Reviews

DEL MAR, Calif. — A man named Everett Rogers came up with something called the Diffusion of Innovations theory in 1962. Don’t worry, I’ll keep this short. It outlined five stages that innovative new products typically move through,…

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J. — OK, really, who didn’t see this coming? As soon as Toyota gave the GR Supra a six-speed manual option, we knew it’d only be a matter of time before its badge-engineered sibling – the BMW Z4 – sprouted a stick…

The 2024 BMW XM Label is not a traditional M offering in any sense. BMW didn’t call it a Competition, CS or even a CSL, and that starts to make sense once you get a handle on what it is. This new name for an M variant hasn’t come…

SANDHULT, Sweden — To get an idea of how Polestar will evolve in the coming years, look no further than the 3. Referred to as the brand’s core, it inaugurates an approach to design, technology, and handling that will trickle down to…

SEOUL — South Korea is many things; a driver’s paradise is not one of them. The roads are mostly flat and straight, and their level of speed regulation is borderline draconian – like, to the point where a multi-hour drive on a…

The 2024 Toyota Tacoma is a massive deal. It's the first completely new Tacoma in more than a decade and a half (the 2016 redesign was really just a heavy refresh). It’s also the best-selling model in the segment by a huge margin,…

YEONGAM, South Korea — Former Hyundai R&D boss Albert Biermann once told me that the company’s N cars should be “a little crazy.” And if you’ve ever driven the Elantra N, Kona N or Veloster N (RIP), you know exactly what I mean.…

MALIBU, Calif. – Back in May, I took a relaxing scenic drive in the updated and renamed Audi Q8 E-Tron, reveling in its plush ride and stupendous Bang & Olufsen stereo filling its cocoon-of-silence cabin. This first drive of the…

The new 7 Series continues to impress in every format we've driven. An all-electric i7? Brilliant. The gas-powered 760i xDrive? A superb mode of transportation. Now, the streak continues with the 2024 BMW 750e xDrive plug-in hybrid.…

The 2024 BMW 5 Series is officially here, and while we drove the electric versions of this midsize luxury sedan last month, now it’s time to try out the first gasoline-powered version. Specifically, we just got behind the wheel of…

GRANADA, Spain — On the first day of the 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe media drives, I spurred the (genuine two-door) coupe through Spanish mountain roads outside Granada. I’ve spoken before of today’s super sports cars being too much…

MANE, France – Volkswagen’s flagships have historically come in many different shapes and sizes. In the early 1960s, the brand experimented with a big, boxy sedan powered by a rear-mounted flat-six engine closely related to the unit…

BARCELONA, Spain — Priced from $36,245, including $1,295 for destination, the new EX30 is Volvo’s least-expensive car. But make no mistake, there’s nothing cheap about this subcompact electric crossover. From its solid road manners…

In addition to Toyota's mind-bending simulated powertrains for EVs, the company had another unique driving prototype for us to try at its test center outside of Nagoya, Japan. Toyota calls it Neo Steer, and it was first revealed at…

Racing games, broadly speaking, have been quite popular as of late. But they've mostly been racing sims. And the racing genre was never just sims. There used to be a massive world of clever, vibrant, exciting arcade racers that…