Driving the Rubicon Trail with BFGoodrich

Learning what makes the famous trail both challenging and beautiful

  By design, rock-crawling isn’t an activity for the meek. It’s dangerous, it’s unpredictable, and it’ll test every ounce of your skill behind the wheel. Of course, that’s exactly why people the world over love it the way they do. Even the most modest trails require tact and skill to traverse, and all that is said and done before anyone spends a cent on a …

Test Drive: 2019 Lexus ES

The vehicle turns 30 with many big questions in tow

by Andrew Maness The 2019 ES marks a new chapter for both the stalwart sedan and Lexus overall. While it’s now riding on the same solid GA-K platform that underpins two other dramatically improved models—the Toyota Camry and Avalon—the bigger news is that the ES is now available in F-Sport, in addition to the base ES350 and ES350 Hybrid options. Clearly the addition of the …

Test Drive: 2019 Jaguar I-PACE

How the British automaker simultaneously leveraged heritage and embraced the future

Its haunches may be distinctively Jaguar, but the I-PACE is unlike anything the brand has delivered before. The all-electric vehicle provides Jaguar not only with bona fide green credentials, but new design inspiration too. The first of the British sports-car makers models to go fully electricpart of a plan to offer every new model with an electrified option by 2020the I-PACE launches with an estimated …