Category: Reviews
Scout Terra vs. Rivian R1T: How the off-road electric trucks stack up
Scouts are known as the off-road SUVs built by International-Harvester from 1961 to 1980. Now, the Volkswagen Group is reviving the Scout name as both an SUV and a pickup truck. On Thursday, the electric Scout Terra truck debuted in production-intent concept form providing a look at the Rivian R1T’s most serious rival. Scout said the concept…
Scout Traveler vs. Rivian R1S: How the off-road electric SUVs stack up
The first real challenger to the Rivian R1S’s electric SUV halo is coming, and it hails from South Carolina via Germany. The Scout brand has been resurrected by Volkswagen. On Thursday, the electric Scout Traveler SUV was unveiled as a direct rival for the Rivian R1S off-road electric SUV. Years away and shown in what Scout has dubbed…
Ferrari originlly wanted the F80 hypercar to be a single seater
Ferrari F80 design team wanted a car with extreme proportions Original design called for a single-seat configuration V-6 was deemed Ferrari’s best-performing engine Ferrari’s F80 hypercar revealed earlier in October was originally conceived as a single seater, Ferrari design chief Flavio Manzoni has revealed. In an interview with Top Gear…
2025 Cupra Raval spied, will spawn VW ID.2 sibling
The Cupra Raval will be the first of VW Group’s new subcompact EVs The subcompact EVs will use VW Group’s MEB Small platform Cupra plans to launch in the U.S. later this decade Several Volkswagen Group brands are working on a new generation of subcompact electric vehicles, and a prototype for one of them has been spotted. The prototype is for the…
Stellantis spent $29.5M to enhance wind tunnel for EVs
Stellantis has upgraded the wind tunnel located near its U.S. headquarters in Auburn Hills, Michigan, in its quest to boost range of electric vehicles by reducing drag. The automaker on Wednesday said it invested $29.5 million in the site to add moving ground plane technology, essentially a rolling surface. Each wheel gets its own belt that…
Gas-powered 2025 Mini John Cooper Works hatch, convertible revealed
John Cooper Works versions of gas-powered Mini hatch and convertible revealed Peak power of 228 hp comes from 2.0-liter turbo-4 U.S. sales start in early 2025 A new generation of Mini’s Cooper hatch and Cooper Convertible arrive for the 2025 model year, and the small-car brand late on Tuesday revealed the high-performance John Cooper Works…
Review: 2025 Audi S5 states the case for gas power in EV transition
Redesigned 2025 Audi S5 replaces both Audi S4 sedan and S5 Sportback S5 gets sharper handling S5 interior offers up to three screens On the tight roads of the Provence Alps region of southern France, there are Citroens to the left of me, rock walls to the right, and I’m stuck in the middle in the 2025 Audi S5. There are worse places to be…
McLaren shows W1 hypercar’s 3D-printed suspension
McLaren in October revealed a successor to its P1 hypercar in the form of the W1. The new hypercar is similar to the P1 in that it features a plug-in hybrid powertrain built around a twin-turbocharged V-8 engine, but in other areas it is completely different, especially when it comes to chassis design. One area where the W1 stands out is the use…
BMW’s new M2 race car tests hard at the ‘Ring
BMW is working on a new generation of its entry-level customer race car based on the M2 coupe, and prototypes are currently being evaluated, including in the grueling races of the Nürburgring Endurance Series. One of the prototypes, still wearing camouflage gear, was snapped during its participation in a four-hour race held over the weekend…
Hyundai wants to turn windshields into holographic displays
Hyundai developing holographic windshield display with Germany’s Zeiss Technology enables augmented reality displays to span width of windshield Production planned to start in 2027 In the not too distant future, head-up displays will be able to present a whole lot more than the tiny window of static information we’re used to today. Hyundai is one…