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Yahoo
07-03-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Best Cars for Uber Black: Window Shop with Car and Driver
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." On this week's Window Shop, we embark on a mission to find the best cars for Uber Black. This challenge came from a viewer and proved to be somewhat difficult, given a budget of $20,000 and the rather tight restrictions of Uber's vehicle requirements for this premium service. Eligible vehicles have to have a black exterior, a black leather interior, and be less than five years old (though some 2019 model-year vehicles are eligible). As usual, our contestants took a wide variety of strategies for this task, and the resulting range of vehicles proved to be entertaining. Yours truly started off with a subdued long-wheelbase Swedish luxury sedan. Then, senior editor Elana Scherr took a sharp left turn with her sporty Italian SUV, which may not have a very big back seat but would no doubt impress riders with its fancy-sounding name. Executive editor K.C. Colwell was up next and found an impressively trimmed flagship sedan from an unlikely source. Contributor Jonathon Ramsey went the more traditional route with a rather anonymous SUV that nonetheless boasted both a luxury badge and a third row of seats, possibly opening it up for UberXL duty as well. And editor-in-chief Tony Quiroga presented a self-described "cynical" choice that was quite literally a former livery vehicle. We don't want to give away too many spoilers, but this episode did feature a fun twist ending with a tiebreaker and an impromptu special guest. So we implore you to stick around until the bitter end and share your thoughts on which vehicle you thought was the winner. You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
A Car for Your Valentine: Window Shop with Car and Driver
Would it be Valentine's Day without Window Shop? We're not sure of the answer to that question, so it made no sense to take the risk. After a brief hiatus, the gang is back to buy one another gifts of used cars that cost no more than $14,000 in any random color, or $15,000 if the car came in some sweet shade of red. During last year's heart-day-themed episode, senior editor Elana Scherr said, "Sometimes, you want to give someone a gift that they wouldn't think to buy for themselves." Taking her own best advice, she bought editor-in-chief Tony Quiroga a Nineties-era Rolls-Royce she found in Nebraska, justified with something about luxury and life at the top and movers and shakers, none of which moved him as much as talk of a retracting hood ornament. Joey Capparella, Hearst Autos' head of ranking and other things, also took Elana's advice. However, he multiplied it by some large scientific constant in deciding to buy contributor Jonathon Ramsey a lurid red Mercury Cougar XR7. Ramsey, ever thankful, and known to be a fan of cougars, might have had to be convinced this was the Cougar for him. Ramsey bought for executive editor K.C. Colwell. After ruing being given a mere $14,000 for the task of pleasing what might be Window Shop's most fastidious panelist, he settled on a hope, a prayer, and a deep bronze Porsche 928 with a manual transmission and some color-matched wheels. It just might have worked. Colwell hit the shops for Scherr, returning from the Nineties with a lime green Alfa Romeo GTV Spider—a distant cousin by marriage to the Mopar family that Scherr normally finds most comfort in. This one was another hit of Scherr's year-old wisdom, the Alfa being a convertible and, in case we didn't mention it, lime green. EIC Quiroga's famous line introducing his picks—"You guys wanna see the winner?"—finally had real red substance. Buying for Capparella, the honcho gifted a scarlet Lexus SC with a manual transmission, a car so nearly perfectly suited and perfectly timed that everyone was ready to end the show as soon as it appeared onscreen. Nearly. Tune in to find out who won the box of chocolates, then tell us what you'd buy for the same money, and then heed Scherr's latest Valentine's Day wisdom: "Guys, if she has not told you she doesn't like flowers, buy your girlfriend flowers." You Might Also Like Car and Driver's 10 Best Cars through the Decades How to Buy or Lease a New Car Lightning Lap Legends: Chevrolet Camaro vs. Ford Mustang!
