2018 Articles

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And here we have two fairly closely matched machines: the 302 kW BMW M2 Competition and the 269 kW Porsche 718 Cayman GTS. Let the battle commence! *Grab a copy of the January 2019 ...

In 2018, we put as many as 77 new vehicles through our rigorous road-testing procedure here at CAR magazine. These are the 13 highest scoring cars (with plenty of ties) of the year...Click the vehicle name to read the full review...9=. Volvo XC40 T5 AWD R-Design Geartronic: 82/100New to Volvo's range, ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And this one’s a battle of two very different vehicles. The 460 kW BMW M5 Competition sedan takes on the 375 kW Aston Martin Vantage V8 coupé. Game on! *Grab a copy ...

At CAR magazine, we take every new vehicle we feature to our test strip to gather data for our in-depth road tests. Below we have listed the worst average braking times (across our standard ten attempts, each from 100 km/h) we collected in 2018. As with our list of fastest-stopping vehicles, the best ...

At CAR magazine, we take every new vehicle we feature to our test strip to gather data for our in-depth road tests. Sometimes, we see some pretty impressive results – this year, for example, a midsize family crossover achieved an average braking time on par with that of a supercar. Colour us impressed.Below ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And here we pit the 272 kW Kia Stinger GT against the 260 kW Subaru WRX STI Diamond Edition (a locally developed special edition). Of course, the Korean contender employs an automatic ...

At CAR magazine, we take every new vehicle we feature to our test strip to gather data for our in-depth road tests. Sometimes, we see some pretty underwhelming results. Below we have listed the worst 0-100 km/h times we’ve collected over the past 12 months. Yes, these are the slowest-accelerating ...

Which were the fastest-accelerating vehicles of the 77 we tested in 2018? Below we look at the cars that stunned us when it came to accelerating off the line. Note that this list is based on test figures we gathered during our standard, rigorous road-test procedure (rather than simply times claimed by ...

As has become tradition, we conducted a handful of drag races at the 2019 iteration of our annual Performance Shootout. And this one’s a family affair. The 269 kW (four-cylinder) Porsche 718 Cayman GTS steps up to battle its big brother, the 272 kW (six-cylinder) Porsche 911 Carrera T. In this instance, ...