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Dave VanderWerp

Director, Vehicle Testing at Car and Driver

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2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing 48-State Road Trip - Car and Driver

From the November 2023 issue of Car and Driver.A road trip that puts tires in all 48 contiguous states and hits 50 major U.S. landmarks was the perfect exclamation point to put at the end of our time with our long-term 2022 CT5-V Blackwing. Our route followed the framework of a 13,699-mile itinerary designed by a data scientist in 2015.We figured we could get it done in about 30 days if we kept a steady supply of fresh drivers, so we sliced it into seven chunks, with keys handed off from one pil…
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Odd Job: Bus(t)in' Ass - Car and Driver

From the October 2023 issue of Car and Driver. A love of driving propelled Bruce Robinson’s career as an engineer in the automotive industry, with his lengthiest tenure at Nissan, where he even toiled on the hallowed GT-R and 350/370Z. Shortly after his retirement, this same desire, along with a hunger to see the country, led Robinson to get his commercial driver’s license and embark on a short-lived career driving Class 8 trucks. But he soon found the required waypoints, stops, and scheduling t…
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View Photos of the 2024 Lexus LM500h - Car and Driver

2024 Lexus LM500h exterior and interior photos.
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We Ride in the Lexus LM Minivan's Wonderfully Indulgent Rear Seat -...

Minivans are awesome. They’re vastly more space efficient than the three-row SUVs Americans have flocked to, and their lower ride height tends to both impart dynamic advantages and ease ingress and egress. But imagine how much stretch-out space there would be if you replaced a minivan’s second and third rows with just two princely seats.You don’t have to imagine if you travel to Asia, where the van as executive shuttle is alive and well in countries such as South Korea, China, and Japan. Lexus d…
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Lexus Committed to Yoke Steering Wheel, But It's Still a Year Away ...

Lexus showed a yoke-style steering wheel at the debut of its first EV, the RZ450e, but this steering system has yet to make it into production.We drove a substantially retuned version at an event Lexus held at Fuji Speedway and still think its low-speed response is a little too eager.The company plans to complete development of this steer-by-wire system next year.Not long after Tesla put a yoke steering wheel in the Model S and X in 2021, Lexus showed one in the debut of its first EV, the RZ450e…
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Rivian R1T on Street Tires Went 60 Miles Farther in Highway Test - ...

That’s almost a 30 percent improvement over a previous truck wearing all-terrain tires.
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Brembo's Sensify Takes Precise Braking Control to the Next Level - ...

The new brake-by-wire system separately controls each corner with an electric motor.

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Tested: 2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Is Revolutionary and Yet Feels .....

Is Ford’s bestselling pickup what it will take to drag the U.S. into the electric era?
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Short Stop: We've Added a New Brake Test to Our Repertoire - Car an...

Braking from 100 mph is our newest test.
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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Is Even Quicker Than Expected - Car and D...

At 4.0 seconds flat to 60 mph, Lightning is a very appropriate name.
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2022 Ford F-150 Lightning Thinks It Can Charge Itself

With its Pro Power Onboard generator function, the Lightning can charge other EVs. And also itself?