Car and Driver - USA (2020-04)

39 Stability Control It’s quite a nice thing when your car’s trip computer gives you accurate information. It’s even nicer when ...

APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER General Motors launched Keep America Rolling, its 0 percent financing plan, mere days after Septembe ...

41 One day in 1987, Dave Illing worth, the general manager of Lexus, dic- tated to his assistant “The Lexus Covenant.” Hokey in ...

Taycan vs. Model S 42 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER After eight uncontested years, the Tesla Model S finally has a rival in the Po ...

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44 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER The plan was merely to line up a Model S against a Porsche ANfPN[±aURARYNμ¼_aa_bRPUNYYR[TR_±a ...

Base/As Tested Dimensions Wheelbase L/W/H Track, F/R Interior Volume, F/R Cargo Volume, F/R Powertrain Motors Power, hp Torque, ...

46 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER Porsche Taycan Turbo S Plus Arresting looks, time-warping acceleration, range is a nonissue. Minu ...

47 board from the back seat, we eyeballed the data: 60 mph in 4 seconds and the quarter-mile in 10.5 at 130 mph including a shi ...

48 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER Credit where it’s due: Despite its advanced age, the Tesla Model S remains the benchmark for long ...

*These objective scores are calculated from the vehicles’ dimensions, capacities, rebates and extras, and/or test results. FINAL ...

John Goodenough MEET THE MAN WHO INVENTED THE CATHODE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. BY JOHN PEARLEY HUFFMAN 50 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DR ...

Bill P., Phoenix, AZ Where’s the radar? An arrow lights up, pointing either Ahead, to the side, or Behind. And, amazingly, it’s ...

52 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER He seemed irritated that I had pulled over in front of his vineyard in, what, some old 911 or som ...

53 With its auction prices hitting eight figures, the McLaren F1 is one of the most highly regarded supercars in history. But ba ...

That Didn’t 54 PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHAEL SIMARI ~ APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER Occasionally, technolog y emerges that promises to cha ...

55 The SUV Black Hole Sometimes disruption comes not as a single supernova explo- sion of change but instead as a series of tang ...

In the Alpine Austrian town of Zell am See, Ferdinand Porsche puts on one hell of an escape from reality. BY JARED GALL PHOTOGRA ...

This is the real life. This is not fantasy. But it sure as hell is unreal. Stig Blomqvist, 1984 World Rally champion, just power ...

58 APRIL 2020 ~ CAR AND DRIVER The GP Ice Race is the brainchild of Vinzenz Greger and Ferdinand Porsche. (No, not that one. Not ...