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Sports Car Selfies
uto wr iter s, lik e wine cr itics, must regularly try to put
the ineffable into words. For years, our contributor Lawrence
Ulrich has been doing just that-when he wasn't test-driving
the world's hottest cars. Out of this lifestyle have come some
alluring allusions, such as these:
* "a mellow, baritone blat" (on the BMW X6 M in 2010)
* "a silvery, shrieking blur" (on the McLaren MP4-12C in 2012)
* "The Tesla hunts down internal-combustion prey with
eerily silent remorselessness" (2013)
Recently, on a test track in Nevada, he was able to meld his evocative
prose with video and data, for the first time, after test-driving a car. It's
a Corvette Z06 [above, with Ulrich at the wheel], one of our Top 10
Tech Cars for 2015.
He flipped on the Vette's performance data recorder-a new feature
much like the training tools race car drivers use-and whipped
around the track, giving second-by-second commentary. Meanwhile,
the recorder used the car's own cameras and sensors to register
everything that happened-Ulrich's voice, his view from the driver's
seat, the workings of the engine, the scene in front of the car, and the
car's position on a map of the track.
"It's a video game come to life," Ulrich told us.
His feature article is on
display in this issue; his
real-time test is up on our
website. To see it, just search
for "Watch This Corvette
Z06 Test Us, as We Test It."
Here's a still from that report
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