Daily Drivers : Car News And Reviews

The Land Rover Range Rover Evoque is one of the most distinctive crossover SUVs on the road, and it’s marketed as the ideal blend of luxury and utility. The vehicle comes in two primary body styles, a 5-door, and a 3-door coupe.

While making engines smaller and more fuel efficient and moving to alternative energy sources are the most prominent ways of reducing vehicle emissions, cutting weight is also an important part of the equation. Obviously, reducing weight means the vehicle doesn’t need to work as hard, thus reducing energy consumption, emissions and fuel costs.

For this promo video touting its new 2015 Golf GTI, Volkswagen not only managed to get stunt driver Tanner Foust behind the wheel, but they attached literally dozens of GoPros all over the vehicle to let us choose our own perspective on Tanner’s tricky driving maneuvers.

At the AMI Leipzig 2014 show, Volkswagen is showing off a special edition of the convertible Beetle, in tribute to the classic Karman Beetle Cabriolets built from 1949 to 1980. The Beetle Cabriolet Karmann Edition has been fitted with a Sioux Brown folding soft top, 18-inch alloy wheels, and limited-edition badging.

ABT Sportsline often takes their aftermarket tuning skills to the biggest Audi sports sedans, like the Audi RS6 Avant, but they’re not afraid of also tackling the smaller range of Audi cars. In this case, ABT applied their tuning magic to the Audi S3 sedan and the result is a boosted sports sedan that’s not only quicker but also has some new styling touches.

Google has been working on autonomous vehicle technology for several years now, and even has had its self-driving cars on public streets. But up until now, its cars have entirely been based on modified production vehicles.

Bentley has been planning to release its first ever sport utility vehicle in the not-too-distant future, and is starting to show off bits of the vehicle. The Bentley SUV will pack in the same sort of true luxury, performance and craftsmanship found in their other cars, and the company claims it will be the “world’s most powerful and luxurious SUV.”

The first time I saw the 2015 Chrysler 200 at the 2014 Detroit Auto Show, I was somewhat non-plussed. I figured, eh, it’s another middle-of-the-road, mid-size car like the Camry or the Accord. Not that there’s anything wrong with those cars, they’re just a little boring.

Brabus and Smart have teamed up to allow consumers to help design the next Brabus Smart Fortwo for production. Head over to the Smart Fan Edition site and design your favorite Fortwo, choosing the car’s exterior colors, wheel color, seat quilting and seat color.

Electric vehicles are clearly here to stay, but even today’s cheapest all-electrics cost nearly $30,000, and most of them cost significantly more. With that in mind, one enterprising student in Nigeria decided to build his own electric car – and this one can run on solar or wind power.

The Subaru WRX STI is one of those cars that has a rabid fan following – rightly so – due to its historically impressive price/performance ratio, rally-style handling, and ease of modification among other things. There’s been some debate among purists about the styling of the 2015 WRX STI, but it still looks like an impressive car to us.

Cadillac is retiring its current generation of the Cadillac CTS-V, and is recognizing the end of the series with a limited edition 2015 CTS-V Coupe. The exclusive, high-performance coupe shares the technology of its predecessors with a 556hp supercharged V8 engine, Cadillac’s Magnetic Ride Control, and Brembo brakes.

I drove this awesome looking 2014 Camaro 2SS convertible for about a week, and I have to say this is one of those rare times where a vehicle truly challenged my expectations. I had in my mind that a V8 Camaro would be a brutish, loud muscle car, best suited to the track.

Nissan put together a very clever marketing campaign for a car often viewed as a boring four-door everyday driver: the Nissan Altima. Beginning with the the top-of-the-line Altima 3.5 SL (with a base price of $30,820), Nissan went to work to make the car look like a race car.

BMW has unveiled the most powerful M5 to ever roll off their production line: the 30th Anniversary “30 Jahre M5” Edition. With an extraordinary 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine under the hood cranking out 600 horsepower and 516 lb.-ft.