Gordon Gekko, that slicked-back, suspendered embodiment of Wall Street greed, would surely cheer the Bentley Continental GT Speed. Sorry, make that “Bentley Continental GT Speed Black Edition.” Like the acquisitive Michael Douglas character, the Bentley Black plays by its own penthouse rules. Get what you want, and then want some more: In this case, the … Read more
The 3 Series—BMW’s longstanding flagship enthusiast compact—was replaced in 2014 by a smaller, cheaper, more agile vehicle in the form of the 2 Series. Overshadowing the earlier 1 Series in all the right ways (looks and performance, to name a few), the 2 got a plentiful M model in 2015 in the form of the … Read more
“TURNLEFTATTHATCACTUS!” a driving coach scream-wheezed through clenched teeth as the Ford F-150 Raptor I was driving slid around a sandy corner at 60 miles per hour. The patch of strained face visible through the window in the front of his helmet made him look like he may have been experiencing extreme bowel distress to go … Read more
It’s hard to believe, but the Honda CR-V crossover has been roaming around since 1997 and has seen as many as five generations. It’s one of the original mass appeal crossovers, which seemed to originally be championed by a healthy mix of active lifestyle enthusiasts and college professors. The model’s now been catapulted into being … Read more
Just as in Hollywood, the troubled, twice-aborted development of the Acura NSX didn’t bode well for the finished product. Delays. Indecision. Rewrites. A Japanese director and crew dumped, then replaced by an Ohio-based team with a more ambitious vision for a big-budget, all-wheel drive hybrid supercar. It didn’t help that the NSX is the Godfather 3 of … Read more
In 2020, Audi announced they would give enthusiasts what they had demanded for literally decades. Fans of both fast Audis and wagons were finally going to get the holy grail of performance longroofs, the Audi RS6 Avant. Being one such long-suffering fool myself, I made sure I was top of the list for one, price … Read more
There’s an old, wise saying that goes: “It’s more fun to drive a slow car fast than a fast car slow.” It’s true. Just think of how much fun it is to drive a piece-of-crap rental on the absolute edge, than, say, a McLaren at 55 mph? But what if, just if, there was a … Read more
Big-bodied SUVs are a staple of U.S. roadways, none more so than the Chevrolet Suburban. Heck, it’s even got its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The big Chevy first rolled off the assembly line in 1935, and few things have changed since. Sure, they’re packed with more technology nowadays and they’re longer … Read more
Welcome to Critic’s Notebook, a quick and off-the-cuff collection of impressions, jottings, and marginalia on whatever The Drive writers happen to be driving. Today’s edition: the 2017 Acura ILX. I wanted to like the Acura ILX. I really, really did. On paper, it sounds like the sort of car I’d buy. Peppy four-cylinder engine? Solid. Eight-speed dual-clutch transmission with … Read more
You may have seen the news last month that the global population of tigers is actually 40 percent higher than scientists previously estimated, given advancements in the techniques and technology used to track the animals. It was a rare uplifting moment—in a world where everything good seems to be going away, or changing beyond recognition, … Read more