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.

Kills bugs fast.

I didn’t tell my riders to brace their heads against the headrests.

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

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EV of the Year 2025 • The quick-charging Porsche Taycan line consists of refreshing—if pricey—EVs that remind us that internal combustion is not the only way to get a great driving experience.

Cache for Cars • The age of innocence for OnStar, and connected vehicle technologies in general, is no more.

Check Your References • How do you know whether your car restoration is factory correct? You find an untouched example for comparison.

Big Gulps • How EVs from brands such as Hyundai and Lucid inhale an 800-volt jolt of juice from a 400-volt charging unit.

EZRA DYER • My wife’s new company car is a Nissan Altima, an unassuming sedan with a thirst for mayhem.

ELANA SCHERR • Forget the bestseller list—we’re stacking our to-read pile with novels in which cars are the main characters.

SLAT EXPECTATIONS • This radical new pickup is set to become one of the most affordable vehicles in the U.S. market.

FERRARISSIMA! • FERRARI SUPERCARS, DATING BACK TO THE 288 GTO, HAVE ALWAYS PUSHED LIMITS—IN TERMS OF BOTH ENGINEERING AND STYLE. THE LATEST ONE, THE 2026 F80, HEWS TO THAT TRADITION.AND DOESN’T DISAPPOINT.

BIG THINGS • WE LOAD UP SIX LARGE SUVS TO SEEK OUT THE WORLD’S LARGEST ROADSIDE ATTRACTIONS.

Hybrid Theory • The Porsche 911 and its new powertrain inspire us to revisit an old favorite road and suitably wring out this Carrera GTS.

REAL FEELS • THE LAMBORGHINI TEMERARIO IS POWERED BY AN ALL-NEW 10,000-RPM V-8, BECAUSE THE BRAND’S CLIENTELE DOESN’T WANT AN EV.

Drivelines • A DIGEST OF TESTS, UNFETTERED OPINIONS, AND SOME INTERESTING MINUTIAE

Don’t Call Me Baby

The Big Kahuna

Passport Renewal

Attractive Forces

Better Bestseller

Drivelines: Blips • HIGHLIGHTING THE DETAILS THAT MATTER

The Best Odds • The cars I recall most fondly were neither the prettiest nor the quickest. Certainly not the most expensive. They were machines that emerged willfully peculiar and intractably idiosyncratic. by John Phillips