From the March 1992 issue of Car and Driver. In the realm of four-wheeled conveyances, there’s a fine line separating the outrageous from the silly. For example, a Lamborghini Diablo is outrageous. A $1.6 million street-going Schuppan Porsche 962CR, on the other hand, is silly. An AMG Hammer is outrageous. So is a Dodge Stealth […] More
Volvo’s latest 400-hp plug-in hybrid S60 sedan makes for a stylish and luxurious addition to our long-term fleet. More
From the Archive: The safety mavens of Sweden reveal a hairy chest. More
From the April 1992 Issue of Car and Driver. “It’s like a train speeding up your spinal cord and coming out your ear.” —Minnesota Vikings safety Joey Browner describing a full-force collision in the NFL Which is pretty much how it feels to stomp the throttle of a Ferrari F40 or a Lamborghini Diablo on […] More
Look at enough crossovers, and they tend to blur into a homogeneous blob of inoffensive two-box shapes—useful, yes, but seldom interesting. The crossover is a jack of all trades, master of none, except for the one that involves making money for automakers. At that, crossovers are very good, and the three-row Atlas SUV has been […] More
From the February 2011 Issue of Car and Driver. It’s big. With its S-class sedan underpinnings (on an 8.3-inch-shorter wheelbase), uninhibited dimensions, and too-long-at-dinner mass (4699 pounds), the new Mercedes CL550 (modestly face lifted, generously adrenalized) is one of the largest four-seat coupes on earth. Only the Rolls-Royce Phantom Coupé is bigger. HIGHS: Habit-forming power, elegant […] More
From the February 1980 issue of Car and Driver. Hey man. I got a bus, you got a bus, all God’s flower children got a bus. 2022 Volkswagen Microbus Self-Driving Electric VW Shuttles Coming to Qatar VWs EV Microbus Conversion Is Tech Plus Old School The VW microbus was as much a part of the […] More
From the February 1984 issue of Car and Driver. It is the evil weevil, the rock-solid, steely-eyed grim reaper of sporting cars, the paragon of knife-edged incisiveness and buttoned-down insanity. More than any other factory-fresh passenger car available here today, the Porsche 911 Carrera is the absolute embodiment of clench-jawed, tightfisted, slit-eyed enthusiasm run amok, […] More
