– Racing drivers and rednecks might say that it’s impossible to have too much power, but supercar makers know that we’re getting close to the limits of adhesion. More specifically, those who still are making high-powered, rear-wheel-drive cars, where traction-limited sub-three-second zero-to-60-mph times have become commonplace, find that adding more power isn’t improving performance so […]
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Wörthersee Sauce: Volkswagen Shows Off Hybrid, All-Wheel-Drive GTI at Annual Car Meet
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Wörthersee Sauce: Volkswagen Shows Off Hybrid All-Wheel-Drive GTI at Annual Car Meet
– Volkswagen will take the wraps off two Golf concepts at this year’s Wörthersee car meet in Maria Wörth, Austria. Both cars are the brainchildren of Volkswagen’s group of young apprentices from the company’s German manufacturing facilities. – Marking a decade of concept cars presented by Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg apprentices at Wörthersee, the aptly named Golf GTI First Decade […]
The Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk is the all-wheel-drive Hellcat you've been waiting for
If the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT was the venerable SUV cranked to 10, the new Trackhawk goes to 11. Actually, make that 707, because the Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is a Hellcat by another name. Under the hood is the same 707-horsepower supercharged V8 from the sinister corporate cousins Charger and Challenger. The torque rating drops […]