Category Archives: Car Reviews

Among all the models the rather straightforward Porsche playbook, the Macan is the German automaker’s bestseller. This despite the gasoline version of the popular compact luxury SUV having not been fully redesigned since it launched 12 years ago. We’ve now learned its days are numbered. During a first-quarter analyst and investor call, Porsche financial executive […]

Production of the V60 Cross Country, the lone remaining Volvo wagon sold here in the U.S., just ended in April—which will soon leave Americans with fewer choices than ever for the body style. Not that many will seem to mind. It’s no secret that unlike Europe, America has largely turned away from the traditional wagon […]

Using its external cameras, the system can reportedly see when a crash is about to happen and start prepping the airbags a fraction of a second sooner. In the event of a car crash, every millisecond counts. Simply put, the more time you have to react, the better your chances are of reducing the risk […]

BMW’s V-10 coupe brought F1 drama, carbon fiber, and a sharper edge to the M-car formula. [This story originally appeared in the July 2005 issue of MotorTrend.] Probably the engineers at BMW’s power-mad M division are eating too much sugar. The team’s four-door atom bomb, the new M5 sedan, hasn’t even reached our shores yet, […]

Update: This story was updated to include information aboutthe 2021 Ford F-150 Raptor. The Ford F-150 Raptor pickup feels like a long-running staple, but there have only been two of them (with Ford only recently revealing the new third-gen model). The original was introduced for 2010 and lasted through 2014 before being replaced by the second-generation […]