While high-end brands like BMW, Mercedes-AMG, and Audi are often associated with six-figure sports sedans, there are plenty of affordable luxury cars that deliver thrilling performance without ...

In the same way a hot hatchback is fairly easy to understand, the high-performance wagon ... that allows it to serve both as an estate and as a performance car. It’s beautifully built and ...

but what defines a performance car has remained remarkably consistent. A high-performance car, or really any form of high-performance vehicle, needs to provide a thrilling driving experience.

They accomplish all this in several ways, some obvious and some far less apparent. One common attribute of a sports car is power. In the heady world of high-performance sports machines, engines ...

So how does the Golf R Estate translate as a high-performance family wagon ... longer rear overhang and its effective change to the car’s overall weight balance, there’s still not much ...