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It's not perfect, and it's not the fastest 4 Series, but after a morning on one of Southern California's best roads, it still feels like a BMW, and that's saying something these days. It's not perfect, and it's not the fastest or even the newest 4 Series in the world. But after a morning in the canyons, it still feels like a BMW, which these days is a bit like finding a phone booth that still takes coins. Before we get into how it drives, we need to talk about the grill which

After time behind the wheel, it's clear this car isn't a compromise. It's a real race car that just happens to be affordable. This might just be one of the most fun cars I've ever driven. On the road, on a track, in a video game, it doesn't matter. I was in love with this thing after the first session. Hell, after the first lap, I was hooked. This is a proper race car. There are no driver aids. There are no silly settings that you have to fiddle with. It is proper: no power s

It's ugly, it's tired and it smells like burnt rubber. It's also one of the most fun cars we've driven in any shoot. Some cars are bought. Some are restored. And some are simply used, over and over and over again, by strangers, until there's almost nothing left of them, and not in a ride share or taxi kind of a way. Out in the middle of nowhere in the Mojave Desert, you'll find Apple Valley Speedway, and there you'll find a small drift school called Drift Zone, operating at t

It won't excite you, it was beyond boring for me. But it does nearly everything a commuter car needs to do, and it does it very well. It gets from point a to b. We were so underwhelmed we didn't even bother taking a photo of the car we had. I stole this photo from the Edmunds review. I honestly don't think I've ever reviewed anything that is as soulless as this thing. The interior is plastic, cheap and boring, and the outside is frankly the most mundane, blended-in machine t

The Hornet was Dodge's attempt to bring muscle-car attitude to the most practical segment on the market. Now but it's was discontinued. And thank God. We wanted to see if the Dodge Hornet had any potential outside of being the thing you get in to grab the groceries. So naturally we tried it out as a rally car. We made it 3 minutes before a tire blew, and we then found out there's no spare. We weren't impressed. While the ride was impressively smooth on a gravel road when we w

Having driven both the old F82 and the new G82 GT4 cars, it's clear the new one is a serious upgrade in every way. It's fast, forgiving and a blast to drive. I've driven the old F82 and the new G82 GT4 cars, it's clear the new one is a serious upgrade in every way. Most people know the G82 M4 for one thing: that massive grille. On the street, that tall kidney face divides opinion like nothing else in the car community. However, on the race car, it's what makes the whole packa

It's not a V8, and it never will be. But with the right options, it's a quick, capable and surprisingly engaging sports car that's easy to live with every day. Every enthusiast knows the rule: if you're buying a Mustang, (don't go around a corner) and, you get the V8. This mindset means the four-cylinder Mustang will often get dismissed before anyone drives it. I found that the new 2022 EcoBoost is the car that deserves a second chance. The 4-cylinder Mustang doesn't have the