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

When Aston Martin announced a limited-production version of the Zagato-bodied Vanquish back in June, it simultaneously announced that the 99 copies it was going to build already had been sold. Now comes word that another run of Vanquish Zagatos will be built, this time in convertible (Volante) form, so it appears that well-heeled collectors will […]

Euro Trip: Volkswagen Unveils 2017 Euro-Spec Beetle in Germany
While we North Americans were obsessing over Monterey Car Week and the Woodward Dream Cruise, Volkswagen Beetle fans came together in Travemünde, Germany, as part of a wholly different sort of gathering: the Beetle Sunshine Tour. Making this year’s event especially noteworthy was Volkswagen’s decision to unveil the European 2017 Beetle line at the event. Here’s […]

Editors’ Picks: Our Favorites from the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

2016 Lexus GX460 – Instrumented Test

Lexified Land Cruiser: 2016 Lexus GX460 Test
In 2010, during our first look at the revised Lexus GX460, we likened the mid-size luxe-UV to a woolly mammoth. Surely, we pronounced, the wave of lighter, unibody crossovers with independent suspensions and more carlike driving characteristics—like the brand’s own RX and NX­—soon would relegate traditional truck-based body-on-frame SUVs such as the GX to a […]

The Finest in Automotive Folly! 2016 Concours d’LeMons [Gallery]
Amid all the four-wheeled fabulosity of Monterey Car Week, the Concours d’LeMons stands out as a breath of musty, foul-smelling air. The dirty, the rusty, and the decrepit are celebrated here—making it a necessary ballast against the gleaming perfection elsewhere on the peninsula. Plus, it’s held at a public park—and there’s no admission fee, thus […]

The Big Prize: 1936 Lancia Astura Pininfarina Cabriolet Wins 2016 Pebble Beach Concours Best of Show
Big Sur forest fires that cast an eerie glow on setting suns and rising moons dusted the world’s most magnificent cars and motorcycles with fly ash. While more than 200 entrants at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance fretted over that, Richard Mattei faced a grander concern. At 5:30 p.m. local time, when announcer Derek […]

The Finest in Automotive Folly! 2016 Concours d’LeMons [Gallery]