Originally from the July 1996 Issue. John, if we ever get home, let me book you an appointment for a very thorough CAT scan.” So said senior editor Phil Berg, upon observing the first of three 1000-foot cliffs we would somehow have to surmount in southern Utah. I felt that Berg had possibly overreacted. After […] More
Originally from the November 1992 Issue. I’ve written a number of stories about the Michigan country—the country is always true—what happens in the stories is fiction. —Ernest Hemingway, in a letter to his father, Paris, 1925. Interstate 75 is unusually empty as the Land Rover rolls north from Ann Arbor. Ahead lie the woods, streams, […] More
Originally from the February 1994 Issue. What do you buy when you want your transportation to be athletic and distinctive but find that when you’re behind the wheel of a sports car, your driving record accumulates so many points that the state threatens to shred your license, incinerate the scraps, and bury the ashes in […] More
It’s easy to love the robust powertrain, but it’s the refined chassis that makes the M340i even more compelling. More
Jessica Lynn WalkerCar and Driver You can’t easily tell the status of the folks sitting in the 2020 Audi S8. It’s not like the old days where the boss automatically sat in the back of a big executive sedan. Perhaps if the S8 were fitted with Audi’s optional $7750 Executive Rear Seat package, then the […] More
40,000-Mile Wrap-Up Standing out in a crowd isn’t everyone’s bag. Some prefer anonymity. Some people don’t want their car to draw attention. They’d rather not be approached every time they stop for gas or be asked to roll down their window at a stoplight for to field questions about their ride. Toyota’s Camry and Prius […] More
Andrew TrahanCar and Driver Some cars are for winning races. Some are for winning attention. The Porsche 718 Spyder is for winning souls. It’s not the quickest car in the 718 Boxster/Cayman family. Or the most structurally stiff. But what it lacks on the spec sheet, it returns in deep and meaningful allure. We spent […] More
We don’t have the sex appeal of Adrienne Barbeau or Tara Buckman climbing out of a Lamborghini Countach [Maybe not you, Oldham—Ed.]. Even if we did, we left our skintight spandex jumpsuits back at the hotel. But we are hauling ass through the California desert in a black Lamborghini, specifically Robert Patel’s modified 2020 Lamborghini […] More
