West Coast Bureau Chief
Conner Golden
Conner Golden joined Cars.com in 2023 as an experienced writer and editor with almost a decade of content creation and management in the automotive and tech industries. He lives in the Los Angeles area.
The 2026 Aston Martin DBX707 is the first production vehicle to feature Apple CarPlay Ultra, but you can expect it to suffuse throughout the industry in the coming years.
By Conner Golden
July 2, 2025
If you were already interested in what the 2025 Infiniti QX60 had to offer, the updated 2026 model is that same experience, now topped with whipped cream.
By Conner Golden
July 1, 2025
For day-to-day urban driving, the 2026 Honda CR-V is one of the sharper, more satisfying crossovers on the market, and the TrailSport’s all-terrain tires don’t change this.
By Conner Golden
West Coast Bureau Chief
We had an opportunity to experience a sampling of four cars from Maserati’s lineup: the GrandCabrio Trofeo, GranTurismo Trofeo, MC20 Cielo and MC20 GT2 Stradale.
By Conner Golden
June 30, 2025
With enough power to match an SL63 and enough refinement to beat most any other AMG, the new 2025 Mercedes-AMG E53 is a stellar, daily-use performance sled.
By Conner Golden
West Coast Bureau Chief
For the 2026 model year, you can order your new Nissan Armada, the brand’s biggest and heaviest SUV, in NISMO spec.
By Conner Golden
June 24, 2025
It might not have the V-8 we miss dearly, but the new, turbocharged four-cylinder hybrid powertrain in the 2025 Mercedes-AMG GLC63 S E Performance is unbelievably potent.
By Conner Golden
West Coast Bureau Chief
The 2026 Leaf zips onto the battery battlefield with new style, new specs and a whole new vibe that goes a long way toward bringing one of the O.G. EVs into the modern electric era.
By Conner Golden
June 17, 2025
The 2025 Toyota GR Corolla comes out of the box with moderately track-focused brakes, tires and a configurable all-wheel-drive system, but we’d recommend the manual transmission over the new automatic.
By Conner Golden
West Coast Bureau Chief
While far from the most hardcore and purist-focused variant in the Porsche 911 lineup, the 2025 Porsche Carrera cabriolet proves itself to be the shockingly well-rounded stunner it always has been.
By Conner Golden
West Coast Bureau Chief