Stealers Wheel: Thieves Steal More Than $200,000 in Wheels and Tires from Texas Dealership

New Cars for 2017: Alfa Romeo – Car News

New Cars for 2017: Audi – Car News

New Cars for 2017: Bentley and Bugatti – Car News

Meet the Opel Ampera-e, the Chevy Bolt EV’s European Cousin
What’s that Chevrolet Bolt doing in front of the Eiffel Tower, you ask? Mais non! It’s the new Opel Ampera-e, a nearly identical version of the all-electric Bolt that’s set to make its European debut at next month’s Paris auto show. If the Ampera name sounds familiar, that’s because it’s the nameplate that Opel (and […]

2017 Lincoln Continental Fuel Economy Numbers Discovered, Considered

2017 Lincoln Continental Fuel Economy Numbers Discovered and Considered
You know it’s a slow news day when we stumble across fuel-economy data on the EPA’s website for an upcoming vehicle. We didn’t stumble across the info by accident, so to speak—we were there looking for previously unknown figures; we just didn’t want to admit as much. As we said, slow news day. Anyway, what […]

2017 Jaguar F-Pace S First Edition – Instrumented Test

How We Learned to Love the Crossover: 2017 Jaguar F-Pace S First Edition Tested!
A decade or so ago, walking into the C/D offices and casually asking the staff how we felt about the emerging luxury- and/or performance-crossover segment would have elicited a collective sigh. For enthusiasts who grew up in an era when BMWs, Porsches, and—to the point here—Jaguars occupied rarefied space in the automotive landscape, the risk […]

2016 Volkswagen Touareg – Instrumented Test

2016 Volkswagen Touareg Tested: Too Expensive, Too Heavy
When the Touareg joined Volkswagen’s U.S. lineup in 2004, it was positioned as a tech-filled, subtly luxurious SUV more closely aligned with pedigreed offerings from BMW and Mercedes-Benz than with pedestrian entries from Jeep, Ford, Chevrolet, and Honda. More than a decade later—a period during which the Touareg has seen only one full redesign (for […]

2016 Toyota Prius V – Quick-Take Review

2016 Toyota Prius V Quick-Take Review: Hybrid, Writ Larger
Overview: The Prius V is the big-and-tall Toyota Prius, the one with a huge back seat and 34 cubic feet of cargo space (67 cubic feet with the rear seat folded). And, try as we might, we can’t get it to fit into any particular segment. It’s not a conventional wagon, crossover, or minivan, but […]

2017 Mercedes-Benz E300 4MATIC – Instrumented Test

Automatic for the People: 2017 Mercedes-Benz E300 4MATIC Tested
If you truly want to drive on the bleeding edge of technology, you’ve probably already bought a Tesla—or at least forked over a deposit for one. The Silicon Valley carmaker’s two-fisted embrace of electrons and autonomy is an audacious, at times even ludicrous, attempt to steer the auto industry toward the future. But what if […]

We’ll Gladly Live Down By a River in One of These Mercedes-Benz Vans

We’ll Gladly Live Down By a River in One of These Mercedes-Benz Vans
Eat your heart out Matt Foley, because thanks to Mercedes-Benz we now totally want to live in a van down by the river. The German brand recently unveiled a handful of converted camper vans it plans to bring to the Caravan Salon trade show in Düsseldorf, Germany. This resulted in two reactions here at Car and Driver: How are […]

Not All Automated Emergency Braking Systems Are Created Equal
Long before most motorists ride in a self-driving car, they’ll likely drive a vehicle that contains the fundamental building blocks of autonomous technology. Earlier this year, 20 automakers committed to making automated emergency braking a standard feature on every vehicle they sell by 2022, a development that will improve safety on more than 99 percent of vehicles […]

The Essence of Race Car: Surtees TS16
Being a top-notch racing driver is not necessarily the key to running a world-beating Formula 1 team, proving that Bruce McLaren and Il Commendatore were anomalies, rather than men who blazed the path all others would follow. But oh, how they tried. John Surtees won on the Snaefell Mountain Course on a bike. He won […]

Here’s What Happens When You Crush Carbon Fiber with a Hydraulic Press [Video]
Carbon fiber’s tensile, torsional, and compressive strength is well known. But aside from seeing how it performs in agency crash tests or during race-car shunts—in which it often explodes, as designed, into a multitude of shards to dissipate crash energy—it’s rare that one gets a clear visualization of how tough this composite material really is. Thankfully, there exists in this world a […]

Some Dealerships Don’t Really Want to Sell You an Electric Car
A shopper in Texas, looking for the new Chevrolet Volt, was told that there wasn’t one within 1000 miles. At a California dealership, meanwhile, there were more than 20 Volts in stock, and personnel noted that Chevy’s plug-in hybrid is their top-selling car—and that it “flies off the lot.” Both dealership visits were around the […]

2017 Kia Optima Plug-In Hybrid – First Drive Review

2017 Kia Optima Sportswagon – First Drive Review

2017 Kia Optima Sportswagon First Drive: Another Wagon Stuck in Europe
Auto executives often tell us that there’s practically no demand for station wagons in the U.S, this excuse explaining why so few of these compellingly useful variants make it over here, however much enthusiasts might want them. Yet look closer and you realize that, as with so many things, there’s a strong socioeconomic slant to […]

2017 Kia Optima Plug-In Driven: A Decent Answer to a Rarely Asked Question
The plug-in hybrid remains a strange automotive safety blanket. It tries to combine the virtues of both electric and internal-combustion propulsion, but, like those who’d wear both belt and suspenders, it’s compromised by a fundamental lack of certainty. By the standards of the genre, the new Kia Optima plug-in hybrid is good; given the low […]

2016 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T Automatic – Instrumented Test

2016 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T Automatic: A Naturalized German Losing Its Accent
Change is the universal constant in the car biz, the pace is accelerating, and those who can’t keep up are likely to find themselves marginalized. Which brings us to the 2016 Volkswagen Passat, which is not—as it might appear at first glance—just a carbon copy of the sedan that has been in VW showrooms since […]

Tin-Top Talk: A Fiat 124 Coupe Could Be a Thing
Does the world need another lightweight, affordably priced rear-wheel-drive coupe? We say yes. That’s why we’re stoked by rumors that a Fiat 124 coupe is in the works. Autocar claims Fiat wants to build a genuine coupe that’s all-new from the A-pillars back, not a hardtop convertible like the Abarth 124 Spider Rally (pictured) or […]

Eastbound and Double Down: Volvo’s Iron Knight Truck Hits 171 mph, Sets Record [Video]
While big rig pilot Jerry “The Snowman” Reed may have preferred Kenworths for performing high-speed beer runs back in the 1970s, we’re confident he’d be a Volvo man today if he had lived long enough to witness the maker’s recent record-setting speed run. Piloted by Boije Ovebrink, a Volvo rig managed to hustle though the […]

The Freshmaker: The 2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion! [Photo Gallery]

The Freshmaker: The 2016 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion! [Photo Gallery]
Our contrarian nature was feeding a bit of a morning meltdown on the Saturday of Monterey Car Week. We were about to be faced with another a gaggle of very rich men reveling in bygone eras. What was the point? Then the Penske AMC Javelin blew past, heading for Turn Four. Piloted to victory in […]

Rio de Paris: Kia Previews Next-Gen Subcompact Before Auto-Show Debut
The Kia Rio carried a base price of less than $10,000 when it first arrived in the U.S. and was among the cheapest new cars you could buy. Sixteen years later, both Kia and the Rio have grown up significantly, and the subcompact is about to enter its fourth generation, with the new model set to […]

Your Official 2017 Nissan Pathfinder Price Finder

Your Official 2017 Nissan Pathfinder Price Finder
With a starting price of $30,890, the updated 2017 Nissan Pathfinder costs $160 more than last year’s model—a modest sum, given the vehicle’s many improvements. Available in S, SV, SL, and Platinum grades, all 2017 Nissan Pathfinders benefit from exterior revisions that Nissan characterizes as “more rugged” and “masculine”—although we’ll leave that call to you. The […]

West Coast Startups Will Test Autonomous Tech at Michigan’s Mcity
Although their perceived rivalry gets far more attention, Silicon Valley and Detroit collaborate as much as they compete. The latest example of their joint effort to build the auto industry’s future has come with the announcement that three West Coast automotive startups will join a business incubator housed at the University of Michigan to further develop autonomous-vehicle technology. […]

Chevy Gives Parents More Vehicles That Can Monitor Teen Drivers
The month of August this year sees a record number of U.S. teens turning 16 and becoming eligible for their first driver’s licenses—and a corresponding spike in parental angst as their children undertake the activity that is most likely to kill them. In an effort to assuage the fears of parents, Chevrolet has expanded its offering […]

Tesla Model S P100D Is Quickest Production Car in the World, Longest-Range EV Yet
For Koenigsegg, Lamborghini, and Bugatti, the afterglow of Pebble Beach weekend may be fading a little faster than usual. That’s because each of those automakers have been shown up, just a little bit, by Tesla—which claims that the new Model S P100D can get to 60 mph in a mere 2.5 seconds. In those few […]

Delphi and Mobileye Focus on Fully Self-Driving Cars for 2019
Two of the global auto industry’s leading suppliers are combining forces to develop technology for self-driving cars, aiming to provide manufacturers with a ready-made self-driving platform. Delphi and Mobileye have entered a partnership to build a platform for fully autonomous driving that will be showcased in a matter of months and production-ready for their […]

2017 Jaguar F-type – Quick-Take Review

2017 Jaguar F-type Review: Pretty Performer
Overview: Introduced in 2013 as a 2014 model, the F-type is arguably Jaguar’s first real sports car—as distinct from a grand tourer—since the E-type seduced attendees at the Geneva motor show in 1961. Offered in hatchback coupe and convertible editions, the F-type boasts exceptional rigidity with an aluminum-intensive chassis, an accomplishment by the engineering and […]

All the Money: The Top 25 Most Expensive Cars Sold at the 2016 Monterey Auctions

2017 Mazda 6 Adds Equipment, Keeps Manual, Starts at $22,780

2017 Mazda 6 Adds Equipment, Keeps Manual, Starts at $22,780
Our favorite mid-size car, the Mazda 6, has been sweetened for 2017 with a bit more standard equipment; prices have inched up by $500 or less, depending on model. Importantly, the choice of a manual transmission remains, and not just on the base car. The opening gambit for the 6, the base Sport model, is […]

2017 Mercedes-AMG GLS63 4MATIC – Instrumented Test

2017 Mercedes-AMG GLS63 4MATIC Tested
Like Rodney Dangerfield, Karl Benz gets no respect. The highly regarded inventor of the automobile, the man who put the Benz in Mercedes-Benz, is no longer associated with the German company’s highest-performing machines—all vehicles formerly marketed as Mercedes-Benz AMGs are now simply known as Mercedes-AMGs. Meanwhile, the company’s most luxurious cars bear the Mercedes-Maybach label. […]

17 Vintage Ford GT40s Stampede into Pebble Beach! We Dive into Their Histories

The 10 Most Expensive Cars Sold at the 2016 Monterey Auctions, Day 4

Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Returns, This Time As a Convertible