-
3 days ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
Treading lightly around vehicles hauling alarming loads is the kind of self-preservation instinct you need to have as a driver. In my experience, that’s typically a pickup ravaged by rust, carrying loose tools in the bed. A red flag, to be sure, but it’s frankly nothing compared to this Ford Expedition “towing” a Saab 9-3 convertible on the North Loop off US 290 near Houston. I put it quotes because I don’t think it should really count as towing when you use a single chain.
-
4 days ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
Cameras are weird, and some situations in everyday life expose this weirdness. Ever try to film or snap a picture of an old tube TV? You get bands of colors, rather than a complete image. Or, have you ever taken a video of a plane’s propeller in motion? Depending on how well your camera’s framerate matches the speed of the aircraft’s blades, they might appear perfectly still as the plane takes flight. How cool is that?
-
1 week ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
Until recently, there was just one street-legal Nissan R390 GT1 in the world. Nissan built it as a prototype for its 24 Hours of Le Mans challengers that contested the race in 1997 and 1998. The car wasn’t particularly successful in its first attempt, and one of the four chassis entered into the ’98 running notched a respectable third-place finish, but that’s pretty much all history wrote on the R390.
-
1 week ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
In recent years, the Volkswagen Golf R has become somewhat of an odd proposition. It’s deservedly renowned for its versatility—a comfortable super tourer among hot hatches one minute, and an apex hunter with unrelenting, all-wheel grip the next. But at around $15,000 more than the cheapest GTI, the high price exposes some flaws. It also draws dangerously close to another beloved performance compact within the Volkswagen family, the Audi S3.
-
2 weeks ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
A few weeks after becoming part-owner of California’s historic Willow Spring Raceway, Singer is back in the news for more predictable reasons: It’s launched another new model, inspired by a Porsche of yore. This one takes after the “Super Sport” widebody G-model 911—think 930 Turbo without the turbo—and, as with everything this company makes, it looks jaw-droppingly good.
-
2 weeks ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
What was once viewed as a match made in heaven for rallying fans and gamers has officially run its course. EA Sports WRC, developed by the same team at Codemasters responsible for the Dirt series, has ended support. The Hard Chargers content pack, which was released in late March with new vehicles and stages, will serve as the game’s final expansion. “For now, we are pausing development plans on future rally titles,” a message shared Wednesday on the game’s official website reads.
-
2 weeks ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
When the world is telling you something, it’s wise to listen. You don’t necessarily have to follow any advice—just, you know, consider it. Credit to Volkswagen for not only listening when the world told it that the Mk 8 Golf’s user interface wasn’t good, but acting upon that feedback. If the 2025 Golf GTI were a video game, this mid-cycle refresh would be the quality-of-life update that gets nearly everyone on board, years after the so-so launch and subsequent Metacritic review bombing.
-
3 weeks ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
For all the fun and versatility they offer, the conversation around the Mk 8 Volkswagen Golf GTI and Golf R revolved around pretty much one thing when both hot hatches launched a few years ago: the lack of physical buttons in the interior. Everything was capacitive, from the steering wheel to the infotainment stack, and this frustrated a great many enthusiasts. VW responded swiftly, announcing way back in late 2022 that old-fashioned buttons would return to the wheel.
-
3 weeks ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
If you like cars and have liked them for more than a decade, you probably have an opinion on screens. How many should a car have? How big should they be? Are they even useful at all? Enthusiasts will debate to no end over these things, but I’d wager that most would be on board with Land Rover Classic’s infotainment upgrade for third-generation Range Rovers. All it does is incorporate Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto into the L322’s sole, existing 8-inch touchscreen. What else do you need?
-
4 weeks ago | 
thedrive.com | Adam Ismail
Mario Kart has a reputation for being a rather simple racing game: You collect and fire power-ups, aim for boost pads, and sometimes drift. If you’re driving at 200cc pace, then you occasionally have to tap the brake button. That’s about it. And that’s not to say that Mario Kart isn’t challenging to play well; it’s historically been one of those easy-to-pick-up/hard-to-master-type experiences. Some people are unbelievably good at it, of course.
