The 2020 Toyota Highlander Platinum earns a participation trophy The 2020 Toyota Highlander Platinum delivers everything expected from a three-row crossover SUV but it doesn’t distinguish itself. 2021 Jeep Gladiator EcoDiesel first look: more grunt, more miles On Friday, Jeep announced that its 2021 Gladiator pickup would be available with …
Read More »Porsche Design Launches Custom Watch for 911 Owners
A limited number of Porsche 911 buyers will soon be able to personalize a wrist watch to match their favorite sports car. Porsche Design’s new line of custom timepieces offers more than 1.5 million different configurations. The program will be available to U.S. buyers on September 1. Porsche Design, the …
Read More »2021 Porsche Cayenne GTS Coupe First Drive Review: Another Great GTS
It’s hard to describe Porsche as being a good value. Don’t get us wrong, the entire range is excellent, from the entry-level 718 Boxster to the new 911 Turbo S – it’s always a good day when there’s a Porsche in your driveway. But regardless of which model you’re shopping …
Read More »Dodge tops JD Power survey, 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S driven, 500-mile EV myth: What’s new @ The Car Connection
Dodge, Kia have highest owner satisfaction; Tesla has the worst That new car smell may turn sour for owners of certain brands, according to J.D. Power’s annual 2020 Initial Quality Study released Wednesday. Toyota Yaris sedan and hatchback won’t return for 2021 The slow-selling small cars were shelved by the …
Read More »2020 Porsche 911
The Porsche 911 is a sports car icon and one of the longest-running nameplates in automotive history. It delivers near-supercar performance and only improves with the introduction of the eighth-generation model for 2020. The “992-generation” 911 is available this year in Carrera and Carrera S, Carrera 4 and Carrera 4S …
Read More »2020 Porsche Cayenne
Electronics, technology, and plain old mechanical wizardry push the performance envelope of the Cayenne further than ever. What it can accomplish is at odds with our own innate sense of physics. It’s this harnessing and taming of the impossible that earns the Cayenne an 8 out of 10 for performance. …
Read More »2021 Porsche 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition Throws Back to ’50s and ’60s
Porsche’s retro-themed 911 Targa 4S Heritage Design Edition combines a ’50s and ’60s look with the latest in technology. Its color and trim selection benefits from an extensive study of Porsche model history. The new model is priced at $ 181,950—more than $ 45,400 above the regular Targa 4S’s price—and …
Read More »Tin Ears: Porsche is Listening
From the March 2020 issue of Car and Driver. As a regular driver of new cars with all manner of sensors and warnings and chimes and buzzers, I give my attention to very few of them anymore. I have beep fatigue. Every morning as I back out of my driveway, …
Read More »Meet Porsche Museum Motorsport Coordinator Armin Burger, Keeper of the 917s
Marc UrbanoCar and Driver From the March 2020 issue of Car and Driver. Some people unearth ancient artifacts to preserve history. Others catalog the world’s past in books or documentary films. Armin Burger does it by spinning wrenches on some of the most important race cars in history. Burger, 49, …
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