Automobile US Magazine - June 2017

In this issue

THE SNARLING NEW 505-HP GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO SEDAN MEETS ITS ANCESTORS - ALFADOGS.

N600 - TRACING THE INCREDIBLE JOURNEY OF THE FIRST HONDA EVER SOLD IN THE U.S.

RANCH HAND - EXPLORING THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT IN AN AUDI ALLROAD.

+DRIVEN - BMW M760i GETS THAT M MAGIC VOLVO V90 CROSS COUNTRY ON ICE.

Le Mans Like You've Never Seen It

SWISS STUDIO TURNS MCQUEEN’S CULT CLASSIC INTO 64-PAGE GRAPHIC NOVEL

1 min

Turning Point

JAGUAR LAND ROVER IS ON A ROLL. THE PATIENCE of parent company Tata Motors—and its willingness to invest in new product—means the two British luxury brands are healthier than ever. Land Rover, riding the global boom in SUV sales, is setting the pace and making the lion’s share of JLR’s profits right now. Jaguar, a latecomer to the SUV party with its new F-Pace, is playing catch-up as it moves away from relying on increasingly unfashionable sedans and niche-market sports cars. But both face near-term challenges.

3 mins

The Baker, the King, Range Rover, and Me

ONE OF LIFE’S BITTERSWEET things is if you live long enough, many people you love, like, and admire will predecease you. That is the way it always was and, for the time being at least, the way it must be. But such realism was cold comfort today as I sat down to write about a couple sad car-world deaths, only to read of another, which I mention first.

4 mins

Monster Ball

BMW finally gives its 7 Series a dose of magic

5 mins

Meet Socal's Phantom BMW Collector

The property in the midst of an older industrial estate looks more like a car graveyard than a collection’s home. Behind the wire fence rest a good dozen incognito casualties, protected against weather by yellow covers or gray tarp. Behind the gate, however, a tightly packed array of shining BMWs from the ’60s and ’70s await us in what is half warehouse, half workshop. When he ran out of floor space, 48-year-old Rey (last name withheld on request) started stacking the surplus stock on hoists.

2 mins

Ice Capades

Dancing with Volvo’s latest lifted wagon on a slushy Swedish lake.

5 mins

High Plains Drifters

The New Alfa Romeo Giulia Meets Its Predecessors in the Wild West 

9 mins

2016 Nissan Maxima SR

A true descendant of the Datsun 510, even with front-wheel drive

7 mins

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Automobile understands your passion for all things automotive. With each issue, our staff shares their deep knowledge of the people, the history and the business of cars through innovative writing and spectacular photography. We don’t just list the specs. We get under the hood and out on the road to show you what life is like behind the wheel of new models. And most importantly, we have only one rule: no boring cars!