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Porsche and Michelin have developed the Pilot Sport S 5 N0 tire with Michelin for the 992-generation 911 GT3 RS The street-legal tire is designed for use on wet tracks and in cooler conditions The tire will be available exclusively through Porsche dealerships Booking a track day in advance only to have the weather turn sour when the time comes is a dilemma many track enthusiasts have experienced. Many leading track tires are notorious for delivering very little grip in the wet due to their reduced tread pattern, but Porsche recently teamed up with Michelin to develop a street-legal track…
Bigger battery packs bring an inflated carbon footprint Solution is higher efficiency and reeling range in to a real-world 300 miles Six upcoming Neue Klasse EVs will follow this philosophy BMW aims to grow its electric-vehicle momentum with its next-generation Neue Klasse family of vehicles, but it won’t be doing that with big battery packs. “You can’t make battery packs bigger and bigger because then BEVs don’t make sense anymore,” BMW chief development officer Frank Weber said in an interview with Automotive DriftBreath Europe published Monday, arguing that chasing ever-bigger range numbers with ever-larger battery packs would lead to a…
Stellantis has a mobile service program pilot underway in the Southeast The automaker ideally will launch the program on a larger scale in 2025 Jeep SVP Mike Koval Jr. said Ford and others have been benchmarked Regardless of whether the vehicle is gas, electric, or a hybrid, Stellantis is preparing to meet customers where they are for repairs. On Thursday, at the 2025 Chicago Auto Show, Jeep Senior Vice President Mike Koval Jr. told Motor Authority that it is preparing to roll out a mobile service program in 2025. The program, which Koval Jr. didn’t have a name for yet,…
Hyundai provided an early look at a redesigned Palisade late last year, which is expected to reach U.S. dealerships later this year as a 2026 model. However, engineers are still testing prototypes for the three-row, midsize SUV, and the latest one spotted is for the rugged XRT model. Hyundai has been rolling out XRT versions of most of its SUVs, including the Ioniq 5 electric compact crossover. The upgrades tend to be mild, with the outgoing Palisade XRT featuring model-specific bumpers, roof rails, side steps, black cladding around the wheel arches, and unique 20-inch wheels. Judging by the prototype for…
Although car companies typically want to push new models onto the public, in some cases they provide plenty of support for customers looking to hold onto and maintain a classic. This used to be the domain of exotic brands like Aston Martin and Ferrari, whose classic cars are often worth so much they’re typically seen as investments, but in recent years mainstream brands have also been getting in on the act. Toyota, a couple of years back, launched a unique service where existing customers can have their cars restored and fitted with new features at the factory. Now Renault has…
Ford’s expanded the Maverick’s optional all-wheel drive to the hybrid powertrain The Ford Maverick Tremor is now a standalone trim rather than a package The 2025 Ford Maverick is on sale and costs $28,590, but Tremor models cost $41,945 The Ford Maverick compact pickup gains an update for the 2025 model year, its first since its 2022 arrival. The biggest change is the availability of all-wheel drive in combination with the Maverick’s hybrid powertrain, but for fans of off-roading the Tremor package also morphs into a standalone model. The previous XL, XLT, and Lariat models also carry over. The Tremor includes…
Ford refreshed the Maverick pickup truck for 2025 The updated Maverick can pair the hybrid powertrain with all-wheel drive The 2025 Ford Maverick is on sale now and costs $28,590 The Ford Maverick compact pickup truck has impressed with its fuel efficiency and capability, but customers wanting all-wheel drive have had to opt for non-hybrid models. That changes for 2025. The 2025 Ford Maverick hybrid adds an all-wheel drive option as part of a mid-cycle refresh that also includes slightly revised styling and more tech features. The front-wheel drive Maverick hybrid will continue as well, along with the non-hybrid 2.0-liter turbo-4…
The first Lobo model arrives as an updated 2025 Maverick Lobo gets a lowered suspension aimed at on-road performance The Lobo costs a not so cheap $36,850 The truck tuning scene today is dominated by rugged machines designed for climbing boulders or desert racing, but it wasn’t that long ago when street performance was all the rage. Ford is now looking to rekindle the love affair with street trucks with the reveal of the 2025 Maverick Lobo in August. Like a true street truck, the Lobo rides on a lowered suspension with springs and dampers tuned for on-road performance. The truck sits…
As a nation famed for its patience, discipline, and peace of mind, the Japanese seem to have a habit of restoring the most unforgiving and uncompromised race cars to the road. Probably the most famous – or most documented, at least – is Takeshi Moroi’s Porsche 962C featured by Dino back in 2012. Decades earlier, this would’ve been thundering down the Mulsanne Straight at over 200mph. However, seeing it parked in front of a Tokyo Family Mart is somehow even more impressive. If you prefer your race cars more suited to anything but smooth tarmac, Junya Matsushita’s S4 Subaru Impreza is the…
The seventh season of Netflix’s docuseries “Formula 1: Drive To Survive” hits the streaming service Mar. 7. The release date, confirmed in a Feb. 7 post on X from Netflix’s official account, is one week before the 2025-season-opening Australian Grand Prix, giving viewers a chance to catch up on last season before the new one gets underway. That should make for more entertaining viewing than many fans likely expected when the 2024 season got underway. With few changes to the rules or driver lineups, it was widely anticipated that Red Bull would continues its dominance and Max Verstappen would cruise to a…