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Filed under: Crossover, Hatchback, Subaru, First Drives A Utility Knife For The Sensible Shoes Crowd There are stories in every culture about a young man or woman who is supposed to marry someone sensible, attractive, a good cook and good provider. B... more

Filed under: Performance, Truck, Ford, First Drives, Off-Road Exhilaration At 1 MPH When thinking about the Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, one tends to picture an orange meteor barreling across the desert at absurd velocities, flying through the air, long-tr... more

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Audi, First Drives, Luxury No Mid-Life Crisis Here We have no intention of inviting vehement vehicular debates, but they always seem to pop up when discussing this segment of the market. That’s a good thing, bec... more

Filed under: Sedan, Performance, Audi, First Drives, Luxury A Standalone Sleeper Sport Sedan That Still Keeps Us Awake At Night The always-bustling Audi stand at next month’s Detroit Auto Show figures to be cluttered with a full range of eighth... more

Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Lexus, First Drives, Luxury Lexus’ Best Compromise Yet Ever since the Prius unexpectedly became the Xerox of hybrids and a greenie icon, Toyota has been trying to figure out how to apply the technology to its other m... more

Filed under: Wagon, Europe, Crossover, Audi, First Drives, Luxury Audi Gives Us Its Warrior Wagon For The Holidays Despite recent sad decisions by Ingolstadt and the company’s regional bosses in Herndon, Virginia not to include either the stunn... more

Filed under: Budget, Hatchback, Volkswagen, First Drives VW Finally Rediscovers Its (Very) Small Car Roots Big old Volkswagen is back to thinking small, and it’s finally doing it right. After a frankly awful attempt at supplying the rest of the... more

Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Chevrolet, First Drives Meeting The Next-Generation Chevrolet Mid-Size It’s been a very long time since the midsize market went easy on American automakers, and recent years have conspired to make an uphill sales slo... more

Filed under: Performance, Crossover, Mini, First Drives Need A Bit More Pounce In Your CUV? Mini Has A JCW For That As part of the ongoing master plan at Mini to attract distinction-seeking buyers who still have some disposable income left, we presen... more

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Scion, First Drives Accomplished Sports Coupe Rekindles Hope For Scion When it comes to wringing out a performance car, nothing beats track time. Public roads are crowded, chock full of regulations and policed. Race c... more

Filed under: Hatchback, Volkswagen, First Drives Learning To Love The Bug Volkswagen began building buzz for the 2012 Beetle long before we caught a glimpse of the first spy shots. The company’s executives were throwing phrases like “fun... more

Filed under: Crossover, Mazda, First Drives The Most Functional Miata Money Can Buy Now, before you furiously fire off angry comments about the absolute blasphemy of soiling the Miata’s good name in reference to a crossover, hear us out. Mazda... more

Filed under: Hybrid, Sedan, Japan, Technology, Honda, First Drives How Honda Is Working To Get Its Groove Back For decades, Honda successfully cultivated a hard-earned reputation for technological innovation and thoughtful engineering, but the Japane... more

Filed under: Coupe, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, First Drives Uncorking This Road-Legal DTM Coupe At Laguna Seca Turn Two at Laguna Seca is one of racing’s more interesting creations. Get it wrong here and the rest of your lap will get really gr... more

Filed under: Convertible, Performance, Mercedes-Benz, First Drives, Luxury A Simple Black Dress With A Leather-Wrapped Baseball Bat Yes, it’s a tired trope. But if there’s a pair of well-off empty-nesters, the husband drives a Mercedes-Be... more