Innholdsfortegnelse for November/December 2025 i Car and Driver

WHENEVER POTUS NEEDS to hit the road, one of the presidential limousines—bespoke Cadillacs colloquially known as Beasts—is what transports him on the ground. And while the details around that vehicle are largely classified for obvious security reasons, the Secret Service had no problem telling us how it moves the limos around, because it ain’t using the interstate system. Whether the commanderin-chief is visiting foreign leaders abroad or traveling domestically for a 30-minute speech, shipping the presidential fleet is no easy feat. Members of the Secret Service work with the Air Force to make sure the motorcade gets where it needs to be. Typically, the logistics involve Boeing C-17 Globe master III cargo carriers. One is responsible for carrying two presidential limos and a pair of armored Chevrolet Suburbans. Additional C-17s…

Cadillac Lyriq-V HIGHS: Blackwing-beating acceleration, uprated chassis, Cadillac-grade ride comfort. LOWS: Too hushed, minor range reduction, the V doesn’t stand for value. YES, THE 2026 LYRIQ-V is the quickest Cadillac ever, hitting 60 mph in 3.3 seconds. That beats even the 668-hp CT5-V Blackwing. When laying down those sprints to 60, there are no smoky burnouts—only a muted whoosh and whine that you might not pick up over ambient traffic noise. But the Lyriq-V is perhaps a little too quiet at the moment; Cadillac is still developing its voice. In addition to in-cabin sound supplementation, the Lyriq-V’s external speakers will generate a performance-based sound in V-mode. The feature wasn’t finalized when we drove the SUV, but details will be available later this year. Annoyingly, accessing the full 615-hp and 650-lb-ft…

2025 Subaru Forester Sport MILES: 2187 OBSERVED MPG: 24 There’s no doubt about it: New cars are expensive. With the average new-car price hovering just under $50,000, we thought now was a good time to welcome something a little more downto-earth. So, we’ve added a Subaru Forester Sport to our long-term test fleet. In contrast to the caviar-budget pricing that many of our test cars carry, our Forester stickers for an easier-toswallow $37,730. The 2025 model year marks the start of the Forester’s sixth generation. It might look a lot like the last Forester, but every bit of the exterior is new. Our test example’s color combination helps it stand out, with a motif of blue paint and bronze wheels that do their best impersonation of the hallowed WRX. Subaru’s…

PLENTY OF AUTO MAKERS have claimed to draw inspiration from fighter jets, but no vehicle has gone as far as the Czinger 21C. Here, you climb under a canopy and tuck yourself into a central driver’s seat. Which is just one aspect that makes this California-built hypercar unique. Parent company Divergent Technologies specializes in additive manufacturing, a.k.a. 3-D printing [see “CTRL + P,” page 51], and has been toying with the idea of producing a car for at least a decade. Founder Kevin Czinger built a running proof of concept called the Divergent Blade that debuted in 2015 and showcased many of the company’s 3-D-printed parts, an inline seating arrangement, and similar looks to the 21C that were inspired by the curves of Lola T70 racers from the 1960s. (Before…

IT’S TIME TO ROW UP. Transitioning into the adulting portion of life comes with a lot of change. The First National Bank of Mom and Dad might be on permanent holiday. You may have found yourself with a fancy new job—that just so happens to be on the other side of the country. Maybe you fell in love along the way and started cross-shopping strollers in your downtime. No matter which path to maturity you may wander down, you’ll probably want a fresh set of wheels to help usher in this new stage of the journey. That’s where this test’s seven subcompact crossovers come in. They’re some of the most affordable vehicles on the market, they offer decent cargo capacity, and eager buyers can’t help but scoop ’em up left…

Ram 2500 HIGHS: More muscle and hustle, smooth-shifting transmission, impressive fuel economy. LOWS: Diesel option alone costs roughly 68 percent of a new Nissan Versa, steering and brake feel need to enter the modern era. THERE’S A ROAD SIGN on the edge of town that reads No Engine Brake. Though we’re pretty sure that only applies to semi trucks, as we approach the zone in the diesel-powered Ram 2500 with a trailer in tow and the engine brake fully engaged, the big diesel works against the load, emitting a throaty purr that gives off 18-wheeler vibes. Maybe that sign was meant for us after all. The inline-six Cummins has always been the best-sounding diesel engine in the heavy-duty segment. For ’25, the big 6.7-liter has been further refined and given…

Acura ADX HIGHS: Looks nothing like its Honda relation, hand somely finished interior, well-tuned chassis. LOWS: Synthetic engine note, sluggish acceleration, uncomfortable rear seat. SMALL SUVS ARE REPLACING small cars as the entry point for automotive brands, and the change extends beyond their shape. At Acura, the Integra, priced from $34,195, is now joined by the ADX, a new small SUV that starts at $36,350. Whereas the Integra evolved from the Honda Civic, the ADX is closer kin to the HR-V. It rides on the same 104.5-inch wheelbase but shares none of the Honda’s body panels. A 190-hp turbocharged 1.5-liter four-cylinder works with a CVT. Output is down 10 horses to the base Integra, but the turbo four easily shades the HR-V’s 158-hp 2.0-liter. Still, the baby SUVs from Audi,…

THE 1988 AND ’89 Peugeot 505 Turbos were buttercream macarons from France. As gifts go, the Peugeot was not exactly the Statue of Liberty, but likewise a metallic Gallic chef d’oeuvre prone to oxidation. The 505 was my personal French connection, even though its styling seemed conjured by H&R Block. In truth, it was good ol’ Pininfarina that came up with what resembles a large rectangle carrying a smaller rectangle on its back. One of those rectangles has slightly crossed eyes. The stylists must have labored for minutes. But forget that, because the reardrive 505 Turbos were eldritch gems that reliably entertained. Power derived from a 2.2-liter four, itself mildly weird, making 180 horsepower. That’s beans on toast by today’s standards, but this comfortable sedan was comparatively slim at 3183…

DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, our crusade to “Save the manuals!” has failed to keep the stick shift off the endangered-species list. When our campaign started in 2010, there were still more than 100 models offering a three-pedal-equipped configuration. In 2025, that number has fallen to just 27. Perhaps one reason people grew weary of the manual transmission is the fatigue experienced by the leg that operates the clutch. While the notion of a manual gearbox that forgoes a clutch pedal is nothing new (Chrysler brought such a concept to market in the 1940s), the theoretical promise of the idea has never panned out in practice. It’s fair to blame the poor clutch modulation of the prior iterations. One vehicle manufacturer has a solution to this conundrum—at least for its motorcycles.…

MUSTANG VERSUS 911 is not a natural match up. However, thanks to the Balance of Performance measures that race-sanctioning bodies employ to enhance on-track competition among diverse vehicles, Mustang versus 911 became quite contentious this year in IMSA’s GTD Pro class. After the Mustang drew first blood with the class win at the season-opening Rolex 24 at Daytona in January, the two went back and forth in the standings all season long. Rewind a few years. Ford’s designers are shaping a clay model of the Mustang GT3 race car, and in walks CEO Jim Farley—a true Blue Oval fan who currently vintage-races a Shelby Cobra 289 and has campaigned a GT40. The short version of the story is that he took one look at the model and decreed a roadgoing…

Czinger wants to show the world that there is a better, more sustainable way to manufacture cars. Eschewing the usual methods of casting, welding, and molding, as well as the traditional assembly line, it relies on 3-D printing—specifically, powder-bed fusion with selective laser melting—on a grand scale. It’s part of a system that uses a host of patented methodologies developed by father-and-son team Kevin and Lukas Czinger. To develop the shape of the 3-D-printed parts, Czinger uses artificial intelligence (AI) as an evolutionary solving algorithm, which is, in very simple terms, a computer model that simulates biological evolution to solve for x. You feed in the requirements—loads, aerodynamics, etc.; combined, these are the x—and it runs equations through a supercomputer again and again to develop and refine contours. This process…

Heavy Mover Mercedes-AMG GT63 S E Performance HIGHS: Devilishly handsome, neck-straining athleticism, meaningful electric assistance. LOWS: A prime candidate for Ozempic, wonky brake feel, shrunken cargo hold. NOT ONE TO SHY AWAY from controversy in its quest for speed, Mercedes-AMG boldly changed course with its latest-generation GT coupe. While its predecessor was a lean rear-wheel drive hunter of Porsche’s sportiest 911s, the current model has grown larger, become more sophisticated, and (gasp) adopted all-wheel drive. It’s even sprouted a pair of optional rear jump seats. The addition of a plug-in hybrid GT63 S E Performance model certainly won’t stifle critics of evolutionary bloat. But the result is the brand’s quickest and most powerful two-door this side of the Formula 1–engined AMG One. Included in its $16,850 upcharge over the $180,200 GT63…

Tesla Cybertruck Long Range HIGHS: Kids think it’s Minecraft for real life, plenty roomy under that pointy roof, not bad at driving itself. LOWS: Much slower, reduced capability, you can’t buy one. WELL, THIS IS AWKWARD (and we’re not referring to the Tesla Cybertruck’s looks, steering, debut, or driver interface). Tesla finally came through on its promise of a less expensive, reardrive Cybertruck, then yanked it out of the lineup. Tesla planned the sub-$75K version from the start, but it didn’t debut until over a year into Cybertruck production. With no front motor, the rear-wheel-drive Long Range makes 321 horsepower, versus the dual-motor’s 593 horses and the tri-motor Beast’s 834. Maximum towing capacity is reduced from 11,000 to 7500 pounds. The Long Range reaches 60 mph in 6.1 seconds, against 3.9…