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A whole slew of our four-wheeled coverage in 2017 involved autonomous vehicles and self-driving cars. And with good reason—between the big OEMs and a legion of startups, a lot is going on there. But human-driven vehicles aren't going anywhere just yet, and 2017 has been an interesting year behind the wheel here at Ars.
We've had a bumper crop of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, with important new EVs from Chevrolet and Nissan bookending the calendar. We've driven enough crossovers and SUVs to fill a parking lot, some of which came in very handy during a house move. At the other end of the size chart, on one memorable day in Tennessee, I got to drive a gaggle of microcars, which made me realize just how far vehicle safety standards have progressed in 50 years. And there was a light sprinkling of supercars during the warmer months.
But the two cars that captivated me—the ones that still cause me to wax rhapsodic when people at dinner parties ask my opinion—belong to none of those categories. Read more: 2017 behind the wheel: Our favorite cars of the year
We've had a bumper crop of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids, with important new EVs from Chevrolet and Nissan bookending the calendar. We've driven enough crossovers and SUVs to fill a parking lot, some of which came in very handy during a house move. At the other end of the size chart, on one memorable day in Tennessee, I got to drive a gaggle of microcars, which made me realize just how far vehicle safety standards have progressed in 50 years. And there was a light sprinkling of supercars during the warmer months.
But the two cars that captivated me—the ones that still cause me to wax rhapsodic when people at dinner parties ask my opinion—belong to none of those categories. Read more: 2017 behind the wheel: Our favorite cars of the year
