2018

  • 2018 Mercedes-Benz S450 4Matic

    Mercedes-Benz will sell you a 2018 S450 for $90,895. You’ll have to special order it and be prepared for the salesman to raise an eyebrow and repeatedly ask, “are you sure?” That’s because the vast majority of Mercedes-Benz S-Class sedans that leave the automaker’s Sindelfingen, Germany, assembly plant are loaded with extra-cost options. The high degree of customizability helps ensure that Ben Affleck’s S-Class doesn’t look like George Clooney’s S-Class. Heaven forbid. By no means is Mercedes alone in encouraging buyers to add 50 percent or more...

  • Hennessey shows how a new Ford GT gets delivered
    John Hennessey shows how a new Ford GT is delivered

    The purchase and ultimate delivery process that comes along with a supercar is a bit different than what you might experience when you buy the family sedan or truckster. Those vehicles are fine, but they don't deserve pomp and circumstance. A machine like the 2018 Ford GT, however, does. John...

  • 2018 Mercedes-Benz G-Class
    Last chance to buy a new original G-Class

    Mercedes-Benz has just unveiled its first redesign for the G-Class since the original civilian model was launched in 1979. The vehicle boasts familiar looks but a modern chassis and all the latest tech you'd find in the rest of the Mercedes lineup. It won't reach showrooms until the end of the...

  • 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS
    Here are the Top 5 reasons you'll love the Porsche 911 GT2 RS

    Porsche loves cranking out Top 5 videos. Usually though, it factors in five models that fit a given topic. Today's different because the sole attraction in this Porsche video is the 2018 911 GT2 RS. We still have five things to talk about. So let's dive into the Top 5 thrilling attributes on the...

  • 2018 Hennessey HPE600 Lincoln Navigator
    Lincoln Navigator gets boost from Hennessey, but still no V-8

    Lincoln's Navigator impresses with its luxury and presence, but with a curb weight approaching 6,000 pounds the big SUV could definitely do with some added performance. Sure, the stock 3.5-liter twin-turbocharged V-6 is perfectly adequate with its 450 horsepower and 510 pound-feet of torque, but...

  • Porsche GT2 RS performs an ice ballet on the snow at St. Moritz
    Watch Porsche perform an ice ballet with a 911 GT2 RS and a vintage 911 rally car at St. Moritz

    With the right set of tires, nearly any vehicle is prepared for winter driving. A perfect example of this is the 700-horsepower Porsche 911 GT2 RS. When wearing winter tires, the car is capable of finding traction where you'd expect none to exist. Porsche highlights this fact by placing a GT2 RS in...

  • Range Rover Sport SVR

    In 2016, a Ferrari 458 Italia driven by Fabio Barone ripped through the tight, twisting ribbon of asphalt known as Tianmen Road. Located in China, this 7.0-mile stretch features 99 sharp corners, sheer drop offs, and little room for error. Barone completed his run in just 10:31. And now that run is history, because it was just bested by a Land Rover. Not just any Land Rover, of course. The brilliantly blue Land Rover the broke the Ferrari's record is a Range Rover Sport SVR, which means it's equipped with a 5.0-liter supercharged V-8 engine that cranks out 575 horsepower. Apparently that's...

  • 2018 Audi SQ5
    5 things you need to know about the 2018 Audi SQ5

    Crossover SUVs provide practicality for daily adventures, but sometimes a touch of performance is desired. That’s where the 2018 Audi SQ5 comes in. It’s not a pudgy family truckster flopping into corners, nor is it a track slayer. The 2018 Audi SQ5 is a compact crossover SUV with...

  • 2018 BMW M5, BMW Test Fest, February 2018
    2018 BMW M5 video road (and track) test

    Feel. It's what makes us fall in love. It's what drives our passions. And it's what made auto enthusiasts revere BMW's M cars for years. But even as it got faster around a racetrack, the BMW M5 lost some of its magical feel in its last two generations. The M5 is redesigned once again for 2018, and...

  • 2018 Dodge Challenger R/T Shaker with Shaker Package
    Dodge Challenger and Charger get fresh heritage-inspired options

    If you're in the market for a new Challenger or Charger, Dodge has a couple of options that might pique your interest. One is a new Shakedown Package that can be ordered on the 2018 Dodge Challenger's R/T Shaker, R/T Plus Shaker and 392 Hemi Scat Pack Shaker models. It retails for $995. First...

  • 2018 BMW X2
    2018 BMW X2 first drive review: At least it’s a BMW

    I’m barreling down the longest straight at The Thermal Club’s South Palm Circuit at over 100 mph, and I’m thinking this isn’t right. The 2018 BMW X2 isn’t made for a racetrack—it’s especially not exciting after driving several laps in the new M5—but I...

  • Lamborghini Huracán Performante Spyder
    Lamborghini Huracán Performante Spyder is your new old-school, hairy chested roadster

    Today's auto shows increasingly focus on green and autonomous vehicles, but don't tell Lamborghini that. On Tuesday at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show, the automaker introduced a convertible version of its lightweight Huracán Performante, offering the well-heeled enthusiast an...

  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio

    Alfa Romeo finally has what Americans supposedly desire: a premium, compact crossover SUV. These hatchbacks on stilts provide consumers the practicality wagons offered for years with the lifted stance and available all-wheel drive they think they need. When winter weather turns nasty, crossover SUVs show their true colors, for better and worse. In the case of Alfa Romeo’s Stelvio, the Q4 all-wheel-drive system, ground clearance, and all-season tires were all surprisingly capable when the fluffy, cold, white stuff started flying. Here are 6 things learned from tackling snow in the 2018...

  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio First Drive
    2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio first drive review: ultimate performance, incomplete luxury

    “Best RACE Experience With Shifter in Manual.” That message flashes across the instrument cluster after I twist the drive mode selector past Dynamic and into Race in the 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio. I dutifully oblige, slotting the electronic shift lever left from Drive and...

  • 2018 Buick Regal GS
    2018 Buick Regal GS first drive review: six appeal

    The 2018 Buick Regal GS wears lots of letters and words on its flanks and in its cabin. Two you won’t find? “Gran Sport.” That moniker’s a relic of an era when rear-drive Buicks prowled the roads, leaded fuel their Muscle Milk. Today’s Buicks lean heavily on recently...

  • 2018 Audi RS 5
    7 things you should know about the 2018 Audi RS 5

    I’m frustrated. The Arizona desert roads Audi picked for me to drive its track-bred coupe on were picturesque and open, but I found nary a sharp corner to attack. So, I’ve called in a favor and borrowed a Nardo Gray 2018 Audi RS 5 for some extra drive time. Now I'm in search of twisty...

  • 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon
    Living with the 2018 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon: the good and the bad

    Jeep crows about its Wrangler being the standard for off-road driving. As my colleague Andrew Ganz found in Arizona, the 2018 Jeep Wrangler is a dynamite car in the dirt. While the 2018 Wrangler, a JL to all the fans, certainly will be a fixture on trails and in mud bogs, it's also the vehicle that...

  • 2018 Ford GT via Ford GT Forum
    Ford employees can choose exclusive "Victory" paint scheme for GT

    Customers lucky enough to get their hands on a Ford GT have a wide range of exterior colors to choose from, but they won't see this particular paint scheme on the options sheet. It's called "Victory," and the paint scheme is exclusive to Ford employees. None other than the man behind the reborn GT...

  • 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio

    Alfa Romeo on Thursday announced pricing for the 2018 Stelvo Quadrifoglio performance SUV, which we'll test later this month. Anyone keen on parking one of the 505-horsepower high-riders in their driveway will require a check for $81,590, including a hefty $1,595 destination charge. That is inarguably a pricey sum, but it's not much more expensive than the Giulia Quadrifoglio sedan, which starts at $75,295. But the Stelvio Quad is further adrift from its sedan counterpart than the non-Quadrifoglio model—both the Stelvio and Stelvio Ti are only $3,800 more expensive than the equivalent...

  • 2018 Ford Focus RS Heritage Edition
    Ford Focus RS production ends April 6, 2018

    There's a new generation of the Ford Focus just around the corner, and if past experience is anything to go by we likely won't see an RS version of the car until well into the product cycle. That means if you were considering buying a Focus RS, you had better act fast as the current model is set to...

  • 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS facelift spy shots - Image via S. Baldauf/SB-Medien
    2018 Porsche 911 GT3 RS spy shots and video

    The track weapon that is the Porsche 911 GT3 RS is about to be sharpened just a little bit more. Our spy shots and video reveal a prototype for an updated GT3 RS that we’re expecting to be revealed next month at the 2018 Geneva International Motor Show. Official photos of the car have already...

  • Porsche Camp4 2018
    Learning the unnatural at Porsche's Camp4 winter driving school

    Pierre Des Marais’ voice cracked over the radio as he screamed, “Yo-el! Why do I hear throttle and see brake lights multiple times?” “Turn. Brake. Accelerate,” he said loudly into the radio. In most track situations you are told to brake hard, turn, then accelerate out...

  • 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk
    2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk is a snow warrior, too

    It was a bright, sunny February afternoon in Chicago when I picked up the 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. Still, with temperatures in the 30s, the conditions weren't ideal for such a performance beast. No matter really. I wouldn't be taking this 707-horsepower SUV to a track anyway. I'd just be...

  • 2018 Jaguar E-Pace
    2018 Jaguar E-Pace video review

    Jaguar’s second crossover may have started life as a Land Rover and a Range Rover. But making it a "Jaaaaag" was job No. 1 for the 2018 Jaguar E-Pace. What’s a Jag if it doesn’t drive well? To that end the list of changes was fairly substantial. The Jaguar E-Pace gets its own...

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