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From the May 2023 issue of Car and Driver. Like many a family vacation, everything was perfect when we started out. The sky was sapphire blue, Palm Springs was just closing out its fashionable Modernism Week, and we had scheduled several days of activities designed to challenge our convoy while highlighting how minivans have evolved from bare-bones people-hauling boxes to …

From the March 1994 issue of Car and Driver. Hark back with us for a moment to the early days of the Jeep Grand Wagoner, which appeared in 1963 as the first of a new breed—a utility vehicle that wasn’t descended from a truck. In those days sport-utility vehicles were big, bad, and ugly. Few people would brag about owning …

From the May 1985 issue of Car and Driver. Think of this test as the answer to what to do when you’re caught between a rock and a hard place. The rock is your enthusiasm for things automotive: the tingle you feel in your gut when a Ferrari whistles by. The hard place is what you face each morning as …

Justin Pritchard is a Sudbury, Ontario based automotive journalist and award-winning presenter, photographer, videographer and technical writer. Every week, Justin uses his keyboard, voice and cameras to share his latest automotive reviews and discoveries with his audience, via multiple Canadian television programs, print and online publications. Currently Technical Writer, Videographer, Presenter, Producer, Driving.ca Contributor, Host of EastLink Community TV’s ‘AutoPilot’, …

Much like a soccer league full of six-year-olds, everyone on this field is a winner regardless of the outcome. The 2023 Honda Civic Type R and the 2024 Acura Integra Type S both are fabulous front-drive performance machines—which makes sense, since the Venn diagram outlining the merits of the two models is practically a single circle. But there are no …

Breadcrumb Trail Links Performance Vehicles Comparison Tests It’s a battle of the “affordable” sports cars Published Jun 29, 2023  •  Last updated Jun 29, 2023  •  5 minute read Toyota GR 86 vs Nissan Z Photo by Clayton Seams Article content Clayton Seams: What a time to be alive! For the first time since 2009 we have a new generation …

From the October 2023 issue of Car and Driver. On the family-car evolutionary chart, the station wagon slithered out of the primordial ooze to beget the minivan, which the body-on-frame SUV drove to the brink of extinction. Soon enough, car companies realized that all most people want from an SUV is the look, which led to another form of mass-market …

The compact SUV is what the compact car used to be. As Americans have gone looking for reliable family transportation with enough cargo space for most needs, plus the grip of all-wheel drive (AWD) and the ability to see over everyone else’s SUV, they’ve discovered that compact SUVs are an affordable way to get everything they need. The Mazda CX-5 …