A delivery van usually gets noticed because it is blocking something. Nissan found another way: give it a face, a rounded shell and the proportions of a snail that has somewhere to be. The S-Cargo
A flower vase seems like an unlikely thing to find beside a car’s speedometer. It cannot tell you whether the engine is overheating, help you find your way home or hold a takeaway coffee. Yet a
Press the accelerator hard in a conventional automatic car and its behavior follows a familiar rhythm. The engine climbs through the rev range, the transmission changes gear and the engine note drops
Every passenger knows the type of driver. Conversation begins, the accelerator relaxes and the car gradually slows. The driver starts speaking, enthusiasm builds and the speed rises again. Nothing dan
Open the door of an American-market performance car from the early 1980s and something may appear terribly wrong. There is the dramatic driving position, a powerful engine and perhaps a body design
Cruise control feels wonderfully precise on a flat highway. Set it to 65 mph and the speedometer settles into place, leaving the car to handle the small adjustments that a human ankle normally makes.
Set the cruise control to 70 mph and glance at the navigation screen. It may insist the car is traveling at 67. Increase the cruise setting to 71. GPS grudgingly moves to 68. The two displays can sp
Automobili Mignatta was barely a name in the car world a year ago. Now the small Italian company is taking its $290,000 Rina Barchetta to the Goodwood Festival of Speed and already has a second model
Back in the 1960s, the Ford Mustang felt unstoppable. It exploded in America almost instantly, selling faster than Ford probably expected, and before long the company wanted to bring that success to E
Buick doesn’t usually pop up in conversations about speed. Most people think soft seats, retired neighbors, and quiet Sunday drives. But tucked between all that comfort, Buick actually built a h