A few years back, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety found that the Jeep Wrangler had a flipping problem. Repeated runs of the driver-side small overlap crash test forced the 4×4 on its side repeatedly, even when using different methods. We reported on this extensively in 2022, when Jeep told us the results were “anomalous”

If you’re excited about the reborn Scout Motors, you’re not alone. The South-Carolina-based Volkswagen subsidiary says it has more than 150,000 reservations for its upcoming Terra pickup and Traveler SUV, and enthusiasm has only increased since Scout announced that it was pivoting from an all-electric vision to embrace gasoline range-extenders. But that functionality supposedly was

For over three decades, the A8 has represented the pinnacle of Audi’s ambitions. At a time when luxury marques around the world were defined by their flagship executive sedans—the Mercedes S-Class, the BMW 7 Series, the Lexus LS—Ingolstadt needed its very own to lead the way. But lately, Audi hasn’t hinted at any plan to

By the time you read this, the 2026 Formula 1 cars will have already completed both Friday practice sessions at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. And unlike in pre-season testing, their performance around the 3.29-mile Albert Park Circuit will actually count toward something. Before they go on to set any pole positions or race wins,

Wants and needs don’t always align. I’d like to have The Drive‘s Truck of the Year in my garage, a Rivian R1 Quad, but pretty much no one needs one. The parking lot full of F-150s and Silverados outside my son’s soccer training right now? Those owners, at least some of them, don’t need a

There are a laundry list of bad design trends throughout automotive history, and arguably many will jump on the screen-only interface bandwagon real quick. Heard. Spending the week wit the 2026 Volkswagen Golf GTI has reminded me of a design trait that has infected the entire industry and somehow isn’t focused on often enough: shiny

I was fortunate as a teenager when my parents bought my first car. Actually, it was a truck—a 1996 Ford F-250 with the 7.3-liter Power Stroke. But when I eventually moved on from that rig and decided to buy a ratty VW Corrado with the VR6, I made a horrible mistake. That’s just one reason

Playground Games has given us a glimpse of pure, unadulterated Forza Horizon 6 gameplay ahead of the May 19 release. It’s our first opportunity to sample some of the game’s map of Japan at a normal pace, including a slice of the Tokyo city environment and areas immediately beyond its limits, seemingly in a spring

It’s no secret that things have been a bit tumultuous at Maserati as of late. In fact, “as of late” may be underselling things a bit. But no matter what the Italian automaker’s corporate overlords may have in store for it, there are still cars to sell, and Maserati is hard at work cranking out

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