Test drives are an essential part of private party car sales. Like vehicle history reports, they're a good idea for anyone looking to buy a used car. Offering test drives is a great way to close the ...

Ryan de Villiers is a budding automotive journalist based in South Africa and serving as one of the newest additions to the CarBuzz team. He immediately pursued a career in journalism after finishing ...

Ever since then, we’ve built MotorTrend’s unbiased new-car reviews and comparison tests on the data and insights gleaned from instrumented testing. Our experienced drivers test hundreds of vehicles ...

New-car test drives are like fine dining but with higher stakes. Fewer steaks, too. In both cases, the experience is heightened when you know what to look for as everything comes together. That’s ...

I've test driven over 20 brand-new cars, trucks and SUVs in 2026 for USA TODAY Cars including best-selling models and models that top segment ranking lists. I drive new cars on a weekly basis and ...

Zak is new to the CarBuzz team, working as a freelance content writer. When Zak isn't writing How To articles for CarBuzz he's working as a high school automotive technology instructor. Before ...

Every year, about 40,000 people are killed and more than 2 million are injured on U.S. roads, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. But there’s some good news: New cars are ...

From the May/June 2026 issue of Car and Driver. We would have had no problem finding 10 contenders to compete for the crown of best small car 20 years ago. There surely would have been a Ford and a ...