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From the May/June issue of Car and Driver.Elsewhere in this magazine is a comparison test of eight rational compact SUVs that carry families, haul groceries, and do the daily grind honorably. Here, we compare two examples of a very different type of automobile. Built less for the practical side of transportation and more for the admittedly selfish pursuit of driving pleasure, the 500-hp Ford Mustang Dark Horse and its 453-hp German rival, the BMW M2, square up against each other now that the Che…
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In 1988, the fearless French World Rally Championship driver Michèle Mouton co-founded the Race of Champions. The inaugural event celebrated a decade of WRC with an Olympic-style competition among eight drivers, including such Group B legends as Walter Röhrl and Timo Salonen. For more than a decade, the annual competition took place on Spain’s gorgeous Gran Canaria island. Racelogic, maker of the VBOX data loggers we use to measure performance data of test vehicles, invited us and nine other car…
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The Vision Neue Klasse X is one of the future concept vehicles to preview the next generation of BMW’s electric lineup. We’ve already spotted a camouflaged test vehicle, but the X is likely our first look at what the new iX3 will look like when it goes on sale sometime next year.Attention-grabbing design aside, the Neue Klasse X is also a preview of future battery tech, in-car infotainment, and ergonomics. The 1960s were an important turning point for BMW. After introducing a Neue Klasse, or new…
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The lobster, butter-soaked on many a plate, has more in common with cockroaches than the seafood restaurant would want you to believe—they share a common ancestor with many such freaks. Not to make anyone’s skin crawl, but the new all-electric Mini Countryman SE ALL4 wears a similar shell to the gas-powered Countryman, though it’s a very different bug.Mini, which squashed the “Cooper” naming convention for the Countryman for this new generation, offers two versions of its all-electric SUV global…
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The all-electric 2024 Porsche Taycan puts sunglasses on typical EV nerdery with elegant design and performance that can ramp up to as much as 750 horsepower.
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Of the over 6.1 million traffic accidents that occur in the U.S. each year, approximately 11 percent happen during inclement weather, according to NHTSA’s most recent data. That’s an annual mix of 700,000 crinkled-up hoods, busted windshields, and accidents resulting in property damage, injury, or even death, caused by tiny pieces of precipitation. A freak ice or snowstorm ahead of your seasonal tire swap could spell disaster. That’s just one reason why Nokian (among other manufacturers) has com…
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There’s something beautiful about the printed word. Maybe it’s the scent of ink or the paper on which it bleeds. Maybe it’s the luxury of viewing stories on something larger than a phone screen or it’s the break from staring at one completely. Ultimately, it doesn’t matter why you like it. Because we’re going to keep doing it.This year our magazine covers harbored no slow cars. We featured the quickest Corvette ever one month and one we predict to be the largest ever. A 300-hp Corolla made the c…
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It’s no Kwanzaa or Christmas, but there’s something about Spotify’s end-of-the-year Wrapped that has that special holiday twinkle about it. The annual summary is a rap sheet of everything you’ve listened to over the past year. Within that nugget of info, the platform shows its users some interesting facts such as what artists they listened to the most, how many total minutes they listened to music, and other listening trends and behavior.A new feature for this year matched users’ streaming habit…
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Picture this: You’re enjoying a steamy thermos of green tea and ghee when a car enters the parking lot with a six-and-a-half-foot carbon tripod suction cup affixed to its hood. If this is something you’ve experienced, you may have been an extra in a Car and Driver photoshoot. Our team of staff and freelance photographers travel the world to illustrate the fastest cars, the most thrilling road trips, and the occasional misfortune, sometimes driving in circles for hours just to get the right shot…
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To paraphrase the late Wilford Brimley, we test cars and we test them often. From the Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivan to the spiciest version of the Porsche 911, there isn’t a car, truck, SUV, or minivan we’d say no to. A Jeep Wrangler 4xe Rubicon that’s been chopped into a two-door Gladiator? Tested. The $340k 1967 Shelby Mustang GT500 restomod? Bust out the Racelogic VBox GPS data logger, daddy’s headed to the proving grounds. While this specific list ranks only the 13 quickest vehicles to 60…
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From the January 2024 issue of Car and Driver.We’re living in a triple-tiered subscription-based world. Gold members get a free bottle of water at check-in. Platinum status lets you board the plane sooner than others. Diamond members, well, they can do just about anything as long as the cops aren’t watching. The idea seems to be to make you want more. That’s what makes the Lucid Air Pure such a fresh take. It’s the most affordable version of an impressive EV. Yet even at this lowest tier, it del…
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