From the March/April 2025 issue of Car and Driver. For one week each year, we descend on a piece of hilly automotive heaven in southern Virginia to see how quickly a selection of cars can lap a ...

Car seat expert and mother Michelle Pratt, who founded Safe in the Seat, said no matter how tempting it is to check that lap child box, families should get everyone a ticket. “Your baby could ...

And since the life expectancy of a V-8-powered new car with three pedals might not be much longer than the 2:47.9 lap it turned at this year's event, the CT5-V Blackwing is at the top of my wish list.

The 18th edition of Car and Driver's annual Lightning Lap—an event designed to distill a car's performance at VIR's challenging 4.1-mile Grand Course—featured 13 production cars and a wide spectrum of ...

Leclerc first drove the car, completing about 30 laps. Reportedly, Leclerc's lap times were 0.8 seconds faster than Hamilton's. Of course, it's likely the drivers had different test strategies to ...

Matthew Skwarczek Cadillac's supersedan is a living legend. And since the life expectancy of a V-8-powered new car with three pedals might not be much longer than the 2:47.9 lap it turned at this year ...

The Lucid Air Sapphire was the fastest car at Car and Driver’s annual Lightning Lap competition. Porsche’s range-topping Taycan Turbo GT sedan was 1.6 seconds slower than the Lucid.

Australian native Peter Britten earned the win in the 30-lap, $5,000 modified division feature. Alex Payne and Erick Rudolph of Ransomville completed the podium. Area drivers finished in this ...

Sure, the Aventador SVJ set a production car lap record at the Nürburgring Nordschleife in 2018, but the company has always championed emotional impact above all else. At the press launch for the ...

Hyundai’s IONIQ 5 N TA Spec sets a new EV lap record at Tsukuba, proving electric performance with a blistering 57.446-second ...