2017 Volkswagen Golf 1.8T TSI Tested: A Great Value Gets Better

– While we rarely skip an opportunity to praise the Volkswagen Golf, our infatuation has never fixated on the hatchback’s price. That’s because while its cost is reasonable, its core competencies—a solid structure, an impeccably finished interior, and comfortable and capable suspension—would be welcome at any price. And value is… Continue reading

2017 Mitsubishi Mirage Hatchback First Drive—Is It Any Better?

– You have to be pretty experienced to reminisce fondly about past versions of the Mitsubishi Mirage, but even the young soon will forget this latest iteration of Mitsubishi’s subcompact runabout, which returns for 2017 after sitting out the 2016 model year. Except, perhaps, for its particularly egregious abuse of… Continue reading

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… Continue reading

2017 Porsche 718 Boxster Driven: Is the Better Boxster a Better Sports Car?

-It’s subtle, but it’s there. Listen carefully when chugging along at low speed in Porsche’s new flat-four–powered 718 Boxster and you’ll recognize what you hear. Sure, it’s damped by water jackets and a turbo, distinctly lacking mechanical clatter and subdued by decades of internal combustion progress, but there’s no denying… Continue reading