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.

Backfires • The joyful noise of the commentariat, rebutted sporadically by Ed.

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The Swedest Thing • Cyan Racing joins the restomod craze with a carbon-fiber Volvo P1800.

SWEDE HOME CALIFORNIA

Fashionable, Flushable Finishes • BMW is using crappy paint, and that’s a good thing.

YOUR CAR IS GARBAGE

Bounce Back • With wide-ranging concerns about the viability of traditional natural-rubber plantations, Bridgestone looks to an alternative source: native guayule.

CARS AND SLURPEES

Meeting a Real Legend • U.S. Legend spec racers look like they drove out of the Cars franchise, but they’re serious vehicles that put the emphasis on the driver.

From Ranch to Roads • On a weekend-morning drive, a chance meeting with a 97-year-old cowboy turns into a history lesson on the early days of Malibu, California.

New Cars for 2023 • The past few years have been like a sadistic version of Groundhog Day. While the future has felt on hold, it’s about to make up for lost time. Judging by the new-car offerings for 2023, we predict we’ll be leaving our houses, going on- and off-road, in vehicles that are sleek, rugged, high-tech, bewinged, bedazzled, and dazzling. While some aging favorites retire, nascent companies’ offerings will rev and whir onto our streets. New-car temptation will come in many forms—with electricity, old-fashioned gas grunt, or a combo of both—to your covetous heart and, manufacturers hope, your garage. We present the cars, trucks, and SUVs for 2023.

Fashionable and Late • THE WELLDRESSED ALFA ROMEO TONALE IS TARDY TO THE PARTY.

A Furious Five • A CHARACTERFUL, WAILING ENGINE SETS THE TONE FOR THE AUDI RS3.

7 and 7 • THE RANGE-TOPPING BMW 7-SERIES, NOW IN YOUR CHOICE OF GAS OR ELECTRIC.

Monster Mash • THE $151,490 CADILLAC ESCALADE-V PACKS A 682-HP PUNCH.

HYBRID STRAINS • TOYOTA’S HYBRID TUNDRA TAKES ON THE FORD F-150 POWERBOOST AND RAM 1500 eTORQUE IN A BATTLE OF ELECTRIFIED FULL-SIZE PICKUPS. BATTERIES INCLUDED.

Blast of the Past • AT OVER $2 MILLION, THE FERRARI DAYTONA SP3 MIGHT BE MODENA’S LAST MID-ENGINE V-12 CAR.

THE INCREMENTALIST • THE SIXTH-GENERATION HONDA CR-V PLAYS IT SAFE, WORKS THE MARGINS.

Starter Dough • THE 2023 HONDA HR-V IS A NEW AND BIGGER VERSION OF THE ENTRY-LEVEL CLASS LEADER.

Stealth Speeder • THE KIA EV6 GT IS A MUSCLE CAR, BUT IT’S QUIET ABOUT IT.

Prescription Refill • THE 2023 LEXUS RX DOES LITTLE TO SHAKE UP A FAMILIAR FORMULA.

Air Apparent • THE NEW LUCID AIR SAPPHIRE STEALS THE TITLE OF MOST POWERFUL FROM ITS SIBLING.

A SONG BY ANY OTHER NAME

It’s Alive • THE RIMAC NEVERA ELECTRIC HYPERCAR MAKES A POWERFUL FIRST IMPRESSION.

Executive Order • TOYOTA’S HOME-BREWED HOT HATCH IS A 300-HP BONUS TO DRIVING ENTHUSIASTS CALLED THE GR COROLLA. WE WANT ONE.

On a Spoiler and a Prayer • A BOOM OF STARTUPS EXPANDS THE SMALL-VOLUME MANUFACTURER CLUB.

WHAT TO BUY: HONDA INSIGHT