But the linkage between performance on the track and performance on the road has become increasingly tenuous over the years, especially as race cars have become more specialized and subject to ever tighter technical regulations designed to improve “the show.

Online retailer Amazon announced in Munich on Tuesday that it has ordered 200 electric heavy goods vehicles from Germany's Daimler Truck for use on the European market starting this year. More than 140 of the trucks will operate in the United Kingdom,