Subaru mostly shelved its boy-racer phase years ago. These days, it is all about maturity and everyday usability, and the new Trailseeker fits that brief neatly. As the brand’s second EV, it brings ...
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Every year MotorTrend runs instrumented tests on hundreds of new cars, SUVs, and trucks to support our unbiased, expert reviews. Here’s how we do it. MotorTrend has been a trusted source for objective ...
From the stopwatch/fifth-wheel/radar era to GPS and from 0–60 and the quarter mile to the figure-eight test and more, we’ve come a long way. Our techniques ...
The Series 3713 high-sensitivity, MEMS dc (steady-state) response accelerometer is designed to measure accelerations in a range of automotive and off-highway testing applications. The sensor, from the ...
SUZHOU, China—Smithers is working to make on-vehicle tire testing a safer, more reliable process. The Akron-based testing and consulting company has launched its new simulated on-vehicle acceleration ...
The US National Highway and Traffic Safety Agency (NHTSA) will not conduct an additional investigation of unwanted and unintended acceleration of model year 2007 Lexus ES350 vehicles and model years ...
We recently got behind the driving seat of Tata's newest SUV, the Sierra. During our drive, we tested the SUV on multiple parameters, including the 0 to 100 acceleration. The testing by HT Auto was ...
The emission measurement procedure using the “free acceleration” method has caused many diesel vehicle owners to worry about ...
Ever since then, we’ve built MotorTrend’s unbiased new-car reviews and comparison tests on the data and insights gleaned from instrumented testing. Our experienced drivers test hundreds of vehicles ...