From the September 1991 issue of Car and Driver. We’ll try to keep this discreet—your mother might be reading—but, just between us guys, we all know that half the fun of a fast car is standing on the pedal, pivoting those throttles wide open, and seeing the goat in the next lane back out of […] More
Ever since the Hyundai Ioniq debuted for 2017, it’s been fair to think of it as a marginally more fuel-efficient and less-bizarre-looking alternative to the Toyota Prius. That’s still much the case. Hyundai’s eco-minded hatchback still looks like a windswept potato, just not one that’s been styled on Alpha Centauri. And in the hybrid model’s […] More
View Photos James LipmanCar and Driver An Aston Martin can’t be vulgar. It needs to exude sophistication and tasteful restraint even when it has a 715-hp twin-turbo 5.2-liter V-12 under its hood. An Aston needs to be finely tailored in appearance and seductively composed in its manners, to attract attention without shouting. These aren’t cars […] More
From the May 1991 issue of Car and Driver. It’s been all quiet on the Aston front since Sean Connery signed off as 007 and quit playing fast and loose with British bodies made of hand-swagged aluminum (and other bodies made of softer material). We’ve spent these years waiting for the lads at Newport Pagnell […] More
While it’s not a household name in the U.S., for 50 years the diminutive Suzuki Jimny has become a bit of an off-road legend. Suzuki hasn’t sold cars in the United States since 2012. The company’s Samurai and Sidekick SUVs enjoyed some success, but the even-smaller-than-the-Samurai Jimny never made it stateside. The third-generation Jimny sold […] More
From the January 1996 issue of Car and Driver. Japanese car companies have a penchant for coming up with peculiar names for their products, and X90 is one of them. This randomly generated tag could just as easily be slapped on a CD player or a condom. What Suzuki should have called its new sport-ute […] More
View Photos Aaron KileyCar and Driver From the July 1994 Issue of Car and Driver. The Chevy and GMC Suburban—draft horse of the well-heeled, national car of Texas—has been around in one form or another for about half a century. But the Suburban has never been bred for speed. Even when stuffed with 7.4 liters […] More
From the April 1977 issue of Car and Driver. Five years ago, all the smarties, including those occupying positions of responsibility on this staff, told you that those manifestations of the great performance binge of the 1960s known as Pony cars were as surely doomed to the automotive tar pits as ragtops and side-mounted spares. […] More
