Nearly as soon as Buick revealed the all-new Envision mid-size luxury crossover for the Chinese market, we were of the mind that it would make an excellent addition to the brand’s U.S. portfolio. Rumor has it that Buick is thinking the same thing, and we now have further evidence that plan is at least… Continue reading
Apple’s mysterious minivans have been in the news the past few days, and a major report suggests the Cupertino-based company is looking to expand far beyond its consumer technology base. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is planning to get into the electric car game with a “minivan-like vehicle” with a… Continue reading
We inspected the 76 entrants at the ‘Shine Country Classic 24 Hours of LeMons, held at Barber Motorsports Part near Birmingham, too late on Friday night to do our usual same-day coverage, so we’re combining the traditional car-inspection post with the equally traditional first-race-session update. With so many outstanding racing… Continue reading
The one consistently bright spot in Acura’s ever-shifting, somewhat confusing sales lineup is the stalwart MDX. For the 2016 model year, Acura is piling on the feature set, presumably in an effort to head off the upcoming redesigned Lexus RX at the sales pass. The biggest changes come in the… Continue reading
It was never Porsche’s first choice to build the original 911 Targa. Porsche planned to develop an open-air 911, but back in the 1960s, the future of the convertible was under threat by impending U.S. regulations, so the company came out with the Targa, an almost-convertible with a permanent roll… Continue reading
BMW is getting ready to implement a midcycle facelift for its current, F30 3-series (pictured). Part of the 2016 update will be new engine options, according to the website bmwblog.com. The 3-series will receive a plug-in-hybrid version with a four-cylinder gasoline engine, and the 3.0-liter 335i will be replaced by… Continue reading
Tuner cars, those science projects engineered to make already-fast cars truly berserk, are often more trouble than they’re worth. But what if you could make a two-ton-plus sports sedan run a sub-11 quarter-mile with nothing more than a computer upgrade? Wouldn’t that be worthwhile? READ MORE ›› Continue reading
Conventional wisdom and legally-required safety labels have trained us to understand that we shouldn’t look directly at laser lights, lest we become blinded by their eye-searing output. That’s still almost universally true, except when it comes to BMW’s laser-powered headlight concept. These lasers were designed to prevent blindness—specifically when it comes… Continue reading
What It Is: With the new NX now in play to do battle on the smaller end of the CUV spectrum, the sales-champ RX sees a size increase for 2016, and the fourth generation of Lexus’s bread-and-butter crossover may see the addition of third-row seating. Have a gander at these… Continue reading
In spite of our history of doting on the BMW M3 as though it were an internal-combustion golden retriever, we wouldn’t mind an American car making the BMW tuck its quad tailpipes between its legs. The previous Cadillac CTS-V came close, but the Corvette-powered special was always too big and… Continue reading
Full-size pickups have become so large that a more rationally sized truck seems like a big deal. Indeed, General Motors has been basking in attention for more than two years since announcing that it was bringing all-new mid-size trucks—the Chevrolet Colorado and the GMC Canyon—to market. Now they’re here for… Continue reading
No one talks about personal luxury cars anymore; use of that term peaked some 40 years ago. But the 2015 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG coupe reminds us that, even if there isn’t a modern term for the concept, there remains a distinction between the average luxury car and one so egotistically… Continue reading
