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2016 Audi A3 e-tron Plug-in Hybrid Tested: More Audi than Hybrid
It has been a decade since Al Gore hit the lecture circuit with his famed PowerPoint presentation/global-warming doomsday prophecy. In those 10 years, dozens of plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles have hit the market, promising ice-cap-friendly emissions and eliciting barely a glance from mainstream America (with one notable exception; hats off, Mr. Musk). Undeterred, Audi […]
2017 Jaguar F-type SVR – First Drive Review
2017 Jaguar F-type SVR Driven Sideways: 575 Horsepower and One Big Wing
With the excellent new XE sedan establishing Jaguar’s claim in the entry-luxury sedan class and the equally excellent new F-Pace giving the brand its own crossover, Jaguar has most of the basic luxury-brand bases covered. (Sister company Land Rover covers the rest.) Now all it needs is customers, so Jaguar is seeking visibility the way […]
Starry Eyed: Polestar Tune Adds Power to the Volvo XC90 T8 Plug-In Hybrid
If the Volvo XC90 T8’s 400 horsepower powertrain seems too tame for your tastes, Polestar has you covered. Volvo’s performance arm will offer an “optimization package” for the plug-in hybrid crossover come October. Armed with 421 horsepower and approximately 502 lb-ft of torque, the Polestar performance optimization package adds 21 hp and nearly 30 lb-ft of […]
Always Watching: Cadillac CT6 Offers 360-Degree Video-Surveillance System
Electronic ignitions and vehicle-tracking systems make it tougher for thieves to get away with jacking parked cars. Now Cadillac offers automatic surveillance video that triggers the parking cameras if someone gets too close to a new CT6. On most new cars that employ multiple cameras and combine their feeds into a 360-degree image, the quality […]
2016 Audi A3 Sportback e-tron Plug-In Hybrid – Instrumented Test
Sidecar Racing at the Isle of Man TT Is Insane (and Insanely Cool)
Sidecar Racing at the Isle of Man TT Is Insane (and Insanely Cool)
Motorcycle sidecar driver Tony Baker calls the Isle of Man TT the Mount Everest of sidecar racing. “It’s the highest high and the lowest low here,” he told us after placing ninth in the event’s second sidecar race. With his daughter beside him as sidecar passenger, Baker’s highs have been more plentiful then his lows. […]
2016 Subaru Legacy – Quick-Take Review
Review: 2016 Subaru Legacy Is Easy to Drive, If Unspectacular
Overview: Two of the fastest-growing automotive brands in America are Jeep and Subaru, which probably speaks to a cultural embrace of four-wheel drive as much as the popularity of those two brands’ specific models. A growing number of people regard all-wheel drive as a safety measure that enhances their sense of security in the same […]
Leggo My Bug! Lego Introduces 1167-Piece Classic Volkswagen Beetle Kit
Lego just keeps finding new ways to drain our pockets—and not because various staff members’ children are pining for the plastic-brick-based toys. We, a group of full-grown adults, keep buying Legos (for ourselves) because Lego keeps introducing new kits modeled after classic cars. (Well, that and Star Wars kits, but let’s not get carried away here.) […]
Leggo My Bug! Lego Introduces 1167-Piece Classic Volkswagen Beetle Kit
2017 BMW 4-series Gets Engine and iDrive Updates
Ten years ago, if we said the 2017 BMW 430i had a 3.0-liter six-cylinder and the 440i had a 4.0-liter V-8, you’d have had no reason to believe otherwise. (You may have also wondered what the heck a “430i” and “440i” are.). But BMW nomenclature now has no correlation to hardware, being driven only by […]
All New Transformers Movies Must Have an Evil Mustang, and Here’s the Latest
Last week, we saw the new Bumblebee from the upcoming movie Transformers: The Last Knight. Now director Michael Bay has shared an image of the new Barricade, a Decepticon Ford Mustang slated to go toe to toe with the Autobots’ Bumblebee Camaro. Barricade made its first big-screen appearance in the 2007 Transformers movie as a Saleen Mustang; this one isn’t a […]
2016 Fiat 500L 1.4T Automatic – Instrumented Test
2016 Fiat 500L 1.4T Automatic Tested: Where Others Have Gone Before
With its mini-minivan-like body and Fiat 500 city car–inspired mug, the 2016 Fiat 500L is a love-it or hate-it affair. And if sales are anything to go by, American consumers fall largely in the hate-it camp. Last year, Fiat moved fewer than 8000 500Ls off U.S. showroom floors—down 37 percent from the previous year. To […]
2016 Ford Fiesta ST – Quick-Take Review
Quick-Take Review: 2016 Ford Fiesta ST: Karamu, Fiesta, Forever
Overview: We immediately warmed to the fun-to-fling Ford Fiesta ST when it emerged from the oven for the 2014 model year, and little has changed since then to curb our appetite for this hot hatch. Although it’s hewn from the standard Fiesta, Ford comprehensively reworks that version’s suspension for ST duty. In addition to applying […]
Kia Recalls 220,000 Sedona Minivans for Hood Latches
Kia is recalling 219,800 Sedona minivans in the U.S. for rusting hood latches, according to filings with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The secondary latch that secures the hood after the primary latch pops it open can rust and bind, in a similar way that affected several hundred thousand Nissan models under recent recalls. […]
Isle of Man Record-Holder Mark Higgins Thinks He Can Go Even Faster
Isle of Man Record-Holder Mark Higgins Thinks He Can Go Even Faster
We’re seated in the back of of a 2016 Subaru WRX STI, and Mark Higgins is giving us a tour of the full 200-plus turn Isle of Man TT circuit. With the speedometer sitting pretty at approximately 100 mph through most of our run, Higgins shouts out the braking points, apexes, and gear position he’ll need […]
2017 Maserati Quattroporte Debuts, Plays Catch-Up with More Luxury, More Tech – Official Photos and Info
2017 Maserati Quattroporte Updated: Plays Catch-Up with More Luxury, More Tech
Despite being a key element in Maserati’s recent global sales growth, the current, sixth-generation Maserati Quattroporte sedan was decidedly behind the curve when it debuted in 2013. It lagged German competitors in available technology, and its interior borrowed a few too many obvious bits of Chrysler switchgear for a six-figure Italian luxury car. Maserati is […]
Daimler’s Tesla Fighter Is Taking Shape
At the Paris auto show this September, Mercedes-Benz will officially introduce an electric-vehicle platform. It’s designed to underpin an upcoming crossover that is tasked with taking on Tesla—and, subsequently, will lead to an entire family of battery-electric vehicles. Details are scarce, but our sources hint at a crossover about the size of the GLC-class, with an […]
Extra Manly: The Subaru WRX STI Custom-Made for the Isle of Man Circuit
2017 Subaru BRZ Series.Yellow Is Really, Really, Yellow
2017 Subaru BRZ Series.Yellow Is Really, Really, Yellow
The refreshed 2017 Subaru BRZ’s outward changes may not be immediately apparent to the casual viewer—they are, in fact, rather comprehensive—so it makes sense that Subaru chose to emblazon its latest special-edition BRZ with an eye-catching color scheme. In keeping with Subaru’s color-based naming strategy for past limited-production BRZ variants (Series.Hyperblue, or its less-blue predecessor, […]
Mercedes S550e to Get Increased Electric Range; V-8s and V-12s Will Continue
While Mercedes-Benz is set to bring 48-volt mild hybrid technology to its new straight-six engine, it will continue producing meatier plug-in hybrids with higher voltages. Next year’s facelift of the Mercedes S-class will include a revised plug-in hybrid. (The current S550e is shown in this photo.) Likely to arrive in the U.S. as a 2018 […]
Unplugged: Mercedes to Offer Wireless Charging for 2017 S550e
Plugging in your car at the end of the day might make a statement that you consider yourself to be a part-of-the-solution kind of person, but the need to drag cables around and fumble plugs into awkwardly shaped charging ports can still be a hassle for affluent green consumers, who might well muss up their […]
H2 Go: Mercedes Set to Launch Plug-in Fuel Cell GLC-class
Mercedes has been experimenting with hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles since the mid-1990s, and it has been leasing hydrogen-powered versions of the B-class in some markets since 2010. The company has confirmed it will be offering a new production fuel-cell vehicle next year, the GLC F-Cell, which also will be getting a battery pack that recharges via […]
New Mercedes Inline-Six Will Have (Mild) Hybrid As Standard
We’ve already told you about Mercedes’ plans to bring back straight-six engines, but following a future technology presentation by the brand we can add that all versions of the new gasoline six will be equipped with a beefy 48-volt motor-generator unit that will, in effect, make any car equipped with it a mild hybrid. This […]
Auto Industry Unites to Take Countermeasures against Hackers
Automakers have gotten more serious about protecting motorists from car-related cyber threats, and not a moment too soon. Amid growing concern from Congress and the traveling public, a dozen major manufacturers established an Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC), which became fully operational in January. Already, the organization’s leaders say they’ve thwarted attacks by sharing […]
2016 Volvo V60 Cross Country T5 AWD – Instrumented Test
2016 Volvo V60 Cross Country Tested: Going Cross Country in Style
Let’s get this out of the way right from the start: We think wagons are swell. When the wagon in question offers a rakish roofline and the security of all-wheel drive, well, some of our reviewers have been known to become a little smitten. That was largely the case when the 2016 Volvo V60 Cross […]
Free Stuff! 2017 Toyota Camry Adds More Equipment at No Extra Cost
Free Stuff! 2017 Toyota Camry Adds More Equipment at No Extra Cost
Everybody loves something for nothing. That’s what Toyota is giving to the people who buy a 2017 Camry—a slew of additional equipment for last year’s price. A smattering of additional electronics hits the mid- and up-level Camry XSE (four-cylinder model) and XLE, as well as the Camry XLE hybrid. All three get Qi wireless phone […]
2017 Porsche Macan GTS – First Drive Review
2017 Porsche Macan GTS Driven: Up Pikes Peak in Porsche’s Latest Baby Crossover
With the Porsche Macan following in the profit-generating footsteps of the bigger Cayenne SUV, it was only a matter of time before Stuttgart added a hotter GTS variant to the compact crossover’s lineup. In addition to a new base four-cylinder model, the GTS is new for 2017 and slots between the midrange Macan S and […]
Nissan Finally Joins the Apple CarPlay Bandwagon with 2017 Maxima
Nissan’s adoption of Apple CarPlay is starting from the top down. The 2017 Maxima sedan, which Nissan calls its “flagship,” is the first Nissan or Infiniti vehicle to offer this smartphone connectivity feature. Nissan assures us that Android Auto is coming soon to its NissanConnect infotainment system, and that CarPlay will make its way to the […]
Room for Squareds: 2017 Mercedes-Benz G550 4×4² Now for U.S. Sale
It was pretty much a given, but now it’s official: Mercedes-Benz USA, the lifted G500 4×4² is coming to America. Only the name is being changed, from G500 to G550, but the craziness remains the same. It goes on sale early next year. For around $200,000, the 4×4² is effectively a Unimog that can blast […]
2016 Toyota Yaris Automatic Test: For Subcompact Excellence, Look Elsewhere
No one wants to be the kid at the front of the bus who loses his lunch money to the school bullies. It’s sad for the Toyota Yaris, then, that it’s so easily beaten up on by others in its segment. Our testing shows it to be slower, louder, less comfortable, and less useful than […]
New Mercedes E-class All Terrain Wagon Ventures (Not Far) Off Road
Mercedes-Benz is about to launch a crossover-tinged version of the 2017 E-class station wagon. Modeled after the Audi Allroad Quattro, the new derivative will be called All Terrain. Set to make its debut at the Paris auto show this fall, the E-class All Terrain is differentiated from the regular E-class wagon by its greater ride […]
“The Last Stop,” An Appreciation of a Vanishing Bit of Roadside Americana
With the modern highway rest area becoming a veritable megalopolis that condenses Sprawlville, USA into one convenient stop offering gas, fast food, restrooms, ATMs, WiFi, and more, do you even notice the old-time just-a-rest stops any more? Photographer Ryann Ford does. She’s been shooting them for the past seven years, and the results are collected […]
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