| A Guide to Off-Roading for the Uninitiated [Sponsored] |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
Today’s trucks are amazing machines. They’re built to comfortably handle highways, but are just as adept once your turn off the pavement and onto the dirt. And, really, what’s the point of 4×4 if you’re not actually going to use it, at least occasionally? But simply going off-road isn’t as simple as it sounds. It’s an […]
|
| |
|
| |
| VW CEO: Diesel Scandal’s Financial Cost Will Exceed Initial $7.2-Billion Fund |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
It appears that Volkswagen will have to pay more than the $7.2 billion it had allotted to fix its cars and disarm lawyers over its diesel-emissions scandal, but by how much is anyone’s guess. Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller recently said the company’s initial cash fund only applied to expected recall costs, although whether Müller is including government fines […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Long and Stronger: 2016 Audi A8L 4.0T Sport Brings More Power |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
Audi just dropped some numbers on its long-wheelbase flagship sedan, and things are trending upwards. And by things, we mean horsepower. For 2016, Audi is adding the A8L 4.0T Sport model, in which the car’s twin-turbo V-8 is bumped to a solid 450 horsepower, 15 more than the now-departed non-Sport 4.0T. Of course, the extra power is welcome, […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Steer Clear: What It Takes to Have Good Steering in an Electric World |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
From the November 2015 issue There’s no control in a car more central to driver involvement than steering. And there’s no control that juggles more variables to get satisfying feel—that just-right balance of how much force the driver has to apply to the steering wheel to change direction; how immediately and linearly the car responds […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Running the Legendary Mojave Road, in Pictures [Sponsored] |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
Few dirt roads in America can rival the Mojave Road, which runs 140 miles across California’s Mojave Desert, one of the hottest and most barren places on earth. Home to dormant volcanoes, towering sand dunes, and bazillions of Joshua trees — not to mention scorpions, rattlesnakes, Gila monsters, and the endangered desert tortoise — the […]
|
| |
|
| |
| 2017 GMC Acadia Spy Photos: New Platform, Smaller Dimensions |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
What It Is: After a decade, General Motors finally will release a second generation of its mid-size crossover family, which includes the GMC Acadia/Chevrolet Traverse/Buick Enclave. Spotted here in GMC trim, the next Acadia carries over its familiar fender-flare shape, upright grille, and rectilinear body that contains three rows of seats. Design-wise, don’t expect any […]
|
| |
|
| |
| Wind Damage: Quantifying Convertible Weight and Noise Compromises [Infographic] |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
From the November 2015 issue Lay the old rooster on the chopping block and he’ll be a little lighter after the hatchet falls. It’s a sad fact that the opposite is true of cars. Subtract the top and you’ve got to add a bunch of stuff back in. But, while convertibles consistently weigh more than […]
|
| |
|
| |
| DRIVEN: All-New 2017 Acura NSX! |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
Should Acura even have this car? It’s a question we posed with our first preview of the NSX back in April. Ailing Acura strikes us as a brand in need of reinvention from the bottom up, starting with a new Integra, the car that the people have crowned as the real keeper of Acura’s flame. […]
|
| |
|
| |
| 2017 Acura NSX – First Drive Review |
Oct 26th, 2015 |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| 2016 Volkswagen Passat First Drive: Some Much-Needed Good News for VW |
Oct 23rd, 2015 |
|
In the wake of the TDI emissions scandal—or are we still in the build-up phase?—Volkswagen is in need of some good news. The launch of a new model can provide just that, and the 2016 Passat is sufficiently different from the 2012–15 models to justify a modicum of enthusiasm. READ MORE ››
|
| |
|
| |
