Volvo’s latest American version of its XC40/C40 cute utes feature standard rear-wheel-drive, a drastic change from a quarter century of front-wheel-drive models. Why is this happening, and what does it mean for the brand’s future, and the future of the world?
If you haven’t checked out a Kia recently, you really should. The brand is doing great work.
My latest “Design Rejects” is one of my favorites, because of its still-untapped prescience, and because it gave me an excuse to call Bob Lutz, and that guy always delivers excellent Grouchy Quote™.
My first story for Panorama is all about McKeel Hagerty’s 1967 911 S, which he has owned since he was 13. Come for the exploration of the deep emotional connection between humans and machines, stay for the photo of McKeel attending his 80s high school prom. (Special Bonus: a photo of me driving the only Porsche I’ll ever own, my 1978 928)
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Carmakers no longer implement a pattern of annual redesigns for their entire lineup. But between major redesigns, they often provide vehicles with a collection of smaller updates commonly referred to as a “mid-cycle refresh.” Why?
Yachts, as with most other things connected to the ultrarich—apartments, shopping sprees, bank accounts—are getting bigger.
Concept cars, in their purest form, are automotive fantasies, singular signifiers of an evanescent future that is always coming, but never arrives. So why do they persist?
To celebrate the diamond jubilee of the iconic German brand, a new book explores the history of its first model, and its deeply collaborative past with Hitler and the Nazis.
You bring your car into the shop for an odd metallic rattle, and when you return to pick it up, the bill is somehow $1,300. It’s only human to wonder, Am I getting fucked?
