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Automotive history is full of family trees, some more successful than others. While passing the torch from founder to foundling is not uncommon, Kevin and Lukas Czinger are doing it differently, creating and running a car company together. Kevin Czinger is a popular interview subject, enthusiastic and talkative, the classic entrepreneur. His son Lukas came […]

From the September 2023 issue of Car and Driver. There’s usually a trade-off between the cost of the machinery a manufacturer employs to make a part and the cost of producing the part itself. Companies can invest millions in expensive machinery to scale quickly and lower production costs, or they can save capital by investing

From the September 2023 issue of Car and Driver. Cocktail and rumaki-loaded plate in hand, I return to my wife’s side just in time to hear her version of recent events: We got married, and I instantly became Clark Griswold. I enter the conversation just before half of our group, BMW race-car driver Bruno Spengler

When I first met Tate Morgan a few years ago, the founder of the Gambler 500 was munching on some snacks from a Meow Mix bag. “That can’t be actual cat food,” I thought. To this day I’m still not sure what was in that bag, but it was a precursor to the irreverence I

In July of 1942, Robert Oppenheimer left his meetings in California and headed via train for Michigan. There, on the shores of Lake Otsego dotted with holiday cabins, a fierce discussion and debate took place: Could the test of a nuclear weapon set fire to the atmosphere? Oppenheimer’s opposite was Arthur Holly Compton, a renowned

Retirement must seem boring after a career of driving Formula 1 cars all over the world at 200 mph. Jenson Button has found some new projects to fill his days, though. From joining his friends Ant Anstead and Roger Behle to revive the Radford Motors name as a modern boutique coachbuilder to getting back behind

From the July/August 2023 issue of Car and Driver. BMW’s funky-looking electric i3 never really caught on in the U.S. Its best sales year was 2015, when slightly more than 11,000 of the EVs (including the REx model, the one with the optional range extender) found homes. And yet, its odd looks and practical shape