In der aktuellen Ausgabe von Car & Driver

• BACKFIRES
  Think of it as the peer-review section of the magazine, hosted by your pal Ed.
• Under Pressure
  Megacasting promises to upend the way automakers mass-produce cars by simplifying the assembly process.
• Phoning It In
  Set up your iPhone to take car photos like a pro.
• From Lego to Renault
  The French automaker’s E-Tech hybrid system can trace its roots to a handful of Lego bricks.
• Urine Charge
  Can your bladder outlast an EV’s range?
• EZRA DYER
  A 1500-mile winter-break road trip in a Lincoln Corsair reveals the real use case for hands-free driving assist.
• ELANA SCHERR
  We have seen the light! Unfortunately, it’s from super-bright LED headlights that are frying our corneas.
• JUST SHOOT ME
  While under the peering lenses of strangers, we ponder existentialism and the polarizing 2024 Tesla Cybertruck Beast.
• The Many Different Hybrid Layouts
  Through-the-road, series, parallel, range extender—all of these terms describe a hybrid powertrain’s layout. To make any of them a plug-in, automakers use a larger battery and program it to maintain enough charge to operate indefinitely. But they all work differently, as you can see in these diagrams.
• MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
  THE 453-HP BMW M2 AND THE 500-HP FORD MUSTANG DARK HORSE TAKE PERFORMANCE COUPES TO NEW HEIGHTS.
• AUTOMOTIVE OMAKASE
  We leave it up to the chef on a tour of car culture in Japan, and we’re not disappointed.
• Grand Tourific
  2024 Maserati GranTurismo Trofeo HIGHS: Elegant as high tea, rip-roaring acceleration, passenger-pleasing comfort. LOWS: Sleepy shifter buttons, pricey driver-assistance options, Joe Walsh lost his license in a Maserati, and you may too.
• Reversed Course
  Porsche Cayenne S Coupe HIGHS: V-8 sound and fury, improved ride even on 22s, sleeker design. LOWS: V-8 thirst, interior collects fingerprints, coupes should have two doors.
• Sensibly Extravagant
  2023 Mercedes-Maybach S680 4Matic HIGHS: Truly decadent back seats, unexpected sports-sedan reflexes, actually a good value. LOWS: Soft brake pedal, 14-mpg EPA combined rating, having to correct the hoi polloi’s mispronunciation of “Maybach.”
• Mixed Breed
  With a little help from General Motors, the Honda Prologue starts an electric chapter.
• 2022 Volkswagen Golf GTI S
  The car that established the modern hot-hatch formula remains as rorty and rational as ever.
• 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.