Car and Driver Magazine - January 2023

In this issue

10 Best
For 2023, the definitive list of the best of what’s for sale is once again just about the cars.
By the Editors

2022 Winners and Losers
A few folks can claim victory, but far more earned themselves a big L.
By K.C. Colwell

2022 Ram 1500 TRX
We go 40,000 fun miles in a riotous 702-hp pickup and rack up an incredible $16,218 gas bill.
By Mike Sutton

From Homely Hybrid to Hello, Hot Stuff

Blinded by fuel economy, we settled for an ugly Prius for too long.

2 mins

JOIN ROAD & TRACK FOR ITS FIRST-EVER ADVENTURE THROUGH APPALACHIA

The Great Smoky Mountains are a driver's paradise.

1 min

London

Wrong side of the road, right good time.

1 min

Roamin' Holiday

Bug out like a billionaire.

2 mins

Wisdom of the Crowd

By rigorously observing my fellow drivers, I've learned a bunch of new tricks that help me every time I get behind the wheel.

2 mins

The Perfect Line of Code

Are autonomous-vehicle engineers the enemies of driving enthusiasts, or can we share the road and the track?

3 mins

10Best

10 Best just turned 40, and like many 40-year-olds, it's going through a time of reflection and reassessment. 10Best assures us this is not a midlife crisis but an evolution.

10+ mins

2022 Winners and Losers

Our look back at the peaks and valleys of the past year's automotive news. There are more valleys than peaks because, well, it was that kind of year. Again.

4 mins

2023 FORD F-150 RAPTOR R: Trucks of Fury

Highs: 700 horsepower, monster-truck presence, surprisingly graceful on-road manners. Lows: Not 703 horsepower, can't lock the rear diff in two-wheel drive, it costs how much?

3 mins

E-tron and On

Highs: Conventionally handsome exterior, upscale and userfriendly interior, largely free of EV weirdness. Lows: Mechanically identical to its Volkswagen sibling, ho-hum highway range, not as speedy as some rivals.

2 mins

Track Tractor

An SUV for the track sounds as ridiculous as a supercar optimized for off-roading. And yet, Lamborghini says that around a typical racetrack, its new Urus Performante is quicker than the original 2015 Huracán.

2 mins

Getting Warmer

A prototype drive of the high-performance Integra suggests it could be a nice foil for the raucous Civic Type R.

2 mins

THE REBELLION ADVANCES

For over a decade, the Power Wagon has served as Ram's burly off-road king. But it doesn't offer Cummins power, and customers clamored for a stonking diesel off-roader with more towing capacity.

1 min

Seamlessly Electric

The i7 smoothly integrates an EV powertrain into the new 7-series megasedan.

2 mins

AN ODD CHOICE TO COMMEMORATE 50 YEARS OF M

If you had a performance division with 50 years of glorious history, would you celebrate it by introducing a plug-in-hybrid SUV?

1 min

EV, Straight Up

Highs: 253-mile EPA range, practical interior, free of silly EV gimmicks. Lows: All work and no gimmicks makes it a dull boy, not so lively off the line, Chevy Bolt EUV costs less.

1 min

Maturity Is Overrated

Highs: Quicker to 60 mph than the manual, active safety tech included, lots of drive modes. Lows: Carries extra pounds, a CVT just isn’t as fun as a stick, luxury price without all the luxury niceties.

1 min

2000-09 What to Buy: Honda S2000

Overseen by Honda chief engineer Shigeru Uehara (the father of the original Acura NSX and the Integra Type R, two cars that embodied Japanese performance in the '90s), the Honda S2000 is a two-seat roadster we described as "the car of your dreams."

1 min

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