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  We  already tested the EQS580 , but this is our first go in the 450+. The test results were predictable. Down 187 hp and a driven axle to the EQS580, the 450+ takes 1.7 seconds longer to reach 60 mph. That's quite a disparity, given how the 450+ is nearly 300 pounds lighter, but remember: The less powerful EQS still weighs more than 5,500 pounds. Around town, there is plenty of pep for shoehorning the large EQS into gaps in traffic, but acceleration tapers off noticeably above freeway speeds. As for range, the EPA says a 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS450+ can do 350 miles on a single full charge (just 10 more than an EQS580). We put more than 200 miles on our test car during a week of parking it outside overnight in cold weather without charging, after starting with an almost-full battery pack (with about 300-some miles of range showing) and never once worried we'd run out of juice. Each night the battery would lose some range (again, we didn't plug it in). At the end of the week...

The Mercedes-Benz EQS SUV, revealed here as an all-new luxury flagship for the German marque’s fast-growing line of EVs, will rival the  Audi E-tron  and  BMW iX  when it arrives at the end of this year. As with the  Mercedes-Benz EQS  and  Mercedes-Benz EQE  saloons, the US-built EQS is based on the dedicated electric vehicle architecture (EVA) platform, which supports both single-motor, rear-wheel-drive and dual-motor, four-wheel-drive layouts. Power for all launch models is provided by a 107.8kWh battery – the same lithium ion unit used by the EQS saloon – packaged within the floorpan to give the luxury SUV a largely flat floor and what  Mercedes-Benz  says is the lowest centre of gravity of any of its SUV models. At 5125mm in length, 1959mm in width and 1718mm in height, the EQS SUV is 82mm shorter, a scant 3mm wider and 105mm lower than the  Mercedes-Benx GLS  SUV. It also rides on a wheelbase that is 75mm longer...

  It sounds like a tall tale—the sort of tall tale that   a guy like Smokey Yunick   seemed to inspire. The kind where   most of it is true and some of it is not   and your uncle swears by   at least half of it . So we cocked an eyebrow and allowed ourselves a little smile when   this little 1972 Chevy Vega   in a very '70s shade of brownish gold popped up on Mecum Indy, brashly proclaiming that it featured a secret turbocharged motor that Yunick developed for GM. Sure, of course it does. And we have a bridge in Detroit to sell you. The tale is about as juicy as Chevy Vega stories get. Allegedly GM paid Yunick to see how much grunt he could extract from the stock L11 engine, a 110-horse four-banger that was anything but a performance engine. With a little Schwitzer turbo bolted onto a custom manifold, a ported head, and a rejected Rochester 350 cfm two-barrel carb, this experimental motor huffed a full 7 pounds of boost. And then … GM killed it.

  Honda's Odyssey minivan  is getting a new, somewhat unexpected-for-a-minivan trim level for 2023: The Odyssey Sport. Is it actually any sportier than a regular Honda minivan? No, but it is sportier-looking, which counts for something in the increasingly style-focused minivan segment (that also includes the S-package-equipped Chrysler Pacifica with similar blacked-out trim and wheels, the wild-looking Toyota Sienna, and the pseudo-SUV-ish Kia Carnival). The Sport slots into the middle of the 2023 Odyssey lineup, above the EX and EX-L and below the Touring and range-topping Elite. (The formerly entry-level LX model has been killed off.) To help the Sport stand out, Honda gives it Berlina black painted 19-inch wheels and a gloss-black finish for the grille, head- and taillight trim, door mirrors, and bumper accents. To help parents (or, hey, single minivan aficionados) feel a little racier, the interior is slathered in black leather with red-colored accent stitching, and Honda ...