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.

Chevrolet Corvette Z06
A new high-revving V-8 and a whole lot more.
By K.C. Colwell, Tony Quiroga, and Dave VanderWerp

TRAIN VS. CAR
Audi RS e-tron GT
Chasing down the last running Union Pacific steam locomotive in the RS e-tron GT, a batterypowered sports sedan with 637 horsepower.
By Elana Scherr

Family Tradition
A drag-and-drive rally is a challenge for an experienced racer. For rookie Aydan Bailey, it was transformative.
By Elana Scherr

Scarcity Tactics
The higher prices dealers are charging because of the chip shortage may be here to stay.
By Sharon Silke Carty

New Cars for 2022
Our optimistic yet realistic look at what’s coming. All the new vehicles, the significant changes, the weird, the boring, the minutiae that make life complete, and even some French stuff.
Edited by Tony Quiroga

2022 Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing
If you want a new reardrive sports sedan with a supercharged V-8 and a manual transmission, go get a Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing before it disappears forever.
By K.C. Colwell

Drive It, Park It, or Sell It?
New Yorkers who bought cars during the pandemic have decisions to make.
By Tamara Warren

Attention Deficit Disorder
We hop out of the driver’s seat to push today’s driver-assist tech to the limit.
By Dave VanderWerp

Chipping Away
What the supply-chain slowdown means for automotive manufacturers and car shoppers.
By Jonathon Ramsey

The Shape of Things to Come
A fundamental change in how cars move is leading to an equally radical shift in how they’re designed.
By Elana Scherr

The EV 1000
A 1000-mile race reveals what it’s like to drive an EV long distances in 2021.
By Eric Tingwall

CAR MEETS ROAD
2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI
The new generation of the classic hot hatch takes on Little Tujunga Canyon Road.
By Tony Quiroga

A Spin across the West 
A 10-day tour towing an Airstream involves 10 seconds of terror.
By John Pearley Huffman

2021 Volkswagen ID.4
Meet the new normal, same as the old. Volkswagen builds an ordinary compact crossover for the electric age.
By Joey Capparella

2020 Kia Telluride
A 40,000-mile fling with the smashhit mid-size SUV changes the way we write about Kias.
By Eric Tingwall

Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and CT5-V Blackwing
Cadillac’s new V cars are its last to run on gas. 
By Dave VanderWerp

Split Personality
Ford Bronco Sport Badlands 4x4 vs. Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk 4x4 vs. Mazda CX-5 Signature AWD.
By Joey Capparella

Lightning Lap No. 14
The year’s hottest performance cars take on America’s toughest racetrack in our 14th running of the ultimate performance test. 
By David Beard, K.C. Colwell, Eric Tingwall, and Dave VanderWerp.

The World’s Strongest Truck
Chevy, Ford, and Ram pickups face off in a four-wheeled strongman competition.
By David Beard

Rebelle without a Cause
Wheeling the 2021 Ford Bronco Sport in the toughest off-road competition you’ve never heard of.
By Elana Scherr

BFP Ford Mustang GT
A dealer in Ohio sells a 750-hp Mustang for $44,994. Can it hang with the Shelby GT500?
By Jonathon Ramsey

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

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