2015 Nissan Murano AWD Long-Term Test Wrap-Up: Rock-Steady Road Tripping

– Not to sound like Michigan’s tourism bureau, but the northern reaches of Car and Driver’s home state contain dozens of charming places. And it seemed as though our long-term Nissan Murano seemingly visited most of them during its 40,000 miles with us. It went to Traverse City multiple times.… Continue reading

‘Miami Vice’ Hero Car Speeds Into Mecum Auctions Monterey 2015

The star of the ’80s-era television series ‘Miami Vice’ is coming to the Mecum Daytime Auction in Monterey this Aug. 13-15. No, not Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs?the flashy detectives played by Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas who fought episode-after-episode against the seedy underworld of Miami?but their 1986 Ferrari… Continue reading

2015 Tesla Model S P85D Long-Term Intro: We Embark on Our First-Ever 40,000-Mile Test of an EV

– It’s too early to know whether Tesla will amount to an entire chapter or a mere footnote in the annals of automotive history, but the company’s Model S will leave a record here at Car and Driver: We’ve embarked on our first full-length long-term test of a battery-electric car.… Continue reading

2015 Lincoln MKC 2.0 EcoBoost FWD Test: A Competent Pod for the Luxury-Crossover Crowd

-As the first “all-new” product to debut from the rechristened Lincoln Motor Company, the MKC has had a lot of eyes on it. Even though Lincoln’s compact crossover shares a great deal of its underlying mechanicals with the Ford Escape, that’s no bad place to start. Apparently, U.S. buyers agree… Continue reading

2015 Hyundai Santa Fe Review: Still a Strong Three-Row Contender

-Overview: The current-generation Hyundai Santa Fe crossover debuted for 2013, at which point the model line grew to include the smaller, five-passenger Santa Fe Sport and the larger Santa Fe proper—the model we’re reviewing here—with seating for seven. The larger version is available only with a 290-hp 3.3-liter V-6 and… Continue reading

2015 Ford Focus 1.0L EcoBoost Sedan Tested: Three’s (Not Enough) Company

-We spend an awful lot of our energy analyzing and quantifying speed. Entire stories are centered around straight-line acceleration, the effects of different tires on 707-hp muscle cars at the drag strip (okay, one 707-hp muscle car), and even prodding rental cars to their top speeds—in reverse. We interrupt that… Continue reading