Michael Taylor
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Wheels
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2023 BMW 7 Series & i7 First Drive: Brilliantly Capable, Controversially Dressed
The 2023 BMW 7 Series securely manages to successfully straddle both sides of the fence, providing extreme luxury on one side with a remarkable ability to flick through the scenery on the other. Alex Kwanten For the first time in... -
2022 Audi A8: Composed Luxury, But A Familiar Tune
At the end of 2021, Audi debuted a refreshed A8 at the Guangzhou Auto Show. A fitting place, given that the A8 is a big limousine and Chinese buyers often have drivers. There’s even a Horch Edition in China, named... -
2023 BMW X7: Controversial Style, Incontrovertible Substance
The 2023 BMW X7 gets a major refresh, with 7 Series style influences and mild hybrid drivetrains. While the new face may not be to everybody's taste, behind the wheel this luxury liner remains a standout. -
2023 BMW X7: Comfortable, Refined And Utterly Unflappable
Newly refreshed for 2023, the BMW X7 is a full-size SUV with three rows of adult-sized seating aimed at luxury buyers who also want more practicality than big sedans offer. Controversially, it adopts the same split-headlight front-end treatment that will... -
2023 BMW M2 Prototype Drive: A Classic In The Making
The shape is familiar to the regular 2 Series, itself redesigned for 2022, but the new M2 is wider, faster and much more rigid. It's light, fast and communicative in all the best ways classic M cars have been. BMW... -
2023 BMW X1: Munich Renews Its Popular Small Crossover, But U.S. Skips EV Version
The BMW X1 is entirely redesigned for 2023. It's a little bigger overall than its predecessor, with a cleaner and more muscular look. Thirteen vivid hues will be on offer, including Utah Orange. BMW BMW has taken the wraps off... -
2023 BMW iX M60 First Drive: A Big, Bold Battery-Powered Bruiser
The 2023 BMW iX M60 shares its opinion-splitting shape with the lesser iXs, but can deliver even more blinding speed, with up to 610 horsepower and 811 pound-feet of torque. BMW Dynamically superb and visually confrontational, the BMW iX arrived... -
2023 BMW M4 CSL: The Heaviest-Hitting M-Car
If it looks angrier than a normal M4, that's because it is. The 2023 BMW M4 CSL gets a variety of carbon-fiber body panels and weight modification, plus a 40 horsepower bump over the M4 Competition to make it the... -
2023 Bentley Bentayga EWB: The Biggest, Baddest Battleship?
Rear doors the size of an airplane hangar's telegraph exactly where the extra room in the Bentley Bentayga EWB has gone, and this is an SUV designed to be driven in, even if some customers will still take the helm... -
2023 BMW 7 Series And i7: Choice Without Compromise
The BMW 7 Series enters its seventh generation for 2023. There's a new all-electric flagship, the i7, but the 760i xDrive is also packing a brand new V8. BMW Over the past two years, Mercedes-Benz has introduced a pair of... -
2023 BMW X7 Revealed: Fresh Face, Mild-Hybrid Power Upgrade
BMW took a lot of heat for its oversized twin-kidney grille, but given the X7's size, it looks almost natural. BMW The large luxury SUV segment is an anomaly, clocking consistent, if not chart-topping, sales numbers year after year regardless... -
2023 BMW 7 Series And i7 EV Prototype Tests: The Next-Gen Munich Limo
You can't quite make out the details under all this camouflage, but the next-gen BMW 7 Series is a big conservative barge in line with the car's long traditions. What isn't traditional is the new, all-electric i7 version. BMW BMW... -
Audi Previews Its All-Electric A6 Wagon, With More Electrified A6s To Come
Audi sells a lot of wagons in Europe, so an A6 Avant e-tron is a natural next step in the upcoming A6 e-tron line. It looks gorgeous, but just what form a U.S. model may take isn't clear. The electrified... -
2023 Volkswagen ID. Buzz: Mining That Microbus Magic
Volkswagen's sixties-inspired tie-dye camouflage cleverly hid the exact details of the European-spec short-wheelbase ID. Buzz, but thanks to a pair of prototype drives, we've got a good idea of just how the vehicle will drive and feel. Volkswagen It seems... -
2023 Ineos Grenadier First Drive: A Back To Basics Bruiser
The Ineos Grenadier, inspired by the classic Land Rover Defender, is a modern take on a back-to-basics go-anywhere off-roader meant to slot into the gulf between vehicles like the Ford Bronco and higher-end trail busters like the Mercedes-Benz G-Glass. Ineos... -
2022 Audi S8 First Drive: Speedy, Subtle And Strong, But Just Hanging On
The Audi S8 has always been an understated road rocket, and it'll be no different for 2022. The lightly restyled model gets a new face and slightly more vertical visuals, but it's largely the same Autobahn burner underneath. Audi Automakers... -
BMW iX Flow Previews New Wave Of Color Design
Australian research engineer Stella Clarke (left) came up with the idea of the iX Flow, a concept based on the electric SUV that uses E Ink to change from black to white. Michael Taylor (right) watches as the demonstration. Tom... -
Recycling Your Car: Why European Automakers Are Building Sustainable Vehicles
Getty While the car industry’s labored trudge to zero carbon dioxide emissions is grabbing headlines, another European Union rule change with huge environmental implications is sneaking its way into law on recycling. The 11th amendment to the Directive on End... -
BMW 7 Series To Reach Level 3 Autonomy Next Year
BMW will add Level 3 autonomy as an option to its sedan 7 Series, which is headed to North America during the second half of next year. BMW A string of legacy carmakers, led by BMW, will look to leapfrog... -
EV Battery Fires: A Low-Risk Alternative
Collisions and resulting fires involving Tesla vehicles have been the recent focus of several NTSB investigations. The EV maker uses lithium-ion batteries to power its vehicles, which have a higher fire risk than graphene aluminum-ion batteries. Tesla Safety surrounding electric...
2023 BMW X7: Controversial Style, Incontrovertible Substance
2023 BMW X7: Comfortable, Refined And Utterly Unflappable
2023 BMW X1: Munich Renews Its Popular Small Crossover, But U.S. Skips EV Version
2023 BMW iX M60 First Drive: A Big, Bold Battery-Powered Bruiser
2023 BMW M4 CSL: The Heaviest-Hitting M-Car
2023 Bentley Bentayga EWB: The Biggest, Baddest Battleship?
2023 BMW 7 Series And i7: Choice Without Compromise
2023 BMW X7 Revealed: Fresh Face, Mild-Hybrid Power Upgrade
2023 BMW 7 Series And i7 EV Prototype Tests: The Next-Gen Munich Limo
Audi Previews Its All-Electric A6 Wagon, With More Electrified A6s To Come
2023 Volkswagen ID. Buzz: Mining That Microbus Magic
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