MacPherson Strut vs. Double Wishbone: Why the Cheaper One Won, and What It Actually Costs
One layout hangs the wheel off a single telescopic leg. The other locates it with two arms and leaves the engineer free to choose how the camber behaves. Almost every car you can buy uses the first, and Porsche spent a whole GT3 generation going the other way.
Conor Shanahan Needs One Heat Win at Long Beach. James Deane Needs Almost Everything Else.
An engine let go in the Top 32 at Las Vegas and turned a five-point deficit into a 47-point lead. Formula DRIFT settles its 2026 title on 23-24 October, under floodlights, on the same street course where the season started.
Hyundai Recalls 94,622 Genesis Sedans Over a Seat Switch That Can Get Stuck On
A knock to the power seat switch can leave the adjustment motor running after everyone has got out of the car. Hyundai first heard about it on the last day of 2021. The recall was filed on 8 October 2026, and the fix has not been designed yet.
Tesla Showed a Roadster That Does Kickflips. The FAA Says It Isn't an Aircraft, and Nobody Will Say What It Is.
Nine years after taking deposits on a car promised for 2020, Tesla unveiled a four-trim Roadster that drives upside down, flips in mid-air, and carries about five seconds of compressed nitrogen. Production is now 2028. There is still no price.
Mazda Built a Three-Rotor Coupe With Satellite Navigation in 1990. Japan's Economy Collapsed Two Months Later.
The Eunos Cosmo had the only triple-rotor engine Mazda ever sold, the first built-in GPS system in any production car, and an automatic gearbox. It was perfect, it was doomed, and almost nobody outside Japan has ever seen one.
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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