Toyota and its luxury brand Lexus are no strangers to technological innovation or to pushing the boundaries of style and design. Now the spindle-grilled Lexus brand is pushing the limits again with the 2023 Lexus RZ 450e, not only its first electric vehicle, but also the […]
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First Drive of the Lucid Air Reveals Power and Panache
While cruising along Interstate 8 in the Lucid Air, it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to spider graphs. Spider graphs offer a quick glimpse of how various factors like power, performance, weight and aerodynamics interact with one another. For the engineer sitting in the […]
Drive Fast, Leave no Carbon: Two All-Electric, Halo, Grand Tourers From Audi
Luxury, technology and a whole lot of flash often go hand in hand. In the age of space-faring billionaires, we all expect the latest wiz-bang gadget to look like something from the future, right? Not in Audi’s view. The 2022 Audi e-tron GT and RS e-tron […]
First Drive: 2019 Camaro SS
Muscle cars tend to be polarizing machines–you either love them for their raucousness or hate them for their brute, blunt-object style force–but the 2019 Chevrolet Camaro SS Coupe with the new 10-speed automatic transmission may be the goldilocks vehicle for anyone on the cusp of […]
The Deliciously Decadent Mercedes-AMG GT R
A first drive of the deliciously decadent Mercedes-AMG GT R in Portimao, Portugal
Driving the Green Monster on an Formula 1 Test Track: The Mercedes-AMG GT R
A review of the brand new 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT R.
Why I love the Volkswagen Golf R
It’s a rare thing for a modern-day car to excite me. Don’t get me wrong, most of the cars now on the market are fantastic machines—they do exactly what they aim to do, and they do it well. It’s just rare to find an everyday car that inspires […]
First Drive: 2017 Audi A4 Allroad
The cowboy isn’t dead. In today’s postmodern, constantly connected world, he still rides through rain, sleet and snow, burnt forest and windy pass, yipping and yawping to his mottled black herd as they meander down Old Yellowstone Road through narrow Hoback Canyon just outside of […]
Four Things You Need To Know About Volvo Today
I spent a gorgeous few days in Vail and the surrounding mountain area to get a peek at the new Volvo V90 Cross Country. It was a gorgeous day and a really breathtaking car. Check out the inside scoop I got from top execs on […]
The Coolest Cars at the Concorso Italiano in Pebble Beach
To the northeast of the city of Monterey is the Black Horse Golf Club. Here, on the Saturday before the uber-rare cars take to the 18th Hole of Pebble Beach, owners and fans gather in the presence of some of the most beautiful Italian-designed cars […]
Splitting the Hairs of Luxury in the Kia Cadenza
Splitting the difference in luxury is like splitting hairs. Does luxury maintain its appeal if it’s available to nearly everyone? Kia thinks so, and with the new 2017 Cadenza, the automaker is targeting anyone who has ever wanted lots of premium features and miles […]
Why I Really Want a Mercedes-Benz Adventure Van
In an unmarked warehouse just outside of Charleston, South Carolina, wooden crates and cardboard boxes are waiting. Hulking, nondescript masses sit on shelves and floors around the warehouse. When it’s time, the half-assembled shells glide smoothly out of their protective shipping containers and onto […]