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."

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.

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.

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?

Seamlessly Electric

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

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.

Getting Warmer

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

The Perfect Line of Code

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

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.

Roamin' Holiday

Bug out like a billionaire.

London

Wrong side of the road, right good time.

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

The Great Smoky Mountains are a driver's paradise.

From Homely Hybrid to Hello, Hot Stuff

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

Comfortably Numb

Highs: Roomy interior, comfortable and quiet around town. Lows: Lazy acceleration, polarizing looks, pales next to more exciting competition.

ROUGH-CUT WOOD

Highs: Perky hybrid powertrain, hushed cabin, it's finally new. Lows: Unwieldy handling, lengthy braking distance, poorly packaged third row.

Shaping Up

Hyundai's latest EV throws a curve.

High M-tensity

BMW's M4 CSL is the ultimate M car, and it’s not for the faint of heart.

BRINGING CONTRAST BACK TO THE LUXURY SEGMENT

Highs: So quiet, so smooth, so big. Lows: So expensive, so much like an S-class.

Answered Prayer

Highs: Greater driver engagement, nearly as quick as the automatic, no additional cost. Lows: Not offered with the base four-cylinder, EPA fuel economy takes a hit.

The World's Heaviest Minivan (Also, Its Fanciest)

To suggest that Jeep's seven- or eight-passenger Wagoneer L/ Grand Wagoneer L twins are elephantine is to libel pachyderms. Both vehicles boast seven newfound inches of wheelbase and 12.0 bonus inches overall, compared with what we now quite inadvisably call their short-wheelbase kinsfolk. We are here to make you smile.

SCISSOR SISTERS

LAMBORGHINI'S SIGNATURE SUPERCAR REAPPEARS IN MODERN FORM. HOW FAITHFUL IS THE HOMAGE?

White Light, White Heat

Fully weaponized SUVS are no longer an underground The Porsche Cayenne and the Aston Martin DBX 707 face off to see which is king of the high-riding wagons.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

THE 2023 HONDA CIVIC TYPE R SHARES OUR FAITH.

TRENDING

THESE SIX-FIGURE ELECTRIC SUVS ARE THE LATEST IN MEGA-POWERFUL PEACOCKING.

Change Agent

The Kia EV6 GT scrambles brand perceptions.