Car and Driver - October 2022

In this issue

New Cars for 2023
For your convenience, we present all the cars, trucks, and SUVs that will and won’t be for sale next year. Here’s our annual look at what’s new, coming, changed, or dead.
By the Editors

Hybrid Strains
2021 Ford F-150 Lariat PowerBoost 4x4 vs. 2022 Ram 1500 Limited Crew Cab 4x4 vs. 2022 Toyota Tundra TRD Pro.
By Ezra Dyer

The Swedest Thing

Cyan Racing joins the restomod craze with a carbon-fiber Volvo P1800.

3 mins

Fashionable, Flushable Finishes

BMW is using crappy paint, and that's a good thing.

1 min

Meeting a Real Legend

U.S. Legend spec racers look like they drove out of the Cars franchise, but they're serious vehicles that put the emphasis on the driver.

3 mins

From Ranch to Roads

On a weekend-morning drive, a chance meeting with a 97-year-old cowboy turns into a history lesson on the early days of Malibu, California.

3 mins

New Cars for 2023

The past few years have been like a sadistic version of Groundhog Day. While the future has felt on hold, it's about to make up for lost time. Judging by the new-car offerings for 2023, we predict we'll be leaving our houses, going on- and off-road, in vehicles that are sleek, rugged, high-tech, bewinged, bedazzled, and dazzling. While some aging favorites retire, nascent companies offerings will rev and whir onto our streets. New-car temptation will come in many forms with electricity, old-fashioned gas grunt, or a combo of both to your covetous heart and, manufacturers hope, your garage. We present the cars, trucks, and SUVs for 2023.

10+ mins

HYBRID STRAINS

TOYOTA'S HYBRID TUNDRA TAKES ON THE FORD F-150 POWERBOOST AND RAM 1500 eTORQUE IN A BATTLE OF ELECTRIFIED FULL-SIZE PICKUPS. BATTERIES INCLUDED.

8 mins

Blast of the Past

AT OVER $2 MILLION, THE FERRARI DAYTONA SP3 MIGHT BE MODENA'S LAST MID-ENGINE V-12 CAR.

4 mins

Blast of the past

The Ferrari Daytona SP3 channels 1960s racers with the most powerful V-12 the company has ever put in a road car.

1 min

THE INCREMENTALIST

For 2023, Honda didn't reinvent the CR-V because it didn't need to. The outgoing version sat at the top of the class and has been the brand's bestseller for years.

2 mins

Starter Dough

With U.S. sales accounting for almost three-quarters of global truck revenue, a shift has occurred at the bottom of the market.

2 mins

Stealth Speeder

THE KIA EV6 GT IS A MUSCLE CAR, BUT IT'S QUIET ABOUT IT.

1 min

Prescription Refill

THE 2023 LEXUS RX DOES LITTLE TO SHAKE UP A FAMILIAR FORMULA.

4 mins

Air Apparent

THE NEW LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE STEALS THE TITLE OF MOST POWERFUL FROM ITS SIBLING.

6 mins

It's Alive

THE RIMAC NEVERA ELECTRIC HYPERCAR MAKES A POWERFUL FIRST IMPRESSION.

5 mins

Executive Order

TOYOTA'S HOME-BREWED HOT HATCH IS A 300-HP BONUS TO DRIVING ENTHUSIASTS CALLED THE GR COROLLA. WE WANT ONE.

6 mins

2000-06 WHAT TO BUY: HONDA INSIGHT

The first-generation Honda Insight is the kind of modern collectible you can feel good about driving.

1 min

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