For February, we present our seventh-annual Lightning Lap results and our full road test on the lighter-weight Ram 1500 SLT. In a 600-hp comparison test, we pit the reborn Dodge Viper against the Chevy Corvette ZR1; from Santa Cruz, we report on the Blastolene automotive artistic collective. Plus, living with the 2012 Volvo S60 T6 AWD; and read about the Porsche Carrera coupe and cabriolet, Hyundai Santa Fe Sport, Buick Verano Turbo, and Mercedes-Benz GL63 AMG.

ROAD TEST
2021 Audi RS6 Avant 
Audi hides a demonic 591-hp V-8 under the hood of a wagon that’s anything but stodgy.
By Ezra Dyer

2021 Genesis GV80
Korea’s luxury upstart builds its first SUV around a sinfully extravagant interior and a guilt-free price.
By Annie White

It's Sink or Swim for Land Rover and the new Defender...

NEW CARS, TRUCKS, AND SUVS FOR 2021 - The most significant facelifts, mid-cycle refreshes, redesigns, and new arrivals.

The Enlightenment - Thanks to social distancing, it’s easier than ever to keep car dealers at arm’s length.

Rivalry Recentered
2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 vs. 2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 on road and track.
By K.C. Colwell

Stretching the Truth 
How Tesla achieves big range numbers that no one else can match while playing within the EPA’s rules.
By Dave VanderWerp

2020 BMW M8 Competition
The Bavarians take a 617-hp twin-turbocharged V-8 descent into complete M8dness.
By Jared Gall

Playing with Cars
A look at how playing with Hot Wheels and toy dump trucks can start kids on a path to a lifelong car obsession.
By Brett Berk

Speed Limit 763.035
Richard Noble has advanced the land speed record three times, but 1000 mph proves an elusive goal.
By Mike Duff

The Greatest of All Time
Car and Driver’s most important cars of the Car and Driver era.
By the Editors

“THE SPUNKY LITTLE RABBIT GTI WON US OVER WITH ITS EAGER HANDLING, REVVY 90-HP INLINE-FOUR, AND SUB-$8000 STARTING PRICE.”
—Joey Capparella, “1983 Volkswagen Rabbit GTI,”

2020 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4
Porsche installs a sixcylinder in the Cayman and returns what the current model is missing.
By Jared Gall

The Cars Are the Stars
A tiny shop in North Carolina builds meticulous replicas of iconic movie cars.
By Talon Homer

COMPARISON TEST
Family Jewels
We parse through the crowded and popular compact-crossover segment to pick the best among the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, Mazda CX-5, Subaru Forester, Toyota RAV4, and Volkswagen Tiguan.
By Rich Ceppos

FEATURE
The Great Compromise
Can McLaren stretch its racing lineage and supercar parts kit to build a proper grand tourer? We chase the answer in the knifeedge 600LT and the genteel GT.
By John Pearley Huffman

The Disrupters
The stories behind the vehicles, people, and ideas that changed the way we drive in the modern era.
By The Editors

Will You Do the Fandango?
In Alpine Austria, Ferdinand Porsche puts on one hell of an escape from reality.
By Jared Gall

What Can Flame Job Do for You?
A decrepit Mitsubishi, a phone full of gig delivery apps, and a quest to make a buck.
By Eric Tingwall

2019 Volvo XC60 T6
R-Design AWD We put Volvo’s reborn lineup to the test with 40,000 miles in a China-built SUV.
By Drew Dorian

Bronco Is Back
Everything we know about Ford’s revived off-road icon suggests it will be exactly what you’re hoping for.
By Joey Capparella

Learning Curve
In autonomousvehicle development, public roads are the laboratory and you are the guinea pig.
By Tom Vanderbilt

2020 Polestar 1
Volvo flaunts its vision for a new electric performance brand with a beautiful and brawny 619-hp coupe.
By Tony Quiroga

COMPARISON TEST Idyll Speed 2020 Mercedes-AMG GT vs. 2020 Porsche 911 Carrera S. By Daniel Pund.

FIRST DRIVE 2020 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Ford pushes its pony car to its limits with a 760-hp supercharged V-8. By Eric Tingwall.

Above the Law Sovereign citizens believe they’re not subject to government intervention. By John Pearley Huffman.

NEW, BUT IMPROVED?
The Ultimate Mid-Engine Corvette Review: Driven, Tested, and Hammered on the Racetrack

PLUS: THE NORMCORE WORLD OF THE FAMILY SEDAN.
CAN ANYTHING PULL THE AUTO SHOW OUT OF ITS DEATH SPIRAL?
WE ESCAPE A PRISON AND HAVE PHOTOS TO PROVE IT.

Lightning Lap the 13th Were we worried that the number 13 would bring peril and misfortune to our annual trip to virginia International raceway? maybe a little. By David Beard, K.C. Colwell, Josh Jacquot, Tony Quiroga & Eric Tingwall.

COMPARISON TEST The Tide Is Turning Three-row bonanza: buick enclave, Ford explorer, Hyundai Palisade, Kia Telluride, mazda CX-9. By Jared Gall.

FEATURE The Enemies of Autonomy As the self-driving car marches toward reality, opposition is brewing in unlikley places. By Brett Berk.

BACKFIRES The Toyota Supra unknowingly enters a beauty contest; the usual pony-car issues; and burning concerns about gas, Peter Falk, and little machines that smart.

TWENTY QUESTIONS FOR 2020 The big questions of our time. Things you’re too embarrassed to ask. Things that make you go, “Hmm.”

DEEP ROOTS, LONG SHADOWS BMW M2 Competition, Ford Mustang Shelby GT350, Porsche 718 Cayman, Toyota Supra Launch Edition. by Eric Tingwall

Each issue contains road tests and features on performance, sports, international coverage of road race, stock and championship car events, technical reports, personalities and products. Road tests are conducted with electronic equipment by engineers and journalists and the results are an important part of the magazine's review section...

Tail Of The Gator - We blitz Florida's only great road in a supercharged 610-hp rental car, laying tire tracks for you to follow.

Manual Labor - Honda Civic Sport, Hyundai Elantra GT N-Line, Mazada 3, Toyota Corolla XSE, Volkswagen Golf SE and more...

2020 TOYOTA GR SUPRA Toyota pulls back the curtain on its tryst with BMW and reveals the best driver’s car it’s ever built.

TAKE ME HOME, COUNTRY ROADS Chevrolet Camaro SS 1LE vs. Ford Mustang GT Performance Pack Level 2.

LION ON OUR STREETS 

2018 HONDA ACCORD EX-L

RAGTOPS TO RICHES BMW Z4 sDrive30i versus Porsche 718 Boxster. by Eric Tingwall

K-POP Korean popular culture has hit the automotive realm with a bullet.

2020 KIA SOUL X-LINE Careful curation keeps Kia’s small quasicrossover rolling. by Alexander Stoklosa

ASTON MARTIN VALKYRIE The Flight Simulator of the Valkyries.

THE 25 CARS WORTH WAITING FOR An informative and sometimes amusing look into the future of cars.

BMW 330i xDRIVE This is not your father’s BMW.

YES, YOU CAN TEACH AN OLD ROVER NEW TRICKS

TRUCKETTE TRIATHLON

CHEVROLET COLORADO ZR2 BISON

MAZDA 3 Mazda’s latest compact cranks up the OCD.

2018 ALPINE A110 PREMIÈRE ÉDITION Allons tous dans les Alpes.

On the Cover Gone snorkeling. photography by Marc Urbano

EUROPE’S NEW GRAND TOURERS

2018 BENTLEY CONTINENTAL GT

2020 PORSCHE 911 CARRERA S/4S

BMW M850i xDRIVE COUPE Munich manliness.

2017 PORSCHE 718 BOXSTER S

Election Special Report! - 10BEST TRUCKS AND SUVS We really only voted on these trucks and SUVs in hopes of getting an “I Voted!” sticker to display on IG.

Comparison Test - RAIN OR SHINE Audi A7 vs. MerdecesBenz CLS450 4MATIC. by John Pearley Huff man.

SWEDISH HEAVY METAL When you find yourself in a remote Swedish mining town . . . you’re going to want to find a raggare club and slow-roll in their classic American iron. by Josh Dean.

10BEST CARS The 10 cars we love most for 2019 and the basis for our affections. by The Editors

THE WAR ON CARS All politics is local. So is the battle to reduce America’s dependence on cars. by Jeff Sabatini

SHOW BOATS Chevrolet Silverado 1500 High Country Crew Cab 4WD, Ford F-150 Limited Supercrew 4x4, Ram 1500 Limited Crew Cab 4x4. by Jared Gall

EDDIE ALTERMAN Minutiae obsessed and engineering minded.

FORMULA UNLIMITED Porsche gives its Le Mans program a blistering send-off.

MERCEDES-BENZ A220 4MATIC A proper sedan and a proper Mercedes-Benz.

DODGE CHALLENGER SRT HELLCAT REDEYE WIDEBODY . A demonized version of the Hellcat.

APPALACHIAN OUTLAWS Aston Martin Vantage, Mercedes-AMG GT C, Porsche 911 GT3.

STARTUP DERBY Who’s going to be the next Tesla? It might be one of these companies. But probably not.

2017 BMW M2 The littlest M shines a light for the rest of the brand. by Jared Gall

DANIEL PUND Possibly I would engage in a game of tractor chicken.

BMW 3-SERIES BMW promises it’s done resting on its laurels.

BACKFIRES (Sorry, no time to write a blurb here. We’re too busy eating all

LIGHTNING LAP 12 Today’s hottest performers meet their nemesis, Virginia International Raceway.

CONGRATULATIONS! YOU’VE BEEN ADMITTED TO MONSTER JAM UNIVERSITY

PLEASE BE KIND, MAKE SURE TO REWIND

2017 FORD F-150 RAPTOR Three tons of flying fun.

HYUNDAI VELOSTER TURBO R-SPEC The second-generation three-door amps up the performance but still relies on price to compete.

MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE CROSS SE Wedging itself into an overcrowded segment, the newest Eclipse is yet another crossover for the masses.

TOYOTA COROLLA HATCHBACK A usable, versatile everyday car, which is saying something.

MERCEDES-BENZ CLS450 4MATIC

OUTER LIMITS Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 vs. Porsche 911 GT2 RS.

2019 SUBARU ASCENT Subaru’s new family hauler plants hardy seeds in the three-row sward. by Joseph Capparella

BATTLE OF THE BEATERS V: THE CRAIGSLIST CUP

2019 McLAREN SENNA Living up to its name, the $960,000 Senna installs a new icon at McLaren.

THE SPORTIFICATION OF THE SPORT-UTILITY VEHICLE

2019 LAMBORGHINI URUS

2019 MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS

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