Bengt Halvorson, Senior Editor
Articles
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Tablet-like touchscreens have become the ubiquitous interfaces of choice, and they’re seemingly everywhere in daily life, on everything from thermostats to coffee makers and refrigerators. But...
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If track day is important, Byton wants you to buy a different electric carTesla vehicles have earned a reputation, boosted by YouTube reaction videos, for their blistering, dragstrip-worthy, straight-line acceleration. Porsche is getting into the electric performance game...
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2019 Audi e-tron quattro first drive review: A new normal for electric luxuryThe Audi e-tron SUV that goes on sale next spring in the U.S. isn’t just Audi’s first fully electric vehicle. It’s the luxury brand’s way of showing how an increasingly...
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2018 Cadillac XTS leakedCadillac’s XTS is set to receive some significant updates, as confirmed by leaked shots that recently surfaced on Chinese website Autohome.
The XTS has been with us since 2013 and Cadillac has...
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4 features in the 2017 Volvo S90/V90 that could make you a safer driverVolvo’s all-new 2017 S90 sedan and upcoming 2018 V90 wagon, like the XC90 crossover introduced this past year, are packed with safety technology.
If you’re familiar with Volvo’s...
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2018 Volvo V90 first drive reviewWagons have been staged for a comeback for more than a decade. Yet time after time, seemingly splendid, sporty wagons have fizzled in the American market.
Is Volvo being hopelessly optimistic in...
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With Volvo’s most recent products, including the 2017 Volvo S90 sedan and upcoming 2018 V90 wagon, the Swedish automaker is wholly embracing its Scandinavian roots.
From the upright concave...
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2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e first drive reviewThe 2016 BMW X5 xDrive40e—that’s the new plug-in hybrid version of the X5 sport-utility vehicle—is going to draw you in with its numbers: 0-60 mph in 6.5 seconds; 14 miles in...
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Parking via smartphones and tablets: technology is ready, regulations aren'tIt’s been nearly ten years since Lexus introduced to the U.S. market a system through which its big luxury sedan, the LS, could park itself.
Since then there have been many luxury models, and...
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2016 BMW X1 first drive reviewThe new 2016 BMW X1 is, for the most part, a very good car.
Yet there’s a big asterisk to this: It just doesn’t feel much like a BMW.
In this age when executives and product planners wax...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC first drive reviewRoadsters like the 2017 Mercedes-Benz SLC aren’t exactly in vogue right now.
The Honda S2000 faded away a few years ago. BMW Z4 sales have fizzled to levels far below those of the more...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz S-Class Cabriolet first drive reviewTalk up the feel of the wind in your hair and the natural high of sunshine as you will; but in the world of convertibles, there are those that cruise the scene, and there are those that help make...
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Tesla Motors [NSDQ:TSLA]—or just Tesla, as it might now prefer to be called—has very closely guarded nearly all the details about its third mass-production all-electric car, the smaller,...
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2017 Honda Civic lineup embraces the manual transmissionIf you want to buy a new Honda Civic with the stronger 1.5-liter turbocharged engine and a manual gearbox, you’ll need to wait until the 2017 model year.
That’s when every single trim...
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2016 Scion tC goes out with tuner flair: racy final edition for New York debutScion is on its way out with the 2016 model year. But to celebrate its 14-year run, at curtain call the brand is showing off some of its raciest JDM (Japanese domestic market) tuner potential...
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2016 BMW X4 M40i first drive reviewBMW’s current model lineup is a quagmire. Sure, to the brand’s enthusiasts it’s a nice, ordered progression of models and choices; but to others it’s a muddle of models, body...
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2017 Mercedes-Benz SL-Class first drive reviewWhat’s the best pick for a sun-drenched, cross-country luxury-car road trip for two—on a route that doesn’t shy away from challenging mountain two-laners? The set of contenders has...
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2016 BMW M2 first drive reviewThe 2016 BMW M2 is, at long last, the M car that doesn’t try to please everyone—and will, because of that, end up pleasing far more driving enthusiasts in ways that matter.
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There’s no future for manual transmissions in the Lamborghini lineup.
For enthusiasts who might have been out of the loop for some time, it may come as a big disappointment to learn that the...
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Will wake of VW diesel scandal help electrify Lamborghini?Could an electrified Lamborghini—or Bugatti, or Bentley—arrive any sooner as a result of the Volkswagen diesel scandal?
It might be easy to rush to an answer and say that, no, neither of...
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Volkswagen Budd-e Concept At CES: Microbus Goes All-ElectricWith the world debut of a new concept vehicle at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Volkswagen is signaling that it’s seriously thinking about plugging a new...
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2016 Ferrari California T Recalled Over Fire RiskFerrari [NYSE:F] is recalling the 2016 California T because a manufacturing flaw in a fuel-system component could lead to an engine-compartment fire—and, potentially, one very unhappy Ferrari...
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2017 Audi Q7: Driving The Only New SUV With All-Wheel SteeringNimble, agile, and even tossable aren’t words that you’ll often find in driving impressions of a big three-row utility vehicle. Yet they most definitely apply to the 2017 Audi Q7.
The...
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2016 Infiniti Q50: Details on new 400-hp twin-turbo V-6The refreshed 2016 Infiniti Q50 sport sedan is the first product from the Nissan luxury brand to bear an entirely new-generation V-6.
Infiniti has given plenty of hints that this engine is one the...
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