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First Drive: 2017 Bentley Bentayga
Spain is a country of contrasts: exclusive estates tower over luxury resorts at the Mediterranean coast, while just a few miles inland, crumbling villages scrape by in picturesque poverty. So, too, the Bentley Bentayga. Not in its economics, of course, but in its character. As Bentley’s first SUV—which Bentley claims to be the world’s first…
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First Drive: 2016 Lamborghini Huracán LP 580-2
In a billionaire’s playground a $201,000 supercar is an inexpensive toy, but you can’t measure the fun of the new rear-drive Lamborghini Huracán LP 580-2 in dollars. In fact, if anything, less is more with the new entry-level Lambo. How is it that a spin around a rarely-used Moto GP track in a car costing…
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Feature: You’ll Be Old Before Self-Driving Cars Arrive
We’re being sold a bill of goods, and doubly so during this week’s CES 2016 in Las Vegas: Self-driving cars are just around the corner, and you will definitely own one—or borrow one through an app—before the decade is out. That’s bullshit. Read the full story at The Drive
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Feature: Like Driving? Move Here
If you’re a gearhead, the best places to live right now are big cities. That might seem counterintuitive, considering the traffic congestion and expense of city life, but the cars go where the people—and the money—goes. Just look at Manhattan’s Classic Car Club, Los Angeles’ Cars & Coffee scene or The Drive’s, uh, garage. But…
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First Drive: 2017 Infiniti Q30
Look beyond the gorgeous exterior of the Infiniti Q30 and you’ll find something even more intriguing: this is, almost, the Mercedes-Benz A-Class hatchback you can’t buy in America. Except you can buy it in America, starting next summer. It just won’t have a Mercedes-Benz badge. Read the full review at Autoweek. Read it at Autoweek.
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First Drive: 2017 Mercedes-AMG C63 S
The castle rose out of the rock-strewn hills like a mailed fist aimed at God, a sinner’s defiant strike at an absentee Father. I knew instantly I’d have to investigate. It turned out it wasn’t a castle at all but a folly, a simulacrum of ancient greatness. From a hundred yards out, it evoked all…
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Feature: George Mueller, NASA, And Lessons We Must Learn
Last week, the world lost a quiet giant. The lessons he taught us may yet save us. Perhaps the single most important man in the group responsible for bringing to life John F. Kennedy’s goal of putting humans on the moon by the end of the Sixties, George Mueller—who died on Oct.12 at 97 years…
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First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE450 AMG 4Matic Coupe
Gas is cheap, and the auto industry is booming again. We’re back to 2006 numbers for the first time since Wall Street pulled off the biggest pyramid scheme in history. One of the biggest beneficiaries of this return to bubble-inducing growth spurts? The SUV. But what if you want to sell SUVs to people who…
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First Drive: 2016 Chevy Colorado Diesel
I speak as the owner of a 460 ci 1994 Ford F-250 4×4. It’s way too much truck for 99 percent of what I do. But it was my dad’s truck, so it’s not going anywhere–and the big block torque is awesome. But the big block thirst? That’s less awesome. The 2016 Chevy Colorado diesel is…
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First Drive: 2017 Audi A4
If you hear someone call the 2017 Audi A4 boring, smack him in the back of the head. They don’t know what they’re talking about. Read the full first drive review at Automobile Magazine.
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Frankfurt Motor Show: 10 Most Significant Cars
While the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show was packed to the gills with cars that we’ll be glad to see on the road in a few years’ time, this list captures the 10 I’d most like to drive, from the high-performance to the green and those that manage to cover both bases with futuristic verve. Read…
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Frankfurt Motor Show: Audi vs. Tesla
Okay, so this is just a bit tongue-in-cheek, but it’s actually a very interesting step for Audi to take–and for Tesla to have to defend against. As yet, no truly credible alternative is on the market, and only a few have a serious, near-future timeline. What will it take to dethrone Tesla as the king…
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Pebble Beach: The Concept Lawn
Concept cars are supposed to be works of art, predictions of the future, things to get us excited for what’s next in the automotive world. Some reach those standards; some fall short. Some rare examples exceed those expectations to become icons. At the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance Concept Lawn, we were treated to all…
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Pebble Beach: The 2016 Lexus LX 570
Gauche and gaudy are haute and abundant for one special week each year on the Monterey Peninsula, and this year, Lexus got in on the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance prelude festivities with the launch of its new 2016 Lexus LX 570 luxury SUV. Heavily revamped, but still bearing the same engine as before, the LX…
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First Drive Video: 2016 Cadillac CTS-V
The Germans. Always the Germans. Their brands have been the benchmark for luxurious motoring since Nixon left the White House in disgrace. But it wasn’t always that way. Cadillac was once The Standard of the World. Can it be that once again? The 2016 Cadillac CTS-V is the latest salvo in an ongoing campaign to prove…
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First Drive: 2016 Audi TT
Spend a day at speed with the new TT in the hills and valleys of the Oregon Coast, and for $50,000, you can get one hell of a taste of the R8 lifestyle. No, the TT isn’t a supercar. But it is finally the fun car it should be, and almost the true sports car it…
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First Drive: 2016 Mercedes-Benz GLC
This is the car that killed the wagon. “Whoa!” you say. “Bullshit!” Oh no, friends. No bullshit at all. I love wagons. I’ve lusted for them, enjoyed them, planned horrendously impractical builds for them. I still do. But this high-riding concoction called the Mercedes GLC punches all the right buttons, pulls all the right levers,…
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Deep Dive: 2017 Audi A4
Unchanged. Plain. Boring. These words have been used to describe the new 2017 Audi A4, but they all miss the point entirely. Yes, the design of the new A4 is evolutionary, rather than a ground-up restyling. But as they say in ancient High German, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Read the full story…