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  • Hitting Top Speed In A 2,200-HP Cigarette AMG Boat

    Hear the roar of 16 cylinders as we take the twin-engine Cigarette-AMG cruiser out for a shakedown.

  • Driving The Buick Cascada, A Four-Seat Euro Droptop

    There's not many options for people who want a four-seat convertible that's not a sports car or a budget-busting luxury cruiser—except for this new, European-built Buick.

  • Why Range Rover Could Win New Hearts With A Diesel

    Does a luxury SUV that can get 30 mpg on the highway have a natural audience in America? Ezra Dyer takes the Range Rover Td6 off-roading to find out.

  • Does A Bargain Porsche 911 Exist? Yes, And It Has Two Turbos

    The 996-era Porsche 911 is currently wallowing at the bottom of its depreciation curve—which is wonderful from a car-buying perspective, because now you can get a 996 Turbo or GT3 for as cheap as they’ll ever be.

  • Driving The 275-HP Ford Focus ST That You Can Build Today

    Conventional wisdom says 300 horsepower is about the practical limit for a front-wheel-drive car. The Ford Focus ST Mountune MP275 would seem to tread perilously close to that grey area between fun and terrifying.

  • The Spirit Of Nemo Is The Wildest Car You’ve Ever Seen

    Attention, Hollywood: the premier builder of movie cars is not in Burbank or El Segundo or Vancouver. He’s in West End, North Carolina, and he can create anything you want. The proof is in his garage. It’s 24 feet long, wide as a Kenworth, with six wheels. It’s called the Spirit of Nemo, and it’s a doppelganger for Captain Nemo’s car from the 2003 Sean Connery film “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.” 

  • Hear The Jaguar XF Jingle Its Bells At German Luxury

    In the midsize luxury spot sedan realm, there are two types of cars: the incumbents and the strivers. The incumbents are the obvious choices, the BMW 5-Series, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, probably the Audi A6. The strivers are basically everyone else: Hyundai Genesis, Cadillac CTS and yes, the Jaguar XF. 

  • Daily Driving The Lamborghini Aventador SV: Everday Insanity

    All Lamborghinis skew toward outrageousness, but the Aventador Superveloce is on a whole different level. While other companies (and even Lambo itself, with the Huracán) design cars that make their owners feel like heroes, the Aventador SV constantly reminds you that you’re probably in for more than you bargained for.