2019 PORSCHE CAYENNE FIRST LOOK

Third generation loses weight, gains curves and staggered width tires

The Macan has become Porsche’s best-selling vehicle by a large margin, but the Cayenne started it all. Arriving in the U.S. for the 2003 model year and now in its third generation, the midsizer has proven high-end SUVs are here to stay. For 2019, the Cayenne receives new turbocharged engines, a lighter body, and other updates that hint at improved performance.

Porsche says the new Cayenne is “designed to be the sports car within its segment.” A redesigned front end with larger air intakes and more aggressive creases along the hood help the SUV look the part. “For the design it was important to have fresh, new styling but keep it Cayenne,” says Stephan Lenschow, Cayenne body product manager. “So the front, we have the typical Porsche design DNA. The grille is wider, and then we try and we reduced the roofline toward the back. So we have more of like a coupe—or 911-style. In the last generation, we didn’t have very much possibility to make our own door styling because we shared the platform with the VW Touareg. Now have completely new doors, our own doors, with a little bit more ‘Coke-bottle’ design.”

2018 HONDA FIT FIRST DRIVE REVIEW: RETURN OF THE VOLUME KNOB

2017 has been a rough year for subcompact cars. Year-to-date sales are down drastically compared to 2016, and there’s no sign that they’ll recover anytime soon. Only Toyota’s Mazda2-based Yaris iA has managed to post a sales gain. Every other car in the segment is down for the year.

2017 Volkswagen Beetle

Although it sports the same basic shape that's made it an instantly-recognizable icon for decades, the latest Volkswagen Beetle is more masculine, refined and feature-packed than before. Like the open top Beetle Convertible, it offers an appealing interior and a wide powertrain lineup.

Recent changes
For the latest model year, the Beetle receives more aggressive-looking bumpers on both ends.

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"DRIVERLESS” VAN HAS DRIVER DISGUISED AS CAR SEAT

Well, this is just weird

Outside of some extremely specific situations, if an automaker or tech company wants to test autonomous driving technology on public roads, it still puts a human in the driver’s seat to intervene if necessary. So when Arlington, Virginia, residents didn’t see anyone behind the wheel of the Ford Transit pictured above, they were understandably alarmed. But when a reporter looked inside, the story got even weirder.

GM’S SUPER CRUISE: DRIVING A 2018 CADILLAC CT6 WITH A FULL-ON AUTO PILOT

Hands-off on the highway: Tesla owners pining for "real" Autopilot, trade up to Cadillac

“Leave the driving to us.” That’s been Greyhound bus line’s on-again-off-again tagline since 1956, only now it could aptly be applied to an infinitely more upscale mode of transportation: the Cadillac CT6. GM’s much ballyhooed “Super Cruise” will go on sale in the fall of 2017 as a stand-alone option (as yet unpriced) on CT6 models with the premium luxury trim package and as standard equipment on top Platinum models (the price of which went up $500 for 2018, if that’s any indication).

2018 AUDI TT RS FIRST DRIVE REVIEW

The sound and the fury, together again

As the ultimate embodiment of the TT lineup, the RS adds even more performance swagger to the third-generation coupe’s brazen face. But unlike the previous TT RS, which at times felt like a brilliant engine in search of a proper home, the new TT RS feels like a much more cohesive package.

2018 MASERATI GRANTURISMO COUPE AND CONVERTIBLE FIRST DRIVE REVIEW

One for the ages

Seven years ago, boss man Loh called in a favor at Maserati and got me a just-released GranCabrio for three days in Italy’s Emilia-Romagna province at the tail end of my honeymoon. My wife and I still talk about that blue-on-blue drop-top. It’s fair to say the car holds a special place in my heart.