Car and Driver

This magazine is for automobile enthusiasts interested in domestic and imported autos. Each issue contains road tests and features on performance, sports, international coverage of road race, stock and championship car events, technical reports, personalities and products. Road tests are conducted with electronic equipment by engineers and journalists and the results are an important part of the magazine's review section. Get Car and Driver digital magazine subscription today.

After 22 days of rain, I decided to purchase an old convertible.

BACKFIRES • Think of it as the peer-review section of the magazine, hosted by your pal Ed.

Car and Driver

EV of the Year • The 2027 Chevrolet Bolt is as great as it is affordable.

Mercedes Makes a Crank Call • Mercedes-Benz’s new 4.0-liter V-8 packs a flat-plane-crank punch, but not for the usual reasons.

Milan, Italy • It’s not just the clothing that’s chic in the fashion capital.

Bulls List • The suits in Sant’Agata Bolognese turn to these bullfighting books when it comes time to name a new Lamborghini.

The Ferrari F40 conundrum: What do you do when the best car you own is the worst car for your life?

I overcame my fear of inflating my insurance premiums to drive some multimillion-dollar dream cars.

SPEED TRAP • WHEN EVERYTHING GOES FAST, THE CHALLENGE IS SLOWING DOWN. WE TAKE 13 VEHICLES UP TO 150 MPH AND BACK TO ZERO, AND IT HAPPENS QUICKLY.

LUXURY FIXTURES • FOUR ASPIRATIONAL FOUR-DOORS SQUARE OFF AND PROVE THAT SEDANS STILL HAVE SO MUCH LUXE TO GIVE.

R2 • Rivian’s long-awaited follow-up to the R1 series is smaller in size but not in stature.

THE SEARCH FOR HIGHER POWER IN THE 21ST CENTURY.

Drivelines • A DIGEST OF TESTS, UNFETTERED OPINIONS, AND SOME INTERESTING MINUTIAE

No More Primogeniture

China Makes Waves • The BYD Dolphin Surf establishes a U.K. beachhead for inexpensive Chinese electric vehicles.

On the Vanguard • Mercedes-Benz VLE-class Mercedes hopes to transform the car-service industry with an electric private jet for the road.

Pluperfect Mustang

In the Air Tonight • We spend 40,000 miles determining whether the base Lucid Air Pure is overinflated hype.

Fleeting Thoughts • Updates and hot takes on the other vehicles brave enough to spend 40,000 miles with C/D’s editors.

Drivelines: Blips • HIGHLIGHTING THE DETAILS THAT MATTER

The Best Odds • The cars I recall most fondly were neither the prettiest nor the quickest. Certainly not the most expensive. They were machines that emerged willfully peculiar and intractably idiosyncratic.