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GOTCHA
THE SILENT BATTLE BETWEEN RADAR DETECTORS AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

The Maelstron 500
A VORTEX OF POINTS RACING AND CHARTERSYSTEM LAWSUITS IS HINDERING NASCAR'S ON-TRACK ACTION.

GREEN-EYED MONSTERS
THE BITTER DISCORD THAT DROVE THE FASTEST BROTHERS ON THE PLANET

HYPER-TENSION
LIKE CICADAS, NEW FERRARI AND MCLAREN SPECIALS EMERGE AT REGULAR INTERVALS.

TWO ROADS DIVERGED
A QUARTER CENTURY AGO, TWO CONTRADICTORY PHILOSOPHIES COMPETED TO DEFINE THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN.

GRUDGES ARE GOOD THE STORY OF CARS IS THE STORY OF RIVALRIES AND SPITE.
WE ALL PICK SIDES. Shirts versus skins. Snake versus Mongoose. Ferrari versus Porsche. And our loyalties shift constantly.

Fight Club BOOM! SOCK! BAM!
WHY IS NASCAR THE WORLD'S ONLY MAJOR RACING SERIES THAT ALLOWS REAL FISTICUFFS?

2025 PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR-ROAD
The scenic and serpentine roads of California's wine country provide a real-world test of the contenders.

CADILLAC'S WAR WITH A SHADOW
THE CT5-V BLACKWING VERSUS THE GHOST OF BMW'S M5. BY MATT FARAH

CHANGE OF TUNE
THIS CHRISTOPHER WARD BEL CANTO CLASSIC INVITES COMPARISON TO THE INCOMPARABLE.

WILLING ACCOMPLICE
REVENGE AND A HINO CAR HAULER SPAWNED BRE'S DATSUN RACING LEGACY.

2025 PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR - TRACK
The first trial of our 10 contestants was two days of nonstop lapping.

SHARK-CUB
Functional Comparisons of Two Demko Designs

TCB RANCH X DWEEZY MEET 128
The First of Many to Come

CAMP TOYOTA
Testing Toyota's Off-Road Offerings in the West Virginia Mountains

TREAD EDITION 2024 TACOMA HRPATE
ADream Takes Shape

THE WEEKEND ADVENTURIST
Ryno Built's 2024 Subaru Outback

LUCKY7
Darren Parsons' Far-Out Ford F-100 Prerunner

TRANSFER CASE SWAP
A four-wheel drive that is not a genuine four-wheel drive? Many would say it is common without lockers or fancy computer software to aid traction control-and they would be right.

SWAG LIFE
AnOutsider’s Take on an Aussie Classic

THE BLACKHAT RUNNER
Evan Walsh's Big, Bad Media Rig

PROJECT TWOBARU
Two Crosstreks, Two Visions: Same but Different

Scout Out
No longer a model under the International marque, Scout returns as its own brand with plans to sell a pair of South Carolina-built battery-powered vehicles before the decade's end.

OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AUTOMOTIVE SUPERSTARS FOR 2025.10BEST
What's the best car?\" Getting asked that question is an occupational hazard in this business.

OUR VERSION OF A 2024 AUTOMOTIVE AWARDS SHOW (SOMETIMES HUMOROUS, SOMETIMES NOT).
America's fastest senior citizen made the save of the year when his Funny Car's engine exploded at Virginia Motorsports Park.

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.

THE ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO. THE BMW M3 COMPETITION. AND THE CADILLAC CT4-VBLACKWING HEAD SOUTH ONA ROAD TRIP TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE BEST DELIVERS ON THE SPORTS-SEDAN PROMISE.
One of us, gassing up the 2025 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing, says, \"No, we drove from Michigan.

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.

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.

Wind-Tunnel Visionary
As an aerodynamicist at Porsche, Francesca Cogotti is literally shaping the German automaker's future.