Toyota couldn’t be later to the subcompact-crossover party, finally unveiling the production version of its 2017 C-HR at the Geneva auto show last February, with the vehicle set to hit dealerships later this year. Looking just as extreme as any of the C-HR concept cars that previewed it, the production C-HR will attempt to snatch […]
There Is a 50th Anniversary Edition Chevrolet Camaro Because the Camaro Is Now 50 Years Old
In Google’s Future, Drivers May Exchange Their Data for Infotainment and Other Features
Drivers will continue to enjoy a growing assortment of connected features in their vehicles—as long as they’re willing to share some personal information. That might be the automotive future that Google envisions. In a recently published patent application, the company describes a system and method for delivering a wide range of content to motorists—everything from […]
Volkswagen Settles Diesel Emissions Violations for $14.7 Billion, Even More Fines to Come
Volkswagen will pay $14.7 billion to settle with three federal agencies suing the automaker for its excessive diesel emissions, the highest ever paid by a company for violations under the Clean Air Act. The Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Trade Commission, and the Department of Justice announced the partial settlement with no lack of joy for […]
2019 Chevrolet Corvette C8: The Mid-Engined Beast Spied Testing! – Future Cars
2019 Chevrolet Corvette C8: The Mid-Engined Beast Spied Testing!
What It Is: Even casual readers of this publication are no doubt aware of our particular multi-decade obsession with GM finally pulling the trigger and mounting the Corvette’s engine behind the driver and passenger, where God, Ferry Porsche, and Zora Arkus-Duntov intended it to be. First spied by us 18 months ago cosplaying as a […]
2017 Ford Escape 1.5L EcoBoost FWD – Instrumented Test
2017 Ford Escape 1.5L EcoBoost Tested: A Big Seller Made Better
The vehicular landscape outside Car and Driver’s home office, located as we are in the heart of Detroit Three nation, can provide a skewed view of what’s selling in America. Lincolns are as thick on the ground as Benzes—thicker, in some locales—and employee lease deals saturate the market with whatever domestic vehicles aren’t selling elsewhere […]
Base-Model Mercedes-AMG GT Brings Price of Entry Down by $20,000
Mercedes-AMG is filling out its sports-car lineup with two new versions of the AMG GT coupe. The hard-core AMG GT R certainly is the most exciting bit of news, but we shouldn’t forget the arrival of a new base model that offers a lower entry point for this sexy, V-8–powered two-seater. Starting at $112,125, the “entry-level” […]
Mazda’s G-Vectoring Control: Effective, But Not What Its Name Suggests
Let’s face it: The current automotive climate breeds lazy drivers (see automatic cruise control, lane-keeping assist, and the decreasing availability of manual transmissions). So it seems incumbent upon us to celebrate genuine advancements that improve a driver’s ability to actually control a car with one’s own appendages, whether going fast on a racetrack or taking […]
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD 4×4 High Country Diesel Crew Cab – Instrumented Test
2016 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD High Country Diesel Tested: A Fancy, Useful Truck
Like the rest of the automotive market, the pickup-truck segment has evolved over the past couple of decades to include an abundance of luxury offerings. What started out inauspiciously with the short-lived, pinstriped Lincoln Blackwood and the oddly proportioned, reconfigurable Cadillac Escalade EXT has led us to today, when every brand offering full-size pickups, including […]
2017 Cadillac ATS Loses Base Engine, Gains More Feature Content
The 2017 Cadillac ATS sedan will enter U.S. showrooms this summer with one less engine option for consumers to choose from, as the former base 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine is going the way of the dodo. In its stead, the brand’s 272-hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine will now serve as the the entry-level powertrain, as it […]
The Heritage ’66 Is the Extra Le Mans-y Ford GT
Hot on the heels of its GTE victory at the 2016 24 Hours of Le Mans, Ford would like to invite those fortunate enough to garner a spot in the GT purchasing line a shot at something in the commemorative vein. It’s called the Heritage ’66 package, and it’s based around the color scheme of […]
The Heritage ’66 Is the Extra Le Mans-y Ford GT
Top Gear USA Reaches the End of the Road
Top Gear USA, the History cable channel’s version of the long-running BBC automotive show, has been canceled. Co-host Rutledge Wood announced in posts on Facebook and Instagram on Sunday night that the episode set to run on June 28 will be the last to air on History. Top Gear USA had an uphill battle when it first hit […]
2016 Nissan Altima SV 2.5 CVT – Instrumented Test
Working the Middle: 2016 Nissan Altima 2.5 Automatic Test
No doubt about it—if you think the roads and parking lots are filling up with tall, view-blocking crossovers and SUVs, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. The four-door mid-size sedan, once the dominant form of family transport, has lost favor. Call it a sedan recession. READ MORE ››
Which Vehicles Hold Their Value Best? And Which Are Total Depreciation Disasters?
From the July 2016 issue What part of owning a vehicle do you suppose costs the most? Fuel? Taxes and fees? Maintenance? Actually, what costs the most is selling your car, when you take the depreciation hit. Time marches on, miles pile up, and value slips away. On average, vehicles lose almost half their original […]
2016 Chevrolet Cruze vs. 2016 Honda Civic, 2017 Hyundai Elantra, 2016 Mazda 3, 2016 Nissan Sentra – Comparison Tests
Small-Car Comparison Test: Chevy Cruze vs. Civic, Elantra, Mazda 3, and Sentra
There’s a popular myth that, outside of sports cars and exotics, all modern cars are essentially the same. Believers claim that quality, safety, and equipment levels have reached a plateau that makes the differences between a Honda and a Hyundai somewhat moot. It’s a simplified view of the world, kind of like those early grade-school […]
The Most Tempting Cars at the Bonhams’ Goodwood Auction
At the Goodwood Festival of Speed, Bonhams always has a huge tent full of cars capable of draining just about any gearhead’s bank accounts. For those lucky enough to be in attendance, why not snag one of these as a souvenir? Any of these would be way cooler than a T-shirt. Here are our 11 favorites […]
Man-Sized Action: Subaru Releases Narrated In-Car Video of Mark Higgins IoMTT Record Lap
A couple of weeks back, we posted the rough-cut video of Mark Higgins’ record-breaking lap of the Snaefell Mountain Course on the Isle of Man during this year’s TT. Now Subaru has released a full in-car video of the 17:35.139 lap, narrated by the Manx rally driver. Watch! As a multitude of bugs collect on […]
2016 Ford Flex 3.5L EcoBoost AWD – Instrumented Test
2016 Ford Flex 3.5L EcoBoost AWD Tested: Yes, Please, May We Have Another?
It seems like only yesterday that we first extolled the cool-parent virtues of the Ford Flex, but the wagon/crossover box-of-all-trades hit the market as a 2009 model. Neither a high-riding wannabe SUV nor a traditional car-height station wagon, the Flex still offers distinctive, unabashedly squared-off style and a useful, reconfigurable three-row cabin. We like it, […]
Today’s Special: the Aston Martin Vantage GT12 Roadster
Today’s Special: the Aston Martin Vantage GT12 Roadster
It’s been only days since Aston Martin announced its last limited-edition model, but now the interminable wait for another variant is at an end, with the unveiling of the new GT12 Roadster at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in the UK. Actually this is an ultra-limited edition: just one car, commissioned from Aston’s bespoke Q […]
It’s Sooooo Special: 2017 Honda Accord Lineup Includes New Sport Special Edition
Every now and then it’s nice to be told that you’re special, and Honda is giving its bread-and-butter Honda Accord sedan the “special” treatment for 2017. The new 2017 Honda Accord Sport Special Edition sedan slides in between the Sport and EX levels of the 2017 Honda Accord’s multi-trim model line. With the same 189-hp […]
2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R – Official Photos and Info
Dialing 911 from Goodwood: 2017 Mercedes-AMG GT R World Debut!
When it comes to packing maximum vehicular excitement into a single weekend, few venues can match the sheer intensity of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. While the surfeit of events held annually in the orbit of the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and various other high-profile auto shows suffer no shortage of horsepower, few pack as […]
Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid Canceled for 2017, Won’t Be Part of VW’s Electrified Future
The Volkswagen Group’s plan for the next nine years includes lots and lots of new electric and electrified vehicles—but the gas-electric version of the VW Jetta won’t be one of them. The Jetta hybrid, first introduced in the U.S. in 2012, will be dropped from the lineup for the 2017 model year. That leaves the […]
Formula E is a Ballet With a Lousy Soundtrack
Back in April, the FIA Formula E circus, such as it is, trooped into Long Beach, California, and did its level best to imitate racing in the vacuum of space. Looking like three-quarter-scale Indy cars but making RC-car noises instead of engine bawl, they cat-yowled past quietly enough to hear the skitching of tires and […]
Report: Alfa Romeo Plans a BMW 5-series Rival
It’s always fun to try and fill in the blanks of FCA’s future-model planning, with the company having announced that it will be launching eight new Alfa models by 2020, all spun from the same “Giorgio” platform that the Italian brand has spent nearly 5 billion euros developing. So far only one of those new […]
VW Diesel Owners to Get $1000 to $7000 in Proposed Settlement
Earlier this week, we reported on the details of Volkswagen’s potential fix for its TDI emissions scandal as the company nears its latest deadline, June 28, to submit a proposal. As that date gets closer, a few more details have emerged regarding what that fix will entail. If these reports are to be believed, it won’t be […]
Why Does Premium Gas Cost So Much More Than Regular?
From the July 2016 issue From 1995 through 2005, the national average price difference between regular and premium unleaded was 18 to 19 cents per gallon. Even when gas dropped below a dollar in 1999 or broke the three-dollar mark in 2005, the premium for premium remained consistent. It ticked up some over the next […]
2017 VW Golf SportWagen 4MOTION Offers AWD Without Crossover Pretensions
Volkswagen’s biggest news for the 2017 model year is the arrival of the Alltrack, a version of the Golf SportWagen equipped with 4MOTION all-wheel-drive plus a Subaru Outback–like treatment of raised ride height and body add-ons to give it that much-loved off-road crossover appearance. Even as it follows in Subaru’s knobbly tire treads, though, VW will […]
2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder – Instrumented Test
Near Perfection: 2016 Porsche Boxster Spyder Tested!
A thorough redo of the Boxster is here, though after spending a week with the outgoing Spyder, we have to conclude that nothing needed fixing. A close kin to the Cayman GT4, the Spyder is a limited-production model that borrows the 911’s engine. READ MORE ››
Mamma Miura! Lamborghini Announces Limited Aventador Miura Homage
Toyota Le Mans Heartbreak Was Caused by One Tiny Part
What should have been one of the greatest triumphs in the long history of the 24 Hours of Le Mans turned into heartbreak in the last few minutes of this year’s race. The #5 Toyota TS050 prototype was running beautifully and cruising to victory, only to mysteriously lose power on its last lap of the […]
Mamma Miura! Lamborghini Announces Limited Aventador Miura Homage
Even the most die-hard anti-Lambo folks admit that, well, yeah, actually the Miura was a pretty cool car. And for C/D staffers of a certain age, the Miura, the Countach, the Espada, and the later LM002 form a quadfecta (quadfecta?) of Italianate splendor unequaled by contemporary Modenese vehicles. Coming after a couple of ’60s-standard front-engined GT […]
2016 Mazda 3 – Quick-Take Review
2016 Mazda 3 Review: It’s Near-Perfect Porridge
Overview: The Mazda 3 is again the brand’s entry-level model (now that the 2 is being sold as a Toyota) and also one of the best small cars. Like the Volkswagen Golf with which it competes, it’s a stalwart of our 10Best Cars list. As Mazda’s budget leader, not every 3 comes loaded with features, […]
2016 Volvo XC60 T6 AWD – Instrumented Test
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