Born and forged in the Motor City, now a Brooklynite, Lawrence is the former chief auto critic at the New York Times and Detroit Free Press. His award-winning work has appeared in Automobile, Road & Track, Fortune, Conde Nast Portfolio, Men's Journal, Popular Science and others.
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Here’s How Engineers Are Achieving Lightness in the Heavyweight EV Era
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Aug 16, 2022
2019 Toyota RAV4 Adventure Review: America’s Favorite SUV Toughens Up, Improves Like Crazy
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Apr 10, 2019
Volkswagen’s American Comeback is the Biggest Sales Story of 2017
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Jan 6, 2018
2019 VW Jetta Gives a Stylish New Shape to Volkswagen’s Comeback at the Detroit Auto Show
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Jan 14, 2018
The Fed Raised Rates. Should You Buy a Car Now?
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Dec 16, 2015
Trump’s Claim That Ford Is Shedding Thousands of Jobs Is News to Ford
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Sep 27, 2016
Will Donald Trump Force a Mexican Standoff With Detroit?
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Nov 10, 2016
Obama’s State of the Union Proves He’s a Car Guy
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Jan 13, 2016
Terrified New York Times Columnist Confuses Volvo with Magical “Driverless Car”
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Oct 24, 2017
The McLaren 570S Is Kicking Down Porsche’s Front Door
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Oct 21, 2015
Detroit Is Not Brooklyn
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Jan 15, 2016
The Google Car Is a Hoax
By Lawrence Ulrich / Published Jan 5, 2016