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.

An electric mimics a gas car, and that should give us all hope.

BACKFIRES • Think of it as the peer-review section of the magazine, hosted by your pal Ed.

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Fully Vetted • The new ZR1 brings hypercar power and performance to Chevy’s illustrious sports car.

Lucky Number LT7 • It may seem like a Z06 engine with two turbos, but the LT7 is so much more than that.

Tread Head • Mike New’s work involves a lot of four-wheeled play. It’s all part of the job of managing Michelin’s subjective test drivers.

You’ve Been Warned • The European Union requires all new vehicles to include speed-warning devices. California’s ready to follow suit.

Bull’s Shift • Lamborghini sends its V-10 to the slaughterhouse to make room for a hybrid V-8 powertrain with a screaming 10,000-rpm redline.

EZRA DYER • Volkswagen gave up on cheery four-seat droptops in the U.S., but the T-Roc Cabrio shows it still knows the recipe.

ELANA SCHERR • Sometimes it takes new eyes to make you appreciate your car and the roads you drive on.

2024 EV of the Year • Welcome to the fourth installment of our annual test of new electric vehicles. The intent of this contest is to keep you in the know on the latest advancements as EVs approach the practicality of gas cars. To determine a winner, we put each EV through a battery of objective and subjective tests and then vote. After the arguments end, the ballots are read, and the smoke clears, the EV of the Year emerges. This year 18 electrics were on hand, but only one deserves the title EV of the Year.

MAKE THE SHIFT • The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N has the cure for electric-car boredom.

TRACK, RATS

MASS MATH

The New Normal • With a familiar family-friendly shape, usable range, and reasonably fast DC charging, the Chevrolet Equinox EV and the Volkswagen ID.4 strive to be …

SMACK TALK • Our EV of the Year evaluation is rife with debate, but we never thought the Tesla Cybertruck’s Sentry mode would capture a conversation it had with the Chevrolet Silverado EV when we parked them next to each other one afternoon. This is the transcript. Probably.

BLUES OCEAN • A potentially interesting electric SUV, the Fisker Ocean One suffers from some rough edges.

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VOLTAGE MATTERS

GETAWAY TRUCK • We bug out of the city with the Land Rover Defender 130 and the Lexus GX550 to see which pampers us deepest into the backcountry.

HOT FLASHES • WE TAKE A McLAREN 750S FOR A RUN UP A CALIFORNIA CANYON IN A 115-DEGREE SWELTER.

COUNTERPOINTS

BIASED BRAKES

THE NEW OLD SCHOOL • WE GO TO SUMMER SCHOOL AT McPHERSON COLLEGE TO SEE WHETHER AN OLD DOG CAN LEARN NEW TRICKS.

CLASS ACT

EXTRA CREDIT

Stealth Hybrid • Electrifying the 992.2 Porsche 911 GTS doesn’t change our opinion one proton. It’s still the gold standard of sports cars.

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The Incredible Bulk • The 2025 BMW M5 packs on the power and the pounds.

Ship of Theseus • Mercedes-AMG GT63 HIGHS: Hoot-and-a-half performance, devilish good looks, four driven wheels. LOWS: Larger and heavier than before, slow transmission, four driven wheels.

The 2025 Volkswagen GTI stays on the path of righteousness.

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