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From the C/D Archives: In Search of the Best American GT Car

If you think you’ve seen this show before, sit back, relax, and don’t touch that dial. This is no rerun. Just because you can tell the players without a score card doesn’t mean you’re in for a sleeper....

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From the C/D Archives: Camaro Z28 vs. Corvette, Daytona Turbo Z, Mustang SVO,...

This is a test. Five automobiles—what we believe to be the cream of the American crop in terms of handling prowess—will engage in pitched battle. Twenty tires will be shredded for the greater good....

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Toyota Adds 1.37 Million Cars, Trucks, and SUVs to Takata Airbag Recall

Toyota is adding 1.37 million vehicles to the Takata airbag recalls after reports from the Japanese airbag supplier showed the Corolla as one of the highest at-risk vehicles for shrapnel-shooting...

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NHTSA Finally Knows Every VIN Involved in Massive Takata Airbag Recall, Go...

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration finally knows the full scope of the massive Takata airbag recall that’s been ongoing for months: The Detroit News reports that the 11 automakers...

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Car and Driver Tested: The 12 Quickest Cars of the 1960s

Peace, love, and high performance: These are the 12 quickest cars of the 1960s.

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Car and Driver Tested: The 10 Quickest Cars of the 1970s

Speed is relative, and in the 1970s anything breaking the six-second barrier in the 0-to-60-mph run was considered very quick. Here are the 10 quickest cars we tested during The Me Decade.

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Car and Driver Tested: The 13 Quickest Cars of the 1980s

We run down the 13 quickest cars of the 1980s—Porsches, Oldsmobiles, and Vettes, oh my.

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Cruise Like Crockett and Tubbs for Only $3500!

Ferraris are great but the problem with them is they’re so darned expensive. That’s why we were excited to see this vintage ’87 model on eBay, which immediately brought back all those Miami Vice...

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The Spirit of ’76: Stuzify My Love

For some reason, when we think of coachbuilt glamour, thoughts automatically drift to chassis that were handed off to British and Italian men armed with sandbags, snips, shears, shrinkers, stretchers,...

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Massive Takata Airbag Recall: Everything You Need to Know, Including Full...

The automotive world and beyond is buzzing about the massive airbag recall covering many millions of vehicles in the U.S. from nearly two dozen brands. Here’s what you need to know about the problem;...

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The Best Around: Car and Driver’s 10Best Cars Through the Decades

Running down every Car and Driver 10Best Cars list from the inaugural awards in 1983 all the way through the latest crop of automotive greats.

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If Six Were Twelve: This Ferrari Enzo–Aping Pontiac Fiero Can Be Yours For...

When General Motors launched the Pontiac Fiero, with its mid-engined architecture and easily replaceable plastic body panels, it had to have known that some enterprising homebrew artists would quickly...

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GM Ignition-Switch Review Complete: 124 Fatalities, 274 Injuries

General Motors will settle with 124 families over deaths resulting from faulty ignition switches that were installed in the 2.6 million small cars recalled last year, including the Chevrolet Cobalt and...

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Awesome to the Max: C/D’s Coolest Cars of the 1980s

Cue up some New Wave, crack open a Bartles & James, and enjoy this gathering of cool 1980s metal.

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GM expands headlight recall to 180k Buicks and Pontiacs

Filed under: Recalls, Buick, GM, Pontiac, SedanGM is expanding a headlight module recall from 2014 to include 180,504 North American examples of the 2005 Buick LaCrosse and 2007 Pontiac Grand Prix. If...

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Advertising the 2000s and 2010s: www.Y2K.org/LOL

As odd as the following statement might seem, given this digital space, the onset of online advertising thoroughly failed to kill flashy and clever print spreads in the 2000s. At least not in Car and...

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Advertising the 1960s: 40 Excellent Car Ads from the Swinging Sixties

In the 1960s, Sports Cars Illustrated turned into Car and Driver—complete with its own advertising campaign!—reflecting a broader focus that in some ways mirrored the decade-long shift in American...

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Badges of Honor: The Best Imported Cars to Wear an American Badge

Plucked from overseas lineups, these imports allowed makers to upgrade their U.S. offerings with minimal expense.

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Advertising the 1980s: 44 of the Most Bodacious Car Ads of the ’80s

The malaise that was the 1970s dribbled over into the 1980s, with ads touting Corvettes that made all of 190 horsepower, gussied-up econoboxes parading as Cadillacs, and dubious technology such as the...

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The U-2 spy plane needs high-performance cars to help land

Filed under: Videos, Chevrolet, Ford, GM, Military, PerformanceFox-body Ford Mustangs and a whole crop of high-performers from GM have served the US Air Force over the years, helping land the legendary...

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