championships in the LMP1 prototype class with a redesigned version of the all-conquering R18 e-tron quattro. Built to conform to the new…
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Porsche Reveals More Technical Details about the 919 Le Mans Prototype
As sports car teams ramp up preparations for the opening round of the World Endurance Championship at Sebring in March, Porsche continues to dole out a trickle of details about its new 919 hybrid prototype. Thanks to a new microsite that launched a…
New Porsche LMP1 officially dubbed 919 Hybrid
Porsche's new Le Mans prototype race car, referred to simply as “the new LMP1” since being announced in mid-2011, finally has an official name and a full driver lineup. The race car has been christened the 919 Hybrid, following the sequence of the…
First retail 2015 Ford Mustang to be auctioned for diabetes charity
In the nearly 50 years since the original Mustang debuted, the process for being the first to buy one has changed quite a bit. On April 15, 1964, a newly-graduated Chicago schoolteacher went into her local Ford dealer looking for a new convertible…
2014 Audi R18 e-tron to feature laser light show
When blasting down the Mulsanne straight at more than 200 mph in total darkness and at two in the morning, headlights that can clearly illuminate the road ahead are crucial. That's why Audi is upping the technological ante again for 2014 with…
Subaru thinks cameras are better than radar cruise
Subaru's twin-camera-based EyeSight driver assist system is getting a big upgrade for 2015 with a switch to color and more processing power. First announced in 2010, EyeSight remains unique among advanced driver assist by utilizing dual cameras to…
Toyota will sell you a hydrogen fuel cell car in California next year
After 20 years of research and development, Toyota says it's finally ready to start selling hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to consumers next year. The official announcement came from Bob Carter, senior vice president of Toyota Motor Sales US, at the…
Ford Racing expected to offer drag racers a live axle for new Mustang
After five decades of Mustangs riding on solid rear axles, Ford finally revealed the all-new 2015 pony in early December with a standard independent rear
suspension system. With the griping from IRS fans finally addressed, what is Ford Racing rumored…
The BMW i8 beats Audi in the laser headlight arms race
When the production BMW i8 hits the streets this fall, it will be the first car in the world to offer laser headlight technology. Whether these state-of-the-art lights actually make it to American roads remains to be seen, but at least Europeans will…
How your car can be hacked remotely by a tiny device
Yet another security researcher is demonstrating a better way to break into vehicle electronic systems, taking control from drivers in a way that could wreak havoc on the roads. While we aren't in imminent danger of wireless drive-by hacks on our…