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Scout Out

No longer a model under the International marque, Scout returns as its own brand with plans to sell a pair of South Carolina-built battery-powered vehicles before the decade's end.

OUR VERSION OF A 2024 AUTOMOTIVE AWARDS SHOW (SOMETIMES HUMOROUS, SOMETIMES NOT).

America's fastest senior citizen made the save of the year when his Funny Car's engine exploded at Virginia Motorsports Park.

OUR ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF AUTOMOTIVE SUPERSTARS FOR 2025.10BEST

What's the best car?\" Getting asked that question is an occupational hazard in this business.

Medium Spicy

Kia K4 GT-Line Turbo HIGHS: Lengthy list of features, spacious interior, generous trunk. LOWS: Uncomfortably flat seats, rivals are quicker, only modest grip.

Quarter-MillionMile Baby

This well-loved and well-used 1984 Ferrari 308GTS is no garage queen.

Wind-Tunnel Visionary

As an aerodynamicist at Porsche, Francesca Cogotti is literally shaping the German automaker's future.

Afloat in a sea of autonomousdriving converts and questionable robotics, I found myself a doubter.

IT BEGAN, as most things in Los Angeles do, with a traffic jam. Cybertrucks approaching the Warner Bros. studio parking lot were clogging up the lanes a good four hours before Tesla's Robotaxi event was due to start.

"A ROMANCE THAT BUILDS WITH SPECTACULAR PASSION. THE LONGER YOU DRIVE IT, THE BETTER IT GETS."

When the history of the sports sedan is written, the late-narrative plot twist that few would have seen coming is the emergence of CadillacCadillac!-as the keeper of the flame. And yet, that's exactly what's happened.

THE ALFA ROMEO GIULIA QUADRIFOGLIO. THE BMW M3 COMPETITION. AND THE CADILLAC CT4-VBLACKWING HEAD SOUTH ONA ROAD TRIP TO FIND OUT WHICH ONE BEST DELIVERS ON THE SPORTS-SEDAN PROMISE.

One of us, gassing up the 2025 Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing, says, \"No, we drove from Michigan.

SINCE WE APPRECIATE GREAT TALENT IN ALL ITS FORMS, WE ALSO HONOR THE 10BEST TRUCKS, SUVS, AND VANS. INCLUDING ONE WINNER WITH LITERAL BUZZ.

THE DISCUSSION AROUND this year's 10Best Trucks competition had some editors wishing the award were called 12Best.

PUMPED-UP KICKS

NISSAN ISN'T SHY about experimenting with its subcompact of ferings. In the recent past, it briefly gave us the adorable Cube, seemingly designed by Hello Kitty, followed by the frog-eyed Juke that somehow spawned a six-figure R-badged super-SUV in other markets.

Suspensions of Disbelief

It's easy to say a vehicle rides well but much more difficult to explain the nuanced implications of that highly subjective statement.

Drivelines

HORACIO PAGANI IS A visionary designer and self-taught engineer.

Mileage Booster

Kia Carnival Hybrid HIGHS: Big mpg bump, no CVT weirdness, solid ride and handling. LOWS: Shared HVAC and audio controls, second-row loungers can't be removed, changing brake-pedal feel.

The Best Odds

SOMETIMES-NOT OFTEN, BUT sometimes-car manufacturers create something semi-wondrous that is also borderline irrational and three-quarters inexplicable to their own marketing types.

A MIGHTY WIND

THE 930 TURBO LAUNCHED PORSCHE'S DOMINATION OF THE RACETRACK AND THE SHOWROOM.

LONG TAILS

THE BEAUTIFUL AND BIZARRE RACE CARS DESIGNED TO CONQUER A SINGLE STRIP OF PAVEMENT.

THE BALLAD OF CRAZY ROCKETMAN

WHAT A BUILDER OF PULSE-JET-ENGINE VEHICLES CAN TELL US ABOUT MOTORING PASSION.

SOCIETÀ UTOPICA

THE PAGANI UTOPIA IS MORE THAN JUST A CAR. IT'S A HANDCRAFTED INVITATION TO ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXCLUSIVE MOTORING CLUBS.

ST.ELMO'S FIRE

AN INDIANAPOLIS RESTAURANT WITH FACEMELTING SHRIMP HAS BEEN A DE FACTO RACING CLUBHOUSE FOR MORE THAN A CENTURY.

THE FOUNDATION OF CIVILIZATION

Why Adam Smith would have loved a Boxster Spyder RS.

EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING

Winner, Over $100,000: Porsche Taycan Turbo GT

THE GREAT PRETENDER

Winner, Under $100,000: Hyundai Ioniq 5 N

BREAKS, NOT BENDS

SINGER'S DIVETRACK TELLS A VERY NICHE KIND OF TIME.

RADIAL FLYER

A MEYERS MANX WITH AN AIRPLANE ENGINE IS A WEIRD FIX FOR SPEED ADDICTION.

TURD ON THE RUN

IN THE LATE SIXTIES, THE ROLLING STONES BUILT A MOBILE RECORDING STUDIO ON THE BACK OF A FARM TRUCK AND CHANGED MUSIC FOREVER.

I Got a Guy..

There exist people with very particular sets of skills. Skills acquired over long careers. Skills that make them a godsend for people like us. They are the specialists.

Tick, Tick, Boom

Tesla Model 3 Performance HIGHS: Nauseatingly quick, airy cabin with great visibility, genuine value. LOWS: Off-putting user interface, inescapable clinical feeling, austere interior design.

Low-Pro Hero

Honda Civic Hybrid HIGHS: Fuel efficiency of a hybrid, Si-beating acceleration, as comfortable to ride in as it is engaging to drive. LOWS: No adjustable lumbar support, low-limit tires, quicker at the track than in the real world.

Man-o'-War

Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Manthey Racing HIGHS: A clinic on proper steering response, 9000 rpm of sonic glory, more grip is good. LOWS: A mirror full of wing, upgrades useful only on track, quiet only when it's off.