Automotive
Car and Driver
Weather or Not
Big names from the newest tire category battle it out on dry, wet, and snow-covered surfaces to see which is the ultimate evolution in all-season rubber.
8 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
Fleeting Thoughts
Updates on the long-term vehicles fortunate enough to spend 40,000 miles with C/D’s staff.
5 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Six
Ram 1500 RHO HIGHS: Costs less than a TRX, quiet and smooth highway manners, shares the TRX's love of getting dirty. LOWS: Negligible fuel-economy gains, slower than the TRX, former chest-beating exhaust roar now a purr. VERDICT: A balanced package with bona fide off-road chops yet still destined to live in the shadow of a legend.
4 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
The Balance of Power
Just how much does an EV’s state of charge affect straight-line performance? We took three of our long-term battery-powered vehicles to the track to find out.
1 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
Spanish Crusade
Once a subbrand of Seat, upstart Cupra plans to bring a bit of Catalonian flair to the U.S. by the end of the decade.
3 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
Small Sedan of Serious Substance
The Audi S3 gets some upgrades under the skin, where it counts.
2 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
TANGLED UP IN BLUE
Can the old-school Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing stand up against the modern Audi RS7 Performance and the plug-in-hybrid BMW M5?
7 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
Imagine a teen trying to pass muster with a driving instructor.
That’s how I’d describe the experience of Waymo’s autonomous Jaguar I-Pace taking me to my friend’s house in San Francisco.
2 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
Limited Capacitor
Despite their many strengths, capacitors have weaknesses that limit their viability as a real alternative to the large-capacity battery packs in modern EVs.
2 min |
May - June 2025
Car and Driver
AN AMERICAN TOURING SCOTLAND IN AN ENGLISH CAR BUILT IN CHINA
In Dornbach, Scotland, Kitman walks past a modern MG and a Morris Minor, its distant relative. From left: Motoring through the Scottish Highlands; lobster traps in Dunbeath; taking on electrons at Gridserve; traversing the North Sea coast.
6 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
THE MAD SCRAMBLE
AN 814-HP V-12 THAT SCREAMS TO 9400 RPM IS JUST THE START OF THE INTENSE EXPERIENCE THAT IS THE LAMBORGHINI REVUELTO.
5 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
2022 Rivian R1T
This EV pickup proves to be E-Z to live with.
7 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
Spite Defender
Ineos Grenadier HIGHS: Dapper off-road style meets genuine off-road capability, wonderfully smooth powertrain, built like a brick outhouse. LOWS: Incessant warnings, sloppy and slow steering, noisy on the highway.
4 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
The Revivalist
The Nissan Murano emerges fresh-faced and revitalized from a long-overdue redo.
2 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
ELECTRICAL CONNECTION
The Toyota Camry, the Honda Accord, and the Hyundai Sonata all take different approaches to hybridization, but which one does it best?
7 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
The Achilles Kneel
Mercedes-Benz W123 wagons doing the Carolina Squat can get their droopy self-leveling rear suspension back up to snuff courtesy of a Californian.
1 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
Dollars to Donuts
Despite the high cost, automakers are still drawn to racing.
3 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
G to the Power of E
Mercedes-Benz G580 with EQ Technology HIGHS: Quicker than the old G550, improved handling, better braking. LOWS: Cubist shape torpedoes highway range, cramped inside, dorky name.
2 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
The Best Odds
The cars I recall most fondly were neither the prettiest nor the quickest. Certainly not the most expensive. They were machines that emerged willfully peculiar and intractably idiosyncratic.
3 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
Duke Boys Face Charges
The Dodge Charger Daytona takes the good ol' muscle car and gives it a new-age powertrain, whether we're ready or not.
3 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
Lightning Lap 18
A lap time might be the best distillation of a vehicle's performance. No other single number more effectively sums up a car's acceleration, braking, and handling abilities. VIR's grueling 4.1-mile Grand Course is the best place we've found to acquire that number.
10+ min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
A Current Affair
Already used in computers and other electronics, the e-fuse is finding a home in automotive applications, kicking the classic blade-style fuse to the curb.
2 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
The Volkswagen Taos puts some newfound power behind its swing.
LOTS OF SMALL CHANGES can make a big difference, and that's just Volkswagen's strategy with the little Taos's mid-cycle refresh. New lights and wheel designs, a nicer interior with a larger screen, and some hardware tweaks have made this feature-filled small SUV more compelling for 2025.
1 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
Race for Time
One of the coolest trophies in racing is the Rolex watch awarded to winners of the 24 Hours of Daytona.
1 min |
March - April 2025
Car and Driver
The Best Odds
SOMETIMES-NOT OFTEN, BUT sometimes-car manufacturers create something semi-wondrous that is also borderline irrational and three-quarters inexplicable to their own marketing types.
3 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
Mileage Booster
Kia Carnival Hybrid HIGHS: Big mpg bump, no CVT weirdness, solid ride and handling. LOWS: Shared HVAC and audio controls, second-row loungers can't be removed, changing brake-pedal feel.
2 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
Medium Spicy
Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo HIGHS: Lengthy list of features, spacious interior, generous trunk. LOWS: Uncomfortably flat seats, rivals are quicker, only modest grip.
2 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
Drivelines
HORACIO PAGANI IS A visionary designer and self-taught engineer.
3 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
Suspensions of Disbelief
It's easy to say a vehicle rides well but much more difficult to explain the nuanced implications of that highly subjective statement.
4 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
PUMPED-UP KICKS
NISSAN ISN'T SHY about experimenting with its subcompact of ferings. In the recent past, it briefly gave us the adorable Cube, seemingly designed by Hello Kitty, followed by the frog-eyed Juke that somehow spawned a six-figure R-badged super-SUV in other markets.
5 min |