2012/2013 Toyota FT-86 ...
This horribly mutilated STI shows that development continues on the joint Toyota/Subaru sports coupe. Sports-car loving Toyota president and CEO Akio Toyoda is committed to producing a Lexus LFA for the masses—or at least some kind of affordable rear-drive sports car—possibly as...
Aaron Robinson: Syd Mea...
The vehicles Mead drew were preposterously sleek, seemingly made of every possible material except steel, and often levitating by unexplained means. Syd Mead has been drawing the future ever since he discovered that it paid better than drawing new Fords. Mead was designing the taillights...
Cars Versus Similarly N...
Another face-off between cars and people, places, and stuff with similar names. We recently pitted several cars against people, places, and stuff with similar-sounding names, but determining how the Ford Fiesta fares against Taco Bell’s Fiesta Taco Salad was just the beginning. Here...
How To: Read a Friction...
Driving successfully at a car’s limits is less about bravery and more about understanding the dynamics of three disciplines—acceleration, braking, and cornering—and how they work together. The “friction circle” illustrates exactly that by plotting the interplay between these...
Alternative Fuels for A...
Altfuelapalooza: Are any gasoline alternatives ready for the American mainstream? Instead of a wholesale switch to electric cars, with all their inherent range and charging problems, a seemingly easier way to wean ourselves off gasoline is to find alternate fuel that could be used in...
2012 Volkswagen Jetta S...
Illustration by Christian Schulte The 2011 Jetta launch is going on right now in San Francisco, and we’ll be bringing you driving impressions of the four-door shortly. Sedans are fine and everything, but it’s the five-door SportWagen that’s preferred around our offices....
2011 BMW 740i – Short...
We find no flaws in BMW’s bargain 7-series. With the salty seas of the Gulf still being displaced by BP’s lost profits, perhaps a new environmental conscientiousness will take hold of the global consumer. (Yeah, right. And perhaps Joe Biden will call it quits so he can take a...
2011 Mercedes-Benz SL55...
Fast, comfortable, and fun, it’s a great tool for mature motoring. You know you’re getting old when the Mercedes-Benz SL550 seems like the perfect car. That may sound like a back-handed compliment to the car, but with age comes wisdom—and with wisdom, the realization that one...
What the Hell Happened ...
After the collapse of Champ Car, how could its most fiery and entertaining bad-boy driver not land a full-time ride in the Indy Racing League? Nine-thirty a.m. The sun over Las Vegas is already on the cusp of becoming a blinding-white orb, and Paul Tracy is toweling the sweat off his...