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
View Photos WOLFGANG FALKCar and Driver From the January 1990 issue of Car and Driver. It’s a scene right out of a movie, a fantasy that only the Germans and a few lucky visitors will ever live. The headlights of a bright-red Porsche 911 Carrera 2 drill twin cones through the lifting morning mist. The […] More
From the Archive: Porsche’s first 911 convertible. More
View Photos Michael SimariCar and Driver If you’re a luxury car company aspiring to succeed in the United States today, you’d better have a strong three-row crossover in your showroom. Lexus was oddly without one for years, instead offering only its ancient body-on-frame GX and LX SUVs as its family-friendly options. We’re not sure why […] More
From the June 1998 issue of Car and Driver. It’s easy to say that upstart luxury carmaker Lexus got its start by copying Mercedes-Benz, but that’s not quite the truth. No doubt, the sedan that Lexus introduced in 1989 as its flagship, the LS400, was a refined, V-8–powered, leather-lined sedan with styling that clearly had […] More
This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. During our previous dyno testing, the 2020 Toyota Supra made more power than advertised. The 2021 Toyota Supra gets a revised turbocharged 3.0-liter engine […] More
