Brett Berk
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2023 Land Rover Defender 130 First Drive: More Defender, Again
The Land Rover defender now comes in three lengths: the two-door 90, the four-door 110 and now the four-door 130 pictured here. Land Rover I recently spent a muddy fall weekend with the all-new Land Rover Defender 130. On paper,... -
2023 Audi S5 Sportback Deep Dive: A Tank Half-Full
The 349-horsepower, V6-powered Audi S5 Sportback falls between the standard A5 version, with 201 or 261 horsepower, and the 444-horsepower RS5, and it offers a "just right" blend of performance, personality and pragmatism. Audi Audi gets me. I’ve never owned... -
2022 Audi RS3 First Drive: Five Cylinders Of Fantastic Fury
The Audi A3 and S3, like the other mainstream products from the luxury brand, downplay their sporty feel with subdued, evolutionary styling. The RS3, on the other hand, turns up the volume and the visuals. Audi The Audi RS3 is... -
2022 Mercedes-AMG SL: A Return To Form
The seventh generation of the longest-running nameplate from the longest-running vehicle manufacturer, the redesigned 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL follows a familiar template: room for two adults and their carry-ons, big engine up front and a convertible top. But this new SL... -
2022 Maserati Ghibli: Aging, but Aging Well
Maserati Ghibli. It sounds evocative, and that's by design. The Ghibli name has been applied to a disparate trio of vehicles over the past 55 years years, but the most famous is the exotic original, a 2+2 grand tourer built... -
2022 Infiniti QX55: Gorgeous, But Underwhelming
An all-new design, the mid-size, five-passenger, five-door QX55 crossover coupe is meant to reignite passion in the Infiniti lineup by calling back to some of the brand’s more innovative vehicles from its more innovative past. Specifically, its design inspiration comes... -
Land Rover Defender 90 V8 First Drive: A Badboy On Boulders Or Boulevards
The "lesser" Defenders aren't exactly underpowered, but the 516-horsepower V8 Carpathian offers a heady combination of speed, off-road ability and luxury in a two-door package nobody else quite matches. Land Rover The return of V8 power to the Land Rover... -
2022 Audi S3 First Drive: A Classic Compact German Sports Sedan
The 2022 Audi S3 wears a muscular new shape, with boxed fender flares reminiscent of the brand's 1980s rally cars. Its driving personality also evokes a variety of classic compact German sports sedans, and that's not a bad thing. Audi... -
2022 Audi A3: Sporty, Luxurious And Compact
After a one-year hiatus in 2021, the Audi A3 and its sporty sister, the S3, are back. The 2022 versions are all-new, and bring the model into its fourth generation, though the original wasn’t sold in the U.S. At 177... -
2022 BMW X7: Three Rows Of Refined Luxury
BMW is still new to the large SUV game, but being fashionably late to the party can have its advantages. While the BMW X7 is only in its first generation—having been released in 2018 and thus mid-way through its life... -
2022 Mercedes-AMG SL First Drive: A Sportier Super Leicht
The 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL55 and SL63 are all new and the first all-wheel-drive version of the venerable SL-Series, now in its seventh generation. Mercedes-Benz Erecting or retracting the power-folding fabric roof on the all-new, seventh-generation 2022 Mercedes-AMG SL takes just... -
2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo First Drive: Rejecting Convention In A Cloud Of Tire Smoke
The Maserati Ghibli Trofeo takes the already fun Ghibli and turns up the excitement by dropping in a 580-horsepower, twin-turbo V8. Maserati The Maserati Ghibli Trofeo is an anachronism. This happens sometimes with cars or platforms that have survived well... -
2022 Bentley Continental GT Speed First Drive: A Luxury Cruise Missile
Marauding around an abandoned NATO base at speeds that would be illegal elsewhere is exactly the sort of thing one does in a Bentley Continental GT Speed. Bentley The Bentley Continental GT Speed can do donuts. We know of this... -
2022 Honda Civic First Drive Review: All Grown Up
Completely redesigned for the eleventh time, the all-new 2022 Honda Civic has a markedly more mature style than its predecessor, with details that wouldn't look out of place on costlier German sedans. Honda Like a benevolent, self-generating replicant bent on... -
2021 Infiniti QX55 First Drive Review: Beauty Is Only Skin Deep
From almost any angle, the 2021 Infiniti QX55 is gorgeous, but it's not as impressive to drive as it is to behold. Infiniti Infiniti calls the 2021 QX55 a crossover coupe, and it certainly is pretty. This vehicle category, which...
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