Remember that old boyfriend or girlfriend you had back in college? You know, the one you occasionally stalk on Facebook to gawk at photos and wonder how they still look so young/buff/hot? That’s the new Audi Q7. Fresh off its torture tests in the Namibian […]
When Mini made its return to the U.S. market back in 2001, the tiny cars were cute racing go-karts in the eyes of the American buyer — if they were remembered at all. The teensy cars with cartoonish colors and Union Jacks stood out in […]
At the festivities around Pebble Beach last week Lexus unveiled a brand new look for the flagship SUV, the LX 570 and showed off a new, rear-wheel drive version of their popular GS model. I headed off to the land of pink-pants and plaid to […]
Want to tackle the Nürburgring? Perhaps traverse the Sahara? Compete in Pikes Peak? Ford a river? Oh, and you want to do that all on the way to drop the kids at school? There’s only one vehicle on the market that can probably handle all […]
Save the manuals! Death to automatics! Car enthusiasts and purists alike have mourned the slow and painful death of the manual transmission. Fewer people know how to drive them, even fewer are buying them and carmakers are simply opting out. The same goes for car […]
It’s a car! It’s an SUV! It’s a…. Fastbacks have been around since the 1930s when automotive designers started using airplane shapes to smooth out square angles and rough edges on boxy vehicles. Some of the resulting designs are iconic, breathtaking, and fast. Other end […]
The Nürburgring — the “Green Hell” in Jackie Stewart’s famous phrase — is simultaneously a proving ground, an iconic racetrack, and a death trap. Since the track was completed in the 1920s, more than 65 competitors have died in professional races; many more have done […]
Maybe the word “hybrid” added to any given Toyota is enough to pique the interest of the fuel-thrifty masses. That must be the case with this, the 2016 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid, since all Toyota will talk about is that little badge. Read more of my story at […]
You may not imagine James Bond peeling out in a silent car, but Aston Martin is looking to change that. The company that makes some of the most beautiful cars in the world is planning an all-electric version of its popular Rapide S. During a lunch […]
At the New York Auto Show unveilings abound. One that was particularly special–and particularly controversial was the revitalization of the Continental nameplate by Lincoln, the beleaguered American luxury brand. I had a chance to check out the car before it hit the show floor and […]
On a pre-programmed course in an old airfield in Alameda, Calif., a silverfish-shaped car meanders through a cardboard city full of frozen people and cut-out trees. Here at the edge of Silicon Valley, looking back across the bay at the San Francisco skyline and just […]
Yep, you read that right….. On a trip to Austin, Texas I had the chance to take the big brawler out for a spin and write about it for Yahoo Autos. Check out the story, in which I discuss Derek Bell, cows and burnouts, over […]
ABIGAIL BASSETT 