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    Stepsibling Rivalry: 2020 BMW Z4 M40i vs. 2020 Toyota GR Supra

    Yes, yes, we know. The new Toyota Supra is really a BMW underneath. There’s no need to continue acting shocked about it. Just because someone found a BMW logo on a part under the Supra’s hood does not mean they’ve uncovered a conspiracy. Dan Brown will not be writing a book called The BMW Code. […] More

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    Audi's RS Q3 Remains a Forbidden Hot-Rod SUV

    The feisty performance version of the Audi Q3 compact luxury SUV, the RS Q3, has been a foreign-market tease for enthusiasts on this side of the Atlantic since the first-generation debuted for 2013. Sadly, despite the arrival of a second-gen version for 2020 with more power than ever, as well as ample United States-market competition […] More

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    2020 Mercedes-AMG GT Is All About That Base

    Michael SimariCar and Driver A base Toyota Corolla or an option-less Ford Escape might get the adrenaline pumping when you’re trying to win one on The Price is Right, but it’s tough for a car lover to get excited about a stripped-down automobile with a weak-sauce engine. While there’s an undeniable honesty and value in […] More

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    BMW 2-Series Gran Coupe Chases Mercedes Downmarket

    If it weren’t for the piles of money on the line, there would be something rather childish about German automakers and their never-ending match game. As they busy themselves inventing new niches and body styles, BMW and Mercedes-Benz keep one eye on ensuring that the other carmaker doesn’t have anything in its portfolio without a […] More

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    Kia's 2021 Seltos Is Attractive and Practical

    There’s a goodness that Kia has figured out how to bake into its newer SUVs, most notably its mid-size three-row Telluride. While the Korean brand’s latest box on wheels, the new 2021 Seltos, may be tough to classify­—it sits right on the subcompact/compact border—it’s apparent after just a few minutes behind the wheel that it […] More

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    Porsche’s Flat-Six-Powered Boxster and Cayman GTS are a Return to Form

    It would be easy to fill pages with moon-eyed poetry praising the intoxicating zing of the new 718 GTS’s 4.0-liter flat-six engine. Oh, the noises it makes hunting down the glory of 7800 rpm, all the while electrifying scalps, tingling spines, and purpling prose. Yet perhaps the most telling change over its four-cylinder turbocharged predecessor […] More

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    2020 Ski-Doo Summit 850 Turbo Finds Higher Ground

    Two-stroke engines aren’t dead. Well, they might be in cars, but they’re more alive than ever in snowmobiles. Forget the smoke-spewing, spark-plug-fouling, expletive-inducing engines of the past. Bombardier’s Rotax engine division builds modern two-strokes that are clean, efficient, and powerful. In the booming high-altitude mountain-snowmobile segment, the naturally aspirated engine struggle is real. Free-breathing engines […] More

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    2020 Toyota Camry TRD: Family Car or Track Star?

    James LipmanCar and Driver Now that vitriol is the official language of our national discourse, skepticism doesn’t just come easy, it’s ever-present background noise, the tinnitus of an angry and distrustful world. So yeah, we’re a little incredulous about the Toyota Camry TRD. A Camry—the pillar of bland family fare—made into a sports sedan? Sure […] More