In the all-new Kia K4 lineup, there’s the range-topping GT-Line Turbo model, and then there’s everything else. The everything else, specifically, are the K4s powered by the non-turbo engine; four of the five K4 variants fall into this category. In place of the 190-hp turbocharged 1.6-liter four-cylinder engine and eight-speed automatic in the GT-Line Turbo we tested […]
Few things compliment each other as well as a homely Euro hatch and massive, unseemly, perhaps indecent box flares. The original Renault 5 Turbo was a cut-up and remixed supermini, a slow and not particularly memorable economy hatchback save for its somewhat infamous incarnation in the states as the Le Car. The transverse drivetrain was scooped out […]
Five years in the making, the Aston Martin mid-engine hybrid Valhalla is finally here with 1,064 horsepower and a top speed of 217 mph. The Aston Martin Valhalla’s origin story goes clear back to 2019 with the AM-RB 003 concept. If this were normal times—and a normal car—we might be talking about a mid-cycle refresh at […]