This Is Not "Handling"

This Is Not "Handling"

The number one key ingredient to finding joy in driving is “handling.” The term is a bit subjective as handling isn’t a quantifiable metric that you can hang a number on. In large terms, handling is what a car does in response to the driver’s inputs. If the response is predictable, tactile, and agile, it … Read more

Hagerty Names Its Winners And Losers In The Collector Car Market

Hagerty Names Its Winners And Losers In The Collector Car Market

Image: Slaven Vlasic (Getty Images) There are a number of reasons the Roadster values might be faltering among collectors. For one thing, maintaining an aging EV is hardly an easy thing. There are a few companies out there rebuilding and refurbishing battery packs and drive units, but Tesla stopped supporting these cars a long time … Read more

2024 Mercedes-AMG SL63 S E Performance PHEV Adds New Dimension To The Roadster Experience

2024 Mercedes-AMG SL63 S E Performance PHEV Adds New Dimension To The Roadster Experience

Somehow we’re already halfway through 2024, and the automotive world is chugging along towards electrification. Pretty much every automaker offers multiple fully electric and hybrid models at this point, but there’s a distinct lack of plug-in versions of one particular body style: Convertibles. Aside from a few mid-engine supercars, almost no brands will sell you … Read more

Weekend News Roundup July 27, 2024

Weekend News Roundup July 27, 2024

The Tesla Cybertruck sucks. It’s been a reliability disaster, can’t even survive a simple car wash, is incredibly difficult to repair, has edges that are so sharpowners have ended up in the hospital from their injuries, and it looks like it was designed in a lab to crush pedestrians. It also hasn’t been crash-tested… Read … Read more

2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance PHEV Gives You The Best Of Both Worlds

2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance PHEV Gives You The Best Of Both Worlds

At face value, the 2025 Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance looks like yet another hybrid only created to appease emissions regulators and set new horsepower records. While yes, its 805 horsepower makes the plug-in-hybrid GT the quickest AMG ever, its small battery pack and meager electric-only range make the hybridization seem pointless. Two days of … Read more

Ugly Corvettes And $19 A Month Leaf Lease Deals In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

Ugly Corvettes And  A Month Leaf Lease Deals In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

Image: Bring A Trailer Lincoln doesn’t make sedans anymore, instead following parent Ford’s lead and going all-in on luxury SUVs and crossovers. The brand’s last crack at a sedan was the tenth-generation Continental that debuted for the 2017 model year. Unfortunately it was a flop, but just before the model was dropped from production, Lincoln … Read more

Cheap Convertibles, Used VinFast Cars And The Alluring Hyundai Ioniq 5 N In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

Cheap Convertibles, Used VinFast Cars And The Alluring Hyundai Ioniq 5 N In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup

Photo: Hyundai When I showed up to review the Hyundai Ioniq 5 N, I knew it would be quick. Having more than 600 horsepower on tap tends to do that. I’d also seen promises that it would be much more track-capable than the Kia EV6 GT, so I went in expecting it to be pretty … Read more

Carolina Squat Cybertruck And Funny Looking Gas Pumps In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup

Carolina Squat Cybertruck And Funny Looking Gas Pumps In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup

People gather and take pictures after the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV was revealed at Manhattan Beach Pier on November 16, 2021 in Manhattan Beach, California. The event was held ahead of the Los Angeles Auto Show and AutoMobilityLA which runs November 19-28Photo: Mario Tama (Getty Images) Good morning! It’s Thursday, June 20, 2024, and this … Read more

What It Takes To Build An 800 Horsepower, 10,000 RPM Miata

What It Takes To Build An 800 Horsepower, 10,000 RPM Miata

So you want a track car? Cool, good choice. Oh, you want a Mazda Miata? Classic pick, they’ve got a great aftermarket and— oh, you want it fast, huh? Well, that’s a little harder to pull off with that chassis, but you can still make it work. Here, I’ll give you a helpful tutorial in … Read more

I Finally Found A V8-Swapped Miata I Don’t Want To Drive

I Finally Found A V8-Swapped Miata I Don’t Want To Drive

The Mazda MX-5 Miata is an incredible car. It’s an absolute blast to drive, relatively affordable, reliable, fuel-efficient and just darn cute. It’s never going to be the quickest car on the road, but you don’t buy it to go fast. Unless you’re looking for V8-swapped Miatas, that is. Drop an LS in, and suddenly, … Read more