The War Zone

2 days ago | thedrive.com | Adam Ismail

Thirty years ago, the sorts of cars that won Le Mans and the ones you could legally drive through Mulsanne after the race could be more or less the same. Today’s “Le Mans Hypercars” bear a faint link, if any at all, to a product someone could actually buy. But Porsche has dreamt big for its latest one-off, a project it’s been teasing for months. What if its modern 963 was road-legal? What if, in the spirit of Count Rossi’s Martini Silver 917, it could legally grace public roads? How would it look?

4 days ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

KC Hilites has been a big off-road brand for decades—you’ve probably seen its signature yellow smiley-face-guy “Daylighter” lamp covers at some point. These days, it’s better known for high-end LEDs. But next month, it’s launching a light-integrated roof rack system called “Platform One” with an aerodynamic design and some cool features. I’ve already been sniffing around a Lexus GX to be my next exploration rig, and this rack having a fitment option for that truck is nudging me just a little.

4 days ago | thedrive.com | Joel Feder

Elon Musk, the CEO of multiple companies including Tesla, just supposedly exited his time attempting to gut the U.S. government. Days later the black-eyed (literally) executive is accusing a government-run agency of corruption. On Friday, the Tesla Charging X.com (formerly known as Twitter) account posted that the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) will not allow the automaker to “co-locate” its chargers with other types of charges.

4 days ago | thedrive.com | Byron Hurd

In the United States, former Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares left behind a legacy of conflict and fractured relationships. To us, it’s obvious why Tavares clashed with dealers and company insiders; his campaign against legacy powertrains led to alienated sales forces and fans alike, but it didn’t have to be that way, he said in an interview with Bloomberg. According to Tavares, his key blunder was his failure to bring U.S. dealerships around to his way of thinking.

5 days ago | thedrive.com | Andrew Collins

3D printing democratizes manufacturing in ways that have real, positive implications for car enthusiasts. Need a little trim piece that’s been discontinued since the ’80s? 3D printing lets you remake one and allows you to make it better with your own tweaks. And the opportunities for creativity are endless. A few months ago, I started a thread with Ben Bishop, who has a little operation making custom parts and recreating unobtainable items for people’s car projects.