Filed under: Motorsports, Supercars
You can make a car that accelerates. You can make a car that brakes. You can make one that handles. One that corners. One with a high top speed. But to make one that does it all is a different story entirely. That’s why automakers go to the Nürburgring. Its northern loop […]
Filed under: Maintenance, Etc., Tech, Mercedes Benz
This will be excellent when you go to buy that used Mercedes. Rather than searching high and low for that needle-in-a-haystack owner who kept meticulous records and the car serviced to a T, Mercedes is rolling out a Digital Service Booklet. Mercedes says it will be more convenient and […]
Filed under: Motorsports, Euro, Supercars
Ultima, one of several dozen independent British sportscar companies and makers of the GTR, could only take so much rejection. The cottage automaker claims it offered its road-legal race-car to the producers at BBC’s hit TV show Top Gear several times, only to be repeatedly refused. So Ultima took things into […]
Filed under: Supercars
Performance figures don’t give an accurate picture of just how well a car performs overall. A given car may be the fastest to sixty, but that doesn’t mean it has the highest top speed, tightest cornering or sharpest brakes. Lap times around a given track paint a more accurate, comprehensive picture of a […]
