2017 BMW 3-series Gran Turismo New engines for one of the funkiest BMWs. 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE400 4MATIC In your heart, you know it’s still an M-class. 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin-Engine AWD Plug-In Hybrid Adding complexity to the comely XC90.…
For the source of the Nissan GT-R’s bad-boy nickname, look to Honda—Ishirō Honda. In 1954, that Japanese film director conceived Gojira, the monster born of World War II nuclear radiation that we know as Godzilla. After this icon wreaked havoc…
The sales boom couldn’t last forever. More automakers posted declines than increases in May, leading to a six percent drop in sales from the previous May to 1.53 million cars, according to WardsAuto. Several automakers that did show increases all hovered…
The Passat has been part of Volkswagen’s U.S. product program since the early 1970s. It started life here as the Dasher in 1974, back when the company began to wean itself from its Beetle-only roots, before evolving into the Quantum…
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE400 4MATIC In your heart, you know it’s still an M-class. 2016 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin-Engine AWD Plug-In Hybrid Adding complexity to the comely XC90. 2016 Honda Accord Coupe V-6 Automatic How to take the edge off the…
We know that the first product of Hyundai’s N performance division is set to be a turbocharged hatchback aimed at the European market, where the division is headquartered (photo). But we’ve also learned that two other N variants will be…
From the June 2016 issue Every new BMW on sale in the United States, save for the electric-drive i3, carries at least one turbocharger. Audi and Mercedes-Benz are nearly as turbo-centric. Even stalwarts of high-revving, naturally aspirated engines, such as…
From the June 2016 issue A YouTube video that made the rounds purports to depict a streetcar ride down San Francisco’s Market Street just four days before the calamitous 1906 earthquake that destroyed much of the city. If not filmed…
From the June 2016 issue In pony cars as in condiments, spiciness trumps sweetness. There are two kinds of people in this world: ketchup people and mustard people. I am a mustard man. Nothing against ketchup, mind you. It’s just…
2016 Volvo XC90 T8 Twin-Engine AWD Plug-In Hybrid Adding complexity to the comely XC90. 2014 Mini Cooper S Hardtop Searching for something sweet in 21 months with a little rascal of a Mini Cooper S. 2017 Audi S3 Sedan Our…