Act Two

Aston Martin’s sharp-edged new sports car aims for the younger, more aggressive set

Laura Schwab

PRESIDENT ASTON MARTIN THE AMERICAS 

Forever Young

The market for vintage car re-creations is hot, and it’s about to get even hotter.

New Cars, Old Souls

Make your classic car dreams a realityIf You’Re Inspired To Put A New-Age Vintage Car In Your Garage, There Are Plenty Of Options—Likely Far More Than You Know. Here Are Nine More New Cars That Offer  An Old-School Driving Experience.

2016 Nissan Maxima SR

A true descendant of the Datsun 510, even with front-wheel drive

Warrior At The Wheel

Horrific injuries sustained as a Marine didn’t prevent Liam Dwyer from becoming a professional racer— something he insists saved his life

Dreamscape

The Gotthard Pass, A New 911 Gt3— And That’s Just Scratching The Surface

Mark Allen

JEEP DESIGN CHIEF

Blue Oval Vs. Ferrari: The Rematch

PERUSE THE 2018 Ford vehicles website, and you’ll see a range of relatively affordable, fairly conventional wheels: Fusion sedan (“from $22,120”), C-Max Energi SE hybrid ($27,120), Explorer SUV ($31,990), F-250 Super Duty pickup ($32,820)—you know, normal stuff. But under the “Performance Vehicles” link, you’ll find a low, lean missile labeled Ford GT. Base price: $453,750.

Life Behind Bar

With Big Support From Land Rover, Ben Ainslie Racing Is Determined to Win the America’s Cup for Great Britain

Magnetic Tailors

How a small shop in northern Alabama has reimagined how to use magnets

2017 Aston Martin Db11

Spatial Awareness With the DB11, Aston Martin creates a GT worthy of its past that points the way toward its future

2017Jaguar F-type Svr

Thankfully, my 2016 race driver contract with Black Swan Racing in the IMSA Weather Tech Sports Car Championship does not preclude me from evaluating road cars, but I hadn’t had a reason to be concerned about it one way or another.

Dealer's Choice

Dealer’s Choice

look past dead eyes

a 700-mile lap around massachusetts helps us understand acura’s hybrid supercar

This Desert Life

Legendary off-roader Rod Hall completes 50th Baja race.

A Car Movie Done Right

A Car Movie Done Right

Flight Of The Concours

Flight Of The Concours

Lead Follow

LEARNING TO DRIVE A PACE CAR IS FRIGHTENING, FURIOUS FUN

Coupe Scoop

JACQUES FLYNN—BORN IN FRANCE BUT RAISED IN AMERICA, SO HE pronounces it “Jack”—is the lead designer for Mazda Design Americas. We sat down with him to discuss Mazda’s new MX-5 RF.

Idle Threats

I WOKE UP ONE MORNING IN LATE 

Time Makes Cars Classic And People Old

PEOPLE AND CARS. Although it’s wrong— logically, scientifically, morally, you name it—I often conflate the two.

Four Seasons: Jaguar F-Pace S

SCOFF IF YOU must at the notion of a Jaguar crossover, but keep in mind that without one—as with certain other onceniche luxury or sports-car marques—the storied British brand might have been on its way to a permanent cat nap. The F-Pace hit the market in May 2016 and sold north of 10,000 vehicles by year’s end. Indeed, in only eight months the F-Pace helped Jaguar more than double its sales compared with 2015.

Cartography

Artist Matt Cusick Maps Out The Living History Of America’s Highways.

Asphalt Jungle

Why Robot?

Market Watch

The Last Affordable Air -Cooled Porsche  1970-’76 Porsche 914.

Malcolm Bricklin

FOR MALCOLM BRICKLIN —founder of Subaru of America, producer of Canada’s ill-fated Bricklin SV-1 sports car, importer of the Fiat X1/9 and Spider 2000 as well as the Yugo, and would-be U.S. dealer network for China’s Chery automobiles—there’s always The Next Deal.

Better Than A Gold Watch

Former GM design chief Ed Welburn finally takes a spin in the Cadillac Cyclone—the car that inspired him to chase his dreams.

2015 Alfa Romeo 4C Coupe And Alfa Romeo 4C Spider

Alfa Romeo announced in 2008 it would kick off a legitimate American comeback.

Keeping The Faith

ALMOST NO CARS remain iconic through generations, but I can think of a few that have, and along with the Mercedes S-Class and the Subaru Forester, the Volvo wagon is one of them.