2005 Car Reviews

Please stand clear of the hot jet pipe. more

After a year with our Porsche Boxster S, we just want it to come back home. more

A little more than a year ago, an oyster gray metallic Audi A6 nosed its way into our Four Seasons fleet. And we don't use the word nose loosely, because the first thing we noticed about the A6 was its front end and the gaping maw of its grille. We've applaude more

What if you could drive a Land Rover that gets 21 mpg instead of 14 mpg yet suffers little in real-world acceleration? You can, at least in Europe. While in England, we tested two versions of the Discovery 3 (Europe's LR3): one with a 2.7-liter turbo-diesel V- more

Volvos have been good-looking long enough to banish the sensible-shoes image that has dogged the Swedish brand for decades. We can thank Brit designer Peter Horbury for sculpting the once slab-sided boxes into sleek shapes while maintaining their uniquely Volv more

Two years ago, when we first drove the Quattroporte in this northern Italian center of automotive and gastronomic culture, Maserati's engineers eagerly and, it would seem, worriedly pulled us aside to elicit our reactions to the car's DuoSelect electrohydrauli more

We ordered our yellow German roadster sparingly equipped to avoid sacrificing any of the purity of its driving experience. more

We're eager to see whether this lower-price-point Land Rover is a successful complement to the top-of-the-line Range Rover and the new mid-line Range Rover Sport. more

So we ordered a flint mica GS430 with a base price of $51,775 and added it to our Four Seasons fleet. more

Fresh off a comparison-test victory in beautiful Palm Springs, California--versus such strong competitors as the Mercedes-Benz E-class and the BMW 5-series--the Audi A6 enters our fleet just as summer begins more

It's a long way from the rugged, agricultural cars of Subaru's 1970s youth to the company's current idealized self-image as a Japanese BMW." So reads the very first entry in our Subaru Legacy GT Limited wagon's logbook, which continues: "Nevertheless, the late more

We had already named the Cadillac SRX an Automobile Magazine All-Star before we decided to live with one for a year. Then, halfway through our Four Seasons test, we named the SRX an All-Star for a second time. That should give you a clue about what we think of more

Strong, capable, all-American midsize sport/ute, the Envoy combines the comfort features, overall packaging, and utility to thrive with an active family. more

The well-composed Freestyle is the crossover vehicle that most Explorer intenders should consider, with better road manners, interior packaging, fuel economy, and sticker price. more

Striking to behold and--thanks to its Mercedes-Benz-cribbed chassis design and available Hemi V-8 engines--great to drive, the Magnum is a truly compelling alternative to the ubiquitous midsize sport/utility vehicle. more