To All the Leering Freaks on the New Jersey Turnpike
The 1982 Lancia Delta LX 1.5 is an upright box with austere angles and square headlights—entirely square, and gawky.…
Compacts/Hatches
The Hyundai Veloster N Is So User-Friendly You Can Learn Stick and Autocross It in a Day
The 2019 Hyundai Veloster N is a practical commuter car with the specs to moonlight as a lowkey track day contender. I…
The SEAT Leon Cupra R Is One of the Rarest Forbidden Fruit Hot Hatchbacks
Take a Volkswagen Golf R. Give it a sexier body and a Spanish name. Make it front-wheel drive instead of all-wheel…
The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid Has Killed the Prius and Stands Atop Its Grave
The 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid is not a perfect car, nor is it a car without its quirks. But there is no doubt in my…
The 2018 Mini JCW Clubman Kind of Sucked
If your idea of performance driving is occasionally making aggressive passes or zipping from stopped to 40 mph at green…
Here's What Happens to Your Electric Car in a Bitter Canadian Winter
Electric cars may be the solution to some of our problems, but if they’re going to be our main source of transportation…
Driving One of Europe's Forbidden Economy Cars in the Alps Was Straight Up Miserable
Last week, my brother and I were in a ski town in southern Germany looking for something to do. So we rented the…
The 2019 Mazda 3 Is Smoother, Quieter and Still Fantastic to Drive
Since its inception, the Mazda 3 has been a fun, affordable and fuel-efficient car that stood out for its…
2019 Honda Insight: Way More Normal Than the Old One but Surprisingly Charming
The 2019 Honda Insight barely feels related to the wacky, hypermiling minnow-shaped two-seater you might remember from…
The 2019 Ford Focus Is as Good as You Want it To Be
When Ford released the Focus way back in the 2000s, replacing the Escort, it brought a little dollop of style and…
I Don't Believe the 2019 Volkswagen Beetle Final Edition Will Be Final Because It's the Ninth Time VW's Said That
I just got back from Puebla, Mexico, where Volkswagen told me, with some gravity, that a storied line of cars come to…
The 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV Makes the Electric Car Feel Normal, and That’s the Point
The very first thing I noticed when I stepped into the 2018 Chevrolet Bolt was the gear selector. Upright, situated…
The 2018 Ford Fiesta ST is Even More Fun Than The Focus RS
Remember how great the lively little Ford Fiesta ST was? Then remember how Ford decided to stop selling small cars in…
2018 Hyundai Ioniq Is a Car to Get if You Love Money
“Not much to this thing,” I thought as I plopped into the 2018 Hyundai Ioniq’s firm driver’s seat and gripped its…
The 2019 Hyundai Veloster N Actually Kicks Ass
“It was like a bomb,” Albert Biermann told me, describing one of the more, uh, experimental settings for the Hyundai…
The 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback Made Me Give a Crap About a Corolla
The 2019 Toyota Corolla Hatchback isn’t a soul-sucking anonymobile only to be bought by rational people who’ve never…
Why The 209 HP Toyota Yaris GRMN Actually Feels Like The Fastest Car Ever
The 2018 Toyota Yaris GRMN is a tightly-wound compact car with a manual transmission and a supercharger. Its output may…
The Skoda Yeti Is Cheerful As Your Family Dog
“What the hell is a Skoda Yeti,” you may be wondering, assuming you were even able to get passed the strange…
The 2018 Volkswagen Up GTI Is As Fun As Tiny Cars Get
We knew that the 2018 Volkswagen Up GTI was probably going to be the greatest car ever made last May. A year later, and…
The 2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo Is A Promising Start For A New Type Of Halo Car
The 2019 Hyundai Veloster Turbo updates the weird three-door front-wheel drive hatchback, pouring on even more stylish…