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The Guide to Road Racing: HPDE And Track Days
In this installment of The Guide we’ll take a look at HPDE and track days, which are perhaps the easiest and possibly most common – along with Autocross — entry point to road racing. As a refresher, we took a couple of cars to a weekend track day held by Edge Addicts at Circuit of the Americas.
McLaren F1 Designer Reveals Motiv City Car
Built in a joint effort between Yamaha and supercar designer Gordon Murray, this all-electric urban runabout is the first to utilize the “iStream” production process, which could revolutionize car building.
Driven: 2013 Chevrolet Spark 2LT
All 83 pound-feet of torque are available at 4200 rpm, meaning this is a car with zero low-end grunt. Patience is rewarded though, as the climbing revs gave us more and more to work with, until we were zipping about at a surprisingly brisk pace. All along the way, we were accompanied by a burly, rorty exhaust note that had no business coming from a 1.2-liter engine. It’s like this thing runs on minced bulldog; it just has a growl that is so pure and enjoyable. We’d recommend it for this quality alone.
Beijing 2012: Honda Concept C, Concept S
Honda debuted a pair of new concepts at Auto China 2012. Called the Concept C and Concept S, they are meant to express Honda’s new design direction.
Rumors: Spy Shots—Unknown Electric Sports Car
An alert spy photographer over at Eurocarblog caught this unidentified electric sports car out and about during cold weather testing.
Detroit 2012: Live Images Of The Smart For-Us
Smart debuted the Smart For-Us concept, an odd, tiny pickup, at NAIAS in Detroit. It’s a funky little thing, so we couldn’t resist grabbing these live shots of it on the show floor.
Detroit 2012: Smart For-Us Concept
Determined to prove that it has staying power in the North American car market, Smart is preparing to show an all new concept cat to show goers here at the North American International Auto Show this year. Dubbed the Smart For-Us, the diminutive Euro is the company’s interpretation of an “iconic American pickup” and is powered with an electric motor.
First Look: 2012 Smart Fortwo Electric Drive
Smart has announced the third generation of its Fortwo Electric Drive, with more speed, greater range, and larger production volume and availability.
Graphed: Fuel Economy Of Efficient Vehicles
As we drive the Lexus CT200h (and enjoy it for the most part), we’re reminded of some of the other fuel misers we’ve driven and responded to favorably (again, for the most part). We decided to compare a handful of these cars side by side, to get a visual understanding of how they perform.
Driven: 2012 Scion iQ
With the iQ, Scion is launching one of the few really different cars that we’ll see for 2012. Having spent time driving it on the streets of San Francisco and the highways and winding roads of Marin County, we can report that the iQ is very nearly brilliant in its concept and execution. We can also forecast that 99 percent of you will see the iQ as a curiosity or a bore, not as a real alternative to the 499 other models on the market. The remaining 1 percent, on the other hand, will find the iQ close to ideal, though it takes some mental effort to fully appreciate Scion’s philosophy.
Smart Offers Irish-Themed Wraps For Fortwo
Smart, through its Smart Expressions program, offers a variety of full-car wraps for the Fortwo, including several specifically for St. Patrick’s Day. Featuring shamrocks, sayings, plaid, and a whole lot of the color green, the vinyl wraps can be ordered through the dealership.
Geneva 2011: Smart Forspeed Concept
Smart will be showing a topless, electric concept car at the Geneva Motor Show this week. It has no roof or side windows, and has a low wind deflector instead of a proper windshield.
Smart Fortwo Electric Drive Gets Greenlight For North America
Smart has announced that its all-electric Fortwo will be available in North America this Fall. It has been on sale in Europe since November of 2009. The 30 kilowatt electric motor provides 88.5 pound-feet of torque. The Fortwo can be charged at any standard socket, which should make recharging a fairly straightforward affair.
First Look: 2011 Scion iQ
Scion has just taken the wraps off of the North American-spec iQ. This micromachine, designed to compete with the Smart Fortwo, features a 1.3-liter I-4 that makes “over 90 horsepower” and is mated to a standard continuously variable transmission.
List: Our Ten Favorite Outrageous Limousines
Some good, some terrible, all of these limousines have something special about them beyond mere length.
New Electric-Drive Smart ForTwo Images And E-Mobility Berlin Information
Earlier, we announced the first delivery of the new electric-drive Smart Fortwo. Now, we have an image gallery of the new electric Smart, as well as information about the “e-mobility Berlin” project, which is testing a new charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
New Electric Smart ForTwo Begins Deliveries In Berlin
The first new Smart ForTwo EV was delivered to a customer in Germany. It will also become available to Italy, Spain, England, France, Switzerland, U.S., and Canada.
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