Car Trends Magazine

If silent travel is chief among your priorities for an ecofriendly vehicle, the Audi A8 hybrid is not for you. There isn’t much in the way of quiet, electric-only operation, which makes sense, of course, given that this isn’t a fully electric car. (You can run solely on electrons for about two miles at a constant 37 mph, and if you awaken the engine, EV mode will reengage automatically when you relax on the accelerator. Top speed in all-electric mode is 62 mph.) And although you might never...

Perhaps the new benchmark in performance compacts. Once the SVT Focus departed in 2004, we were left staring across the Atlantic wishing for a hot version of Ford’s small car. Now, the Focus ST is here. You can walk into a Ford showroom and plunk down a deposit on 252 horsepower of automotive glee, with deliveries starting later this summer. Consider the Focus ST less of Ford’s answer to the Volkswagen GTI and more of a challenge, throwing...