The Class of 2002: Japan's Last Great Send-Offs Start Clearing US Customs Next Year
The 25-year rule rolls into 2002 in January, and 2002 is the year Nissan, Mazda and Honda all signed off their icons at once — the GT-R Nür, the RX-7 Spirit R and the NSX-R.
Three Years On, the Mission X Is Still a Concept — and Porsche Just Ruled Out a BEV Above the 911
The 2023 study promised four motors, 900 volts and a 1:1 power-to-weight ratio. In October, Porsche's chairman said there's no demand for a battery-electric car on the new supercar platform.
BYD Says Nine Minutes. The Arithmetic Says 670 Kilowatts.
The Atto 8 brings second-generation Blade cells and Flash Charging to Europe in a seven-seat SUV. The battery is the easy part — BYD now has to build 3,000 chargers fast enough to make the number mean anything.
The Oldest Name in Motorcycling Now Has an Engine It Has Never Had Before
The Bullet has been built under that name since 1932, almost always as a thumping single. Royal Enfield has just put the 648cc parallel twin in it and sent it to North American dealers at $7,799.
Three Videos and a Complaint: NHTSA Opens a School-Zone File on Tesla's Robotaxis
The federal evidence pile is four incidents, no crashes and no injuries. The question underneath it is bigger than that: whether an automated driving system reliably knows when a school zone is switched on.
Formula DRIFT — Shoreline Showdown
Streets of Long Beach · Long Beach, CA
See formulad.com for tickets
FCP Euro Sunday Motoring Meets — BMW & MINI
Lime Rock Park · Lakeville, CT
Free
Hilton Head Island Concours d'Elegance & Motoring Festival
Hilton Head Island · Hilton Head Island, SC
Paid — multi-tier ticketing
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