Mark Vaughn

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Mark Vaughn

A Ferrari electric car is coming. The drivetrain for it will be shown October 9, with subsequent unveilings thereafter until the EV hits showrooms in October 2026. While Ferrari’s first fully electric car breaks tradition of the world’s greatest V12s, V8s, and now V6s, it’s an inevitability. Ferrari has said it will keep making ICE engines as long as they’re allowed. The car they once said would never come is coming: an electric Ferrari.

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Mark Vaughn

Five years after the current C8 Corvette hit showrooms, Chevrolet unveils a completely new interior for all 2026 models. There are three new screens, all canted toward the driver, and new colors and materials throughout the cabin. The 2026 models go on sale in June. All 2026 Corvettes—the Stingray, E-Ray, Z06, and ZR1—will get completely new interiors and, based on these photos, they look great.

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Mark Vaughn

Mitsubishi will sell a Nissan Leaf-based electric vehicle in North America in the summer of 2026, the company announced today. Leaf sales have been going up lately, so maybe the timing is right, unless sales are based on the threat of the federal tax credit going away. It’s all part of Mitsubishi’s Momentum 2030 plan for hybrids, PHEVs, and EVs.Haven’t heard much from Mitsubishi in a while? Wonder what it’s been up to since the mighty iMiEV?

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Mark Vaughn

In a grassy corner of the sprawling 1,500-acre Whittier Narrows public park in Southern California—a place far more popular for soccer and baseball—lies one of the last bastions of a once-great motorsport: the humble tether car. In the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s, tether cars were almost as popular as full-size racing. There were certainly more of them running than there were full-size race cars at tracks across America.

1 week ago | autoweek.com | Mark Vaughn

Little tether cars go around and around at 200+ mph. By Mark VaughnPublished: May 6, 2025Steve O'Donnell and his 200-mph carbon-fiber and aluminum race car. Mike McGue shows off his 200-mph car without the body. A tuned exhaust is one of many components of tether car speed. Atmospheric testing device. Another racer plies his trade. The tool boxes are as cool as the cars. The spindle around which the tether spins. The record holder at 216 mph.