Car and Driver

This magazine is for automobile enthusiasts interested in domestic and imported autos. Each issue contains road tests and features on performance, sports, international coverage of road race, stock and championship car events, technical reports, personalities and products. Road tests are conducted with electronic equipment by engineers and journalists and the results are an important part of the magazine's review section. Get Car and Driver digital magazine subscription today.

I love new cars, but lately I’m fixated on cars of the past.

BACKFIRES • Think of it as the peer-review section of the magazine, hosted by your pal Ed.

THE EDITORS EXPLAIN

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A Neue Way Forward • The eighth-generation BMW 3-series looks to the future without abandoning the past.

Driving the M350 Prototype • The M350 is, well, a gas.

Studdy Buddy • Nokian’s Hakkapeliitta 01 is a grower, not a shower.

Materials Maven • Meet La Shirl Turner, vice president of color and materials at Stellantis.

Tracking Device • Live camera and data feeds give new meaning to armchair coaching in performance driving.

The Saturn Sky Red Line is proof that the old GM’s ideas weren’t all bad, as I find out when I take custody of one.

My guests’ expertise in rear-seat amenities provides some insight into passenger-pleasing design.

NO SHOW PONY • THE MUSTANG DARK HORSE SC ARRIVES WITH A VENGEANCE—AND A SURPRISING DOSE OF SWEETNESS.

CHARACTER ACTORS • WE AUDITION FOUR UPSCALE SUVS FOR A ROLE REQUIRING MAXIMUM VERSATILITY.

The mid-engine Nuvolari supercar is the starting point.

READING LINES • Audi previewed its latest design language, which it calls the Radical Next, with the battery-electric Concept C roadster in 2025. The Audi Nuvolari, however, will be the first production vehicle to don the new aesthetic. The German brand says this freshly unwrapped car is a pre-production prototype, and it intends to bring over the vast majority of the Nuvolari’s design to the finished product.

RESPECT YOUR ELDERS • We leave behind launch control and triple digits to experience slow thrills.

The Perfect Middle Child • Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport HIGHS: Chest-thumping V-8 soundtrack, nearly as quick as a Z06 to 60 mph, neck-wrenching road adhesion. LOWS: You may want earplugs on the highway, optional equipment can erode its value.

How the Grand Sport Fits in an Ever-Growing Corvette Family

From Beetle to Battery • The Meyers Manx 2.0 goes electric.

Dressed for the Nines • Porsche Cayenne Turbo Electric HIGHS: Supercar quick, plenty of room for the people who will ask you to slow down, magic-carpet ride. LOWS: Supercar price, fussy vent controls, piddling sun visors.

Life, Uh, Finds a Way • Ram 1500 TRX SRT HIGHS: Treats curbs like they’re tar strips, swanky interior, empowering presence. LOWS: Nearly single-digit fuel economy, price hike with its revival, a bit loud—what’s that?

A Simple Plan • The bargain-priced Slate Truck is a springboard for the imagination, but its ultrabasic foundations may not be for everyone.

Gazoo RAVing • Toyota RAV4 GR Sport HIGHS: Snappy acceleration, sharper handling than the standard RAV4, excellent fuel economy. LOWS: Costs nearly as much as a luxury SUV, interior materials don’t match the price.

2025 Ram 1500 • Our Ram 1500 taught us to love Hurricanes.

Fleeting Thoughts • One full-size truck leaves while another, of sorts, joins.

Drivelines: Blips • HIGHLIGHTING THE DETAILS THAT MATTER

The Best Odds • The cars I recall most fondly weren’t necessarily the most successful. They were machines that emerged willfully peculiar and intractably idiosyncratic.