Koenigsegg The 1,600-horsepower Koenigsegg Jesko Absolute recently received an over-the-air update that unlocks record-breaking speeds. This feat comes two years after Absolute broke the 0-250-0-mph record with a time of 28.27 seconds. The hypercar – or, as Koenigsegg prefers to call it, the megacar – can now
The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. You may have left behind ultraviolet light sanitizers along with other bad memories of the coronavirus pandemic, but not Hyundai and Kia. Both automakers have developed hardware that can clean the interior
Canetti/Shutterstock Idling the vehicle after cold-starting was a useful technique in carbureted engines. Unless you wanted to stall the engine after putting it in gear, it was a common – and helpful – practice to let it warm up while idling. However, the advent of fuel injection
In Japan the Miata gets quieter tires and a larger silencer. Without these changes, Mazda’s sports car would have failed upcoming exterior noise regulations. Japan’s MX-5 gets a new Pure Sport special edition with changes inside and out. Mazda has made it clear that work on the new Miata is well underway. This is no
During a visit to Koenigsegg’s factory in Sweden for the unveiling of his latest LEGO project dedicated to Sadair Spear, I asked Christian von Koenigsegg a question that is more relevant today than ever: “Where does the company stand on building electric cars?” With Ferrari recently unveiling the Lucero, and some of its other competitors
Marcus Menka/Shutterstock Recently shuttered bargain basement airline Spirit was going absolutely gangbusters a decade ago. In 2014 the company was adding aircraft to its fleet, adding new routes to its itineraries, and promising $100 million in stock buybacks to keep shareholders happy. Spirit was, if you’ll pardon
David McNew/Getty Images Fixed Republicans keep trying to weaken state child labor laws In America, but still, it shouldn’t be too controversial to say that child labor is bad. It was bad when Hyundai’s third-party labor supplier was caught using child labor, and it’s worse still when
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The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter delivers the stories that really matter straight to you every weekday. Sixty years ago, the Ford GT40 made history as the first (and so far only) American car to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. In this anniversary year of Ford’s spectacular
BMW M CEO Frank van Meel said he would ‘love’ the new M1. It’s been almost 50 years since BMW produced the last M1. BMW had planned to launch a successor in 2022, but it launched the XM crossover instead. The legendary BMW M1 may have only been around for a few years, but its