– Overview: Subaru’s BRZ, which was co-developed with Toyota and also has been sold as a Scion—it will be transitioned to Toyota’s 2017 lineup after Scion dies—first appeared for the 2013 model year. Inexpensive, rear-drive, and a ball to drive, the BRZ technically has no direct competitors, unless you count… Continue reading
– Mercedes has been experimenting with hydrogen-powered fuel-cell vehicles since the mid-1990s, and it has been leasing hydrogen-powered versions of the B-class in some markets since 2010. The company has confirmed it will be offering a new production fuel-cell vehicle next year, the GLC F-Cell, which also will be getting… Continue reading
–What It Is: A prototype 2018 Ford Fiesta being put through its paces in Europe. Covered in the trendiest eye-straining black-and-white-pattern vinyl in recent memory, the four-door Fiesta subcompact appears to be adopting some edges at the front and rear where the current car features soft curves. Although extensively covered,… Continue reading
– Surprising no one—except for the considerable number of folks who think Tesla can do no wrong—Tesla has been having trouble with its ambitious, expensive, and complex Model X crossover, especially with its signature Falcon Wing doors. A drumbeat of reports of doors improperly opening and closing, sensors failing, doors bonking… Continue reading
– Volvo has always been high in the running for being the world’s most rational automaker, with independence from Ford having allowed it to create what will go on to become an entire range of models from just two platforms and a single engine architecture. But despite the popularity of … Continue reading
-As plug-in hybrids go, the Ford Fusion Energi has ranked among the best. It won a comparison test in 2013 against the now discontinued Honda Accord plug-in hybrid and has seen little competition from other mid-size sedans with plugs until this model year, when the Hyundai Sonata plug-in arrived. Next… Continue reading
-WHAT WE LIKE: Riding in Car and Driver’s long-term Tesla Model S P85D may result in feeling butterflies in your stomach, or your stomach in your throat, or the sensation that partially digested butterflies might suddenly stream out of your throat. These are just a few of the reactions reported… Continue reading
-The average as-tested price of the four full-size pickups in our most recent comparison test was $ 56,409. And that’s not even the half of it: The most expensive half-ton truck right now is the Ford F-150 Limited, which tops out north of $ 68,000. Hop inside that truck, and… Continue reading
– The Audi S5 cabriolet has been around for a while—seven years, to be exact. And the coupe on which it’s based has been around for about nine years, a veritable epoch in automobile time. And yet—sigh—it’s still so very pretty. Walter de Silva’s droptop masterpiece still turns heads with… Continue reading
– If you thought your car was safe from shrapnel-shooting airbags, it may not be after Takata adds at least 35 million more inflators to its recall campaign of defective front and side airbags. – – According to the Wall Street Journal, Takata and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration… Continue reading
-Ford’s announcement that the 2017 Focus Electric will sport an EPA-rated driving range of 100 miles couldn’t have come at a less opportune time: Here we are driving and testing a ’16 model with a range of 76 miles when, in only a few months, it will be obsolete. Old… Continue reading
When you are buying a car, there are a number of distinct qualities you are looking for. The same is true, regardless of whether you are buying first- or second-hand. What most drivers wants from their car is cost-effectiveness, reliability – and possible, a bit of fun. However, navigating the… Continue reading
– When you’re a child, you might not be accepting of things like cauliflower, bedtime, or the lack of the latest, greatest Tonka truck in your life. But a guy swathed in eyeliner and lace on a purple custom Honda CB400A? That’s perfectly fine. Totally bad-ass, even. That the man… Continue reading