It’s almost unheard of for a news outlet to retract an article w/o explanation, especially a story of this size whose accuracy has not been publicly challenged. Neither #KateWagner nor #RoadAndTrack responded to requests for comment.
A person familiar w/editorial deliberations at Road & Track said the story, which had been in the works for months, was pulled after its #publication at the order of Editor in Chief #DanielPund on the grounds that it didn’t fit w/the site’s editorial goals.