All the high-tech, powerful vehicles TechCrunch reviewed in 2019
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All the high-tech, powerful vehicles TechCrunch reviewed in 2019
From sports cars to crossovers, we tested a lot this year
TechCrunch occasionally reviews cars. Why? Vehicles are some of the most complex, technical consumer electronics available. It's always been that way. Vehicles, especially those available for the consumer, are the culmination of bleeding-edge advancements in computing, manufacturing, and material sciences. And some can go fast - zoom zoom.
Over the past 12 months, we've looked at a handful of vehicles from ultra-luxury to the revival of classic muscle cars. It's been a fun year full of road trips and burnouts.
In the last weeks of 2018, we drove Audi's first mass-produced electric vehicle. The familiar e-tron SUV.
I spent a day in an Audi e-tron and drove it hundreds of miles over Abu Dhabi's perfect tarmac, around winding mountain roads and through sand-covered desert passes. The e-tron performs precisely how a buyer expects a mid-size Audi SUV to perform. On the road, the e-tron is eager and quiet, while off the road, over rocks, and through deep sand, it's sturdy and surefooted.
Read the review here.
A few months later, we got an Audi RS 5 Sportback for a week. It was returned with significantly thinner tires.
This five-door sedan is raw and unhinged, and there's an unnatural brutality under the numerous electronic systems. Its twin-turbo 2.9L power plant roars while the Audi all-wheel drive system keeps the rubber on the tarmac. It's insane, and like most vacations, it's lovely to visit, but I wouldn't want to live with the RS 5.
Read the review here.
At the end of Spring, a 2019 Bentley Continental GT blew us away.
The machine glides over the road, powered by a mechanical symphony performing under the