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The 2021 Mercedes-Benz E-class will feature three new steering wheels with all-new touch-sensitive technology. The rims of the steering wheels have a two-zone sensor that can detect if the driver’s hands are on the wheel. Expect to see the new E-class and Mercedes-AMG E53 in dealers at the end of this year. Mercedes-Benz will roll […] More
Volkswagen Group’s head of design, Klaus Bischoff, shared Volkswagen’s digital design process with Car and Driver in an online conference. Even with the move to computers, clay models are still an important part of the creation of a new car, Bischoff said. He remarked that creating the ID family of EVs was the biggest challenge […] More
Lamborghini invites the public to a new-product launch in augmented reality, saying this is the first time a carmaker has debuted a new model this way; all you need to watch is a newish iPhone or iPad. Once you’ve joined the AR experience, you can pretend the new open-top rear-wheel-drive version of the Huracán Evo […] More
Car and Driver Like most car enthusiasts, we’re constantly dreaming of the cars we would get if we won the lottery. Some of those include highly sought after cars such as the Porsche Carrera GT, the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS, and the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro. But we drive lots of cars here at Car […] More
An estimated 36,120 people died in motor-vehicle traffic crashes in the United States last year, a drop of about 1.2 percent, according to new data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This keeps a trend going that started in 2017, making for three years of year-over-year declines. NHTSA is not ready to name […] More
Audi is giving the 2021 A4 and A5 get a power boost, a new 12-volt hybrid system, and a bit of equipment rejiggering. The base engine now makes 201 horsepower, and the upgrade engine now makes 261 hp, both increases of 13 hp. The 2021 A4 starts at $40,095 and the A5 starts at $42,795. […] More
Volvo is putting Luminar lidar hardware as an option on all second-generation vehicles built on its Scalable Product Architecture (SPA), starting with the 2022 XC90. The lidar sensor will give the vehicles the hardware it needs for full self-driving, according to the automaker. The software needed to complete the autonomous-driving capability will be added to […] More
Pickup-truck sales surpassed those of passenger cars in April, according to data from Motor Intelligence. Zero-percent-interest loans, offered in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, as well as a drop in passenger car sales, helped push pickups past cars. In the first quarter of 2020, pickups and SUVs were a bright spot for Detroit automakers […] More
