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Intake 2025 Volkswagen ID Buzz

The version Americans can buy. Eventually

2024 Ford Ranger Raptor

America finally gets access to Ford's smaller supertruck

The Big Picture

SDVS promise ultimate performance car thrills for discerning drivers

TOTALLY DIFFERENT YET TOTALLY FAMILIAR

HYUNDAI'S SLICK NEW ELECTRIC SEDAN IS NOTHING AND EVERYTHING LIKE ITS SUV SIBLING

AS ONLY DODGE COULD DO IT

COMPACT CROSSOVERS DON'T SELL ON SPORTINESS, BUT DON'T TRY TO TELL DODGE THAT

HOT PURSUIT

GUNNING FOR 250 MPH IN BUGATTI'S CHIRON SUPER SPORT

MISSION CRITICAL

ROBERT DOWNEY JR.’S NEW SHOW, DOWNEY’S DREAM CARS, AIMS TO SAVE THE PLANET ONE ECO MOD AT A TIME

Intake 2024 Alfa Romeo Tonale

Meet the Alfa female

Intake 2023 Lexus RZ 450e

One electric SUV, two experiences.

2024 Ford Mustang Dark Horse

A taste of the latest muscle Mustang's performance

Intake 2024 Lucid Air Sapphire

We slide behind the wheel of a tri-motor monster

Intake 2024 Lincoln Nautilus

A red-hot hybrid SUV

2024 Buick Envista

The last new ICE Buick ever

Intake 2024 Kia EV9

Three rows with massive presence

TECH YA NECK

1990s breakthroughs that paved the path to today's driving world

TUNING IN

In the 1990s, the Compact Car Tuning Scene Went From Niche to Nuclear

RELENTLESS PERFECTION

The 1990 LS 400 Was a Swift Kick to Mercedes' Solid Gold Reputation

ENGINES OF CHANGE

With the 1990 Corvette ZR-1, Chevrolet Created a Giant-Slaying Tradition

COLOR THEORY

One of the Raddest VW Golfs Began as a Sales Failure

COMPLETING THE CIRCLE

26 Years Later, the Civic Type R Has Finally Learned All the Integra Type R's Tricks

GREAT EXPECTATIONS: THE SATURN STORY

SATURN WAS MORE THAN JUST A CAR. IT WAS AN ATTEMPT TO RADICALLY REINVENT GENERAL MOTORS, THE WORLD'S LARGEST AND WEALTHIEST AUTOMAKER

TOMORROW'S SUV, YESTERDAY

The First Jeep Grand Cherokee Set Standards for Decades

SWEET DELETES

Three Decades Later the M3 Lightweight's Power Deficit Is Forgotten and Forgiven

MORE THAN A FINAL GASP

Porsche's 993-Series 911 Still Holds Its Own

LAST PONY STANDING

How the '90s Saved the Ford Mustang-and What It Means for the 2024 Model

LIGHTNING RODS

NO ONE IN THE '90S Imagined How Ford's Hot Rod Truck Would Evolve

Did 1990s Emissions Policy Help Make Us Vitriolic?

Today’s sociopolitical discourse can be ugly. In the automotive space, the us-versus-them vitriol frequently centers on electrification, pitting “eco-weenie coal-fired-EV lovers” against “selfish wingnut climate deniers.”

On The Rise: '90s Collector Cars

Some of the decade’s most well-known (and under-the-radar) collector cars

KINT 104 The Lookback Machine: Motor Trend's 1990s Predictions

How'd We Do? Right, Wrong, and Not Even Close

BOLD UTES

A CLASSIC SHOWDOWN TO FIND THE BEST SMALL SUV