The Detroit Auto Show is underway, and anytime we return to Cobo Hall Huntington Place — or any other show venue — memories of concept cars come flooding back. With that in mind, let’s pretend we’re rich and important enough to afford whatever we want. In this case, the budget is a cool billion dollars,
The 2023 North American Auto Show — also known as the Detroit Auto Show — is underway downtown. If you want to attend the public days of the show taking place September 16-24, here’s what you need to know about attending. But now that Autoblog has done our reconnaissance during the show’s press days, we
Cadillac has taken the opportunity to reveal the refreshed 2025 CT5 sedan on home turf, at the 2023 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It gets some styling tweaks to put forward a more aggressive face, and features some improved and updated technology. Most of the visual changes occur up front. The redesigned grille
Ann Arbor, Mich. — The Hyundai Elantra N is a neat little thing. It’s a firecracker of a sedan, its turbocharged 2.0-liter engine making 276 horsepower and 289 pound-feet of torque. That power is put to the front wheels via a standard six-speed manual transmission or, in the case of this tester, an eight-speed dual-clutch
Two weeks ago, Associate Editor Byron Hurd and I regrouped at a gas station near Chelsea, Mich., after running back-to-back handling loops in the vehicles we were comparing for an upcoming review. As we stood in the parking lot, a Corvette Z06 slinking along in the background where a Mustang GTD had recently departed, I
In this episode of Autoblog Garage, we check out the 2023 BMW M4 CSL. Standing for “Sport, Competition, Lightweight,” the CSL elevates the powertrain and track-readiness of the M4 Competition with more power and some interesting features. Its biturbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six makes 543 horsepower — up 40 from the competition — and the same 479 pound-feet
Hoo boy, this AMG crossover is one hot little number. It’s the 2024 Mercedes-AMG GLE 63 S, but in the Coupe body style. It graced my driveway for a couple days before I passed it along to News Editor Joel Stocksdale. In the scorching-hot and chokingly humid final days of July, I found myself struggling
Pros: Lots of space for passengers and cargo; refined, quiet ride; two hybrid powertrain options Cons: The lesser hybrid powertrain is noisy and slow; somewhat expensive starting price The 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander, is, as its name suggests, grander than the tried-and-true Highlander. That means it’s bigger, with more room for people and cargo, including
When I read Joel Stocksdale’s first drive of the 2024 Grand Highlander, I was intrigued by Toyota’s proposition here. It’s bigger than the Highlander, with a third row that can actually fit people. I nearly sprained my ankles trying to fit into the way-back of the standard Highlander when the fourth generation launched for the
Buick has launched its newest, most-affordable vehicle. The 2024 Buick Envista slots below the Encore GX, starts below $25,000 and is a comfortable and quiet thing. It looks pretty good, too, I think. You can read all about it in my first drive review, and if you have, you’ve probably been wondering, “Well, what about
