In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Car & Driver

• BACKFIRES
  Think of it as the peer-review section of the magazine, hosted by your pal Ed.
• Mail-Order Ride
  For the U.S. Postal Service’s new truck, the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle, the design has a purpose. It isn’t beauty.
• Victoria, British Columbia
  Vancouver Island’s “Garden City” has a blooming car culture.
• Fortunate Sone
  There’s more than one way to measure and quantify what we hear when driving a car.
• Bob Lutz’s Paper Chase
  As an auto exec, Lutz railed against paper pushers. Now in his 90s, he has become one—but not in the conventional sense.
• 10Best CARS
  A long drive makes you hungry: hungry for good food, but also for a great car. Every year, we hold a competition to select the very best vehicles you can buy. We spend two weeks driving, testing, and evaluating new and updated models along with last year’s winners. Here are the results for 2026: our 10Best Cars and 10Best Trucks and SUVs awards. A recognition of the best vehicles for sale, not just the best of what’s new. Let’s dig in.
• WINNERS AND LOSERS
  2025, WHAT A WEIRD YEAR. 2026 HAS TO BE BETTER, RIGHT? RIGHT?
• LATE BLOOMER
  THE NISSAN LEAF LAUNCHED THE EV ERA. IT HAS FINALLY CAUGHT UP TO THE REVOLUTION IT STARTED.
• THE GREAT EV RESET
  SALES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES WILL LIKELY FALL FOR A WHILE, BUT DON’T BELIEVE THE GRIM PROGNOSIS—EVS ARE HERE TO STAY.
• M5 vs. M5
  THE BMW M5 SEDAN TAKES ON ITS HOMONYMOUS RIVAL, THE KUBOTA
• Mia Bella’s Got Sauce
  The Ferrari 296 Speciale gets the once-a-generation factory treatment—and a name that’s basically a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• A Blast from the Past
  Morgan Plus Four HIGHS: Modern performance, steers and handles well, a real conversation starter. LOWS: Inherit the wind; unlockable; please, sir, may I have some storage space?
• High Impact
  Porsche 911 GT3 Touring HIGHS: Every drive is a qualifying lap, screams at 9000 rpm, three pedals are better than two. LOWS: Sometimes you just want to chill, no more analog tach, the thought that you’d enjoy it more if you were younger.
• Logos à Go-Go
  Mercedes-Maybach SL680 HIGHS: Cushier ride, elevated exclusivity, enhanced snob appeal. LOWS: A Louis Vuitton handbag becomes a car, pooch-perch rear seats are gone, cleaning the white carpet (or having to doff your shoes).
• Drivelines: Blips
  HIGHLIGHTING THE DETAILS THAT MATTER
• The Best Odds
  The cars I recall most fondly were neither the prettiest nor the quickest. Certainly not the most expensive. They were machines that emerged willfully peculiar and intractably idiosyncratic.