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
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.
8 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
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
Wind-Tunnel Visionary
As an aerodynamicist at Porsche, Francesca Cogotti is literally shaping the German automaker's future.
2 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 |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
Afloat in a sea of autonomousdriving converts and questionable robotics, I found myself a doubter.
IT BEGAN, as most things in Los Angeles do, with a traffic jam. Cybertrucks approaching the Warner Bros. studio parking lot were clogging up the lanes a good four hours before Tesla's Robotaxi event was due to start.
3 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
Quarter-MillionMile Baby
This well-loved and well-used 1984 Ferrari 308GTS is no garage queen.
1 min |
January - February 2025
Car and Driver
"A ROMANCE THAT BUILDS WITH SPECTACULAR PASSION. THE LONGER YOU DRIVE IT, THE BETTER IT GETS."
When the history of the sports sedan is written, the late-narrative plot twist that few would have seen coming is the emergence of CadillacCadillac!-as the keeper of the flame. And yet, that's exactly what's happened.
4 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
SINCE WE APPRECIATE GREAT TALENT IN ALL ITS FORMS, WE ALSO HONOR THE 10BEST TRUCKS, SUVS, AND VANS. INCLUDING ONE WINNER WITH LITERAL BUZZ.
THE DISCUSSION AROUND this year's 10Best Trucks competition had some editors wishing the award were called 12Best.
7 min |
January - February 2025
Road & Track
THE BALLAD OF CRAZY ROCKETMAN
WHAT A BUILDER OF PULSE-JET-ENGINE VEHICLES CAN TELL US ABOUT MOTORING PASSION.
6 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
SOCIETÀ UTOPICA
THE PAGANI UTOPIA IS MORE THAN JUST A CAR. IT'S A HANDCRAFTED INVITATION TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXCLUSIVE MOTORING CLUBS.
8 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
THE FOUNDATION OF CIVILIZATION
Why Adam Smith would have loved a Boxster Spyder RS.
3 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
ST.ELMO'S FIRE
AN INDIANAPOLIS RESTAURANT WITH FACEMELTING SHRIMP HAS BEEN A DE FACTO RACING CLUBHOUSE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.
3 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
A MIGHTY WIND
THE 930 TURBO LAUNCHED PORSCHE'S DOMINATION OF THE RACETRACK AND THE SHOWROOM.
7 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
LONG TAILS
THE BEAUTIFUL AND BIZARRE RACE CARS DESIGNED TO CONQUER A SINGLE STRIP OF PAVEMENT.
8 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING
Winner, Over $100,000: Porsche Taycan Turbo GT
3 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
THE GREAT PRETENDER
Winner, Under $100,000: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N
3 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
BREAKS, NOT BENDS
SINGER'S DIVETRACK TELLS A VERY NICHE KIND OF TIME.
1 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
RADIAL FLYER
A MEYERS MANX WITH AN AIRPLANE ENGINE IS A WEIRD FIX FOR SPEED ADDICTION.
5 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
TURD ON THE RUN
IN THE LATE SIXTIES, THE ROLLING STONES BUILT A MOBILE RECORDING STUDIO ON THE BACK OF A FARM TRUCK AND CHANGED MUSIC FOREVER.
3 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Road & Track
I Got a Guy..
There exist people with very particular sets of skills. Skills acquired over long careers. Skills that make them a godsend for people like us. They are the specialists.
10 min |
December 2024/January 2025
Car and Driver
Low-Pro Hero
Honda Civic Hybrid HIGHS: Fuel efficiency of a hybrid, Si-beating acceleration, as comfortable to ride in as it is engaging to drive. LOWS: No adjustable lumbar support, low-limit tires, quicker at the track than in the real world.
1 min |
November - December 2024
Car and Driver
CAT NAP
WILL JAGUAR'S SELF-INDUCED PRODUCTION PAUSE PROVE TO BE A BENEFICIAL RECHARGE, OR IS IT THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR THE STORIED BUT TROUBLED BRITISH MARQUE?
7 min |
November - December 2024
Car and Driver
Man-o'-War
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Manthey Racing HIGHS: A clinic on proper steering response, 9000 rpm of sonic glory, more grip is good. LOWS: A mirror full of wing, upgrades useful only on track, quiet only when it's off.
2 min |
November - December 2024
Car and Driver
Silicon & Steel
In their quest for speed, the Aston Martin Vantage and Porsche 911 Turbo are constantly reinventing themselves. We stage their latest showdown in Pittsburgh, a city that knows a thing or two about embracing change.
7 min |
November - December 2024
Car and Driver
BIG SHOT
AFTER INFINITI'S EXTENDED NEW-PRODUCT HOLIDAY, THE NEW QX80 ATTEMPTS TO REAWAKEN THE SOMNAMBULANT LUXURY BRAND.
7 min |
November - December 2024
Car and Driver
Fleeting Thoughts
Updates and hot takes on the vehicles fortunate enough to spend 40,000 miles with C/D's editors.
2 min |