Hitting 150 mph is tough. Stopping from 150 mph is even more punishing. Which is why we decided to do both, back to back.
From the December 2023 issue of Car and Driver.Every so often, we get the notion to resurrect a story concept from long ago and produce a modern follow-up. For a variety of reasons, this often doesn't work out—we figure out that Ferrari 250GTOs have gotten too expensive to huck around Laguna Seca, or John Phillips is banned from Tibet, and that puts the kibosh on that.
2 secondsAfter the tricky, tire-frying clutch drops of the Civic and the Elantra, launching the automatic, all-wheel-drive Golf R was as routine as clocking in for your shift at the 150-mph factory. One driver noted, 'Put it in Special mode that's labeled Nürburgring, push on the gas, push on the brake, rev it up, and it goes.'read the full storyBentley Bentayga S0–150–0 mph: 32.8 secondsReaching 150 mph in the Bentayga was no big deal.
United Kingdom Latest News, United Kingdom Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ford F-150 Lightning Driver Reports 97% Battery Health After 93,000 MilesOver nearly 100,000 miles this F-150 Lightning appears to be almost as good as new when it comes to battery health and range
Read more »
Driver Leads Undercover Cop on High-Speed Car Chase in Los AngelesThe search is on for the driver who led an undercover cop on a high-speed car chase across Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley neighborhoods.
Read more »
Deputies open fire when driver rams muscle car into patrol car in Long BeachThe subject of a domestic violence call was shot and killed in a confrontation with Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies in Long Beach.
Read more »
Driver of dangerously high-speed Corvette seemingly evades CHP in Downtown LAThe driver of a dangerously high-speed Corvette seemingly evaded authorities after leading law enforcement on a chase from Pomona to Downtown Los Angeles.
Read more »
Police: Driver killed in Fort Collins was traveling at 'high rate of speed' before losing controlSydney Isenberg is an Emmy-nominated digital content producer with Denver7 (KMGH) in Denver, Colorado. She began her career in Bakersfield, California, after graduating from the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University in 2018.
Read more »
PHOTO: U.K. Driver Taunts Speed Camera with ‘No Photographs Please’ SignSource of breaking news and analysis, insightful commentary and original reporting, curated and written specifically for the new generation of independent and conservative thinkers.
Read more »