Car and Driver

This magazine is for automobile enthusiasts interested in domestic and imported autos. Each issue contains road tests and features on performance, sports, international coverage of road race, stock and championship car events, technical reports, personalities and products. Road tests are conducted with electronic equipment by engineers and journalists and the results are an important part of the magazine's review section. Get Car and Driver digital magazine subscription today.

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Lotus Operandi • As always, the tiny British carmaker has ambitious plans, but a major investment from Chinese giant Geely means this time they might happen.

Missed Signals • Is your car actively helping you drive? The answer isn’t as clear as it needs to be.

When Animals Attack … or Snack • Insurance claims can get wild, with a whole zoo of creatures out there ready to jump, fly, or chomp their way into your car.

Bright Idea • NHTSA recognizes that lights can be more sophisticated than simple high-and low-beams, which may mean that adaptive headlights can finally be switched on.

Sound Opinions • All the audiophile brand snobbery in the world can’t match the joy of stripping wires and skinning knuckles in pursuit of a boomin’ system.

MMMBop Appreciation • On a Southern road trip, Scherr gains a late-blooming understanding of what made the BMW M5 such a driver’s darling.

GOING NOWHERE FAST • PORSCHE’S FAMOUS GT DIVISION CREATED THE 718 CAYMAN GT4 RS, SO WE NATURALLY PIT IT AGAINST ONE OF SOCAL’S FINEST DEAD-END ROADS. MORE EVIDENCE THAT IT ISN’T THE DESTINATION, IT’S THE JOURNEY.

GRÜN WITH ENVY • IT MAY SHARE AN ENGINE WITH THE GT4 RS, BUT A MANUAL GT3 IS PROOF THAT GETTING INVOLVED IS BETTER THAN WORSHIPING NUMBERS.

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Challenging the Establishment • GENESIS’S NEW LUXURY COMPACT CROSSOVER, THE GV70, MADE A BOLD ENTRANCE. NOW IT FACES OFF AGAINST SEGMENT LEADERS FROM BMW AND LEXUS.

Work Shift • The automotive industry is facing a new battery-powered world. How fast is it coming, and how will it affect the engineers of today and tomorrow?

BUYING CULTURE • DOES THE FORD MAVERICK, WITH ITS BARGAIN PRICE AND THRIFTY FUEL ECONOMY, MAKE THE SMALL CAR OBSOLETE? WE FIRE UP A 2022 HONDA CIVIC SPORT AND HEAD TO COSTCO TO FIND OUT.

40K — 2019 — Tesla Model 3 • Long-Term Test After tracking every CHARGE, service, problem, complaint, dent, and dog hair, car and driver presents the 40,000-mile Evaluation.

The Electric Factory • OPERATING COSTS FOR 40,000 MILES

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2022 BMW M3

Closing Time • Highs: The joy of devouring corners, steering sharpness, 94 decibels of V-6 song. Lows: No quicker than before, yawninducing Normal mode, big-and-tall shoppers may find it tight.

Turning Over • More than a decade after the original Leaf, Nissan rolls out its second EV.

Great Aspirations • The Acura MDX Type S’s turbocharged 355-hp V-6 makes it a contender in the luxury-crossover segment.

Sartorial Utility Vehicle • Highs: Red-carpet-level glamour inside, smooth and silent ride, pin-you-to-the-seat acceleration. Lows: All that grille with nowhere to go, funky-shaped steering wheel.

EV Meets ORV • With the new Solterra, Subaru brings some off-road cred to the mainstream-EV segment.

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Dear Buick • Highs: Spacious cabin, supple ride, highway serenity Lows: Mistakes blandness for luxury, high price of Avenir trim.

The Big Glide • Updates to Lincoln’s flagship SUV allow the Navigator to navigate...