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 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
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
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
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
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
The Revivalist
The Nissan Murano emerges fresh-faced and revitalized from a long-overdue redo.
2 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
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
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
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
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
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
Road & Track
GOTCHA
THE SILENT BATTLE BETWEEN RADAR DETECTORS AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.
4 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
The Maelstron 500
A VORTEX OF POINTS RACING AND CHARTERSYSTEM LAWSUITS IS HINDERING NASCAR'S ON-TRACK ACTION.
8 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
GREEN-EYED MONSTERS
THE BITTER DISCORD THAT DROVE THE FASTEST BROTHERS ON THE PLANET
8 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
HYPER-TENSION
LIKE CICADAS, NEW FERRARI AND MCLAREN SPECIALS EMERGE AT REGULAR INTERVALS.
3 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
TWO ROADS DIVERGED
A QUARTER CENTURY AGO, TWO CONTRADICTORY PHILOSOPHIES COMPETED TO DEFINE THE FUTURE OF AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN.
5 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
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.
2 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
Fight Club BOOM! SOCK! BAM!
WHY IS NASCAR THE WORLD'S ONLY MAJOR RACING SERIES THAT ALLOWS REAL FISTICUFFS?
4 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
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.
8 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
CADILLAC'S WAR WITH A SHADOW
THE CT5-V BLACKWING VERSUS THE GHOST OF BMW'S M5. BY MATT FARAH
7 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
CHANGE OF TUNE
THIS CHRISTOPHER WARD BEL CANTO CLASSIC INVITES COMPARISON TO THE INCOMPARABLE.
1 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
WILLING ACCOMPLICE
REVENGE AND A HINO CAR HAULER SPAWNED BRE'S DATSUN RACING LEGACY.
6 min |
February - March 2025
Road & Track
2025 PERFORMANCE CAR OF THE YEAR - TRACK
The first trial of our 10 contestants was two days of nonstop lapping.
8 min |
February - March 2025
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SHARK-CUB
Functional Comparisons of Two Demko Designs
2 min |
January/February 2025
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TCB RANCH X DWEEZY MEET 128
The First of Many to Come
3 min |
January/February 2025
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CAMP TOYOTA
Testing Toyota's Off-Road Offerings in the West Virginia Mountains
4 min |