Road & Track

Road & Track includes technical features on automotive subjects, wide-ranging feature stories, spectacular automotive art and standard-setting new-car photography, humor, fiction, travel stories, book reviews and the most comprehensive racing coverage offered by a monthly magazine.Bonus: iPad Interactive

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WELCOME TO YOUR AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE • THE TECH REVOLUTION IS COMPLICATED.

HOT SIX • IN THE DYING DAYS OF INTERNAL COMBUSTION, THREE SUPERCAR COMPANIES VINDICATE THE VENERABLE V-6.

2030 BY THE NUMBERS • LOOKING AT THE PAST, WE VISUALIZE THE AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE.

THIS BAR WAS THE MOTHER OF MOTORS • TAKE A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO DETROIT’S PONTCHARTRAIN, WHERE THE FUTURE OF CARS WAS BORN.

FUTURE EXTREME • THIS ZENITH AIN’T YOUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS’ SUNDIAL.

ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT • ENOUGH WITH DYSTOPIA. IF WE WANT AN AUTOMOTIVE FUTURE WE CAN ENJOY, WE HAVE TO START THINKING LIKE IT.

SPILLPROOF • MEET THE DAMON HYPERSPORT, A GORGEOUS 200-MPH ELECTRIC SPORT BIKE THAT WANTS YOU TO SURVIVE THE RIDE.

THE FULL MOON • THE LUNAR ROVERS WENT TO THE EDGE AND KEPT GOING.

SPARK OF LIFE • PISTONS MAY DISAPPEAR, BUT THANKS TO CHEVY’S ECRATE AND FORD’S ELUMINATOR, THE HALLOWED ENGINE SWAP WILL LIVE ON.

ACCESS DENIED • HOW CARMAKERS USE SILICON VALLEY’S SUBSCRIPTION MODEL TO MAKE EVEN MORE PROFIT.

CYBORG STALLION • PEELING BACK THE LAYERS OF FERRARI’S 1000-HP HYBRID HYPERCAR, FROM EXOTIC CURVES TO A TWIN-TURBO V-8. IF THE NEXT GENERATION OF SUPERCARS LOOKS LIKE THIS, COUNT US IN.

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THE BOY WHO WOULD BE KING • THE UNLIKELY STORY OF THE 33-YEAR-OLD CROAT TASKED WITH TRANSFORMING BUGATTI INTO AN ELECTRIC-CAR DREAM MAKER.

WHAT POWERS THE F1 OF TOMORROW? • The richest, most technologically advanced form of motorsport on the planet faces a crossroads.

BEST-LAID PLANS • THE LUCID AIR PROVES THAT A LOT MORE PREPARATION AND A LOT LESS BRAGGING WILL MAKE SOMETHING FANTASTIC.

THE FUTURE WE WANT

Adapt or Perish

Take the Blue Pill

Liberty Über Alles

STREET VALUE • In a battery-powered, self-driving future, what happens to the world of collecting and preserving cars of the past?

BEHOLD! YOUR ELECTRIC FUTURE… HAS A DARK SIDE • New industry, classic grift. In Tesla’s wake, a crop of electric-car start-ups got huge buzz and major investments based on embellishment, exaggeration, and flat-out lies—and withered before they could build a single car.

Manifold Destiny • A look back at five vehicles from the last half-century that predicted (or defined) the current automotive landscape.

HERE COMES THE SUN • AMONG GREEN-CAR ENTHUSIASTS, THE SOLAR-POWERED APTERA MIGHT BE THE MOST ANTICIPATED VEHICLE IN THE WORLD. WILL IT EVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY?

DOSSIER: 2022 TESLA MODEL S PLAID • THE BONKERS VERSION OF THE CENTURY’S MOST IMPORTANT CAR.

Prophecy Fulfilled • Martin Eberhard, co-founder of Tesla Motors, talks about looking ahead.

A Decade of Progress • It might look the same, but the new Model S is very different from the original.

THE SPORTS-CAR DRIVER’S OFF-ROADER • RIVIAN USES AN EV’S ADVANTAGES TO MAKE A TRUCK THAT WORKS LIKE A PERFORMANCE CAR.

QUEEN OF THE DESERT • AUDI’S RS E-TRON GT IS ONE OF THE BEST GRAND TOURERS EVER MADE. IT’S ALSO ELECTRIC.

IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER • AUTOMOBILI PININFARINA’S FIRST EV LEANS ON A CENTURY-OLD LEGACY.

TURN YOUR TESLA MODEL S INTO A TRACK MACHINE • WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR CONCEPT OF PERFORMANCE EXTENDS BEYOND THE QUARTER-MILE.

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