Michael SimariCar and Driver When the Mercedes CLA-class debuted, in 2013, the debate was all about whether it would be accepted as a real Benz. Based on our experience with the second generation, that question has been answered. Unless you’re traversing the type of gruesome locale where the citizenry is well drilled on model hierarchy […] More
The updated 2020 Audi S4 is hot. It may not be hot like the eye-poppingly gorgeous Alfa Romeo Giulia, but hot in a subtle, slow-burning way that isn’t obvious at first. The more time you spend with the latest S4, however, the more you notice its design elegance, the more you pick up on its […] More
Muscle cars are all well and good, but nothing says “get out of my way” like a hulking crossover with a front end so full of grille it looks as if it could suck the air out of Ford Field faster than the Detroit Lions. One glance of a BMW X6 M in your rear-view […] More
The redesigned 2020 Audi Q7 looks smaller than it is. Unless you’re sitting inside, and then it feels larger than you’d imagine. It’s the Mary Poppins magic bag of crossovers, but less garish. It is still an Audi, after all. There’s no floral tapestry here, just a new shiny-toothed grille, slim LED headlights and taillights, […] More
Volkswagen sold 81,508 Atlas three-row SUVs last year. That makes the Atlas the success that the company has been hoping for since it opened its Tennessee factory in 2011 in an attempt to produce vehicles better tuned to the tastes of the United States market. In its push to snag an even larger slice of […] More
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
