The number of new performance cars to hit the market over the last decade is simply mind boggling. Whatever you’re looking for—from high-performance wagons to 700-horsepower pickup trucks—you’re bound to find it. Hi-po sedans like the BMW M5 aren’t anything new, but the numbers we’re seeing today out of these machines certainly are. For some, … Read more
Over the past decade or so, restomodding has evolved into a fully developed industry. If you’ve got means, there are plenty of folks out there who would be happy to drop an LS9 into your C3 Corvette or outfit your vintage ‘Cuda with an independent rear suspension. Thanks to a robust aftermarket, much of the … Read more
Not since 1996 have we seen a new production Ford Bronco roll off the assembly line. But now, a quarter of a century later, the beloved truck is back, more modern and capable than ever. And the 2021 Ford Bronco marks the first time it’s ever been offered as a four-door, too. It’s clear Ford … Read more
On the snaking, cambered twists of Bear Divide in the Angeles National Forest of Southern California, the 2020 Honda Civic Type R blew everything I ever knew about front-wheel drive to smithereens. I’m an FWD evangelist and I still cannot believe what Honda achieved here. Forget about torque-steer management, the way the Type R behaves … Read more
We can gnash our teeth over the way Americans ignore fast wagons, but it’ll do nothing to change the lukewarm receptions given to these machines time and again while crossovers keep storming the country’s driveways. Domestic entries like the Dodge Magnum SRT-8 and Cadillac CTS-V couldn’t scrape together enough buyers to last longer than a … Read more
It’s a popular sentiment that BMW has sort of been losing its grip for the past decade—or more, depending on who you ask. The general consensus for enthusiasts is that things peaked around the E46 M3 in 2006 and maybe leveled off until the E90 M3 in 2013, but the company has gradually been sliding … Read more
Rumors of a mid-engine Chevrolet Corvette have been running through the General Motors faithful for a good half-century. You can trace them all back to Zora Arkus Duntov, the legendary GM engineer who transformed the Corvette from a pokey roadster to an era-defining sports car. He’s called the father of the Corvette because he tirelessly … Read more
I have a confession to make. I was extremely skeptical of the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E. Maybe “skeptical” is not the right word to use. I thought it was bullshit. Just a deeply cynical marketing exercise in leveraging one of the world’s most famous cars to hawk another boring, bloated electric crossover that Americans don’t … Read more
The 2022 Honda Civic Si is one of the few affordable sport compacts still around and kicking from the segment’s heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. As a younger car enthusiast, I didn’t understand why this spruced-up economy car somehow outlived its more bombastic rivals, like the Mitsubishi Eclipse and the Mazdaspeed 3. What did … Read more
As of July, the province of Ontario’s official threshold for what constitutes “stunt driving” has been lowered by six mph. Now, anybody caught going over 25 mph on a road with a limit lower than 50 mph will have their vehicle impounded on the spot for two weeks instead of the previous penalty of one … Read more