10Best: 2011 10Best Cars – Feature

From the dry lake bed of El Mirage, California, we present these pinnacles of automotive achievement; cars that affirm that, for all the hand-wringing about the coming electrified future, the dinosau...

2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 – Feature

What it is: Outrageous. This marks the second time a Jeep has received the SRT treatment. Why it matters: It doesn’t really matter, actually. But if it’s half as bodacious as the firs...

Import-Ass-Kicker

Today, with GM back on track, the Corvette Z06 has resumed its traditional role of import-ass-kicker. An Eaton supercharger and two heat exchangers crammed into the intake manifold force-f...

1971 Chevrolet Impala – Archived Feature

From the October 1970 Issue of Car and Driver The Impala is Detroit's leading car, without a doubt. And when its format is altered noticeably it is only as the end result of a thought p...

An Alliance Builds an Alliance

This represents one of the few times in automotive history when a car name has actually made sense, for the new Alliance is clearly and specifically the first fruit of the much-trumpeted ...

2013 10Best Cars – Feature

Over one week in September, and over a distance of more than 15,000 miles, our editors drove every new 2013 model under $80,000, as well as our returning winners, to bring you this yea...

A Fistful of Awards

Originally published in Car and Driver magazine in May 1968. Rich appointments, subdued styling and a fistful of awards make Mercury’s Cougar the prestige car in the sporty car market. ...