It's hard to pick out the landmarks through the dusty permahaze, but even just before dawn it's clear. Beijing does not play around with scale. Second to none is the general theme, and it holds true as you pan from one side of the hotel window to the other. The Olympic Torch towers off stage left, a creepy, Orwellian ...Read more

Our month with the 2013 Ram 1500 is about half over, so it's time to switch gears. The Ram's been sent west--west of the Mississippi to our Little Rock bureau, where we'll have more opportunity to put it through more hardcore duties like towing and off-road driving. For the route west, we steered free of pouring rain...Read more

In a few short years, what difference. Now, the set of compact crossovers is superior, and some of the compromises associated with going compact have diminished. With brand-new versions of the Ford Escape, Subaru Forester, and Toyota RAV4 just out for 2013, and the excellent Honda CR-V carried over just a couple years...Read more

Our 30 Days Of 2013 Ram 1500 rolls on today with a deeper dive into UConnect--specifically, all the different ways you can keep yourself entertained safely on the road. Between Bluetooth streaming and mobile audio apps, satellite radio, terrestrial AM/FM radio, a CD/DVD player, a USB port, and an SD card tucked into th...Read more

When you're used to driving every carlike crossover and coupelike SUV under the sun in a six-month span, a full-size truck can be a welcome relief. And a huge switch. We're making that switch this month with our 30 Days of the 2013 Ram 1500, and we're asking lots of questions. Some that come to mind: "What the hell am ...Read more

The Bentley Flying Spur is officially fair game. We brought you live photos from the Geneva Motor Show and from the New York auto show--and now, we're just back from a first drive from Beijing to the Great Wall. We'll have more in depth on the drive soon, but first, take a look through our Flying Spur tour of this sma...Read more

We're still getting up to speed with the 2013 Ram 1500 we'll be driving for most of May, and while we get familiar, we also wonder how we would have built our own personal truck if we'd stopped into a dealer and started picking and choosing for a variety of duties. What would it have it were the ultimate vehicle for to...Read more

Money can't buy everything, it's true. Want proof? Buy a pickup truck. You might become every moving friend's best friend overnight, but you can also get lots of free stuff, just by keeping an open eye. And maybe an open mind. To do so, you'll have to be a frequent follower of the bottom-feeding catfish of the Internet...Read more

With so many nameplates and so many millions sold each year, the four-door sedan is one of the pillars of the car industry. As with trucks and utility vehicles, sedans make up such a big chunk of total car sales, it's simple--and maybe overwhelming, too--to find one that suits your taste and your price point perfectly....Read more

Family cars are a nebulous idea--what's perfect for our crew (a turbodiesel manual wagon of imported extraction) might not be ideal for yours (uh, minivan?). Shopping for a family car--whether it's a crossover or SUV, sedan or hatchback, minivan or green machine--doesn't have to be that difficult, though. That holds tr...Read more