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There Was A Time When You Could Spend Well Over $30,000 On A New Smart Fortwo, And This Is What You Got For Your Money

For a few years, Americans were able to spend over $30,000 on a Smart car. Here's what's inside the most expensive Smart ...
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Why This 25-Mile Yugo Is More Important Than Most Low-Mileage Supercars

Decades from now, what do you think a car museum would most likely feature? If there’s going to be a section for 1980s and ...
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A Wildly Advanced Car Made By A Ketchup Heir Was One Of The Surprise Hits At Pebble Beach

One of my favorite things about going to the Concurs d’Elegance at Pebble Beach, aside from the joys of knowing my entire net ...
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Ever Had A Friend Or Loved One Who Owned A Cool Car And Didn’t Even Know It?

Back when I was going to Southeastern Massachusetts University, now known as UMass Dartmouth, I had a wide circle of friends ...
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Nissan’s Risky Plan To Make Five New Trucks In Two Years

Japanese automakers have become obsessed with the idea of ‘China Speed,’ which sounds like a made up drug that has to be ...
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It Took GM More Than 28,000 Failed V8s Before Recalling Its L87 Engines, Now The Feds Are Investigating After 6,000 ‘Fixed’ Engines Also Failed

General Motors is under federal investigation because the huge recall for its 6.2-liter V8 engine isn't stopping them from ...
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I Drove An Electric Car For Three Years. Here’s How Much Value It Lost

After three years, I’ve just handed back my 2023 Peugeot e-2008 crossover. We did a little under 30,000 miles with it and ...
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The Weirdest Mercury Ad Ever Gets Weirder When You Realize How Much It Looks Like An Andrew Wyeth

No one said advertising cars was easy, but at the same time, it’s not exactly rocket surgery. You would think that there ...
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Dodge Daytona, Hyundai Sonata, Isuzu Oasis, Mazda 323, Or The New Kid?

I’m trying something new today. Instead of a straight Friday runoff like we’ve done in the past, or two new outrageous or ...
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My Cheap Japanese Taxi Was The Victim Of A Hit-And-Run At Monterey Car Week, Then Somehow Ended Up Winning A Prize Alongside Priceless Ferraris And Lambor…

Our universe is a strange and mysterious place. Sometimes it giveth. Sometimes it taketh. And sometimes it does those things ...
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Which Super-Cheap Fun Machine Would You Gamble On? 1989 Mazda 323 vs 1993 Subaru Impreza

There are times in your life when you need a cheap car to get around. And then there are times in your life when you just ...
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The 2026 Cadillac Vistiq Is Clearly Not The Most Advanced Electric Car, But It’s Still Baller

I just drove a traded-in Cadillac Vistiq, and I found myself a bit conflicted. This is a brand new EV that doesn’t really feel as modern as it should, and yet, it’s so cushy to drive that I still like ...