From Hard to Smooth Braking If you’ve ever ridden in a car with a new driver, you’ll know that he or she might still be getting their footing on the pedals of a car. Braking smoothly is a skill that you pick up over the years through experience and feel, but with today’s tech, that […]
The E65 Turns 25 Believe it or not, the E65 BMW 7 Series is now a quarter-century old. Hugely controversial when it was new, we still remember the headlines and stories surrounding its design. Magazine and internet archives would lead you to believe that the sky was falling over at BMW, and the car was […]
The Three Cars That Changed Bugatti’s Modern Strategy Edition One-Off – the same channel that brought the secret, most expensive Bugatti collection to the light – is back with another video. This time, it highlights a pivotal moment in the French marque’s modern history, revealing how three extraordinary hypercars reshaped the company’s future. According to […]
A dangerous line of severe thunderstorms is pushing east across the Mid-South today, and the National Weather Service in Memphis is not mincing words about the road threat. A Tornado Watch is active across portions of Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Missouri through Sunday evening. The NWS Memphis office confirmed wind gusts up to 45 MPH […]
A Drift Icon Goes Off-Road The Nissan Silvia 240SX, known as the Silvia S14 in Japan, is one of the most respected cars in the tuning scene, arriving in the 1990s – a time widely considered the heyday of JDM modification culture. Today, it still enjoys a cult following, especially among enthusiasts who build the […]
Tracing the Roots of ‘ReVolvolution’ It was in the ’80s when Volvo began exploring a more adventurous side, fitting turbochargers into its engines. First, it was the 240 that got a healthy amount of boost, even spawning a touring car version that actually proved successful in motorsport. Not content with that, Volvo proceeded to do […]
New Model, New Charging Standard “Ready in five 5, full in 9, cold add 3,” that’s the breakthrough that’s coming to Europe next month with the Denza Z9GT. This will be the first time that BYD’s Flash Charging makes an appearance. Charging will be almost as fast as fueling up with this technology – with […]
A Short-Lived Comeback General Motors’ plan for an 18-month production run of the 2027 Chevrolet Bolt EV to 18 months seems disappointing, especially at a time when the market needs more affordable electric car options. With that in mind, The Drive asked Mandi Damman, the Bolt EV’s executive chief engineer, whether it would be possible to extend […]
Rewriting the Rule Book The Bugatti Veyron ushered in the era of the hypercar, creating a whole new class of automobiles that pushed the very limits of what we believed was possible on four wheels. A brainchild of the then Volkswagen Group Supremo Ferdinand Piech, he was extremely meticulous about the Veyron achieving hyperspeed while […]
Ford’s Best-Seller Doesn’t Sell In Europe The Ford F-150 is pretty much a symbol of the American automotive industry at this point. The full-sized pickup truck is a pillar in its segment, being a best-selling model, a default choice, or simply just a great all-rounder. Fourteen generations on, and it’s still going strong, but not […]