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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