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When we first met Nik Saran, the owner of VF Engineering, at The Motoring Club in Los Angeles, we didn’t expect to be track testing his company’s supercharged Lamborghini Huracán Performante a week later. Usually guys like Saran are full of excuses why we can’t test their product. We’ve heard them all. “We’re still tuning […] More
Michael SimariCar and Driver Like a family of jackrabbits, the breed of subcompact luxury crossovers is multiplying at an alarming rate. Since 2018, when the aging Lexus NX was last refreshed, and now, the segment has added all-new models such as the BMW X2, Cadillac XT4, Jaguar E-Pace, and Volvo XC40. Still, the Lexus outsold […] More
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
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
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
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
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
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
