Michael SimariCar and Driver It’s not easy to build a car that combines the diametrically opposed concepts of sportiness and luxury. BMW’s latest attempt to find the sweet spot between those polar opposites is the 2020 BMW M850i xDrive Gran Coupe, the newest addition to the already expansive 8-series family. Despite it being called a […] More
Michael SimariCar and Driver If the BMW X6 can teach us anything as it enters its third generation with the 2020 model year, it’s that sacrificing some practicality for a funky, sloped-roof silhouette isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Of course, you have to like the way the X6 looks to be okay with the loss […] More
Automakers are always looking for white space in the marketplace. Mercedes has gotten quite good at this over the years and has recently identified a previously unfilled gap that apparently needed addressing: Buyers looking for a proper six- or seven-passenger SUV with 600 horsepower and a six-figure sticker price had nowhere to go until the […] More
If you’re going to drive something absurd, why not go all the way and put yourself behind the wheel of one the most colossally irrational vehicles available? If that’s really your thing, look to the redesigned BMW X5 M. It makes hardly any sense at all. HIGHS: Time-warping acceleration, the grip and handling to match […] More
Mercedes practically invented the factory-built high-performance luxury SUV in 1999 when it stuffed a 5.4-liter V-8 into its ML-class ute and christened the ML55 AMG. That vehicle’s stats and figures—342 horsepower, 376 lb-ft of torque, 60 mph in the mid-sixes—seem quaint two decades later. But at the time, the company was able to call it […] More
Michael SimariCar and Driver The problem with the 2020 Mitsubishi Outlander Sport, the brand’s smallest crossover, is that it was only mediocre when it debuted nearly a decade ago. A sprinkling of new improvements align it slightly better with the pack of newer and nicer SUVs in its sub-$30K competitive space, but the little Outlander […] More
Marc UrbanoCar and Driver As Cadillac’s best-selling vehicle, the XT5 pays a lot of the brand’s bills, even if it isn’t the most interesting model in the Cadillac showroom. A host of mid-cycle updates that further refine the XT5 should help maintain its status for the 2020 model year, regardless of whether or not they […] More
If you’re thinking of stuffing your entire family and belongings into a car, you’re probably not shopping a brand named Mini. But, both the Mini brand and Mini’s cars have steadily grown since the brand relaunched in 2003, and there are now two plumped up and not-so-Mini crossovers for sale at Mini stores. The Countryman […] More
