Kia has teased the refreshed 2025 EV6 crossover, expected to be shown in full later this year.The images show revised lighting, with angular C-shaped LEDs in the headlights.The EV6 will also likely benefit from the same larger 84.0-kWh battery pack that the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is gaining for 2025.The Kia EV6 burst onto the scene in 2022 with a sleek design, spacious cabin, class-leading charging, and … [Read more...]
2024 Acura ZDX Type S Is a Sporty-Enough EV but Lacks Personality
Acura enjoys applying the ZDX name to its most experimental models. The first was the easily forgotten coupelike crossover that debuted in the late aughts. Although that body style would go into vogue about a decade later, the original ZDX was ahead of its time, didn't sell well, and disappeared after only four model years. Now, Acura has revived that moniker and applied it to another experiment, … [Read more...]
2024 Chevrolet Traverse Has Size on Its Side but Lacks Charisma
General Motors has been dominant in the full-size SUV class for decades now, with Chevy Tahoes and Suburbans and their GMC and Cadillac equivalents commanding huge market share and even bigger profits. So it makes sense that GM would try to apply some of those same lessons to its latest generation of mid-size three-row SUVs. The 2024 Chevrolet Traverse is the first to reach a third generation, and … [Read more...]
Feds Mandate Automated Emergency Braking by 2029
It's not an exaggeration to say that cars are getting more advanced with each model year. From infotainment growth to semi-autonomous driving technology, manufacturers are adding features in each cycle, and often charging for them too. However, automated emergency braking systems will be a federally mandated standard . . . by 2029. Following the finalization of a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety … [Read more...]
BFGoodrich Launches KO3 All-Terrain Tire after a Decade of KO2 Domination
BFGoodrich has announced the All-Terrain T/A KO3 tire as the successor to the legendary KO2. As things currently stand, the new KO3 is factory-equipped on the new Ford Ranger Raptor and certain versions of the Chevy Silverado 2500HD and GMC Sierra 2500HD. This month, BFG will launch 13 sizes of the KO3 before adding over 100 more sizes over the next two years. It's the dawn of a new era for the … [Read more...]
Aston Martin's New 824-HP Twin-Turbo V-12 Will Power a Forthcoming Flagship
Aston Martin has revealed the first details about its new twin-turbocharged V-12, which is rated at 824 horsepower and 738 pound-feet of torque.Aston says the hand-built V-12 is completely redesigned, featuring a stronger engine block as well as a revised cylinder block, fuel system, and valvetrain. More details about the new V-12 are still to come, and Aston says it'll power a forthcoming … [Read more...]
Netflix Released the First Trailer for its Ayrton Senna Miniseries
Netflix released the first trailer for the upcoming six-part scripted miniseries following the life and career of Ayrton Senna.The two-minute trailer opens with Senna preparing for the 1991 Brazilian Grand Prix where he secured his first-ever home win at the Interlagos Circuit. While Netflix hasn't announced an exact release date for the series, the streaming giant confirmed the show will release … [Read more...]
The 2025 Audi A3 Allstreet Is a Baby Allroad for Europe
The SUV has evolved toward the ordinary car and spawned the crossover. But the regular hatchback has also moved in the other direction. The Audi A3 only comes to the United States as a dinky, slow-selling sedan. But in Europe a mid-cycle facelift is being accompanied by the launch of the A3 Allstreet, a four-door wagon with raised ride height and crossover-inspired plastic body cladding. Audi says … [Read more...]
Gasoline vs. Hybrid Cars: Pros and Cons of Each
We get that not everyone is ready to take the all-electric plunge, but you may be interested in what all the fuss is about with electrified vehicles. If that describes you, a hybrid may be a good option for your next car. Though hybrids still carry along an internal-combustion engine, and thus avoid the range anxiety associated with EVs, they differ from gas-only cars in some important … [Read more...]
TWR Supercat Is a Jag Restomod with a Supercharged V-12, a Manual, and RWD
TWR has revealed the Supercat, which is based on a Jaguar XJS that sports an aggressive carbon-fiber body.Under the hood lies a roughly 600-hp supercharged V-12 mated to a six-speed manual that routes to the rear wheels.Just 88 units will be built with a starting price around $282,000.Tom Walkinshaw Racing is among the most legendary names in British motorsport, responsible for the Jaguar … [Read more...]
2025 Toyota Crown Goes Goth with New Nightshade Model
The 2025 Toyota Crown lineup adds the new Nightshade model that slots between the Limited and Platinum.The Nightshade is available with Storm Cloud gray or Black paint and features the Crown's standard 236-hp hybrid 2.5-liter four-cylinder engine. Pricing for the 2025 Crown lineup starts at $42,535 in the XLE and ranges to $56,085 in the top-grade Platinum. Toyota has revealed new details … [Read more...]
1987 Lincoln Town Car Isn't Irrelevant Yet
From the April 1987 issue of Car and Driver.The Lincoln Town Car may be a brontosaurus in today's car market, but as recently as ten years ago it was the quintessential expression of the modern American car. Of course, not all American cars of the period were as expensive as the Lincoln, but most of them were designed and built very much like it. Their immense steel bodies were mounted with … [Read more...]
Diesel HD Trucks Burn Significantly Less Fuel Than Gas Ones in Our Highway Test
Heavy-duty trucks are exempt from publishing EPA mileage, but in our real-world highway fuel-economy test, we found diesels burn a lot less fuel. The diesel trucks averaged 18 mpg, and the gas-fed models averaged 15 mpg, which means the compression-ignition pickups returned 20 percent better fuel economy. Still, of the 22 HD pickups we've put through our HFE test, only two diesels cracked 20 … [Read more...]
Bentley Bentayga Apex Edition Gets Swimsuit Ready, Drops 97 Pounds
Bentley revealed the Bentayga Apex Edition, which, as the name suggests, is a new special edition of its luxury SUV. The Apex Edition gets a special look, carbon-fiber wheels, and carbon-ceramic brakes to save weight. Production of the new special edition Bentayga is being limited to just 20 units worldwide with a subset being offered to owners of the Continental GT Le Mans Edition in matching … [Read more...]
Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Vehicles: Everything You Need to Know
There are only about 17,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles on U.S. roads right now, and all of them are in California. Meanwhile, EVs are out there in the millions.While electric cars are getting attention, with major manufacturers focusing on making them dominant by 2030, hydrogen vehicles remain very much in the background.Here's what you need to know about what hydrogen cars are, how they work, and … [Read more...]
2025 Chevy Equinox Starting Price Rises $2000 to $29,995
The 2025 Chevy Equinox has a base price of $29,995, which is $2000 more than the outgoing 2024 version.With the old entry-level LS trim getting dropped, that leaves the LT as the Equinox's new entry point, and it's actually $895 less than before. The sporty RS and outdoorsy Activ are the two other trim levels, and they both start at $34,395; all-wheel drive is a $2K option on every '25 … [Read more...]
Polestar 5, In Test, Charges from 10 to 80 Percent in 10 Minutes
Polestar performed an impressive fast charge on a prototype of its upcoming Polestar 5 sedan, bringing the vehicle from 10 to 80 percent in just 10 minutes.The test car was equipped with a 77.0-kWh battery pack and according to the manufacturer, charging speeds rose from 310 kW at the start of the test to over 370 kW at the end. According to Polestar, the specially commissioned 77.0-kWh battery … [Read more...]
From the Archive: 1989 Isuzu Amigo XS 4WD Test
From the June 1989 issue of Car and Driver.The charge in this case is aggravated cuteness with intent to commit market domination. Disturbingly frequent in today's sport-utility market, this offense can be blamed in large part on the Suzuki Samurai. When it first wheezed its way onto the scene, the Samurai single-handedly reinvented its class. Who could have predicted that a stiffly sprung, … [Read more...]
2024 Mercedes-AMG CLE53: The Coupe, Made Swole
"We're going to pump—[clap!]—you up!" One imagines Hans, Franz, and all their pals at AMG reacting thusly to the new Mercedes-Benz CLE coupe, which debuted last summer in four-cylinder CLE300 and six-cylinder CLE450 form. After a muscle-building regimen at AMG HQ in Affalterbach, the result is the Mercedes-AMG CLE53. The vertical-slat grille may be the first-noticed telltale that this is the AMG … [Read more...]
Rare 1990 BMW M3 Sport Evolution Is Today's Bring a Trailer Pick
The original BMW M3 was created for Group A's 5000-unit homologation rules, but a subsection of those regs allowed even hotter "evolution" models to race if 500 were made.BMW's fastest E30-generation M3 "Evo," the Sport Evolution got an enlarged engine, an adjustable rear wing, and many other bits BMW wanted for racing.Just 600 M3 Sport Evolutions were built, and they weren't sold new in North … [Read more...]
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