Tag: frontdrive

19 JUL

Buy/Drive/Burn: A Large, Front-drive Luxury Party in 1999

The other day, among the urbane, informed chatter happening in the TTAC Slack room, Adam Tonge suggested a little Buy/Drive/Burn trio to me. The year is 1999, and the subjects are full-size luxury sedans of the front-drive and comfort variety. Lincoln, Cadillac, and Chrysler are all represented, all wearing their conservative, double-breasted suits. Come along, […]

19 JUN

2018 Cadillac XTS: The Front-Drive Caddy Gets a Freshening

– The big, front-wheel-drive Cadillac XTS has faded into the background as Cadillac pursues a sportier direction with the rear-drive ATS, CTS, and CT6 sedans. And yet, so far in 2017, the aging XTS remains Cadillac’s best-selling sedan—clearly, Caddy’s established customer base resists major changes (as do livery companies). So, it should come as little […]

24 APR

2018 Honda Civic Type R sets front-drive Nurburgring record

That’s right folks, we have a new front-drive record holder at the Nürburgring. Honda set a lap time of 7 minutes and 43.8 seconds at the famed German racetrack. That puts it a bit over three seconds ahead of the former record holder, the Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport S, a super-limited edition, 306-horsepower monster GTI. […]