Motorcycles
Quick Spin: Ducati Full Line
With free reign on development (and deeper pockets) thanks to new ownership, Ducati’s built a lineup that’s billed as faster, sexier and more nimble than anything they’ve produced before.
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MotoringBest Modern Car Designs of 2016
The beauty of classic automotive design is often in direct struggle with modern safety and fuel economy standards, not to mention the latest in technology. But there are still a number of shining examples around today, ones that echo the past and ones that break new ground but don’t break the rules of good taste.
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MotoringThe Future of the Past: Visiting the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center
Vintage has gained traction in recent years, arguably as a reaction to our digital, disposable age.
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MotoringKit: Austin-Healey MkIII
If you’re in the market for a vintage roadster that adds a new dimension of style and sophistication to your life, and you’re willing to throw reliability and modern amenities into the dumpster, then an Austin-Healey MkIII is an excellent choice.
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MotoringCoy Looks, Blistering Speeds: 10 Awesome Sleeper Cars
It would be a dream come true to own a flaming red Ferrari, but sometimes it’s best not draw attention (jealousy, ire, the eyes of law enforcement) to your vehicle.
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MotoringA Quick Spin in the Smaller, Techier 2015 Audi A3
Is Audi’s first entry-level sedan created specifically for Americans truly a new car, or just a smaller version of the status quo?
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MotoringFour Great Concept Cars from the New York Auto Show
Though the New York International Auto Show isn’t a haven for many concept cars, there are always a handful of them to get your attention and whet your appetite for what might come.
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MotoringThe Evolution of the Ford Mustang, America’s Pony Car
No car is more widely considered an American standard than the Ford Mustang. Sure, there’s the Corvette, Camaro, Thunderbird, and GTO, but when you think of the Fourth of July Parade, which car comes to mind?
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MotoringBring It Back: The Mitsubishi Starion
The Mitsubishi Starion was one of the automotive standouts of the 1980s, not that it took much. It was angular everywhere but the wheels, but it did it right, and it was properly fast, too.
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MotoringLion in Winter: Quick Spin with the Porsche Panamera 4S
In the snowy streets of Chicago, the Porsche Panamera 4S — 420 horsepower V6, all-wheel-drive, stability and traction control, front-to-weight distribution and all — proves a surprisingly spectacular winter car.
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MotoringThe Argument for Brash Cars
If those with little personality and no detectable level of driving skill get their way, the Google Autonomous Car will be the most welcomed news of their humdrum adult lives. Sure, it has a place in the automotive landscape, mitigating traffic and hopefully decreasing the number of accidents, but it also excites us as much as a bowl of Grape Nuts and skim milk.
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MotoringBehind the Wheel: 2014 Bentley Continental GTC V8 S
The Continental name has been a part of the Bentley family since the early 1950s.
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MotoringSentient Speed: The Dawning of Supercars With a Conscience
The Porsche 918, the McLaren P1 and the Ferrari LaFerrari are still all about superlatives — fastest, best handling, most exotic. But they also repurpose the latest technology to maximize the “dear lord” factor.
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MotoringBehind the Wheel: 2015 Subaru WRX
The Subaru Impreza WRX (nicknamed “Rex” by loyalists) has a cult following to almost rival the Beatles (smaller and younger, but just as fanatic). New iterations or improvements often make fan clubs and enthusiasts both skeptical and nervous; you can’t mess with perfection, and the Subaru Impreza WRX is pretty close.
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MotoringBehind the Wheel: Jaguar F-Type V8 S
When Jaguar introduced their iconic E-Type in the early 1960s it turned heads and changed lives; new for 2014, the Jaguar F-Type ($69,000) looks to do exactly the same thing.
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MotoringQuick Spin: 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon
The Volvo station wagon has returned, and it’s called the 2015 Volvo V60 Sportswagon ($35,300).
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MotoringOur Favorite Wagons from the Silver Screen
America, as a whole, hates station wagons. But instead of despising the wood paneling, the center-of-gravity elevating roof loads and the smell of cheap vinyl seats, we should be clinging to every bit of wagon-dom that we can — who knows how much longer they’ll be around?
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MotoringAll Hail the Volvo 240 GLT Turbo Wagon, the Coolest Wagon Ever Made
As much as I’d love to press my garage door opener and find a wickedly fast Audi A6 Avant 3.0 TDI bi-turbo or Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG S 4Matic Wagon waiting within, the real wagon of my dreams might actually be even more difficult to come by and definitely moves at geologic speed compared to the aforementioned family rocket sleds.
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MotoringPack ‘Em In: 5 Great 7-Passenger SUVs
It’s no longer enough for a big SUV to transport seven; it has to look good and feel good (for both driver and passengers) while doing it. Our intrepid Octane crew drove five of the best seven-passenger SUVs out there and found a flavor for just about anyone.
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MotoringWant This, Get This: Mercedes-Benz Unimog U 5023 or Bremach T-Rex
For the fortunate few who need to do serious work in a serious world (or for those with big amounts of extra coin laying around), there are two serious players at opposite ends of the cost spectrum: the Mercedes-Benz Unimog U5000 and the Bremach T-Rex. Whether it’s off-road adventure, payload hauling or search and rescue, both mean business.