Reviews
The Land Rover Defender County Edition Wasn’t Made for the City
My gut instinct whenever anything with a locker lands in my driveway is to take it deep into the woods. Anything less would be a dereliction of journalistic duty; If it has 4x4, I need to use it, right? But…
The Mazda CX-70 Might Make You Rethink That BMW X5
Before you go into shock after reading my headline—hear me out. Mazda has quietly been creeping upmarket since 2022. It started with the CX-50 and carried on in earnest with the three-row CX-90. The company hopes it can become a…
The Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance Is Grand Touring, Perfected
The new Mercedes-AMG GT isn’t the sports car it used to be. These days, the V-8-powered two-door from Affalterbach is more of a grand tourer, with a roomier interior and a wider range of capabilities thanks to standard all-wheel drive,…
The 2025 Ford Explorer Has Gone Full Crossover
Here I am, kind of enjoying myself in a 2025 Ford Explorer ST, tires howling as I haul the 400-horsepower, 4,700-pound SUV through an autocross. Thank goodness I don’t have kids. They’d puke constantly if I bought one of these.…
The New Hyundai Santa Fe Didn’t Have to Go This Hard
Stanley Kubrick falls to his knees at the pearly gates as a gleaming monolith rises from a desert of soulless crossovers. It’s called the 2024 Hyundai Santa Fe. Finally, an SUV that doesn't look like every other SUV. The masses…
The 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT63 Isn’t the Sports Car I Remember
The last-generation AMG GT is one of my favorite Mercedes vehicles ever. I’ve driven every trim, from the base car all the way to the nutso 720-horsepower Black Series, with thousands of miles behind the wheel. The old GT had all…
Love It Or Hate It, the Cybertruck Has Merit
When I drove a Tesla Cybertruck recently, the owner told me he bought it because his kids thought it was cool. The kids knew their friends would, too. But when they showed up to school in the triangular Tesla, every…