Despite our bedtime prayers, vehicle performance has not increased in proportion to Moore’s law, which postulates that the performance of integrated circuits approximately doubles every 18 months. It is, however, in large part due to the exponential increases in computing power that vehicles are significantly safer, faster, and more powerful than they were a decade ago–all while producing fewer harmful emissions.

No car better exemplifies this shift than the $70,475 Nissan GT-R, a fire-breathing, all-conquering machine as fast for its sensors and processors as for its big, turbocharged (and electronically controlled) 480 horsepower.

May 6th, 2008 | On The Road | 0 comments | Continued