Welcome to Critic’s Notebook, a quick and off-the-cuff car review consisting of impressions, jottings, and marginalia regarding whatever The Drive writers happen to be driving. Today’s edition: the 2017 Alfa Romeo Giulia, America-snubbing diesel edition. You can, right now, go out and find three different, modern Alfa Romeo models to drive. That seems an odd … Read more
OK, so Audi changed the name. From here on out, the Audi A4 is gone. It’s dead. Kaput. Thirty years of history were thrown out the window and die-hard Audi fans are understandably big mad. The Audi A4 was always the car that Volkswagen Golf and Jetta owners aspired to afford when they got that … Read more
You’d never know it from just looking at them, but the Toyota Supra and BMW Z4 are nearly identical under the skin. This isn’t your typical case of badge engineering or platform sharing, as neither brand is otherwise affiliated with the other—they’re from opposite sides of the world, and typically operate in different parts of … Read more