23 Oct, 2024 | Admin | No Comments
The 2025 Toyota GR Corolla Automatic Is Real, Real Good: First Drive Review
Toyota’s essence can be distilled into one Japanese word: Kaizen. It essentially means “continuous improvement,” never resting on one’s laurels—and it’s foundational to how Toyota operates. Kaizen is, perhaps, why after just two years on sale, Toyota is already rolling out big updates for its highly touted rally hatch. The big one: An automatic transmission. […]
22 Oct, 2024 | Admin | No Comments
The New Audi S5 Isn't as Fun as It Used to Be: First Drive Review
The south of France has some of the greatest driving roads on earth. Sliced from mountains and littered with incredible vistas, these are the sort of bends car people dream about. The 2025 Audi S5 should be in its element here. It’s a rocketship on paper, harnessing a turbocharged and gently hybridized V-6, all-wheel-drive grip, […]
22 Oct, 2024 | Admin | No Comments
We Drove the 2026 Honda Passport Trailsport in Moab. It's Genuinely Tough
I pulled up to a Moab, Utah overlook in a 2026 Honda Passport Trailsport prototype and hopped out into the red sand. My group of six Passports, all in orange camouflage, was about 5,000 feet above sea level, parked alongside Jeep Wranglers, Ford Broncos, and side-by-sides that slithered over rocks like their wheels were tentacles. […]
The Volkswagen ID.Buzz isn’t particularly efficient, it isn’t particularly cheap, and some parts of its interior are utterly infuriating to use. But I liked it—and so did everyone else who laid eyes on it. Without a doubt, it is the most charming three-row, seven-passenger vehicle you can buy right now. It definitely left me smiling. […]
It’s mid-life update time as BMW lifts the covers off its M235 complete with a new DCT gearbox, chassis improvements and interior changes. The eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that the biggest change is the removal of the letter “i”. Following in the footsteps of its hatchback brother, the M135, BMW has removed the […]
I recently drove the Honda Passport Trailsport—a rugged version of Honda’s mid-size crossover. Unfortunately, the tech was outdated, the efficiency was lacking, and the Trailsport badge didn’t do much to make the SUV more interesting. The good news is that there’s a new Passport on the way, and Honda says it will be hugely improved. […]
16 Oct, 2024 | Admin | No Comments
The 2025 Chevy Tahoe and Suburban Get Big Screens, Big Charm: First Drive Review
Chevy’s full-size SUVs head into 2025 with a mild refresh outside and a significantly different atmosphere inside. And by different, we mean better. The 2025 Suburban and Tahoe pull off a neat trick: They capture the tidiness of a minimalist cockpit without sacrificing physical controls. Meanwhile, engineers coaxed a bit more power from the turbocharged […]
If you’re confused by Subaru’s sporty model nomenclature these days, we forgive you. Everybody knows the WRX—while mention of the letters S-T-I brings tears to the eye of any self-respecting Subaru enthusiast—the recent medley of GT, TR, and tS trims haven’t yet earned their place in the pantheon of performance acronyms. Last year, the WRX […]
It’s another special edition A110, but this time Alpine says that the R Ultime is not only the last petrol-powered variant, but also the fastest, and you guessed it, most expensive! For those that don’t know much about the Alpine A110, that asking price in the title seems astronomical. After all, the new A110 R […]
It’s the first time the famous John Cooper Works (JCW) badge has featured on an electric Mini, taking the fight to Alpine and its A290. Despite poor sales, electric cars are popping up left, right and centre. It’s no secret that the shift to fully electric has well and truly begun as we head towards […]