Though it looks like—and weighs as much as—a full-grown ocean sun fish, smells like melted crayons, features a cabin littered with sticky delaminating buttons, and was typically filled, in period, with bratty pre-tweens squirting each other with tubes of Go-Gurt and arguing over which Disney Channel DVD to play on their seatback screens, the Mercedes … Read more
According to its ad, today’s Nice Price or No Dice CL500 “runs and drives like a dream.” Let’s see if the price tag on this grand touring coupe is equally dreamy. The Lexus LS 500 Is The Perfect Combo Of Luxury And Reliability | WCSYB? Just like tres leches cake, a three-row wagon can be … Read more
Image: Mercedes-AMG The Mercedes-AMG PureSpeed concept, unveiled on a floating barge in the Monaco Harbor this week ahead of the F1 Monaco Rich Folks Festival, is a wild-looking two-seat sports car without roof or windshield. I have made no secret of the fact that I am a simp for car without windshields, and this one … Read more
Back in 2014 I was stuck with a Jeep Compass rental as a complimentary “upgrade” from the original subcompact I booked at National. To this day I have never driven a more miserable machine. The 2 liter four-banger and CVT made for an absolutely awful drivetrain that buzzed and protested anytime I came near the … Read more
From engineering to design, the eternal debate in the automotive industry is whether evolution or revolution is better when it comes to developing a new model. It’s an even more strenuous place to be as a luxury brand. We’ve seen revolution pay off for BMW and Lexus and flop with Acura, while evolution has been … Read more
In just a few weeks Mercedes will finally unveil the electric G-wagen, maybe the most important model in the history of the G-Class and my personal most anticipated car of the decade. So as not to steal the spotlight from the G-Class EV, the 2025 Mercedes-Benz G550 and 2025 Mercedes-AMG G63 just got revealed. These … Read more
The Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe got a redesign for 2024, and we’re big fans of the way it looks. When it was revealed, though, we only got to see the V8-powered GT55 and GT63 versions. They make 469 horsepower and 516 pound-feet of torque and 577 hp and 590 lb-ft, respectively. If you love the idea … Read more
Today’s Nice Price or No Dice ML 55 AMG trades any pretense of fuel economy for heavy duty horsepower. Is it worth exchanging just shy of ten gees to experience that gas-guzzling goodness? 2024 Jeep Wrangler First Drive Review There was little chance of last Friday’s 1983 Volkswagen Rabbit convertible becoming anyone’s “honey bunny.” At … Read more
I will fully admit that I’ve never paid too much favor to Mercedes-Benz. I’ve always been more of a fan of the company’s cross-town rival Porsche, and even BMW has delivered more dynamically impressive and, um, stylistically interesting cars in the recent past. But the new Mercedes-AMG E53 might be the car that turns me … Read more
I don’t know about anyone else, but I love a good sleeper car. It’s always hilarious to slap other drivers in the face with power and performance from an otherwise innocuous car. More than a few automakers have given us factory sleepers before, and two sleeper models from Cadillac are getting too cheap to ignore … Read more