Editorials
Cross-Drilled Brake Rotors Aren’t Just Form Over Function
Some enthusiasts will tell you what you need are slotted brake discs. The reality is more...
Americans Don’t Deserve More Lanes
Current traffic planning dogma rules that adding lanes to highways doesn't help reduce traffic. I'll forward...
Four-Cylinder Engines Are Better for Sports Cars
As Americans, we lust after inline-six performance cars, but it's time to accept that they aren't...
Why the Rotary Engine Failed
Felix Wankel and NSU created a smaller, less complex internal-combustion engine. Here's why it failed.
Carbon-Carbon Racing Brakes Are Nothing Like What’s on Your Road Car
At Le Mans and in Italy, Brembo gave us the scoop on the carbon-carbon brakes used...
Why There Are So Many Damn EV Chargers
Now that Tesla has since opened its NACS plug design to other manufacturers, it won’t be...
Making NASCAR’s Garage 56 Stock Car Safe to Race Le Mans Was No Small Job
Xavier Mestelan, the FIA’s chief technical and safety officer, explains what was changed to make the...
To Build a Safe, Tiny Car, Mercedes Had to Make a Bizarre Engine
In the original A-Class, the engine sat canted 59 degrees towards the front of the car....
Cadillac’s Big Naturally Aspirated Race V-8 Is a Monster In a World of Small Turbo Engines
Lead propulsion engineer Adam Trojanek explains why Cadillac went against the grain, and in the process,...
