2019 BMW X4 M40I FIRST DRIVE: UNDER YOUR CONTROL But, maybe, not for hand talkers JULY 2, 2018 If I get excited while talking, which is not a rare occurrence, I’ll flail my hands around to emphasize a point. I do this at the office, the dinner table and in the car. With the BMW X4 and…
Automotive Radar, GPS, and Head-Up Displays: How They Work How these military-derived technologies work in your vehicle. JUNE 2018 BY K.C. COLWELL PHOTOS BY CHRIS AMOS ILLUSTRATIONS BY CLINT FORD Radio detection and ranging, or radar, is said to be one of the key factors that turned the Battle of Britain in favor of the Allies. Without…
Five Freaky Car Noises (and What They Can Mean) Car trouble can start with a squeal, a knock, or the eerie sound of silence. JUNE 2018 BY NICK KURCZEWSKI PHOTOS BY MULTIPLE PHOTOGRAPHERS Car problems can start with a bang or some variation of the worst noise you can imagine. There could be a clunk and…
2017 Jaguar XE Gone flat. APRIL 2018 BY JEFF SABATINI PHOTOS BY MARC URBANO From the May 2018 issue Car enthusiasts are, by definition, tire enthusiasts. Tires are our beasts of burden; their grip, or lack thereof, enables us to exercise our passions. Tires are also beautiful things to behold, from their circular perfection to their psychedelic…
2019 BMW 8-series: History Doesn’t Repeat, but It Rhymes BMW replaces its 6-series with an 8-series. Again. JUNE 2018 BY JENS MEINERS BMW’s latest coupe, the 8-series, which replaces the 6-series, brings back memories—not all of them fond—of a similar switch that took place in the late 1980s. Back then, BMW replaced the E24 6-series with the…
Chevrolet Corvette Z06 vs. Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR, Nissan GT-R, Porsche 911 GT2 Extremists: It’s man against motherboard in this four-way flog of max-horsepower machines. AUGUST 2008 BY AARON ROBINSON PHOTOS BY DAVID DEWHURST Behold four machines sitting on the pointy end of a horsepower skyrocket that lifted off sometime in the 1980s and hasn’t hit the…
Corvette ZR1 vs. SL65 AMG Black Series, Murcielago LP640, Viper SRT10 With 600 hp (and then some), these supercars are at the pinnacle of the automotive food chain. Just like dinosaurs, they may be doomed. MARCH 2009 BY MARK GILLIES PHOTOS BY MORGAN SEGAL It’s easy to diss old-fashioned people as dinosaurs, with their plodding resistance to change,…
2017 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350 Drinks oil, eats rubber, consumes California canyon roads for dessert. MAY 2018 BY DAVID BEARD PHOTOS BY ANDREW TRAHAN WHAT WE LIKE: Just before the onset of what turned out to be a seemingly interminable Michigan winter, the unavailability of an OE-size winter tire for the Mustang Shelby GT350 led us to decide on…
The Real Deal: 1965 OVC Shelby Mustang GT350R Continuation Series Driven! So authentic, even the new stuff is old stuff. JUNE 2018 BY STEVE SILER PHOTOS BY STEVE SILER Few automobiles are as infused with the nostalgia of 1960s car culture as much as the 1965 Shelby Mustang GT350 Competition model, a.k.a. the GT350R. The Shelby-modified Ford…
2018 Porsche 911 GT3 Manual Conducting a 9000-rpm symphony is even more fun with the DIY gearbox. JUNE 2018 BY RICH CEPPOS PHOTOS BY CHRIS DOANE If there is one universally embraced truth among car enthusiasts, it’s that high-performance machines deserve soul-stirring engine notes. That’s why every discussion of a vehicle’s capacity to thrill inevitably lands on the question,…
