Martin Padgett, Editorial Director
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In our 2024 Acura TLX review over at The Car Connection, we called the stock TLX a “sport-sedan bargain.” So it remains for 2024, with a base price still below $50,000, still powered by...
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Touring: Chasing the Targa Florio’s ghost in the Subaru WRX TR and BRZ tS
We retrace (most of) the Targa Florio in Subaru’s trackable WRX TR and BRZ tS.
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Touring: Finding Cape Cod’s New Pilgrims in the Rivian R1S
The Cape’s the place, and the electric SUV’s the ride, in my quest to find my tribes.
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Review: 2024 Aston Martin DB12 flaunts power, poise, and prowess
This one goes to 12: Aston Martin’s latest effort isn’t a grand tourer—it’s a super tourer, thanks very much.
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Review: 2023 Mercedes GLC lives its best life with hardly any SUV in it
Mercedes’ best SUV value wears a comely new shape and turbo-4 energy.
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Review: 2023 BMW M2 tells tales from the Dragon
BMW mints a throwback classic with its bite-sized M2—but it’s still a big, heavy bite.
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The path to electrification, for some automakers, doesn’t come with a lot of guardrails. The auto world has seen a fusillade of new EV brands—and some have already run out of rocket...
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Review: 2023 Maserati Grecale Trofeo rides like the wind
Maserati one-ups its Italian kin for a nimble drive-alike luxury SUV experience.
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Sixth-generation Chevy Camaro done after 2024
“Retired” muscle car could come back as an electric crossover or sedan.
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Review: 2023 Genesis Electrified GV70 plays EV leapfrog
Genesis cuts to the electric chase and hot-swaps 236 miles of battery power into its compact GV70 SUV.
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Review: 2024 Maserati GranTurismo tests the true believers
Whether it’s a Folgore EV or Trofeo twin-turbo V-6, the 2024 Maserati GranTurismo spreads its performance wings.
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Review: 2023 Range Rover Sport passes the plug-in vibe check
Sure, there’s a BMW-sourced V-8 and a mild-hybrid on tap, but the sleek Range Rover Sport plug-in’s the one you want.
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Last call: 2023 Dodge Charger, Challenger get final-edition paint schemes before ending production Martin Padgett
It's the end of an era for two muscle-car nameplates with rich heritage in the gas-powered era. The 2023 Dodge Challenger and 2023 Charger will be the last cars with those names to rely on ICE...
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Review: 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 6-speed manual unleashes green hell
Who needs the Nürburgring when you have the play-at-home version—and Porsche’s indomitable 6-speed 911 GT3?
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Review: 2023 Cadillac Lyriq gets in tune with the battery-powered future
Cadillac’s maiden EV lights up the lineup with a virtuoso ride, and lots of performance room to grow.
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Review: 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor bedevils the dust, terrorizes all terrain, for $69,995
Ford passes the bucker through its in-house specialty shop for a Bronco like no other, past or present.
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How I learned to love Formula 1 at the Miami Grand Prix
A new generation of fans have streamed to F1. Will the Miami GP turn me into one?
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Preview: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV is the eco full-size family hauler
The first American-made, battery-powered Benz will upend its own gas-powered cousins, says editor Martin Padgett.
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Mercedes already has grabbed the third rail of luxury by turning on the S-Class to electric power; we’ve taken you for a ride in that 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS and its AMG EQS upgrade.
But what...
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First drive review: 2022 Toyota GR86 teaches the old-school performance-driving basics for $28,695
Take your fancy electronics and multi-clutch everything: the Toyota GR86 strips down to the bare driving essentials.
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First drive review: 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS vaults the S-Class into tomorrow
Tesla, check your six: Plaid or no, the 2022 EQS is the first of many dogfights to come.
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First drive review: 2022 Bentley Continental GT Speed passes every test in flying color
The 2022 Bentley Continental GT Speed employs all the suspension tricks to turn a 5,000-pound coupe into the brand's sportiest grand tourer in its 101-year history.
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Review update: The 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet swipes right on summer
Our super season begins with an invincible 640-hp convertible—er, Cabriolet, sorry.
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Review update: 2021 Mercedes-Benz E450 Cabriolet drives a second wind
The E450 Cabriolet's few minor flaws can't drive off its invincible summer vibe.
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