The camouflage stickers on our prototype are drawing plenty of attention, but the camouflage is doing its job. The most interesting feature remains well hidden. Under the wrap is the next-generation BMW 4-series’ retro-futuristic, vertical kidney grille. Said to be inspired by pre-war BMW models like the two-seat 328, the new grille and the two […] More
View Photos Joey CapparellaCar and Driver The Chevrolet Bolt EV was on top of the world when it debuted in 2016. At a time when most affordable EVs struggled to go even 100 miles on a charge, the Bolt was a revolution that promised an EPA-rated 238 miles of range for less than $40,000. But […] More
View Photos Michael SimariCar and Driver The decades following your centennial are an unusual time for teenage self-discovery, but that’s exactly where Cadillac finds itself. Multiple reinventions in recent years and regular product reengineerings have brought about dramatic model repositioning as well. The CTS went from being a tweener betwixt established luxury segments as defined […] More
40,000-Mile Wrap-Up Around these parts—okay, in our heads—modern wagons park on the same pedestal as proper exotics. We hardly think twice when a Mercedes-Benz E-class sedan pulls up next to us at a stoplight. But an E-class wagon? That evokes pangs of envy and longing. In our mind’s eye, this wagon’s long-roof shape is the […] More
From the August 1988 issue of Car and Driver. Driving the Mercedes 300TE station wagon is like having Gregory Peck for your father. If you’ve ever seen Gentleman’s Agreementor To Kill a Mockingbird, you know what we’re talking about: a character of incorruptible morals, devoted family dude, solid citizen, conservative dresser, reliable as the sun, […] More
From the February 1998 issue of Car and Driver. Following America’s pioneer days, fossil-fueled conveyances came to the Old West even slower than potty stops came to Comanche country. Our westwardly mobile pioneers used the Conestoga wagon, which could haul through hell and high water an entire household, including the missus’s kitchen sink. Our Mercedes […] More
The Toyota Land Cruiser goes way back. Its introduction predates the Porsche 911 and the Ford Mustang. Its 40th-anniversary model arrived in 1997. So, Toyota decided it’s time to celebrate the Land Cruiser’s multi-decade run with a new trim level, the 2020 Heritage Edition. They named it that because it would’ve been weird to call […] More
From the March 1990 issue. The Land Cruiser is Toyota’s longest-running act in the U.S. The company sold one—literally one unit—in 1958 and has continued to sell the heavyweight sport-utility vehicle ever since. The Cruiser is Toyota’s heaviest American-market machine, its most profligate in the consumption of natural resources, and, at about 6000 units a […] More
