BY JARED GALL
The GTI moves asymptotically closer to perfection.
A select handful of cars offers a rare level of all-around excellence that sets them on a plane seemingly untouchable by their competitors. Premium branding is often part of the price of admission to this level of perfection, but the people’s car company”Volkswagen”sees no reason it can’t play here, too, granting its R32 levels of polish and balance more often associated with pricier brands. (more…)
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BY ERIK JOHNSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JORDAN BROWN AND THE MANUFACTURER
The difference between paper and pavement is staggering.
Sixty mph in 4.8 seconds. A quarter-mile time of 13.6 seconds at 102 mph. Braking from 70 mph to a stop in 162 feet. On paper, it looks like this test subject is a mildly interesting performance car with an above-average ability to go and a somewhat ordinary ability to stop.
On pavement? Oh, on pavement the whole script flips. It isn’t until you whirl the wheel of the car to which those numbers are attached that you realize what an incredible machine you’re piloting. It amazes like a Dwyane Wade drive to the hole; nothing should be able to move the way it does. It is, in short, breathtaking. (more…)
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BY TONY SWAN, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY
They were thinking of calling it the 501.
The elasticity of all-new gets a test here, as Ford stretches the words to surround this large front-drive sedan, known previously as the Five Hundred. Tepid sales and a new CEO led to the revival of a once-bright nameplate, even though that name had been dumped after years of sedans whose appeal seemed limited mostly to rental fleets. (more…)
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BY LARRY WEBSTER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL
A six that runs like an eight.
With its revamped V-6 engine now making 302 horsepower, Cadillac seems to be making the case that the optional V-8 is no longer necessary. (more…)
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BY DAVE VANDERWERP, PHOTOGRAPHY BY AARON KILEY
Getting by on good looks.
Despite finishing last in three comparison tests, the original TT still managed to leave a mostly positive impression”a testament to how far looking good gets you”even though, as sports cars go, it wasn’t great to drive. (more…)
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BY JOHN PHILLIPS, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JEFFREY G. RUSSELL
A really big bang for the bucks.
Like the Tucson and Santa Fe before it, Hyundai’s third crossover SUV”and easily its largest”is named after a sunny tourist destination. In this case, the Mexican state of Veracruz on the Gulf of Mexico, a region renowned for umbrella drinks and for depleting the wallets of bleary-eyed Americans. (more…)
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BY ERIK JOHNSON, PHOTOGRAPHY BY JARED HOLSTEIN
The new G37 gets more motor, more luxury, and more style.
Right as the filming for Star Wars drew to a close, Mark Hamill”he played Luke Skywalker, for you heathen non-SW fans”found himself involved in a serious car crash that left the famous Jedi with a busted and broken face. (more…)
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BY LARRY WEBSTER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARKUS LESER
Heaven can wait.
Ferdinand Porsche would be proud of the Carrera GT. The company he founded in 1948 has produced an amazing string of sports cars that was only recently interrupted by”of all things”a truck. (more…)
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BY MARK GILLIES
Looks sportier than it drives.
Honda and Toyota have tended to offer coupes built off their bestselling Accord and Camry mid-size sedans, but Nissan has never produced such an Altima. (more…)
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BY LARRY WEBSTER, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MORGAN J. SEGAL
After a five-year ordeal, Warren Mosler’s dream car is at last ready for prime time.
Power steering is overrated. So says Warren Mosler, the financial brainiac who’s been hoeing his own automotive row for 15 years. This past winter, after a five-year struggle, Mosler finally began delivering the street-legal, EPA-and-DOT-certified MT900S. (more…)
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