Autos The Best-Selling Car in America the Year You Graduated High SchoolCar and Driver - Joe Lorio Find the top-selling car from each year, from 1978 to today.
Tesla Tesla Improves Range to 370 Miles and Cuts Prices on Model S and XCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehWe're barely into the second quarter of 2019, and Tesla is making yet more changes since the year's start. After dropping the 75D in January, Tesla is reversing course—because why should Elon Musk commit
Hyundai Hyundai Invents New Phone App That Will Let You Make Your EV FasterCar and Driver - Daniel GolsonThe app will be available on future Hyundai and Kia electric vehicles, allowing users to modify everything from torque output to braking performance and top speed. Hyundai Motor Group has created what
Autos Chalk It Up to the Constitution: Court Rules a Common Parking Enforcement Technique Is Unreasonable SearchCar and Driver - Alexander StoklosaMarking a parked car's tire using chalk to track its time in a parking space could henceforth require a warrant. UPDATE 4/24/19: A clarification: The court's decision that chalking is unconstitutional
Rivian Ford Is Getting a New Electric Vehicle from Michigan Startup RivianCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehFord's $500 million investment is another check mark for the startup American electric-truck company. Rivian now counts Ford as a willing partner to push its battery-electric pickup and SUV prototypes
Autos The Honda Civic Type R Might Be Getting a Throwback Color and a Smaller Rear WingCar and Driver - Daniel GolsonSpy photos of multiple Type Rs at the Nürburgring show a number of interesting new details. Now that Honda has facelifted the standard Civic and its sporty Si variant, the brand is setting its sights the
Autos The 2020 Aston Martin DBS Superleggera Volante Is a 211-MPH DroptopCar and Driver - Daniel GolsonAston Martin has chopped the top off its DBS Superleggera, creating what it says is "the ultimate open-top experience." Have you been wanting a convertible Aston Martin but feel that the DB11 Volante's
Fiat Chrysler Fiat Chrysler Recalls 298,000 Dodge Dart Sedans for Broken Shifter CablesCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehCareful: The last of the compact Dodge sedans may not be in park when parked. Fiat Chrysler is recalling every automatic-transmission Dodge Dart in the United States to fix a transmission shifter cable
Autos The 2020 Nissan 370Z Commemorates 50 Years with a $2600 Special Anniversary EditionCar and Driver - Eric StaffordThe legendary Z turns 50 and celebrates with a unique livery inspired by the iconic BRE 240Z race car. UPDATE 4/23/19: Nissan has released pricing for the 2020 370Z's 50th Anniversary Edition package.
Tesla Model 3 How Does the Geely Geometry A Measure Up to the Tesla Model 3?Car and Driver - Mike DuffIs the Chinese automaker capable of making a Tesla Model 3 fighter? We do the math. Tesla might be struggling with bringing the long-promised $35,000 version of the Model 3 to market, but Chinese automaker
Autos You Really Need a Real (Paper) Map on Your Next Road TripCar and Driver - Josh JacquotHow to read a map: follow these tips and your trips will be something to savor. If you find pleasure behind the wheel, reading a map is a means to an end—a task to relish when adventure beckons or when
Porsche The 992 Porsche 911 Targa Is Keeping the Awesome Retro RoofCar and Driver - Daniel GolsonThe new-gen 911 Targa has been spied testing at the Nürburgring, and it's keeping the retro retractable roof. Of the multitude of Porsche 911 body styles and variants, the Targa has one of the longest
Autos Which Chinese Cars Are Coming to the U.S.? The Shanghai Auto Show Offered Strong HintsCar and Driver - Mike DuffIncreasingly, Chinese brands are eyeing the U.S. market and making serious plans to come here. Which ones? Read on. There were two major international auto shows last week, with New York and Shanghai clashing
Tesla Tesla Claims Fully Automated Autopilot Upgrade Will Be Fail-SafeCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehHow much of this announcement is hype and how much is tech that's ready for market, we won't know right away, but they've got our attention. Tesla’s fullest realization of Autopilot—a completely automated
Autos This Is (Probably) the Next-Gen Buick Encore for the U.S.Car and Driver - Daniel GolsonThe China-market Encore GX is bigger than what the U.S. currently gets, and it's expected to make its way to our shores. Last week at the Shanghai auto show, Buick unveiled two new crossovers: the next-gen
Swarovski Swarovski-Crystal-Covered Lamborghinis and You: A Reality CheckCar and Driver - Alexander StoklosaOr, how the "trend" of people sticking expensive crystals on supercars isn't a trend at all. The world isn't fair. We could point to any number of clues behind this truth, but let's stick with cars, shall
Subaru It's National Park Week, and You Know What That Means: Road TripCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehWhat better way to celebrate Earth Day and National Park Week than by planning your own adventure drive, we say. This week, the country's 419 national parks are offering a menu of special activities to
Autos The Vonnen Porsche 911 Hybrid Conversion Channels the 911's Future—At a Big CostCar and Driver - By Matthew AskariA pricey yet clever means to add big electric power to your Porsche. With the knowledge that Porsche has baked a hybrid variant into the product plan of the latest 992-generation Porsche 911, the electrical
BMW The 1970s BMW M1 Procar Series Makes a Comeback This JulyCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehAt the Norisring street course in Germany, there will be a rare chance to see original M1 race cars in action. On the first weekend of July in Germany, 14 BMW M1 racing cars will lap the Norisring street
Hyundai Here Are All of the 2020 Hyundai Sonata's Available Colors—Including YellowCar and Driver - Daniel GolsonThe new Sonata's color palette has some interesting colors beyond the typical white, gray, and black. When the new Hyundai Sonata was first revealed, some of the images of the Korea-spec car showed it
Honda Honda Will Soon Be Building EVs and More Hybrids in OhioCar and Driver - Clifford AtiyehExpanding local production to add electric vehicles may make room for imported and as yet unannounced models. Just as Ford is squeezing more electric vehicles into its Flat Rock plant in Michigan, Honda
Autos Ed “Big Daddy” Roth’s Volkswagen-Powered Wishbone Custom Will Soon Cross the Auction BlockCar and Driver - Andrew WendlerThis VW-powered creation is another surreal classic from Ed "Big Daddy" Roth, often referred to as the Salvador Dali of the hot-rod world. Of all the customs, hotrods, and show cars to emerge from the
Autos Mercedes-Benz Rolls Out All its Greatest Racing Cars to Celebrate 125 Years in MotorsportsCar and Driver - Mike Sutton From hand-cranked antiques to modern Formula 1 cars and everything in between.
Aston Martin Aston Martin Creates DBS 59 Special Edition to Commemorate 1959 Le Mans VictoryCar and Driver - Daniel GolsonA British dealership commissioned the unique model. UPDATE 4/19/19: The first DBS 59 of the 24-car production run has been built, and Aston has released a set of photos of the special edition. It gives
Nissan This Is the Next-Gen Nissan Sentra, and It’s Much Better-LookingCar and Driver - Joey CapparellaThis is technically the China-market Nissan Sylphy, but it's a close approximation of what America's Sentra sedan will look like. It seems like the Nissan Sentra is about to come out of the doldrums. China-market
Play buttonAutos One Look at This Crash-Tested Honda HR-V, and You'll Be Glad Auto Safety Engineering Is So AdvancedCar and Driver - Drew DorianA Honda HR-V crash-tested by IIHS brings home the damage of a 40-mph crash in an unforgettable display of pulverized sheetmetal. If you're planning on wandering the halls of the Javits convention center
Volkswagen If You Loved the Meyers Manx in the '60s, You’d Really Dig the Volkswagen I.D. Buggy in the '20sCar and Driver - Drew DorianVW's I.D. Buggy, one of its ambitious lineup of EV concepts, will owe much to the classic Sixties beach-lifestyle icon if it ever makes it to production. When Bruce Meyers built the first Meyers Manx buggy
Autos SUVs and Crossovers Are Just Wagon WorkaroundsCar and Driver - John Pearley HuffmanAmericans are still buying wagons, no matter what they're called. Over the past 40 years, the world has changed. But what Americans want in a new vehicle hasn't. At least not much. Back in 1979, Chevrolet
Porsche The 2019 Porsche 911 Speedster Isn't Even Out Yet, and There's Already a Factory Trim Package for ItCar and Driver - Andrew WendlerHey buddy, wanna buy a really nice Porsche Design watch? It comes with a car and a lot of race nostalgia. The just-introduced 2019 Porsche 911 Speedster is already plenty exclusive because fewer than will
