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Back in the Groove

M2 Proves Bmw Still Has Plenty of That Old Black Magic

Frank Lloyd The Wright Stuff

Seeing the Lincoln Continental from the perspective of America’s most celebrated architect.

Breathalyzer Test

2018 Audi TT RS vs. 2017 Porsche 718 Cayman S: Which Blows Hardest?

Throwbacks To The Future

Is Lamborghini mulling a modern Miura? Or an Espada?

Father's Way

FOR 15 YEARS I MOSTLY managed to put the terrifying notion out of my mind, and whenever unsettling thoughts of what lay ahead did manage to creep into my brain, usually I could kill them with an extra Jack Daniel’s in the evening easy chair.

Who The Hell Is Tavo Hellmund, And Why Is He North America's F1 Hero?

TAVO HELLMUND, the lean, dimpled, gimlet-eyed Texan who deftly negotiates the uptight, ultra-sophisticated, almost sinister world of Formula 1 on a daily basis, recently quit chewing tobacco.

Back From The Dead, Again

OVER THE COURSE OF THE automobile industry’s six score and 10 years, thousands of car brands have launched. Yet few have flourished, and today almost all have come and gone, save a handful. The car business is murder.

2017 Bentley Continental Supersports: Slower Than A Chiron But The Best Conti Yet

Eighty-nine years ago, Woolf Barnato and Bernard Rubin drove the famous Blower Bentley “Old Mother Gun” to victory at Le Mans. Today, you can buy a Bentley with nearly three times the horsepower and drive it to dinner. The 2017 Bentley Continental Supersports—the fastest, quickest, and most powerful production Bentley ever, which also happens to be the world’s fastest four-seater—is the pinnacle of the marque’s performance engineering, just as the Blower Bentley was.

2017 Porsche Panamera 4S

Stuttgart’s latest four-door is just like the original—in name only.

Remembering David E.

UNLIT ARTURO FUENTE in hand, I scanned my home library’s shelves for something to peruse while enjoying an afternoon cigar.

Dreams Delivered

IT’S CHILLY AND gray, and reasonably hard rain is coming down, casting a pall over the otherwise lush, rugged beauty of this German-flavored slice of Switzerland. A terrible day to drive, a great day to be driven. I’m in the backseat of the all-new Rolls-Royce Phantom, and I roll down the double glazed acoustic-glass window to get a quick blast of fresh Swiss air. A cacophony of wind and water rudely intrudes into the cabin. Enough of that. The metal window button is cold to the touch when I press it, and as the window hits the seal it’s as if a set of noise-canceling headphones has suctioned over the car. Time to recline the seat, let my head hit the pillow, and enjoy the magic carpet ride.

3D Revolution

You get the feeling Jay Rogers is used to being the smartest guy in the room.

Cool Cat

At 90, Bruce Meyers—the man who gave the dune buggy to the world—is still a kid at heart.  

Wrangler Genes

IN HIS JUNE 2016 COLUMN, MY esteemed and always insightful colleague Jamie Kitman, while opining about what he sees as the curious I product strategy of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, asked, “What happens when every yahoo who ever wanted a four-door Wrangler either has one or soon will?”

Head Of Genesis Design - Leading Man LUC

LUC DONCKERWOLKE ROAMS THE GLOBE TO SUPERVISE TUDIO WORK AND LURE NEW DESIGNERS TO HIS TEAM. BUT HE DOESN’T WANT TO BE A BOSS.

Lexus LC 500

DESIGN OF THE YEAR

Tesla's Business Model: It's Complicated

OUR CHOICE OF the Tesla Model 3 as Design of the Year does not mark the first time we recognized the design and engineering acumen of Silicon Valley’s “disruptive” car company.

Wither The Electric Stove Bolt, GM?

IN CASE YOU haven’t heard the news, the electric Chevrolet Bolt—with its official 235- mile range (or more, as I ran up 267 miles)— is great.

Le Mans Like You've Never Seen It

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

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.

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.

Monster Ball

BMW finally gives its 7 Series a dose of magic

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.

Ice Capades

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

High Plains Drifters

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

Rummaging Henry's Attic

We also decided to “go somewhere,” and, though my brother and father are into cars about as much as they are Justin Bieber, no one objected to my suggestion of an afternoon at the Henry Ford Museum in nearby Dearborn.

2017 Lamborghini Centenario

The wild one Hundred Lamborghini's wicked Centenario is one hell of a birthday salute

The Phantom Of The West End

A subtle yet unrestrained reimaging of Rolls-Royce's Flagship model.

Noise, Vibration & Harshness

The Wagon Whose Station Cannot Be Named.

Luftgekuhlt: It's Porsche For Cool

Younger People Are Discovering Older Porsches, And The Future Looks Chill For All Of Us