Car and Driver
She's tiny and squirmy and has changed my being.
This past summer, a beautiful baby girl joined the Quiroga family. As a friend predicted, my capacity to love has grown exponentially.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Logos à Go-Go
Mercedes-Maybach SL680 HIGHS: Cushier ride, elevated exclusivity, enhanced snob appeal. LOWS: A Louis Vuitton handbag becomes a car, pooch-perch rear seats are gone, cleaning the white carpet (or having to doff your shoes).
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Best Odds
The cars I recall most fondly were neither the prettiest nor the quickest.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The BMW M2 is the distillation of the BMW M ethos, a respectable luxury coupe turned 473-hp street fighter.
THE BMW M2 is a cheat code, a hack, the secret handshake of the BMW lineup.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Bob Lutz's Paper Chase
As an auto exec, Lutz railed against paper pushers. Now in his 90s, he has become one-but not in the conventional sense.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Marriage of Convenience
2025 Toyota GR Corolla HIGHS: Ultraplayful chassis and steering, hatchback versatility, automatic makes eating tacos while driving easier. LOWS: Inconsistent launch-control starts; less acceleration, efficiency, and money in your pocket than with the manual.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
A Blast from the Past
Morgan Plus Four HIGHS: Modern performance, steers and handles well, a real conversation starter. LOWS: Inherit the wind; unlockable; please, sir, may I have some storage space?
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Drivelines
The Ferrari 296 Speciale gets the once-a-generation factory treatment—and a name that's basically a self-fulfilling prophecy.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
These Chevrolet and GMC full-size SUVs combine impressive capability with comfortable accommodations and surprising agility.
WE LIKE OUR full-size SUVs like we like our burritos: big and made with high-quality ingredients.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Under the appealingly boxy new look of the Honda Passport lies a well-rounded mid-size SUV that deftly toes the line between ruggedness and civility.
HONDA HAS ENGINEERED plenty of successful SUVs, but it struggled to figure out the two-row mid-sizer.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
A potent powertrain and a top-tier interior put the new Hyundai Palisade Hybrid on the board in its debut year.
THE KING IS DEAD, long live the king! The Kia Telluride has finally stepped down from its 10Best pedestal, as it's in the midst of a major changeover and wasn't ready in time for consideration.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
With long-standing practicality and engaging driving dynamics, the Honda Accord is now a 40-time 10Best winner.
CONSISTENCY IS a fast-food chain's secret weapon.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing pairs a ballroom dancer's poise with a basement brawler's punch.
THE CADILLAC CT4-V BLACKWING'S list of awards may soon be longer than its name.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Mail-Order Ride
For the U.S. Postal Service's new truck, the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, the design has a purpose. It isn't beauty.
4 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Judged by its specs, the Lucid Gravity would appear to be another example of EV overkill; a quick stint behind the wheel proves otherwise.
THE NUMBER OF LUXURY ELECTRIC SUVS is growing, as are the figures that define them.
2 min |
January / February 2026
Reason magazine
The Deportation Playlist Is Mostly Stolen
AS MASKED IMMIGRATION and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents deploy to U.S. cities, the Trump administration is also running a social media campaign. Its effort to stay viral online is colliding with copyright law.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Why Did D.C. Reinstall a Confederate Statue?
THE NATIONAL PARK Service reinstalled Washington, D.C.’s only statue of a Confederate soldier in October 2025 as part of the Trump administration's effort to restore preexisting monuments in the capital.
1 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Trump's Drug Strategy Excuses Murder as Self-Defense
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has sought to justify his policy of summarily executing suspected drug smugglers by arguing that the United States is engaged in an “armed conflict” with criminal organizations that supply prohibited intoxicants. Yet the Trump administration also insists that U.S. forces are not engaging in “hostilities” when they blow up boats believed to be carrying illegal drugs.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
The Return of Polymarket
TALK IS CHEAP—but Polymarket lets you put your money where your mouth is. Nearly four years after being shut down by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the online betting company that allows you to stake money on future events has become CFTC-compliant and relaunched for U.S. residents at the end of 2025.
1 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
Q&A Katie Herzog
KATIE HERZOG IS the co-host of the Blocked and Reported podcast and the author of Drink Your Way Sober, a book about her experiences with the Sinclair Method—a medication-assisted approach to alcohol abuse that employs one drug to counter problematic use of another.
3 min |
February/March 2026
Reason magazine
The Long Road Home
The Wounded Generation examines the aftermath of the “good war.”
5 min |
February/March 2026
Car and Driver
Based on my experience running my neighborhood road association, I advise you to go hug a DOT worker.
LAST YEAR, I moved to a spot that’s a little bit rural.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
With its 668-hp V-8 engine, standard manual transmission, rear-wheel drive, and fastidious execution, the Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing has power, purity, and purpose.
CADILLAC'S ground-pounding sports sedan roars back onto our 10Best list for the fifth consecutive year because, really, what's going to knock it off? Granted, it did face fresh competition in the form of the new BMW M5, but the CT5-V Blackwing vanquished that challenger, along with the Audi RS7, in a comparison test earlier this year.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Continuing a decades-long tradition of packing above-average variety, versatility, and vim into a compact package, the Honda Civic does it all.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE, don't fix it.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86 recall simpler times, relying on providing a joyous driving experience rather than technology and features.
WE'VE LONG THOUGHT that the Porsche 718 Cayman and Boxster, 10Best stalwarts, were more expensive and refined versions of the pure sports-car formula adhered to by the Subaru BRZ and Toyota GR86.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
We're hearing the call of the wild, but it's from the off-road trim packages that are taking over the highways.
THERE SEEM TO BE A REMARKABLE number of outdoorsy types around these days.
3 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
Losing the manual didn't keep the Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R from winning us over, again.
LOSING ANOTHER MANUAL transmission frustrates us nearly as much as missing out on breakfast at Whammy Burger by three minutes.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
For many people today, the American dream includes a family, a house, and a pickup; never has a half-ton truck been more desirable than the Ram 1500.
RAM DIDN'T NEED to resurrect its V-8.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
For a relatively small cash outlay, the Chevrolet Trax still delivers big value.
UNTIL THE CURRENT Chevrolet Trax debuted for 2024, it seemed like General Motors would never get the affordable small vehicle right.
1 min |
January / February 2026
Car and Driver
The Lucid Air hit the ground running and hasn't looked back.
THEY SAY FAMILIARITY breeds contempt, but readers might think the opposite looking at our 10Best list.
1 min |