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Romney vs. Obama: What do they drive?

Teddy Field

 

With barely a month to go in the presidential race, the rhetoric is heating up considerably. Every issue is being discussed, and we know a freakish amount of personal dirt on each candidate. But what did they drive before the Secret Service started providing them with bomb-proof transportation? Let’s find out...

Decoding Automotive Stats

Edwin Moore

0-60 in 3.2 seconds! 58/42 F/R! 100 MPGe! 212 mph! - You see these figures in auto magazines and with the Detroit Auto Show starting in two weeks there will be a deluge of these numbers coming out of other media outlets as well. What do these numbers mean to you? Sometimes they’re less important than you may think.

What's the deal with the Chevy Volt?

Edwin Moore

Is it an all-new vehicle? Why are journalists so mad about the powertrain changes? What happened to the “230 mpg” claim? Does running on electricity really help the environment?

Mitsubishi's Crossover Crosses Over

Andy Sheehan

On November first, Mitsubishi launched what they've dubbed their "Live Drive Event," an eleven day opportunity for five thousand potential customers to take part in the world's first online test drive. Basically, their boffins rigged a robotically manipulated version of their 2011 Outlander Sport to be controlled by individual users over the internet. Each user had an allotted time to steer the Outlander around a closed course by mashing buttons on his or her keyboard.

Gran Turismo 5

Edwin Moore

Remember when Gran Turismo came out for the original Playstation? It was a technical tour de force with real cars that drove just like they did on the street. It sounded great until you actually played it and realized there were problems: Often you could unrealistically bounce your car off walls to make turns faster than driving through them correctly. Completing 100% of the game required slogging through endurance races that could take hours. The AI's strategy was to simply drive into your car around corners.