Posts from ‘Sporty/Performance Cars’
2023 Consumer Guide Best Buys
Kia Leads Popular Brands with Five Awards
Genesis Tops Premium List with Four Best Buys
First Spin: 2023 Toyota GR Corolla
2023 Toyota GR Corolla Morizo Edition
The “hot-hatch” segment, for a longtime defined by Volkswagen’s enthusiast-beloved Golf GTI, is inarguably shrinking, in sales volume and in number of models offered. In fact, the whole small, sporty-car thing is in serious decline. Sadly, buyer attitudes have changed, and shoppers—especially young shoppers—seem to value utility over fun these days. I curse their pragmatism.
Forgotten Concept: Mercury XM
Mercury XM Concept
This is an installment in a series of posts looking back on show cars that we feel deserved a little more attention than they got. If you have a suggestion for a Forgotten Concept topic, please shoot us a line or leave a comment below.
2024 Subaru Impreza RS
Revealed today at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show, the redesigned 2024 Subaru Impreza is noteworthy for what it gains, and for what it loses. Gone is an available manual transmission, and more significantly a sedan variant. Returning for ’24 is the sporty RS trim level. An RS version of the Impreza was last offered in 2007.
Favorite Car Ads: 1975 Triumph TR7
1975 Triumph TR7
Though I was already reading car magazines in 1975, I have a clearer memory of the TV commercials for the Triumph TR7 than I do the print ads. That said, I recall the print ads, too, and they had a profound impact on my development as a car guy.
Dodge Last Call Cars
The window on the modern muscle-car era continues to close as model-year 2023 will be the final one for the Dodge Challenger and Charger. Parent-company Stellantis recently announced that these vehicles will receive seven special-edition trims to be built over the next 14 months.
Test Drive: 2022 Volkswagen Golf R
2022 Volkswagen Golf R in Lapiz Blue Metallic
2022 Volkswagen Golf R
Class: Sporty/Performance Car
Miles driven: 449
Fuel used: 22.2 gallons
Test Drive: 2022 Hyundai Kona N
2022 Hyundai Kona N in Phantom Black
2022 Hyundai Kona N
Class: Subcompact Crossover
Miles driven: 243
Fuel Used: 11.0 gallons
2022 Jaguar F-Type P450 Convertible in Caldera Red
2022 Jaguar F-Type P450 RWD Convertible
Class: Premium Sporty/Performance Car
Miles Driven: 167
Fuel Used: 9.2 gallons
2022 Tesla Model S Plaid
By Paul Herrold
Unless you’re used to being catapulted off the deck of an aircraft carrier in a fighter jet, or strapped into the seat of a Top Fuel Funny Car at the NHRA Nationals, there are few experiences that will prepare you for a 0-60 mph launch in the new Tesla Model S Plaid edition. With a recorded 1.99-second to 60 mph run on the books, you’ll be shoved back into your seat so hard that you might find it hard to breathe; the acceleration forces on your body are—quite literally—breathtaking. If you ever have a chance to drive or just ride in one of these… do it, it is thoroughly impressive.
