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When Helen Witty’s 16-year-old daughter was killed by a drunk and drugged driver, in her grief she found some comfort in a single word: crash. While most of those around her were referring to her daughter’s death as an accident, Witty says that one word—crash—helped her change her perception and …

Marc UrbanoCar and Driver The annual Car and Driver 10Best picks are out, and while each vehicle gets an extensive write-up about why it was chosen to be better than the rest in its segment, as with any good award there’s always a back story. Track Club members from our …

Illustration by Diego PatiñoCar and Driver From the November 2020 issue of Car and Driver. While everyone waited with bated breath for an Apple car, Amazon extended its reach into the automotive landscape far and wide. Building and selling new vehicles is big business, but it’s only the tippity top …

Two things bookended my brief test drive of a 2021 Volkswagen ID.4 prototype. As I was getting familiar with the car in the parking lot of a local dealer, which VW corporate had requisitioned for this test, a 20-something Honda Civic Coupe owner walked out of an adjacent dealership, saw …

Highs and Lows Elon Musk suffered a setback when a COVID-19 diagnosis kept him from attending the launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1, which carried four astronauts to the International Space Station. The launch was a success, and four astronauts were safely delivered to the ISS, and Musk’s luck continued when …

On specs alone, the 2021 Mazda 3 2.5 Turbo looks like a juiced-up punk, the kind of pint-sized terror that Mazda occasionally gins up to remind the world that it knows how to build back-road turbocharged torque grenades. Available as a sedan or hatchback, the 2.5 Turbo enlivens Mazda’s little …

After driving the new 2021 Mazda3 2.5 Turbo for the first time I had exactly one thought: Damn, I miss our long-term test car. The Motor1.com Mazda3 hatchback spent the first quarter of this year in our custody, racking up praise from our staff, with the noted caveat that it …

The 2021 Lincoln Nautilus has gained a revamped interior, including a 13.2-inch infotainment screen equipped with Ford’s new Sync 4 technology. The dashboard is redesigned with a multi-level look, with luxurious materials running horizontally across the front of the interior. The Nautilus is slated to reach dealers early next year. …

GM placed a previously unseen electric pickup behind chief EV officer Travis Hester during an investor video conference today. The Chevy-badged electric truck is likely to be one of the four new EVs from the automaker that GM says have had their development moved up. A four-door EV truck was …